STRAGGLERS GET OFF THE MARK
NRLW
By STEPHEN IBBETSON
AT the seventh time of asking, both CANBERRA RAIDERS and WESTS TIGERS claimed their first victories of the season.
Canberra did so only after a late scare from eleven-player NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS in front of an NRLW standalone-record crowd of 5,968 in Hamilton.
Remarkably the Warriors had both Matekino Gray and Tysha Ikenasio sent off in three first-half minutes for dangerous tackles.
They already trailed 0-12 at that point, to Jordyn Preston and Sereana Naitokatoka tries plus two Zehara Temara goals.