There's finals defeats that break your heart, like Canberra's 40-4 loss to the Eels in 2022, and then there's finals defeats that have your heart beating out of your chest with pride, like Sunday's 30-28 loss to the Knights.
The outcome may have been the same, with the Raiders bowing out of the title race, but the contrast in emotions could not be more stark.
After staving off the Rabbitohs, Cowboys and Eels to sneak into eighth place, the Raiders headed to Newcastle as rank outsiders against a Knights team that had won nine straight.
What the underdogs dished up across a...