Jordan Rapana was spurting blood from his head, with his shirt stained red after copping a flying knee from Martin Taupau, as the Raiders veteran tried to defuse a bomb.
Yet Broncos fans couldn't hide their annoyance at the penalty call against their team in the final minutes of the game on Saturday night, and they unbelievably booed as the Canberra winger was carted off in an appalling scene.
"I didn't think it was intentional," was the defence from Broncos fullback Reece Walsh after the game.