Jordan Rapana feared career-ending injury, but returned and Raiders' young players stepped up.
For a moment it looked like Jordan Rapana's career could be over. There was talk of a dislocated kneecap as he limped off in the sixth minute.
But like Lazarus he rose from the dead to return to the field.
His absence left a first-half void that was perfectly filled by the Canberra Raiders' young guns.