Knights 32–12 Raiders · Round 5 2026

Knights too good

The Knights beat the Raiders 32–12 at McDonald Jones Stadium in front of 23,002 in Round 5. They led 10–6 at half-time and never looked back.

Greg Marzhew scored 2 tries and Dominic Young scored 2 tries. Dane Gagai (Knights) was the standout with 86 fantasy points, 147 run metres and 12 tackle breaks. The Knights won the metres battle 2,011 to 1,678 and made fewer errors (12 to 14).

Our Final Tip had the Knights at 54% (a coin flip) and got it right. The bookies had the other side as favourites, so this one was an upset.

Form before this game · most recent first

Knights WLWWL

Raiders LLLWL

Game flow

Show scoring as a table

Min	Team	Player	Event	Score
10'	Raiders	Simi Sasagi	Try	0–4
12'	Raiders	Ethan Sanders	Conversion	0–6
28'	Knights	Greg Marzhew	Try	4–6
32'	Knights	Fletcher Sharpe	Try	8–6
34'	Knights	Sandon Smith	Conversion	10–6
43'	Knights	Dominic Young	Try	14–6
47'	Knights	Phoenix Crossland	Try	18–6
49'	Knights	Sandon Smith	Conversion	20–6
69'	Knights	Greg Marzhew	Try	24–6
70'	Knights	Sandon Smith	Conversion	26–6
71'	Raiders	Ethan Strange	Try	26–10
72'	Raiders	Ethan Sanders	Conversion	26–12
76'	Knights	Dominic Young	Try	30–12
77'	Knights	Sandon Smith	Conversion	32–12

Team stats

KnightsRaiders

54% Possession 46%

86% Completion rate 74%

2,011 Run metres 1,678

585 Post-contact metres 539

5 Line breaks 3

36 Tackle breaks 41

12 Offloads 8

554 Kick metres 440

86.8% Effective tackle % 87.0%

41 Missed tackles 36

12 Errors 14

5 Penalties conceded 6

DisciplinePenalties + six-agains

	NEW	CAN
Six-again (ruck)
Dangerous Tackle
Offside inside 10m
Other
Obstruction
Professional Foul
Shoulder Charge
Total	9	15

Positional battles

Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle

Fullbacks

CAN 47-45

Hunt Weekes

190 Run metres 123

71 Kick return metres 18

3 Tackle breaks 4

0 Line breaks 0

Halves

NEW 90-89

Sharpe, Smith Strange, Sanders

2 Try assists 1

0 Line-break assists 1

528 Kick metres 395

1 Errors 4

Hookers

NEW 46-23

Crossland Starling

39 Tackles 29

63 Run metres 27

83 Passes 53

0 Errors 0

Middles

NEW 129-99

Saifiti, Mooney, Croker Papalii, Tapine, Horsburgh

288 Run metres 302

94 Post-contact metres 107

98 Tackles 75

5 Missed tackles 4

Back row

CAN 108-96

Lucas, McEwen Young, Martin

280 Run metres 246

2 Tackle breaks 7

76 Tackles 87

7 Missed tackles 8

Outside backs

NEW 199-135

Young, Gagai, Best, Marzhew Tamale, Sasagi, Kris, Savage

624 Run metres 648

5 Line breaks 1

4 Tries 1

4 Errors 4

Best performers

NEW Dane Gagai 86

CAN Simi Sasagi 64

CAN Noah Martin 63

CAN Ethan Strange 62

NEW Jacob Saifiti 51

NEW Dylan Lucas 51

NEW Greg Marzhew 50

CAN Zac Hosking 50

Show performers as a table

Player	Team	Fantasy	Run m	Tackle breaks	Line breaks	Tries	Try assists	Tackles
Dane Gagai	Knights	86	147	12	2	0	2	24
Simi Sasagi	Raiders	64	226	3	1	1	1	17
Noah Martin	Raiders	63	78	2	1	0	0	60
Ethan Strange	Raiders	62	112	5	1	1	1	24
Jacob Saifiti	Knights	51	178	0	0	0	0	32
Dylan Lucas	Knights	51	167	2	0	0	0	37
Greg Marzhew	Knights	50	242	3	1	2	0	3
Zac Hosking	Raiders	50	52	0	0	0	0	43

Head-to-head

2025 R21Raiders home NEW 18 44 CAN Raiders by 26

2025 R17Knights home NEW 18 22 CAN Raiders by 4

2024 R18Raiders home NEW 16 12 CAN Knights by 4

2024 R1Knights home NEW 12 28 CAN Raiders by 16

2023 R22Raiders home NEW 28 6 CAN Knights by 22

How we tipped it

Chance each model gave the Knights · right of 50% = tipped the winner

NRL / Round 5