The Raiders’ dream run has ended with the heaviest finals defeat in club history as they were dominated 40-4 by an inspired Eels outfit.
Ricky Stuart has failed to win a semi-final for the first time in his coaching career after successfully guiding his sides through to the preliminary final on seven previous attempts.
Canberra had only 36 per cent of possession in the first half and were lucky not to trail by more than 22-4 at the break, while Joe Tapine was the only forward to run for over 100 metres.