The Canberra Raiders' finals hopes ended with a 30-24 loss to Newcastle, highlighting a controversial sin bin incident involving Corey Horsburgh.
The Canberra Raiders' finals hopes are officially over after they suffered a 30-24 defeat to the Newcastle Knights in their second final home game of the season.
The Raiders fought back from an early 8-0 deficit to level the scores at 18-all heading into half-time, but were unable to complete the comeback as the Knights held on for a six-point victory.
However, the controversial moment of the night came inside the final ten minutes when Raiders prop Corey Horsburgh was sent to the sin bin for striking Newcastle centre Dane Gagai.
Gagai pushed the Raiders forward to play the ball, with Horsburgh responding by slapping the Knights centre in the face.