纽卡斯尔骑士队在堪培拉GIO体育场以30-24击败堪培拉突袭者队[2]。尽管球队失去了中锋Bradman Best和跑锋Phoenix Crossland等关键球员，骑士队仍然凭借这场胜利巩固了自身在前八名的位置[2]。
这场胜利基本宣告了突袭者队的季后赛希望[2]。突袭者队目前战绩为9-12，已无法获得战绩平衡，并落后排名第八的北昆士兰牛仔队六分[2]。他们成为2016年悉尼公鸡队以来，首支在赢得小组第一年后无法进入季后赛的球队[2]。相比之下，骑士队目前战绩为13-8[2]。
在这场比赛中，Dom Young在自己的25岁生日当天打进两个尝试[2]，而Tyson Frizell则迎来了职业生涯的第300场比赛[2]。骑士队主教练Justin Holbrook的球队克服了包括半卫Dylan Brown和二排Dylan Lucas在内的多名伤兵缺阵的困难[2]。
Newcastle Knights defeated Canberra Raiders 30-24 at GIO Stadium in Round 23 of the 2026 NRL Premiership, effectively eliminating the Raiders from finals contention [2]. The victory solidified Newcastle's position in the top eight despite the absence of key players, including hooker Bradman Best and winger Phoenix Crossland, both sidelined by calf injuries [2]. Half-back Dylan Brown and second-rower Dylan Lucas were also unavailable for the Knights [2].
The loss leaves Canberra mathematically unable to achieve the win-loss balance required to challenge for a top-eight spot, now sitting six points adrift of eighth-placed North Queensland [2]. The Raiders have become the first team since the 2016 Sydney Roosters to miss the finals after finishing first in their respective round-robin stages [2]. On a brighter note for Newcastle, winger Dom Young scored two tries on his twenty-fifth birthday, while veteran Tyson Frizell marked his three-hundredth career appearance [2].