West Belconnen halfback Bobby Roberts scored seven points in the last six minutes to lift the Warriors to a thrilling one-point victory against the Woden Rams on Sunday.
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Roberts broke Woden hearts and spoiled the Rams' celebration for stalwart Josh Burns' 150th game when he led the Warriors' to a fightback 21-20 win at West Belconnen.
The Warriors were trailing when Roberts scooped up the ball after it spilled loose from a tackle and raced away to put his team ahead by two points with just six minutes remaining.
The Rams hit back with a score-levelling penalty goal before Roberts stepped up again.
The Warriors charged down the field and Roberts calmly slotted a 25-metre field goal to keep his team in touch with the Canberra Raiders Cup leaders going into a two-week competition bye.
It capped off a sweet day for Warriors coach Justin Giteau, with brother Matt helping Toulon to the French Top 14 rugby union title earlier on Sunday.
"It wasn't pretty at all and [Woden] played well for Burnsy ... it was tight the whole game and we were down 12-4 at half-time," Giteau said.
"It wasn't the best footy you'll see but we're happy with the points and the way you win them doesn't matter.
"I got up early [at 4am] to watch Matt play, so it's been a long day but it was a good finish."
The Rams were filthy that the referee and touch judges didn't penalise the Warriors for what they believed was a strip in the play that led to Roberts' try.
The Rams have won just one game this year and were devastated to lose Burns' milestone game.
Coach Cameron Hardy said: "It was very tough to swallow.
"We've been our own worst enemy making mistakes, but the match was up for grabs the whole time and if we had have cut out the mistakes we would have been sweet.
"Mistakes and errors have cost us all year and that's why we're sitting where we are on the ladder, we've had five or six games where there's been just six points in it.
"I don't think the referee was helped by his touch judge; the game stopped and Bobby scored under the sticks, which cost us."
WEST BELCONNEN WARRIORS 21 (R McQueen 2, I Hamad, B Roberts tries; B Roberts, S Jones goals; B Roberts field goal) bt WODEN RAMS 20 (J Martin, G House, T Crome tries; T Crome 4 goals).
