Canberra Raiders News

The Canberra Raiders lost to the Broncos in extra time after a thrilling finals match.

Zero Tackle

The Canberra Raiders will face the daunting prospect of playing again next weekend after coming up short in extra time and then golden point against the Brisbane Broncos.

In one of the most incredible finals matches in recent memory, the Broncos scored three tries and a penalty goal in the final 20 minutes of the regular season to come from the clouds to force extra time, before a Ben Hunt field goal in the 94th minute would ice the game.

Kaeo Weekes - 9
Savelio Tamale - 7
Matthew Timoko - 7.5
Sebastian Kris - 7
Jed Stuart - 6.5
Ethan Strange - 6
Jamal Fogarty - 8
Josh Papalii - 7
Tom Starling - 8.5
Joseph Tapine - 8
Hudson Young - 9
Zac Hosking - 7.5
Corey Horsburgh - 8
Owen Pattie - 5
Simi Sasagi - 6.5
Morgan Smithies - 8
Ata Mariota - 7

Reece Walsh - 9.5
Josiah Karapani - 8
Kotoni Staggs - 8.5
Gehamat Shibasaki - 7
Deine Mariner - 8
Billy Walters - 8
Ben Hunt - 6
Corey Jensen - 7.5
Cory Paix - 7
Payne Haas - 8.5
Brendan Piakura - 6
Jordan Riki - 8
Patrick Carrigan - 8.5
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The Raiders face a short turnaround before the semi-finals against the Sharks next week.

LeagueNews.co

The NRL has announced that the Canberra Raiders will face a tight six-day turnaround leading into Week 2 of the finals after a heartbreaking loss in their qualifying final. The Raiders suffered a defeat in the 94th minute against the Brisbane Broncos on Sunday in their home ground, leaving them with limited time to regroup.

With no games scheduled on Friday evening, the Raiders will play first in the semi-finals, taking on the Cronulla Sharks at GIO Stadium in Canberra. The Sharks secured their place in the semi-finals by defeating the Sydney Roosters on Saturday night.

The second semi-final is set for Sunday afternoon, featuring the Canterbury Bulldogs, who fell to the Melbourne Storm in Melbourne, against the Penrith Panthers, who triumphed over the New Zealand Warriors in their elimination final.

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Brisbane awaits charges for Carrigan and Walsh after sin-binnings in their 29-28 finals victory.

The Canberra Times

Brisbane will sweat on the charge sheet for lock Pat Carrigan and star fullback Reece Walsh after both were sin-binned before the Broncos stormed home to beat Canberra 29-28 in golden point in an extraordinary qualifying final.

The Broncos will host a  preliminary final against either Canterbury or Penrith in a fortnight and will hope both of their guns are on board.

Carrigan was sin-binned in the 56th minute and put on report in the national capital for a dangerous tackle on Morgan Smithies that led to the Raiders forward leaving the field with a category-two HIA, which he later passed.

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