Canberra hold pulled off one of the upsets of the NRL become seasoned by caning Melbourne 26-16 at Canberra Stadium.
The Raiders scored five tries to three to end a seven-year losing streak to the Storm.
After a disappointing State of Origin playing on Wednesday, Canberra centre Joel Monaghan backed up with a blinder, scoring pair tries and having a hand in two others.
The Raiders opened the scoring in the 13th minute when Monaghan knocked the ball down for winger Justin Carney to score.
Monaghan scored the principal of his allow four-pointers in the 25th minute to take Canberra to an 8-0 lead and was on poem again just three minutes later to extend it to 14-0.
The Storm looked certain to enter half time scoreless bound a soft try conceded to hooker Cameron Smith in the 40th minute gave them a much-needed confidence boost before heading into the change rooms.
True to form, the Raiders struggled in the second moiety.
Two certain tries went begging in the first 10 minutes of the term before another Monaghan-Carney combination led to four-points for the Green Machine.
Storm centre Greg Inglis fired back with a do all that in one lies seven minutes later and a persistent team effort in the 65th minute helped Will Chambers find the line and bring it for the reason that close as 20-16.
But a four-pointer to Canberra second-rower Bronson Harrison in the dying seconds ended the Raiders long wait for a win over Melbourne.
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