Carney leads Roosters carnage against Canberra

The Sydney Roosters have inflicted a fourth straight NRL loss on Canberra, edging out the Raiders 22-12 in tight affair at Canberra Stadium on Sunday.

The Roosters scored four tries to the Raiders’ two, in a closely-fought contest that saw the ball spend most of its time in the visitors’ own half.

Roosters halfback Todd Carney, sacked by Canberra in 2008 for a series of off-field indiscretions, got his side away to a fast start in front of a hostile crowd.

Carney intercepted a Raiders pass in the 12th minute and ran 80 metres to score the first try of the match.

He then had a hand in the visitors’ second four-pointer two minutes later, when his attempted 40-20 kick that was destined for the sideline, was pushed back into the field of play by Canberra fullback Josh Dugan.

However, the ball bounced nicely into the path of Roosters winger Sam Perrett, who darted over unopposed to give the Roosters a 10-0 lead.

However, the Raiders hit back as centre Joel Thompson and winger Joel Monaghan scored tries, coverted by Jarrod Croker, to hand the green machine a 12-10 lead at the interval.

The Roosters started the second period strongly and centre Shaun Kenny-Dowall found the tryline in the 54th minute to restore his side’s lead.

A benefit-of-the-doubt try awarded by the video referee to hooker Jake Friend then gave the Roosters an unassailable lead in the 67th minute and consolidated their top eight spot.

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