![Raiders halfback Jamal Fogarty celebrates his field goal in extra-time, to make it three wins in a row for the Green Machine. Picture Getty Images Raiders halfback Jamal Fogarty celebrates his field goal in extra-time, to make it three wins in a row for the Green Machine. Picture Getty Images](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/kDqE8LvSwvU8fyZkrZC97F/eae828d8-8e7e-4405-a97a-915f9fc73834.jpg/r0_0_3000_2059_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
No Canberra Raider on the field had kicked an NRL field goal. But they have now.
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Up stepped Raiders halfback Jamal Fogarty in extra-time, the No.7 slotting it from directly in front to make it three wins in a row for the Green Machine.
And this win meant a lot. With both Canberra coach Ricky Stuart and his star five-eighth Jack Wighton breaking down in tears following the game.
It was Wighton's first since he made the tough call to leave his childhood club and sign with South Sydney for next season.
The Raiders snuck home 31-30 winners over the Redcliffe Dolphins in Wagga Wagga on Saturday, getting some redemption for their round-two loss to the visitors up in Queensland.
Although the Dolphins did have legitimate grievances at the end, with a clear Hudson Young knock-on missed by the officials.
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Redcliffe were lucky to keep 13 players on the field when Ray Stone was put on report for a lifting tackle on Albert Hopoate - the Raiders winger tipped completely upside down in the tackle.
Stone will have a nervous wait to find out his fate from the match review committee and he also came off for a head injury assessment in the dying minutes.
Raiders winger Jordan Rapana was put on report for a late hit - and given some of the punishments dished out this year who knows what will happen there, despite there not appearing to be much in it.
The Dolphins also could lose former Raider Brenko Lee (hamstring), who was unable to finish the game.
Dolphins coach Wayne Bennett wasn't in a talkative mood after the loss, clearly unhappy with yet another slow start.
He didn't have an opinion about the knock on.
"Yeah well, too late to worry about it now - it's done," Bennett said.
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Right from the start the Raiders' - and Wighton's - intent was evident.
Anyone doubts about Wighton's commitment put to the sword with a big effort.
Wighton threw himself into everything - he scored a try, ran for 135 metres, made a linebreak, made two linebreak assists, had six tackle busts, three offloads and produced a bone-rattling tackle on Robert Jennings.
He wasn't the only one - Jordan Rapana was his usual run-himself-into-the-ground self, to the point he was sick after the game.
Rapana ran for 156m himself and scored a try.
It was a massive game from the Raiders old guard, with co-captain Jarrod Croker scoring his first try in more than two years.
There were a few concerns he'd suffered another injury when he threw himself into a tackle, but it was only a split lip as he's hopefully put two years of injury hell behind him.
Raiders prop Josh Papali'i was massive in the middle, running for 195m - managing to pip his fellow big bopper Joe Tapine (180m).
But it wasn't just all about the old folk, there were the young'uns as well.
Sebastian Kris justified the faith Stuart showed in him to give him the No.1 jersey ahead of his good mate Xavier Savage, who continued his comeback from a broken jaw in the NSW Cup.
Kris was excellent, running for 247m himself - while also showing he's no speed slouch in comparison with Savage, when he burst clear on the halfway line to score.
"Our main focus was winning this game up here," Raiders co-captain Elliott Whitehead said.
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"We've played well over the last couple of weeks and we wanted to continue that - we didn't want to get distracted from what happened at the start of the week.
"I thought the players really bought into training this week and we worked really hard.
"We started really well and we got off to a good lead and then a little bit of ill discipline let them back into the game before half-time.
"We knew they were going to stick with us for 80 minutes and it was going to be a grind and I'm happy we came out on top."
AT A GLANCE
CANBERRA RAIDERS 31 (Jarrod Croker, Jack Wighton, Jordan Rapana, Sebastian Kris, Jamal Fogarty tries; Croker 5 goals; Fogarty field goal) bt REDCLIFFE DOLPHINS 30 (Connelly Lemuelu 2, Euan Aitkin, Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, Jesse Bromwich tries; Jamayne Isaako 5 goals) at Wagga Wagga. Referee: Peter Gough. Crowd: 10,445.
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