One minute to go and Ethan Sanders puts up a towering bomb, and with the chasers flying through there’s plenty of pressure on stand-in fullback Hayze Perham, but he takes it comfortably to cap a strong individual performance.
But there’s another twist in the tail of this game as Matt Nicholson makes a one-on-one strip to get the ball off Josiah Karapani. The Raiders attack down the right, Simi Sasagi flicking a pass to Xavier Savage in the corner – but Karapani is there and tackles Savage over the sideline. Match-winning tackle, that.
That is a gutsy win for the Broncos, who have officially dodged the wooden spoon, while the Raiders won’t be playing finals football in 2026.
Full-time: Broncos 34, Raiders 30