The Newcastle Knights continued their blistering run of form by knocking the Penrith Panthers out of the competition with a 44-12 victory.
In what was the 2014 VB NSW Cup Grand Final rematch, the Knights finally got their long-awaited revenge to deny the defending premiers a chance to go back-to-back.
Jake Mamo was outstanding for the Knights with three tries and a try assist, two of which will feature for the try of the year contention.
The match began incredibly poorly for the Panthers, as they failed to complete their opening four sets and lacked any go-forward.
The Knights began the game with three errors as well, but managed to score first after Ken Tofilau plucked a pinpoint Carlos Tuimavave cross-field kick out of the air to plant …show more content…
Honeti Tuha crossed for the Knights in the left corner 28 minutes into the game, but the Nathan Ross pass in the lead up was ruled to have gone forward.
Jake Mamo put the ball down in the exact same spot with three minutes remaining in the half thanks to a strong run and offload by Lachlan Fitzgibbon to increase their lead to 10-6, which was the halftime score.
A polished opening to the second half by the Knights led to Mamo’s second try of the afternoon, after some outstanding work by Marvin Filipo to break the line and offload to the try scorer.
Kerrod Holland increased the Knights lead to 20-6 just five minutes later after he plucked another cross-field out of the air to successfully plant the ball down.
Tuha continued the Knights onslaught three minutes later after he intercepted a wayward offload on halfway and ran away to score, despite a courageous chase by Smith.
One of the tries of the year immediately followed. George Ndaira busted through the line and threw an optimistic offload to Mamo, who sprinted away and put in a perfect chip for Holland to re-gather and score under the
In what was the 2014 VB NSW Cup Grand Final rematch, the Knights finally got their long-awaited revenge to deny the defending premiers a chance to go back-to-back.
Jake Mamo was outstanding for the Knights with three tries and a try assist, two of which will feature for the try of the year contention.
The match began incredibly poorly for the Panthers, as they failed to complete their opening four sets and lacked any go-forward.
The Knights began the game with three errors as well, but managed to score first after Ken Tofilau plucked a pinpoint Carlos Tuimavave cross-field kick out of the air to plant …show more content…
Honeti Tuha crossed for the Knights in the left corner 28 minutes into the game, but the Nathan Ross pass in the lead up was ruled to have gone forward.
Jake Mamo put the ball down in the exact same spot with three minutes remaining in the half thanks to a strong run and offload by Lachlan Fitzgibbon to increase their lead to 10-6, which was the halftime score.
A polished opening to the second half by the Knights led to Mamo’s second try of the afternoon, after some outstanding work by Marvin Filipo to break the line and offload to the try scorer.
Kerrod Holland increased the Knights lead to 20-6 just five minutes later after he plucked another cross-field out of the air to successfully plant the ball down.
Tuha continued the Knights onslaught three minutes later after he intercepted a wayward offload on halfway and ran away to score, despite a courageous chase by Smith.
One of the tries of the year immediately followed. George Ndaira busted through the line and threw an optimistic offload to Mamo, who sprinted away and put in a perfect chip for Holland to re-gather and score under the