Canberra have prevail over their developing damage crisis to grab a very important early-period NRL victory, hanging on to get 24-20 towards Cronulla in a nail-biter at GIO Stadium.
Missing star prop Josh Papali’i, Xavier Savage and wingers Nick Cotric and Jordan Rapana, the Raiders missing hooker Danny Levi to a suspected damaged jaw just minutes into Sunday’s match but didn’t permit that cease them using the thrilling victory.
They led 24-10 right after 56 minutes but had to hang on for dear lifestyle at the conclusion, when back again-to-back Cronulla attempts had the property facet threatening to pinch the points just before Canberra’s defence dug in to ice the final result.
It was the gain the Raiders desperately essential, acquiring been unlucky to lose their two opening matches of the yr on their two-game tour of Queensland.
Their hero was Corey Horsburgh, the bench prop scoring two tries and doubling his 63-activity career tally in the approach with a pair of devastating operates Cronulla had nominal probability of stopping.
In remarkable scenes, Horsburgh was punched by Sharks enforcer Royce Hunt in back again-discipline but obtained up and scored with the up coming engage in, as the Raiders stamped their authority on the contest.
Corey Horsburgh doubled his job haul with two tries on Sunday.Credit history:Getty
Hunt was sin-binned for the punch but Cronulla scored in spite of remaining a man down by means of Jesse Ramien, even though they drew to in a solitary score when 2nd-rower Briton Nikora crossed with seven minutes to participate in.
Without the need of their Dally M-profitable halfback Nicho Hynes (calf), they benefited from a sharp attacking show from dynamic winger Ronaldo Mulitalo, who developed the game’s opening test with magical footwork ahead of scoring 1 courtesy of Will Kennedy’s sensitive kick.