Canberra Raiders News

Bennett waits for Annesley to admit referee error in controversial golden point finish.

Fox League

Dolphins coach Wayne Bennett has revealed he will be waiting for NRL head of football Graham Annesley to concede referee Adam Gee made the wrong call after a controversial golden point finish on Saturday night.

In the opening stages of the extra period, Jamayne Isaako kicked what looked to be a matchwinning field goal.

However, the on-field referee ruled forward Max Plath had obstructed Raiders players attempting to charge down Isaako's kick.

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Early game of the year contender, Dolphins and Raiders trade tries, tied at 12-all.

League Unlimited

In a see-sawing contest that has seen early crows of 'game of the year', it was the home side Dolphins who got on the board early, hooker Jeremy Marshall-King going over beside the posts. The 6-0 lead following Jamayne Isaako's conversion would be cancelled out by Xavier Savage flying over for the visitors' first try five minutes later.

The Raiders went from six down to six up in a short space of time with Ata Mariota strolling over before the 20-minute mark and suddenly found themselves 12-6 leaders.

The back-and-forth nature of the contest became apparent at the 25th minute with Jack Bostock hitting the tryscorer list off a Herbie Farnworth offload, Isaako again converting to level the action at 12-all inside half an hour.

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Canberra's Rapana kicks winning field goal in thrilling 26-25 NRL victory over Dolphins, controversial finish.

Canberra Weekly

Canberra fullback Jordan Rapana has kicked an 88th-minute golden point field goal to seal a 26-25 win over a brave Dolphins side in one of the great NRL thrillers.

The Raiders veteran had never landed a field goal in his career but kicked two.

There was controversy over the match-winner with Dolphins hooker Jeremy Marshall-King claiming he was blocked.

Dolphins winger Jamayne Isaako notched a 72nd-minute field goal for a 25-24 lead but Rapana responded five minutes later to level.

Isaako thought he'd won it in golden point when he nailed a one-pointer only for lock Max Plath to be penalised for...

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