Former Knights youngster Hudson Young once again chased his former club with brilliance in the 79th minute that saved the Raiders from missing in the second half to beat Newcastle 20-18 on Sunday.
The Knights’ thrilling performance in the second half, which they fought from a 14-0 disadvantage, threatened to snatch the Raiders victory before Young found a trick to plant the ball with a minute to go. .
It was a heartbreaking end for the Knights, who were on the verge of victory before Young, who played for Newcastle in his junior days, came under pressure to give the Raiders their seventh win of the year. season.
The Raiders jumped to a 14-0 lead after 23 minutes on a sunny afternoon in Canberra before the Knights started to return to competition and eventually steal the win in the country’s capital.
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Young waves his wand to give away the Raiders victory
The ball began to change before the half when Kurt Mann crossed with a pass from Kalyn Ponga.
He continued to favor Newcastle when Elliott Whitehead was sent off for a late Knights defense shot, which allowed the visitors to hit twice in 10 minutes.
Adam Clune’s fine footwork caused nothing but headaches for Edrick Lee. The keeper wasn’t fooled however, and confidently scooped up the ball.
Newcastle looked set to take the lead, but Joseph Tapine refused to let the ball slip by him.
Canberra stayed within 100 yards of Tapine’s effort with Young ensuring the Raiders stayed in the race for the top eight.
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The raiders hold on for a great result
Snapshot of the match
- The Raiders opened the scoring in the ninth minute through Nick Cotric before center Matt Timoko did a light job from Enari Tuala to score the second from the side shortly afterwards.
- Canberra were third when Xavier Savage took the ball from the air to score next to the posts.
- A hard tackle from Kurt Mann made it 1 – 0 for Kalyn Ponga.
- Newcastle lost striker Tyson Frizell to a failed head injury assessment in hopes of NSW Origin hoping to undergo concussion protocols this week.
- Raiders rower Elliott Whitehead was charged with a late shot by Knights winger Kalyn Ponga.
- Newcastle took the lead in the 65th minute when Edrick Lee centered.
- Hudson Young scored his fifth try of the year – and the winner of the match – when he fired in the 79th minute.
- Joseph Tapine finished the game with 203 yards, including 91 after the touchdown, a try try and a try save.
- Kalyn Ponga, who sidelined the illness throughout the match, set up two of Newcastle’s attempts and made seven tackles ahead of Origin II next week.
Games of the game
Kicking goals for both sides were the taste of the day, but nothing more than the vision and effort of the late Hudson Young to get the Raiders home.
It could not have happened without the two defensive plays of the pair of Raiders Sebastian Kris and Joseph Tapine to deny the Knights’ attempts in the last 10 minutes that would have taken the visitors home.
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Young just misses the ground
What they said
“I’m very proud of the attitude of never giving in to the competition. We’ve shown a lot more resilience that I think we’ve lacked this year. “I couldn’t eat and I wasn’t okay. I could tell it would be a real question for him, but Kalyn, being Kalyn, said he had to be out there.” – Adam O’Brien, Knights coach.
“Today we played lethargic and we played ugly. It was so slow and ugly on the floor. But we can have a better time now that we have two points. We lack cohesion, but I still think our game is moving in the right direction. I love training at Hudson. The only thing is whether he is playing well or not, he is giving one hundred percent to every game and every training session, he is a very good guy to have at the club. ” Ricky Stuart, Raiders coach.
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NRL Press Conference: Raiders v Knights – Round 15, 2022
That follows
Both teams will take a break with the representative round next weekend before resuming in the sixteenth.
Canberra will travel to Wollongong to face the Dragons on July 3rd.
Newcastle will host the Titans at home in a game they will be desperate to win in front of their fans after the heavy losses of recent months.
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Clune and Lee electrify and shock the Raiders