WHAT now for Ricky Stuart and his sorry Raiders?

Canberra faithful may tell you it’s pure coincidence the club lost yet another tight game on Saturday, this time to the Warriors in a stunning four-minute capitulation.

The Warriors managed to score eight points — a converted try and two field goals — in the final four minutes of regular time to steal victory from the hands of a shocked Raiders outfit.

Gobsmacked home fans could only watch on as their beloved green machine let another one slip through their grasp.

Round 20

Saturday’s horrorshow followed close losses to Gold Coast in round 1 (30-28), and to Newcastle in round 2 (30-28).

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Canberra led in those games until the 79th minute and until the 74th minute respectively.

Now it’s back to the drawing board for Stuart, who is yet to find a reason — or a solution — for why his side consistently loses close scorelines, and lets their lead slip.

Fox Sports Lab has uncovered the shocking numbers that lay Canberra’s woes bare.

Since the beginning of 2017 they have won just two of 13 games decided by six points or less.

Under Stuart — who took the coaching reins in 2014 — the team has won just nine of 36 matches decided by six points or less.

Fox Sports Lab says that’s easily the worst record of any NRL club in that department.

The Raiders are now 0-3 and their 2018 NRL season is on the rocks.

In the NRL era (since 1998) only nine of 39 teams have started a season 0-3 and gone on to play finals the same year.

The club’s worst start to a season was in 1982 — their inaugural season — when they lost their opening seven games.

They are a long way from that woeful record, but Stuart will want to be arresting this worrying trend sooner rather than later.

“This past three weeks is really important from our point of view to understand the way we handle it, the way we bind together and handle this situation, will make or break our season,” Stuart said post-game.

“We have to use it, we have to grow out of it, because there’s no other way to look at it.

“There’s some things that just aren’t going our way at the moment.

“I look at the game a lot deeper and closer than you (the media) do, and the way our disappointed fans look at it.”