Canberra Raiders NRL News

Canberra seeks first minor premiership in 35 years, defeating St George Illawarra 28-24, led by Kaeo Weekes.

The Canberra Times

Canberra are eyeing a first minor premiership in 35 years after hat-trick hero Kaeo Weekes inspired a 28-24 defeat of gallant St George Illawarra at GIO Stadium.

The Dragons, missing 11 players to injury, never let the Raiders breathe easily on Saturday night but fullback Weekes' first two tries either side of the break gave the ladder leaders the buffer they needed.

With their seventh consecutive win, the Raiders move two competition points clear atop the NRL ladder and enjoy a favourable run to finals.

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Quiet start; Xavier Savage and Tyrell Sloan scored, leveling the match with a penalty goal.

League Unlimited

For a game that finished with both sides scoring 20+, it was a quiet start in Bruce. The scoreboard wasn't troubled until the quarter-mark of the game when Xavier Savage went aerial to score in the corner off a messy lead-up.

The Red V hit back through Tyrell Sloan at the 33rd minute with a right side shift, and despite Kyle Flanagan's missed conversion, scores were levelled two minutes later through a penalty goal.

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Jaydn Su'A awaits a judiciary report after a hip-drop tackle on Raiders' Joseph Tapine.

Wide World of Sports

Dragons forward Jaydn Su'A will await the match review committee's judiciary report after he was punished for a hip-drop tackle on Joseph Tapine.

The Raiders prop left the field in the 25th minute, after he was taken down by Su'A.

On this occasion Tapine was caught between the legs of Su'A, unlike the usual hip-drop tackle where the defender drops their weight on the legs of the ball-runner.

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