Canberra Raiders 28–20 Melbourne Storm — Elimination Final, 2022 NRL Finals Series
10 Sep 2022 · AAMI Park, Melbourne, VIC · Attendance: 20,838
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Elimination Final, 2022 NRL finals series: Canberra Raiders 28–20 Melbourne Storm, at AAMI Park, Melbourne, VIC on 10 Sep 2022.
Sourcing caveat: Melbourne used two goal-kickers (Cameron Munster and Nick Meaney) across the match; the combined tally is shown descriptively rather than attributed conversion-by-conversion. Try-scoring minutes were not independently cross-verified against a second minute-by-minute source. No official player-of-the-match award was found for this fixture. The scoring detail above was originally researched against an incorrect venue/date/score (mistakenly framed as 34-28 at GIO Stadium, Canberra, 9 Sept). Lineup research (24 Aug 2026) confirmed the correct match is Canberra Raiders 28 def. Melbourne Storm 20, played 10 September 2022 at AAMI Park, Melbourne - matching the site's own NRL_FINALS_SERIES record. Melbourne's listed goal-kicker was unconfirmed ('(2/5 conversions)'); research identifies Cameron Munster as the confirmed successful kicker (2/2), with Nick Meaney missing both his conversion attempts (0/2), for a combined 2/5 as recorded - this can be split into separate kicker credits in a future correction pass. Lineups above are independently verified for the correct 28-20 match. The scoring detail above was originally researched against an incorrect venue/date/score (mistakenly framed as 34-28 at GIO Stadium, Canberra, 9 Sept). Lineup research (24 Aug 2026) confirmed the correct match is Canberra Raiders 28 def. Melbourne Storm 20, played 10 September 2022 at AAMI Park, Melbourne - matching the site's own NRL_FINALS_SERIES record. Melbourne's listed goal-kicker was unconfirmed ('(2/5 conversions)'); research identifies Cameron Munster as the confirmed successful kicker (2/2), with Nick Meaney missing both his conversion attempts (0/2), for a combined 2/5 as recorded - this can be split into separate kicker credits in a future correction pass. Lineups above are independently verified for the correct 28-20 match.
Scoring timeline
| 12′ | Canberra Raiders — try, Timoko |
| 18′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Coates |
| 22′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Coates |
| 25′ | Canberra Raiders — try, Fogarty |
| 35′ | Canberra Raiders — try, Whitehead |
| 45′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Coates |
| 57′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Asofa-Solomona |
| 65′ | Canberra Raiders — try, Young |
| 75′ | Canberra Raiders — try, Rapana |
Tries with a sourced minute, in order scored, with the conversion kicked/missed alongside each one where source data lets us match a kicker to that specific try. Tries whose exact minute isn't recorded in available sources appear in the Scorers table below but not here; goal tallies we can't attribute to one specific try are shown as descriptive text in Scorers rather than guessed into this timeline.
Scorers
| Canberra Raiders | Tries: Timoko 12'; Fogarty 25'; Whitehead 35'; Young 65'; Rapana 75' Goals: Fogarty (4/5 conversions) |
| Melbourne Storm | Tries: Coates 18'; Coates 22'; Coates 45'; Asofa-Solomona 57' Goals: (2/5 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Canberra Raiders | Melbourne Storm | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xavier Savage | Fullback | Nick Meaney | 1 |
| 2 | Nick Cotric | Wing | David Nofoaluma | 2 |
| 3 | Matthew Timoko | Centre | Marion Seve | 3 |
| 4 | Sebastian Kris | Centre | Justin Olam | 4 |
| 5 | Jordan Rapana | Wing | Xavier Coates | 5 |
| 6 | Jack Wighton | Five-eighth | Cameron Munster | 6 |
| 7 | Jamal Fogarty | Halfback | Jahrome Hughes | 7 |
| 8 | Josh Papali'i | Prop | Jesse Bromwich | 8 |
| 9 | Zac Woolford | Hooker | Harry Grant | 9 |
| 10 | Joseph Tapine | Prop | Nelson Asofa-Solomona | 10 |
| 11 | Hudson Young | Second Row | Felise Kaufusi | 11 |
| 12 | Elliott Whitehead | Second Row | Kenneath Bromwich | 12 |
| 13 | Adam Elliott | Lock | Josh King | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Tom Starling | Brandon Smith | 14 | |
| 15 | Emre Guler | Tui Kamikamica | 15 | |
| 16 | Corey Horsburgh | Trent Loiero | 16 | |
| 17 | Corey Harawira-Naera | Chris Lewis | 17 | |
| Ricky Stuart | Coach | Craig Bellamy | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Grant Atkins |
Match report
In one of the finals series' biggest boilovers, the eighth-placed Canberra Raiders travelled to AAMI Park and eliminated the fourth-placed, heavily favoured Melbourne Storm 28-20 in the Week 1 Elimination Final. Melbourne winger Xavier Coates scored a first-half hat-trick and looked set to power the Storm through, but Canberra hit back repeatedly, with five different try-scorers — Matthew Timoko, Jamal Fogarty, Elliott Whitehead, Hudson Young and Jordan Rapana — and near-perfect goal-kicking from Fogarty proving decisive. The Raiders led at halftime and held on despite a late Nelson Asofa-Solomona try for Melbourne. It was Canberra's fifth straight win over the Storm at AAMI Park, sending them on to a Week 2 semi-final against Parramatta, while ending Melbourne's premiership campaign despite finishing the regular season in the top four.