The Canberra Raiders lost 22-10 to Cronulla Sharks in a defensively challenging NRLW match.
The NRLW Canberra Raiders have gone down against the Cronulla Sharks 22-10 in the first match of Saturday's triple header at GIO Stadium.
With both teams looking to bounce back after deficits in round three, it was a defensive battle from the beginning.
It was Cronulla's Cassie Staples who opened up the scoring in the corner following an offside penalty which led to her breaking through the Raiders' defence. An unsuccessful conversion saw the score 4-0.
Following a kick from Shreidan Gallagher, it was eyes up football from Elise Simpson who scooped up the ball and went straight over with no defenders in sight for Canberra's first points.
Following a set restart not long after, winger Mackenzie Wiki twisted around to score following some left to right fieldwork, however...