Canberra's struggles continued as they lost 15-12 to understrength Eels, worsening their chances of making the top eight.
Canberra and Brisbane played one of the great finals matches last season, but it's starting to look like neither of them will feature in this year's top eight after the Raiders' attacking woes continued on Saturday night.
While they struggled yet again with the ball, the understrength Eels made the most of their opportunities to pick up a gutsy 15-12 victory to move clear of the Dragons who remain rooted to the foot of the table.
The Raiders were desperate for a response after they were held scoreless at home last week by the Roosters, but their try-scoring drought extended to a miserable 161 minutes before Matt Timoko finally broke through.
It's hard to believe this is the same team that was 11-3 after 15 rounds a year ago, with Canberra 5-9 and struggling for answers after they failed to fire in skipper Joe Tapine's 250th game.
