Newcastle's 10th straight win on the trot came in extra time, without halfback Jackson Hastings and bearing a sensational biting allegation against Jack Wighton in the last of his 241 games for Canberra.
Rugby league isn't just alive and well in the Steel City. It's had several shots of steroids.
Bashed, bullied and beaten for the entire first half, the Knights sent 29,548 fans into raptures as they somehow kept their season alive, a 30-28 win for the ages earning them a date with the Warriors on Saturday in New Zealand.
Fittingly, it was captain Kalyn Ponga nudging over an 88th-minute penalty goal when Hudson Young had been pinged for...
