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<div id="content"><article><header></header><div><h5><span>By </span><span><span data-testid="byline">George Clarke</span></span></h5><p><span><time data-testid="datetime" datetime="2025-05-25T18:48:02+10:00">May 25, 2025 — 6.48pm</time></span></p></div><div data-testid="article-body-top"><div data-testid="body-content"><p>Canberra have underlined their NRL premiership credentials by becoming the first team to defeat the Warriors in New Zealand this season with a gritty 16-10 win.</p><p>In a spiteful game played at a rain-soaked GoMedia Stadium, the Raiders (9-3) leapfrogged the Warriors into second spot on the NRL ladder after surviving a late onslaught from the Kiwi side.</p><p>The Raiders had two players – Corey Horsburgh and Tom Starling – sent to the sin bin on Sunday but stood tall in Auckland to add the Warriors to their list of 2025 scalps, which also includes Melbourne and Cronulla.</p><p>Starling could face the wrath of the match review committee for his 77th-minute high shot on Chanel Harris-Tavita, while Raiders captain Joe Tapine was placed on report twice.</p></div><div data-testid="body-content"><p>The Warriors drew first blood in the 15th minute when Tapine was penalised for a crusher tackle on Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, with Luke Metcalf kicking a penalty goal.</p><p>Tapine’s ill-discipline was a theme of a first-half Raiders performance where Ricky Stuart’s men gave away five penalties and five set restarts.</p><figure data-testid="image"><div aria-label="enlarge image" role="button" tabindex="0"><picture class><source media="(min-width: 1024px)" srcset="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_...auto/22b76b69ddb6668de747bd580786c239656fad22, https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_...auto/22b76b69ddb6668de747bd580786c239656fad22 2x" height="494" width="740"><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcset="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_...auto/22b76b69ddb6668de747bd580786c239656fad22, https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_...auto/22b76b69ddb6668de747bd580786c239656fad22 2x" height="512" width="768"><img alt="Dallin Watene-Zelezniak gets airborne. " loading="lazy" src="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_...auto/22b76b69ddb6668de747bd580786c239656fad22" height="390" width="584" srcset="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_...auto/22b76b69ddb6668de747bd580786c239656fad22, https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_...auto/22b76b69ddb6668de747bd580786c239656fad22 2x"></picture></div><figcaption><p><span>Dallin Watene-Zelezniak gets airborne. </span><cite><span>Credit: </span>Getty Images</cite></p></figcaption></figure><p>After Warriors winger Roger Tuivasa-Sheck had powered over Xavier Savage for the game’s first try in the 23rd minute, referee Adam Gee lost patience and sent Horsburgh to the sin bin.</p><p>The Raiders were on the ropes as the Warriors looked to exploit a 12-man defence, but Canberra were given an avenue back into the game when Harris-Tavita fumbled the ball.</p></div></div><div data-testid="article-body-bottom"><div><div data-testid="body-content"><p>On the next set the Raiders flung the ball to the left, where Seb Kris sent Starling over the whitewash after an inside pass.</p><p><span><span></span><span>Loading</span></span></p><p>Then, with 45 seconds left before halftime, Warriors centre Adam Pompey was penalised for being offside at a goal-line drop-out, which allowed Jamal Fogarty an easy penalty that tied the game up at 8-8 at the break.</p><p>Metcalf and Fogarty traded penalties in the early part of the second half, the latter’s coming when Nicoll-Klokstad was sin-binned for repeated ruck infringements with 20 minutes left.</p><p>Tuivasa-Sheck shifted to fullback, but he was unable to halt Fogarty as the halfback backed up an Ata Mariota break and put the Raiders a converted score ahead with a quarter of an hour left.</p></div><div data-testid="body-content"><p>Fogarty’s try proved the match-winner, with the Green Machine surviving sustained Warriors pressure, compounded by having to play the final three minutes without Starling.</p><p>English import Morgan Smithies ensured the Raiders went home with the two points when he held out Warriors forward Marata Niukore in the dying stages.</p><p><b><i>NRL is Live and Free on Channel 9 & </i></b><a href="https://www.9now.com.au/"><b><i>9Now</i></b></a></p><p><b><i>Michael Chammas and Andrew “Joey” Johns dissect the upcoming NRL round, plus the latest footy news, results and analysis. </i></b><a href="https://login.myfairfax.com.au/sign...mpaign=Newsletters&utm_medium=ArticleText"><b><i>Sign up for the Sin Bin newsletter</i></b></a><b><i>.</i></b></p></div></div><div><section aria-busy="true" aria-live="polite"><header><h2>Most Viewed in Sport</h2></header><p><span><span></span><span>Loading</span></span></p></section></div></div></article></div>
<div id="content"><article><header></header><div><h5><span>By </span><span><span data-testid="byline">George Clarke</span></span></h5><p><span><time data-testid="datetime" datetime="2025-05-25T18:48:02+10:00">May 25, 2025 — 6.48pm</time></span></p></div><div data-testid="article-body-top"><div data-testid="body-content"><p>Canberra have underlined their NRL premiership credentials by becoming the first team to defeat the Warriors in New Zealand this season with a gritty 16-10 win.</p><p>In a spiteful game played at a rain-soaked GoMedia Stadium, the Raiders (9-3) leapfrogged the Warriors into second spot on the NRL ladder after surviving a late onslaught from the Kiwi side.</p><p>The Raiders had two players – Corey Horsburgh and Tom Starling – sent to the sin bin on Sunday but stood tall in Auckland to add the Warriors to their list of 2025 scalps, which also includes Melbourne and Cronulla.</p><p>Starling could face the wrath of the match review committee for his 77th-minute high shot on Chanel Harris-Tavita, while Raiders captain Joe Tapine was placed on report twice.</p></div><div data-testid="body-content"><p>The Warriors drew first blood in the 15th minute when Tapine was penalised for a crusher tackle on Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, with Luke Metcalf kicking a penalty goal.</p><p>Tapine’s ill-discipline was a theme of a first-half Raiders performance where Ricky Stuart’s men gave away five penalties and five set restarts.</p><figure data-testid="image"><div aria-label="enlarge image" role="button" tabindex="0"><picture class><source media="(min-width: 1024px)" srcset="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_...auto/22b76b69ddb6668de747bd580786c239656fad22, https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_...auto/22b76b69ddb6668de747bd580786c239656fad22 2x" height="494" width="740"><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcset="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_...auto/22b76b69ddb6668de747bd580786c239656fad22, https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_...auto/22b76b69ddb6668de747bd580786c239656fad22 2x" height="512" width="768"><img alt="Dallin Watene-Zelezniak gets airborne. " loading="lazy" src="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_...auto/22b76b69ddb6668de747bd580786c239656fad22" height="390" width="584" srcset="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_...auto/22b76b69ddb6668de747bd580786c239656fad22, https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_...auto/22b76b69ddb6668de747bd580786c239656fad22 2x"></picture></div><figcaption><p><span>Dallin Watene-Zelezniak gets airborne. </span><cite><span>Credit: </span>Getty Images</cite></p></figcaption></figure><p>After Warriors winger Roger Tuivasa-Sheck had powered over Xavier Savage for the game’s first try in the 23rd minute, referee Adam Gee lost patience and sent Horsburgh to the sin bin.</p><p>The Raiders were on the ropes as the Warriors looked to exploit a 12-man defence, but Canberra were given an avenue back into the game when Harris-Tavita fumbled the ball.</p></div></div><div data-testid="article-body-bottom"><div><div data-testid="body-content"><p>On the next set the Raiders flung the ball to the left, where Seb Kris sent Starling over the whitewash after an inside pass.</p><p><span><span></span><span>Loading</span></span></p><p>Then, with 45 seconds left before halftime, Warriors centre Adam Pompey was penalised for being offside at a goal-line drop-out, which allowed Jamal Fogarty an easy penalty that tied the game up at 8-8 at the break.</p><p>Metcalf and Fogarty traded penalties in the early part of the second half, the latter’s coming when Nicoll-Klokstad was sin-binned for repeated ruck infringements with 20 minutes left.</p><p>Tuivasa-Sheck shifted to fullback, but he was unable to halt Fogarty as the halfback backed up an Ata Mariota break and put the Raiders a converted score ahead with a quarter of an hour left.</p></div><div data-testid="body-content"><p>Fogarty’s try proved the match-winner, with the Green Machine surviving sustained Warriors pressure, compounded by having to play the final three minutes without Starling.</p><p>English import Morgan Smithies ensured the Raiders went home with the two points when he held out Warriors forward Marata Niukore in the dying stages.</p><p><b><i>NRL is Live and Free on Channel 9 & </i></b><a href="https://www.9now.com.au/"><b><i>9Now</i></b></a></p><p><b><i>Michael Chammas and Andrew “Joey” Johns dissect the upcoming NRL round, plus the latest footy news, results and analysis. </i></b><a href="https://login.myfairfax.com.au/sign...mpaign=Newsletters&utm_medium=ArticleText"><b><i>Sign up for the Sin Bin newsletter</i></b></a><b><i>.</i></b></p></div></div><div><section aria-busy="true" aria-live="polite"><header><h2>Most Viewed in Sport</h2></header><p><span><span></span><span>Loading</span></span></p></section></div></div></article></div>
