{"id":120021,"date":"2021-08-27T10:02:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T10:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=120021"},"modified":"2021-08-27T10:59:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T10:59:02","slug":"last-ditch-raiders-storm-into-nrl-top-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=120021","title":{"rendered":"Last-ditch Raiders storm into NRL top-eight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Canberra Raiders are back in the NRL top-eight with one round remaining ahead of finals <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/live-scores-2021-warriors-raiders-roosters-rabbitohs-start-time-results-news-round-24\/11faa177-540c-4eea-b11e-f9393076ed79\" title=\"after pulling off a sensational comeback over the Warriors in Mackay. \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">after pulling off a sensational comeback over the Warriors in Mackay. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>A last-ditch try from Jordan Rapana sealed the 28-16 result, and another four-pointer just seconds later to Hudson Young was the dagger in the Warriors&#x27; gallant finals bid. <\/p>\n<p>But Nathan Brown&#x27;s men will be kicking themselves after letting a golden opportunity to keep their season alive when they went up 16-0 in a stunning first-half onslaught. <\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"5044d7ad-739e-4f87-9c9e-8b6b91942013\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/5044d7ad-739e-4f87-9c9e-8b6b91942013\" alt=\"Raiders cough up three first-half tries to the Warriors.\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Having opened the scoring inside 40-seconds thanks to Sean O&#x27;Sullivan, the Warriors trebled down through Rocco Berry and Dallin Watene-Zelzniak. <\/p>\n<p>But a try on the half-time siren to Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad would be their undoing as Canberra took a semblance of momentum into the break and never looked back to pile on 28 unanswered points. <\/p>\n<p>Sebastian Kris would bag a double in the second period, and Rapana touched down in the dying stages of the match, the result was all but rescued for coach Ricky Stuart.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"c6296a27-3817-400f-92e3-95fa45e778b0\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/c6296a27-3817-400f-92e3-95fa45e778b0\" alt=\"Raiders spark a comeback against Warriors.\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The win sees the Raiders jump the Sharks into the top-eight on the NRL live ladder. Cronulla will face the Broncos tomorrow evening. <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><strong><em>clicking here<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Canberra Raiders are back in the NRL top-eight with one round remaining ahead of finals after pulling off a sensational comeback over the Warriors <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=120021\" title=\"Last-ditch Raiders storm into NRL top-eight\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120021"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120021"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120023,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120021\/revisions\/120023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}