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Rapana suffers serious facial injuries, hopes to play despite missing final game. Career ends abruptly.
Jordan Rapana has a fractured eye socket, cheekbone and a broken nose.
And "if I had it my way, I feel like I could play this week".
Rapana's NRL career ends without so much as a farewell game after he missed Canberra's final round game against St George Illawarra.
Raiders fight back from 18-0 to beat Dragons with audacious kick in dying moments.
Fighting back from an 18-0 deficit inside the opening 11 minutes to extend their record over the joint venture to eight wins from their past ten matches, an audacious kick by Corey Horsburgh in the dying stages saw the Raiders reap the rewards of a victory built on resolve.
Getting off to a dream start with Zac Lomax soaring onto a Ben Hunt bomb and finding Tom Eisenhuth (1st minute) in support, the Dragons continued their attacking assault when Jacob Liddle (9th minute) carried three defenders over the line before making an incisive run in the following set which allowed Hunt to thread through a grubber kick for Jadyn Su'A (11th minute) to establish an 18-0 lead.
The Raiders got in on the point-scoring action with Danny Levi (15th minute) pouncing on a Jamal Fogarty kick only for the Dragons to respond moments later through Lykhan King-Togia (19th minute) who collected his first try in the top grade.
A successful challenge gave the Raiders the field position needed for Xavier Savage (24th minute) to round out the first half scoring as the hosts took a 24-10 lead to the sheds.
Corey Horsburgh scores winning try, Raiders need miracle to make finals. Newcastle and Dolphins game critical.
Surely that's not how Corey Horsburgh's time as a Canberra Raider ends?
Scoring the winning try off his own kick - albeit a shocker - to get the Green Machine home 26-24 over St George Illawarra at Kogarah on Saturday.
It means the Raiders will now pray for a miracle to make the finals - needing Newcastle and the Dolphins to play out a draw on Sunday.