Canberra Raiders heap more pressure on St George Illawarra Dragons coach Steve Price Jason Nightingale is crunched in a tackle by Joel Edwards. THE NRL season is just three games old but pressure is already starting to mount on St George Illawarra coach Steve Price. Price watched on Sunday night as his side slumped to their third successive defeat this season - a 30-17 loss to Canberra at Canberra Stadium. The Red V now stands for Vanquished. St George Illawarra and New Zealand Warriors are the only teams not to have won a match this season. The Dragons failed to make the finals under Price last year with club management bidding strongly - yet unsuccessfully - to lure Craig Bellamy from Melbourne. Price must at least make the finals this year to be re-signed. After a 0-3 start though, the heat is on. Under pressure Dragons coach Steve Price. Price must often feel like he is coaching without the support of his club's board. St George Illawarra must beat fierce local rivals Cronulla this Saturday night at Sharks Stadium to restore some lost credibility. The amazing hoodoo continued Sunday night with St George Illawarra having not won in Canberra since way back in 2000. Saints played strongly at times but just couldn't get the job done. Victory was a relief for Raiders coach David Furner, his side hadn't won a match this season up until this point. Fullback Reece Robinson scored two tries and set-up a third to show there is certainly life after sacked star Josh Dugan. Reece Robinson starred for the Raiders. Both sides scored one try apiece in the opening half with the Raiders leading 6-5 at half-time. St George Illawarra appeared to score the first try early when fullback Gerard Beale fired out a long ball out to winger Brett Morris, who crossed in the corner. Video referees Chris Ward and Gavin Reynolds however ruled that Saints skipper Ben Creagh ran a decoy and obstructed the Canberra defence. Creagh vehemently objected to the decision. It is a such a grey area and will cause enormous angst throughout the season. Canberra had several sets on the Dragons line midway through the first half but bombed each chance. Raiders players celebrate after a Sandor Earl four-pointer. Buoyed by their defence, Saints then went on the attack - and came away with a try. And Morris nabbed the try some say he was wrongly denied earlier. It came after halfback Nathan Fien chip-kicked to the corner for Morris to dive full stretch and score a superb try. The Raiders attack didn't seem to present too many worry for Saints' defence, despite enjoying 60 percent of possession in the first half. Finally, after sustained determination, the Raiders scored their first try. Recalled centre Blake Ferguson put through a delicate grubber kick which bounced awkwardly in the Dragons in-goal area. The ball finally steadied and sat-up nicely for fullback Reece Robinson, who scored a simple try. From the sideline, Raiders centre Jarrod Croker converted to give his side a 6-4 lead. Right on half-time, Soward landed a whopping 45 metre field goal. He struck it ever so sweetly. Canberra started the second half in stunning style, scoring a try after four minutes. It came after centre Jarrod Croker made a long break down-field but couldn't position Robinson, who supported on the outside. Croker took the tackle with Robinson quickly shifting into dummy half. The Dragons markers pushed right, Robinson went left and strolled over untouched for his second try. Croker landed a conversion from out wide to give his team a 12-5 lead. St George Illawarra were not about to lie down though. Just four minutes after Robinson's try, Saints hit back through a try to Daniel Vidot after Canberra was caught short defensively down their left side. Vidot actually scored untouched. Saints five-eighth Jamie Soward converted from the sideline, Canberra now holding a 12-11 lead. The match was see-sawing, Canberra scoring minutes later through Croker, who followed through a bomb from team-mate Josh McCrone. Croker caught the ball on the full to score a spectular try. He then converted to give Canberra an 18-11 lead. Raiders winger Sandor Earl slid over in the 61st minute to seal the match. CANBERRA 30 (J Croker 2 R Robinson 2 S Earl tries J Croker 5 goals) bt ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA 17 (N Fien B Morris D Vidot tries J Soward 2 goals J Soward field goal) at Canberra Stadium. Referee: Gavin Badger, Jared Maxwell. Crowd: 12,115.