Where to now for the Canberra Raiders? Do they need to go back to the drawing board over the bye?

Their attack clicked into life in the second half against the Penrith Panthers, but in the blink of an eye all their work was gone. Two Matt Moylan passes and two premiership points became none.

In almost every statistic they beat the Panthers - completions, possession, line breaks, offloads, penalties, errors - except the one that mattered.

They kicked well, finished brilliantly and seemed to have soaked up everything the Panthers could throw at them.

But question marks will remain on their defence and ability to close out a game.

They've lost three games to golden point and two in the dying seconds of regulation time - if just a couple of those had been wins then they'd be sitting far prettier.

Baptiste's back baby

Is Kurt Baptiste's disallowed try proof of the evils of technology? You bet it is.

Josh Hodgson's halves partner has put an awful Achilles injury behind him, running out with 11 minutes left in the first half, in a great return to the NRL.

It was a positive the Green Machine faithful will help turn their season around after it stuttered into the bye.

Baptiste got through 80 minutes of work last week for NSW Cup side Mounties to earn a recall and put in an important shift for the Raiders this week.

It allowed Raiders coach Ricky Stuart to get the band back together, with Hodgson switching to lock to give them an extra ball player.

Baptiste was robbed of a try on his return by the video ref when the on-field whistleblowers had given it the all clear.

But the bearded Baptiste didn't let it get him down and he produced a great cut-out pass that eventually led to Nick Cotric's second try of the night.

Moylan's move has added bonus

There's been plenty made about Matt Moylan's move to five-eighth, but the added bonus has been the introduction of Dylan Edwards at fullback for the Panthers.

While Moylan was leading the attack with the No.6 on his back, Edwards' pace was helping them fly out from the back.

Edwards played a role in the Panthers' second try, putting away Nathan Cleary, had a line break and run for a massive 240 metres.

Panthers coach Anthony Griffin wasn't surprised with the way Edwards has slotted into the team.

"He's a fullback and I think this is his fifth or sixth game now. You put them in there because you think they're good enough," Griffin said.

"He had to get his job done tonight - they've got a very good kicking game and big strong outside backs coming down on him all night so I thought he handled that well."

Put the whistle away ref

How good was the first State of Origin? Especially if you're a NSW Blues fan.

Penrith coach Anthony Griffin certainly loved it, but it's left him scratching his head, wondering why NRL games are treated differently.

The Panthers' win over the Raiders was a scrappy affair, with 17 penalties during the game. Origin had just six - two in the first half and four in the second.

The refs put the whistle away in that one and Griffin wants them to bring the same mentality back to the NRL.

"We saw the best game of the year, or for a long time, less than two weeks ago when there were six penalties in an Origin game," he said.

"They let the game go and let both teams sort it out. I'm not criticising anyone personally here, but I don't understand why we get to clubland and there's got to be 18 penalties in a game."