Canberra Raiders News

Ricky Stuart urges league to cease punishing aggression after heated Raiders vs. Warriors match with penalties.

Wide World of Sports

Ricky Stuart has called for the league to stop disciplining acts of aggression after a fiery battle between the Warriors and the Raiders saw three players sent to the sin bin.

The Raiders produced an electric fight in Christchurch to down the hosts 16-10 in a match that included 17 penalties, 24 errors and four players placed on report.

With three of the four players on report wearing a green jersey in the match, Stuart will be set for a nervous wait for the results of the match review committee.

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Raiders' Tom Starling faces suspension for a late, high tackle on Warriors' Harris-Tavita.

Fox League

Raiders hooker tom Starling is facing a suspension after he was sin-binned and placed on report for a late and high tackle on Warriors kicker Chanel Harris-Tavita.

"He was hit in the air after the kick. Tom Starling got him above the shoulders on the jaw."

With the Raiders leading 16-10 with three minutes to play, Starling shot out of the line and jumped into Harris-Tavita in the act of kicking to give the Warriors a late chance of forcing golden point.

"Harris-Tavita was taken down heavily here and it will be a penalty," Warren Smith said.

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The Warriors capitalized on Raiders' mistake, scoring first with a penalty goal, 2-0.

League Unlimited

It had all the makings of an arm wrestle early and that's exactly the way the match would pan out, the Warriors making the Raiders pay for not taking an early gift two points via a penalty goal by forcing a mistake two tackles into a Canberra attacking set.

The home side would use that momentum to march up the field and not make the same mistake as their opponents when given a penalty of their own, Luke Metcalf making no mistake with the penalty goal to give his side a 2-0 lead 15 minutes into the match.

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