Raiders coach Ricky Stuart has asked everyone in the crowd to bring a fan next week for the Parramatta game. He wants 20,000 at Canberra Stadium next Sunday...
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The chant of "Raiders! Raiders! Raiders!" rings around Canberra Stadium. Elliott Whitehead is named man of the match, but they had contributors across the park. Leipana were good on the right edge, albeit with a few errors, Jack Wighton was solid defensively at the back and Croker was the great wall of Canberra...
There's the siren! The Raiders have knocked off the NRL's top-two in consecutive weeks. First the Cronulla Sharks in Cronulla and now the Melbourne Storm in Canberra. Raiders 22-8.
Leilua's injury means Sia Soliola gets another flashback to his youth as he slots into the centres to form Solpana...
75: Penalty Raiders! Croker from 18m directly in front. This to put the game out of reach for Melbourne. Meanwhile, Leilua comes off with an ankle problem. Canberra fans will be hoping he's alright. Raiders 22-8.
74: Now the Raiders have forced a goal-lin dropout after a poor pass from Green. The Storm go short, but the Raiders recover!
72: That could be the first goal-line dropout of the game as Harris toed it in goal to be cleaned up by Rapana. But Bromwich has fumbled in the play-the-ball. Raiders start from their own 30m...
How good has the Raiders' defence been! I spoke to Ricky Stuart during the week and asked him if he'd built a defence as good as the fabled Storm one. He wasn't having a bar of it, "We're building our own culture here".
Have Raiders stolen the Brumbies' lethal rolling maul? Four Raiders dragged Cheyse Blair 10m to put him touch...
Blues coach Laurie Daley will have seen first hand tonight the brick wall that is Jarrod Croker's defence...