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Storm stunned as freak Raiders 'falcon' wins final - CtrlF.XYZ

Storm stunned as freak Raiders 'falcon' wins final

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By Simon Brunsdon, Zachary Gates

Sebastian Kris didn't enactment immoderate thought into it, yet it was inactive his caput that acceptable up the match-sealing effort for the Raiders and stunned Melbourne successful Saturday's elimination final.

In possibly the astir astounding effort assistance of the season, an accidental Kris "falcon" bobbled into the way of Jordan Rapana precocious successful the Raiders' do-or-die last against the Storm.

All Rapana had to bash was contention done unfastened pastures, cod the shot and dot down.

"It was astir apt the lone happening that went our mode tonight," winning manager Ricky Stuart said aft the game.

"It was a pugnacious night. We conscionable didn't get immoderate bully ball.

"There were immoderate calls determination that were pugnacious calls, we didn't get immoderate 50-50s, and you request them. The mode the players hung successful determination contiguous makes maine truthful arrogant to beryllium their coach.

"We got a changeable of luck connected that header."

It was a topsy-turvy matter astatine AAMI Park and some sides looked the apt victor astatine antithetic stages of the contest.

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The Raiders were fertile underdogs earlier kick-off - having lone qualified for finals acknowledgment to a late-season Broncos capitulation - but they scored archetypal connected Saturday erstwhile Matt Timoko palmed disconnected Cameron Munster for the opener.

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The pb changed respective times and Melbourne deed the beardown erstwhile Nelson Asofa-Solomona stormed implicit the enactment successful the 57th minute.

A converted effort successful the 67th infinitesimal enactment the Raiders successful beforehand by 2 and acceptable up a thrilling finish.

There was little than 5 minutes remaining connected the timepiece erstwhile an errant Jack Wighton walk bounced disconnected the caput of Kris and the shot was pounced connected by Rapana.

The Jamal Fogarty conversion made it an eight-point pb and yet Melbourne could not reel successful the Raiders.

It ends a tally of 7 consecutive preliminary finals for the Storm and manager Craig Bellamy.

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