Newcastle Knights Essay
Newcastle Knights scored 23 points in the final 12 minutes to record an astonishing comeback victory over the Canterbury Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs were leading 34-12 in the 68th minute, before the Knights piled on four consecutive tries without the Bulldogs touching the ball once in this period.
A Carlos Tuimavave field goal in the final minute gave the Knights the lead and ultimately the 35-34 victory in ridiculous circumstances.
Chase Stanley and Pat O’Hanlon from the Bulldogs were sent to the sin bin early in the second half along with Joseph Tapine and Ben Tupou from the Knights after an all-in scuffle that spilled over the sideline.
Tyrone Phillips added a hatrick to his try scoring hot streak in what was an extremely eventual match. …show more content…
The momentum of the Knights was near unstoppable, as they marched up field again off the kickoff only for Tapine to score. Holland missed his first kick of the day and the score remained 34-28.
The Bulldogs kicked off and gave away a penalty a few tackles later, which gifted the Knights more field position before Jaelen Feeney was held up.
Just two tackles later, Fitzgibbon bended the defence backwards and used his long reach to plant the ball down and lock up the scores at 34-all with only minutes remaining.
The shell shocked Bulldogs attempted a short kickoff, but it did not go 10 metres which gave Carlos Tuimavave the field position to slot a clutch field goal and secure a remarkable victory for the Knights.
It was one of the comebacks of the season, and an extremely important victory for the Knights who would have been in immediate danger of dropping out of the top eight if they did not pick up a win.
The Bulldogs will play the North Sydney Bears at Leichhardt Oval next week. The Knights have a bye, but will return in two weeks to take on the Illawarra Cutters at Hunter
The Bulldogs were leading 34-12 in the 68th minute, before the Knights piled on four consecutive tries without the Bulldogs touching the ball once in this period.
A Carlos Tuimavave field goal in the final minute gave the Knights the lead and ultimately the 35-34 victory in ridiculous circumstances.
Chase Stanley and Pat O’Hanlon from the Bulldogs were sent to the sin bin early in the second half along with Joseph Tapine and Ben Tupou from the Knights after an all-in scuffle that spilled over the sideline.
Tyrone Phillips added a hatrick to his try scoring hot streak in what was an extremely eventual match. …show more content…
The momentum of the Knights was near unstoppable, as they marched up field again off the kickoff only for Tapine to score. Holland missed his first kick of the day and the score remained 34-28.
The Bulldogs kicked off and gave away a penalty a few tackles later, which gifted the Knights more field position before Jaelen Feeney was held up.
Just two tackles later, Fitzgibbon bended the defence backwards and used his long reach to plant the ball down and lock up the scores at 34-all with only minutes remaining.
The shell shocked Bulldogs attempted a short kickoff, but it did not go 10 metres which gave Carlos Tuimavave the field position to slot a clutch field goal and secure a remarkable victory for the Knights.
It was one of the comebacks of the season, and an extremely important victory for the Knights who would have been in immediate danger of dropping out of the top eight if they did not pick up a win.
The Bulldogs will play the North Sydney Bears at Leichhardt Oval next week. The Knights have a bye, but will return in two weeks to take on the Illawarra Cutters at Hunter