Canberra Raiders suffer narrow loss to Newcastle Knights 26-20, impressing fans at home with early lead.
In a back-and-forth effort, the Canberra Raiders suffered a narrow 26-20 loss to the Newcastle Knights on Saturday morning at GIO Stadium, Canberra.
The Raiders came onto the field determined to impress fans at home, snagging early points thanks to centre Mackenzie Wiki who planted the ball in the left edge.
The Green Machine built off of this momentum as halfback Ashleigh Quinlan gained valuable metres, offloading to Zahara Temara who scored under the posts. Temara added the extras, giving the Raiders an early ten-nil lead.
The Knights attempted to come back through Abigail...