Whitehead felt nerves, punters endured cold, Raiders beat Warriors 20-18, Stuart admits luck.
Elliott Whitehead could feel the nerves racing through his body. The puffer jacket-clad punters figured they'd have to withstand the freezing conditions for just a little longer, because surely we were bound for golden point.
Then Chanel Harris-Tavita's conversion attempt - just to the left of the posts - somehow sailed across the face of goal. The Canberra Raiders held onto a 20-18 lead, and the New Zealand Warriors would fly home empty-handed.
"We were lucky, we were really lucky," Raiders coach Ricky Stuart after Canberra snapped a four-game losing streak in front of 8509 fans at Canberra Stadium on Friday night.