Canberra Raiders NRL News

The Canberra Times

And, after previous instances went unpunished this season, the NRL match review committee has fined Canberra's Albert Hopoate for pulling the hair of rival winger Dallin Watene-Zelezniak.

Forward Barnett found himself sin-binned for contacting Rapana's chin with his shoulder midway through the first half, forcing the Raiders winger off for a head injury assessment. Both players returned later.

On Saturday morning, the match review committee categorised Barnett's hit as a grade-two careless high tackle and handed him a one-match suspension.

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LeagueNews.co

The Green Machine suffered a defeat at the hands of the New Zealand Warriors, who won by a comfortable margin of 36-14.

The match, held at GIO Stadium Canberra, was a highly charged affair.

Despite leading at half-time, the Raiders were unable to hold on and suffered a loss on the night that marked Jarrod Croker's 300th NRL game.

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ABC Sport

It would have been different in the movies.

When all of Bruce Stadium rose to its feet as Jarrod Croker carried his son onto the field for his 300th game - and wept in the shadows of the opening whistle - it would have been easy to believe you were in those cinematic times.

Surely no narrative ever written would take Friday night from Croker. Who would kill Bambi? Who would dare
gun down a Goulburn Stockman?

But the New Zealand Warriors were only too willing to rise to the occasion and be the 'bad guy'.

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