{"id":906270,"date":"2026-09-26T13:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/906270\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T13:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:58:16","slug":"nrlw-finals-2026-tarryn-aiken-match-winning-try-video-sydney-roosters-vs-canberra-raiders-result-highlights-krystal-blackwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/906270\/","title":{"rendered":"NRLW finals 2026: Tarryn Aiken match-winning try video; Sydney Roosters vs Canberra Raiders result, highlights; Krystal Blackwell"},"content":{"rendered":"

The undefeated Sydney Roosters<\/a> are close to finishing with the perfect season, landing a spot in the NRLW grand final.<\/p>\n

The preliminary final against the Raiders<\/a> at Allianz Stadium wasn\u2019t easy for the Roosters, only sealing victory in the last two minutes when halfback Tarryn Aiken scored a brilliant solo try to make it 20-10. <\/p>\n

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Tarryn Aiken scores the match-winner. \u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

Aiken\u2019s match-winning try makes for a heart-warming story after she missed last year\u2019s grand final with a knee injury<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cAiken ices it \u2013 she missed out on the grand final 12 months ago in heartbreaking fashion, but she\u2019ll be there in 2026,\u201d Brenton Speed said on Nine.<\/p>\n

The victory means the Roosters will have both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s team in the decider next weekend at Accor Stadium. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou could see how much it means to these girls, they knew today was not going to be an easy task after the week off especially,\u201d Ruan Sims said. <\/p>\n

Early in the match it looked another Roosters\u2019 bloodbath was on the way when Jayme Fressard scored in the corner after a simple exchange of passes.<\/p>\n

Following 20 minutes of football, that score became 10-0 after Roosters forward Rita Butler ran over defenders following a set play. <\/p>\n

But the Raiders were determined to make the Roosters earn their points, particularly Krystal Blackwell. <\/p>\n

Blackwell had to receive medical attention twice after blood spilt profusely from a cut before crossing right on half-time. <\/p>\n

The five-eighth had the ball 20 metres out from the line and went through a gaping hole as she modelled a new jersey and blood still streaming from the nose. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s got the jets, she\u2019s got the try,\u201d caller Brenton Speed said. <\/p>\n

The conversion was missed for the Raiders which meant the Roosters went into the break leading 10-4. <\/p>\n

Fressard didn\u2019t return after the break, having injured her shoulder trying to stop Blackwell, which will be a concern going into the grand final. <\/p>\n

The Roosters were first to score when a bomb wasn\u2019t caught at the back by hesitant Raiders winger Isabelle Waterman. Jess Sergis then out-sprinted her to the ball and put it down under the posts. <\/p>\n

With 18 minutes left, a winning try looked likely when Isabelle Kelly beat fullback Sheridan Gallagher with open space in front of her. However, Blackwell popped up again, ankle-tapping the Roosters skipper before the line and forcing an error. <\/p>\n

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Krystal Blackwell during the preliminary final.\u00a0NRL Imagery<\/p>\n

\u201cWow, what a huge play from Krystal Blackwell,\u201d Allana Ferguson said.<\/p>\n

The Raiders were then alive with 10 minutes to go as Hollie-Mae Dodd barged her way over close to the line to make it a six-point ball game. <\/p>\n

But the Roosters showed their class when Aiken ran on to the ball and dummied slightly to push through the defence and seal a grand final spot. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat was one of the hardest games we\u2019ve played this year … Canberra always give it to us, they\u2019ve got a really good pack and it was a great game,\u201d Olivia Kernick said during her post-game interview on Nine.<\/p>\n

The minor premiers will meet either Brisbane or Gold Coast in the grand final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The undefeated Sydney Roosters are close to finishing with the perfect season, landing a spot in the NRLW…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":906271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-906270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}