Fans believed in a green fever dream. Then it was so cruelly ripped away

Caden Helmers

Emotions ran high after a heartbreaking rugby league match, leaving fans unable to cope.

The Canberra Times

Scream if you need to. Shake your head if you have to. Cry if you really want to.

Sport is cruel. Rugby league is a bastard for making the seven or eight-year-old boy behind us cry after one of the most unbelievable, remarkable, controversial and heartbreaking games most of us have ever seen.

Raiders fans won't sleep well on Sunday night, and they'll still be shaking their heads when they turn up to work on Monday morning. That's if they turn up to work, because anyone who had to endure that sort of emotional rollercoaster deserves the whole week off.

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