Warriors winning run ended by Raiders

The Warriors have had their winning run stopped by the Raiders PHOTO: NRL GRAPHIC

The Canberra Raiders have defended their way to a tense victory over the Warriors at a sold-out Go Media Stadium.

It stopped the Warriors as they looked for a sixth consecutive win and the hope of equalling the Bulldogs at the top of the table.

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Roger Tuivasa-Scheck scored from a sweeping move in a tackle having to roll on his back to place the ball down in the 24 minute for the first try of the game.

Tom Starling then replied for the visitors eight minutes later and the sides went to the break 8-8 as the rain continued.

Jamal Fogarty scored with 18 minutes to play to put his side up by six points, however the Warriors spent the remainder of the match camped inside the attacking 20 metres.

The Raiders scrambled desperately to repel multiple waves of attack. The match-winning play came with less than two minutes remaining when Corey Horsburgh and Morgan Smithies chopped down a charging Marata Niukore before rolling him to hold him up over the line.

The try-saving tackle secured a hard-fought 16-10 victory in wet conditions in front of more than 26,000 fans in Auckland.

Canberra Raiders 16 (Tom Starling, Jamal Fogarty tries Jamal Fogarty 2 con, 2 pen) Warriors 10 (Roger Tuivasa-Sheck try; Luke Metcalf con, 2 pen) HT: 8-8