Canberra Raiders NRL News

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In a disappointing round 26 clash at GIO Stadium, Canberra, the Green Machine suffered a 29-18 defeat against the Broncos.

The match was marked by a heartfelt farewell from Raiders fans, who paid tribute to Jarrod Croker and Jack Wighton in their last regular season home game for the club.

However, the Raiders' early mistakes proved costly as the Broncos were granted multiple opportunities near their try line.

Taking advantage of this, the Broncos secured an early try through Selwyn Cobbo, who received a well-executed floating ball from Reece Walsh.

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Wide World of Sports

Rugby league icon Phil Gould has labelled Jordan Rapana a "marked man" after the fullback was sin binned for an alleged trip against the Broncos.

After Selwyn Cobbo managed to evade Rapana and score, the Bunker picked up the incident just before Kotoni Staggs' goal-kick attempt. 

The sin bin came with the Broncos leading 20-18 at the 63rd minute and proved pivotal with Brisbane putting on another nine points.

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The Canberra Times

The Raiders very nearly upset one of the NRL's premiership favourites in a thrilling end-to-end NRL encounter, but just couldn't quite get it done in Jack Wighton and Jarrod Croker's last regular season home game.

It was nearly the perfect Bruce send-off for retiring centre Croker, and Redfern-bound Wighton in front of 19,400 fans.

Locked at 16-16 after the first 40 minutes the Raiders got a sniff of an upset, but a second-half head knock to Josh Papali'i and a Jordan Rapana sin bin allowed Brisbane to race away to a 29-18 victory.

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