2024 Canberra Raiders Junior Representatives

[The Greenhouse]

15th min TRY RAIDERS to Ethan Alaia. It's LOVELY! A deft kick from Skipps and it is perfectly weighted for the chasing five eighth. Brayden Darmody converts.

Raiders 12-0

[The Greenhouse]

18th min PENALTY SHARKS will get Cronulla out of their own half. Very soft penalty. We're having a drinks break, while a player is treated by a trainer. I think it is Skipps, after he took a heavy tackle without the ball.

[The Greenhouse]

22nd min PENALTY RAIDERS for holding. Seems to be on report to boot. The Raiders will attack in the red zone.

TRY RAIDERS to Mark Tuialii! He just drives hard and low and is able to ground the ball over the line. Brayden Darmody converts from in front.

Raiders 18-0

[The Greenhouse]

25th min Keahn Skipps is sacked with the ball, NFL style, on the last tackle in the red zone. Some really bright attack from Canberra in the lead up.

[The Greenhouse]

27th min ERROR RAIDERS from Keahn Skipps. Stray pass to the winger and it gives the Sharks the ball, 35 metres out. The set ends with the Sharks kick going dead. Seven tackle set.

Now another error from Canberra on their own 40 metre line.

[The Greenhouse]

30th min PENALTY SHARKS in the red zone for a ruck infringement. And now another, this time the Raiders pinged for holding back a player without the ball.

TRY SHARKS to winger Richard Whalebone in the corner. Converted Bryce Sait.

Raiders 18-6

[The Greenhouse]

35th min Sharks die with the ball on the last tackle in the red zone. Raiders defence holds on.

HALF TIME

Canberra Raiders 18
Cronulla Sharks 6

[The Greenhouse]

We're back underway in the second half of SG Ball at Cronulla. The Raiders with the ball for the first set.

[The Greenhouse]

38th min ERROR RAIDERS from Lekani Mpaso. And the Sharks get a red zone chance. A very soft penalty to the Sharks for a high shot now as well. Absolutely nothing in it.

[The Greenhouse]

39th min PENALTY RAIDERS right on the try line, with the Sharks ruled to have used an obstruction in scoring a "try".

[The Greenhouse]

41st min The Raiders held up over the line... and now the Sharks knock on after a short grubber to the in goal from Skipps.

[NoMan]

Beautiful pass by Skipps.

[The Greenhouse]

43rd min TRY RAIDERS to Mark Tuialii! Absolutely brilliant flick pass from Ethan Alaia to set it up. Brayden Darmody gets the conversion.

Raiders 24-6

[The Greenhouse]

45th min TRY RAIDERS to Brayden Darmody. Wonderful try, Cacciotti made the break down the middle and the fullback was backing up. Darmody converts. This could be the day for a win.

Raiders 30-6

[The Greenhouse]

48th min ERROR RAIDERS from Cacciotti, went without the ball from dummy half. Mathias Tomuli-Ah-Khoi has been good since coming on a few minutes ago. Some good runs, including in the lead up to the Darmody try.

[The Greenhouse]

49th min TRY SHARKS to big forward Sione Latu. The Raiders defenders were caught napping in the middle. It was scored off the back of the Canberra error. Converted from in front by Sait.

Raiders 30-12

[The Greenhouse]

52nd min Great shot from Tomuli-Ah-Khoi and there is a dust up. There was nothing wrong with the tackle at all. It seems the captains are now being spoken to. And it is scrum ruled to the Raiders. Correct call.

[The Greenhouse]

55th min PENALTY SHARKS and that is a very soft penalty, which just gets the Sharks out of their own red zone. Raiders ruled to spend too long in the tackle.

[The Greenhouse]

56th min TRY SHARKS to Nikora Williams. There was a big, high kick from Ashton Simmonds and there was no Raiders player even attempting to get near it. That one was a bit embarrassing. Sait converts from virtually in front. The Raiders have to be very careful in these last 13 minutes.

Raiders 30-18

[The Greenhouse]

59th min PENALTY RAIDERS after Brayden Darmody was tackled in the air, defusing the bomb.

[The Greenhouse]

60th min ERROR RAIDERS in the red zone. They throw a forward pass in attempting to get the ball to the edge.

[The Greenhouse]

63rd min PENALTY SHARKS on the last tackle. Very soft penalty again. But the Sharks quickly drop the ball in a ruck.

[The Greenhouse]

65th min ERROR SHARKS Good defence from Izayah Petricevich forces the ball loose. Canberra get the ball in the Sharks half. But they produce an error, and concede ANOTHER penalty.

[The Greenhouse]

67th min ERROR SHARKS from lock Alex Challenor. He was looking for an offload, but simply throws the ball forward. Now the Raiders get penalised in attack for some reason. Who knows what that one was for? They're being given out left, right and centre.

The set ends with the ball on the ground and Mpaso swoops on it.

[The Greenhouse]

70th min Skipps down being treated, but he's fine. He feeds a scrum... and the Raiders promptly go to the try line.

TRY RAIDERS to second rower Mahonri Tiotala. That's his first for the club. He got to the line and then all of a sudden he planted it. No conversion Darmody from out wide.

FULL TIME

Canberra Raiders 34
Cronulla Sharks 18

[NoMan]

Good to see them get a solid win. First time I've seen a whole game of Cacciotti's, I can see the hype. His combination with Skipps and Alaia was a highlight. In the forwards I thought the Tuialii and Tiotala were really strong and Hromow had an impressive motor for a big unit.

[RaiderHulk]

Skipps, silky player. Alaia is deceptively strong and Cacciottis passing was on point. Tuialii was taking no prisoners! Great to see the team gel. Reserves were great too! Well done gents. You got some respect back!

[greeneyed]

2024 Round 4 Junior Representatives



SG Ball

Canberra Raiders v Canterbury Bulldogs
Sunday, 25 February, 12:45pm
Seiffert Oval, Queanbeyan

Canberra Raiders

1. Braydan Darmody 2. Izayah Petricevich 3. Keisaia Su'a 4. Bailey Nash 5. Lekani Mpaso 6. Ethan Alaia 7. Keahn Skipps 8. Elvis Nauer-Wood 9. Xavier Cacciotti 10. Samuel Hyne 11. Atini Tuialii 12. Mahonri Tiotala 13. Owen Hromow

14. Taylor Withington 15. Thomas Lunney 16. Jayden Wolfe 18. Sam Chapman

20. Mathias Tomuli-Ah-Kuoi

Canterbury Bulldogs

1. Roy Tatupu 2. Chelden Hayward 3. Shaye Faa'aoga 4. Sosaia Kaufusi 5. Hamish Wilson 6. Alex Conti 7. Mitchell Woods 8. Fanafou Seve 9. Zaidas Muagututia 10. David Leota 11. Logan Spinks 12. Sosaia Alatini 13. Sosefo Finau

14. Bailey Myers 15. Jed Reardon 16. Bud Smith 17. Oliva Smith

19. Jayden Smith 20. Mitchell Rogers 21. Sione Siulua 22. Massimo Mari 23. Bronson Emery 24. Latrell Fing

AT A GLANCE: The Canberra Raiders produced a big, 34-18, victory over Cronulla at Shark Park on Saturday afternoon. The Green Machine had conceded almost 100 points in the opening two rounds - and sat on the bottom of the competition ladder after a winless start to the season. But they finally put it all together in Round 3.

Canberra started strongly, scoring three straight tries, and taking an 18-0 lead after 25 minutes. Winger Izayah Petricevich, who was making his debut for the club, scored in the corner in the 10th minute - taking advantage of a good cut out pass from half Keahn Skipps. Four minutes later, Skipps put in a perfectly weighted kick to the in goal for his halves partner, Ethan Alaia. And in the 22nd minute, Mark Tuialii charged over from close range, driving hard and low for the line. The Sharks responded in the 30th minute, with winger Richard Whalebone scoring in the corner. The two teams went to the break with the Raiders leading, 18-6.



Keahn Skipps was back in the thick of it in the 43rd minute, producing an audacious red zone flick pass to set up Mark Tuialii for his second try of the game. Two minutes later, Xavier Cacciotti made brilliant run from dummy half, weaving his way past five Sharks defenders, before offloading to fullback Brayden Darmody. Four more points. Tries to Sharks bench forward Sione Latu and centre Nikora Williams set the alarm bells ringing. But the Raiders reasserted control, with a try to Canberra second rower Mahonri Tiotala wrapping up the game in the 69th minute.

The Raiders have climbed into 13th place on the ladder - and next will host the Canterbury Bulldogs at the Raiders' spiritual home of Seiffert Oval. The game will be the warm up for the Raiders' NRL Preseason Challenge match against the Cowboys.

The Bulldogs are coming off a 22 all draw against the Penrith Panthers at Windsor Sports Complex on Saturday. The Panthers led 14-10 at half time, but the Dogs were able to come from behind to force the draw. They've had one win so far this year, over the Knights (28-26) in Round 2 at Cessnock. It should be a tough contest on Sunday, but hopefully the Raiders will be bouyed by a good home crowd. It will be the first time the Bulldogs have travelled to the Canberra region in this grade in a decade.

Season record: Raiders 1 and 2 (13th, -54)
Bulldogs 1 and 1, 1 draw (9th, -8)

Form: Raiders WLLLW
Bulldogs WLLWD

Previous meetings: 2021 Elimination Final Raiders 44 defeated Bulldogs 10 at HE Laybutt Field
2017 Round 7 Bulldogs 38 defeated Raiders 10 at Belmore Sports Ground
2015 Round 7 Raiders 42 defeated Bulldogs 22 at Belmore Sports Ground

Team news: The Raiders have named an unchanged squad.

MATCH REPORT: Cruel finish for Harold Matthews Raiders

It was a cruel finish for the Canberra Raiders in their Harold Matthews Cup clash with the Cronulla Sharks on Satuday. Canberra performed well and were the better team for a good part of the game. But the Sharks snatched a 19-18 win inside the final two minutes, with five eighth Callum Grantham kicking the decisive field goal.



The Raiders started strongly. In just the third minute a kick to the in goal from Canberra five eighth Jamie Cowling set up a four pointer for Geordan Amaiu out wide. Lock Jack Milne followed up in the 13th minute, when he stepped his way through the defence from close range. A try to Sharks winger Jyarah Delaney ensured the home team trailed by just six at half time. Ten minutes into the second half, Cronulla surged to the lead - after two stunning attacking raids down the Sharks' right edge. Fullback Oliver Lester featured in both tries, scoring one himself. 18-12 in favour of the home team.

With just over 10 minutes left, Canberra's Kruger Roache spun his way out of an attempted tackle and scored in the corner - just managing to stay in the field of play. A brilliant conversion from the sideline from Jack Milne tied the game up. Unfortunately, errors from the Raiders in the final stages provided more than one opportunity for the Sharks. And Grantham took one in the end.

The Raiders are winless after the opening three rounds and sit at the foot of the competition ladder. They have a bye this weekend, which should provide an opportunity for a re-set. They meet the Magpies at Kirkham Oval in Round 5.

MATCH REPORT: Tarsha Gale Raiders beat Sharks on the road

The Canberra Raiders produced their first win of the Tarsha Gale Cup season on Saturday, beating the Sharks 16-10 at Cronulla. The Green Machine started well, dominating the possession and territory. But the Raiders found it tough to convert that into points. Fullback Elise Smith showed that field position mattered little to her. She ran 90 metres to score from a Raiders scrum play in the 11th minute. She has a good step and once through the line, and in the open, there's no stopping her.



The Sharks hit back in the 22nd minute, when bench forward Koreti Leilua steamed down the middle of the field. Arianna Ruwoldt could not convert and the Raiders went to the break with a 6-4 lead.

Three minutes into the second half, Canberra went further ahead, after halfback Lahni Hall jinked her way through a small gap in the Cronulla goal line defence. She possibly could have scored a try herself, but she chose instead to offload to unmarked winger, Samantha Nealon. The Sharks levelled the match in the 45th minute, after Koolee Harbour put second rower Jaydika Taufa over the line. 10-10.

It only took a couple of minutes for Elise Smith to put Canberra back in control. Fed the ball five metres from the Raiders' own line, Smith found space the right edge - and she ran 95 metres to score, under the posts. Lara Cosgrove converted, producing a six point lead. The Raiders kept inviting the Sharks back into the contest in the final 10 minutes - and Cronulla threatened until the very end. They bombed a try right on full time. The Raiders had just held on by the skin of their teeth.

The Raiders have moved into eighth place on the ladder - and have a bye in Round 4. They next meet the Wests Tigers at Camden's Kirkham Oval in Round 5.



Andrew Johns Cup

Riverina Bulls v Newcastle Maitland Knights
Sunday, 25 February, 10:00am
Laurie Daley Oval, Junee
Live stream: NSWRL TV

Riverina Bulls

1. Dane Mott 5. Max Beavan 6. Harry Boxsell 8. Vula Wate 10. Jude Cattle 11. Joshua Harris 12. Tyler Jordan 13. Kayne Crowe

14. Etha McDonald 15. Kai Stanmore 16. Ajay Chilby

Newcastle Maitland Knights

1. Cody Field 2. Jett Taylor 3. Flynn Taylor 4. Chip Valentish 5. Jesse Hudson 6. Chase Butler 7. Kuda Hall 8. Anthony Time 9. Billy Toms 10. Noah McNamara 11. Riley Martin 12. Cody Baker 13. Zane Rainey

14. Heath Connell 15. Jazz Schumacher 16. Mason Walmsley 17. Kai Watts

18. Kade Parton

Monaro Colts v Macarthur Wests Tigers
Sunday, 25 February, 10:00am
NSWRL HQ, Bruce
Live stream: NSWRL TV

Monaro Colts

1. Tyler Stonham 2. Sebastian Jones 3. Latrell Dyer 4. Darcy Baldwin 5. Nioka Aldridge 6. Rhys Chapman 7. Lachlan Smith 8. Kodi Roberts 9. Max Buser 10. Billy Jai Pumpa (c) 11. Tyla Hope 12. Ben Gasnier 13. Johnny Constable

14. Joaz Ayamiseba 15. Brodie Irvin 16. Hunter McDonald 17. Sonny Willett

Macarthur Wests Tigers

1. Jonas Peni 2. Drake Ayers 3. Elijah Sefo 4. Dallis Taoai 5. Ronel Ribucan 6. Jhevon Lele 7. Curtis Lakeman 8. Jake Gaffney 9. Brock Achurch (c) 10. Jaziyah Taiatu 11. Andrew Sio 12. Jermayne Faafiu 13. Kye Penfold

14. Elijah Mears 15. Ruben Toga 16. William Finianos 17. Benjamin Hodsdon

18. Tyran McLean



Laurie Daley Cup

Riverina Bulls v Newcastle Maitland Knights
Sunday, 25 February, 11:20am
Laurie Daley Oval, Junee
Live stream: NSWRL TV

Riverina Bulls

1. Wilsoni Nabete 2. Lucas Cayfe 3. Jesse Watson 4. Tali Talioesila 5. Lachlan Breed 6. Lachlan Cole 7. Nicholas Cannellis 8. Dylan Bendall 9. Axel Knowles 10. Mason Payne 11. Nicholas Bett 12. Eris Tui 13. Isaiah Nauer

14. Arthur Smith 15. Brock Baker 16. Tye Neason 17. Mitchell White

18. Brayden Fejsa-Sexton

Newcastle Maitland Knights

1. Joel Salter 2. Nate Simpson 3. Lochie Gray 4. Demiah Ainuu 6. Caden Gothard 7. Lane Abraham 8. Madden Potts 10. Nate Wilson 11. Harrison Kearsey 12. Isaac Robb 13. Noah Sefo

14. Wharepapa Kuru 15. Roy Simpson 16. Tye Wicks 17. Harrison Quinn

18. Tyler Jarvis

Monaro Colts v Macarthur Wests Tigers
Sunday, 25 February, 11:20pm
NSWRL HQ, Bruce
Live stream: NSWRL TV

Monaro Colts

1. Ash Flint 2. Lachland Cunanan 3. Luke Tuialii 4. Harry Hudson 5. Brady Smith 6. Clinton Latham 7. Jonah Anderson 8. Alex Hardy 9. Mitchell Brophy 10. Dylan Watkins 11. Joseph Elton (c) 12. Toby Ferris 13. Brock Apolevski

14. Yuri Hromow 15. Lucas McPherson 16. Sam Lever 17. JJ Mau Pohiva

Macarthur Wests Tigers

1. Jayden Innes 2. Luke Fielding 3. Brady McMillan 4. Gene Wighton 5. Saint Fuatimau 6. Sonny Edwards-Moeke 7. Dion Williams 8. Kohan Lewis 9. Dylan Smith 10. Lucas Rossi 11. Byron Laupepa 12. Archie Duncombe (c) 13. Amazon-Paul Pua'Avase

14. Lorima Cosgrave 15. Kimball Liufau 16. Cyrus Kalati Toleafoa 17. Carson Lealuga-Puhotau

18. Damon Potts

[The Greenhouse]

Welcome to our coverage of today's SG Ball clash between the Canberra Raiders and Canterbury Bulldogs at Seiffert Oval. Kick off is at 12:45pm. Live scores right here in this thread. This the warm up match for the Preseason Challenge game between the Raiders and North Queensland Cowboys. Gates open at Seiffert for the double header at 12:30pm.

Here are the final teams.

Canberra Raiders

1. Braydan Darmody 2. Izayah Petricevich 3. Keisaia Su'a 4. Bailey Nash 5. Lekani Mpaso 6. Ethan Alaia 7. Keahn Skipps 8. Elvis Nauer-Wood 9. Xavier Cacciotti 10. Samuel Hyne 11. Atini Tuialii 12. Mahonri Tiotala 13. Owen Hromow

14. Taylor Withington 15. Thomas Lunney 17. Brock Apolevski 21. Mitchell Brophy

16. Jayden Wolfe

Canterbury Bulldogs

1. Roy Tatupu 2. Chelden Hayward 3. Shaye Faa'aoga 4. Sosaia Kaufusi 5. Hamish Wilson 6. Alex Conti 7. Mitchell Woods 10. David Leota 9. Zaidas Muagututia 20. Massimo Mari 11. Logan Spinks 19. Jayden Smith 16. Bud Smith

12. Sosaia Alatini 14. Bailey Myers 15. Jed Reardon 21. Sione Siulua

24. Bronson Emery

[The Greenhouse]

We are underway in SG Ball. Good start with the Raiders forcing a line drop out.

[The Greenhouse]

In other games today, the Monaro Colts got their first win of 2024, beating Macarthur Wests Tigers 16-10 at Bruce. And the Coltscare leading 22-10 in Laurie Daley Cup.

[The Greenhouse]

18th min TRY BULLDOGS to winger Chelden Hayward. They kick through on the last and the Raiders defence left a big hole for them to go through. No conversion from out wide.

Bulldogs 4-0

The scoreboard is tiny, and the clock even tinier. Impossible to see. Canberra has really had the better of the game, but just not able to score.

[The Greenhouse]

28th min TRY RAIDERS to second rower Mahonri Tiotala. Good shift to the left after Ethan Alaia was held up over the line. Converted Braydan Darmody, not far from the posts.

Raiders 6-4

[The Greenhouse]

33rd min TRY RAIDERS to Xavier Cacciotti. He loves zipping out of dummy half from close to the line and he makes them pay. Braydan Darmody gets the easy conversion.

Raiders 12-4

HALF TIME

[The Greenhouse]

37th min TRY RAIDERS to No. 14 Taylor Withington right near the posts. Converted Darmody. Quick out of the blocks in the second half.

Raiders 18-4