Newtown Jets Case Study
After making the Preliminary Final last year, the Newtown Jets would be disappointed in their eleventh placed finish this season. Recording only six wins, the Jets were far too inconsistent to be competitive in 2017, conceding 26 points per game. They also faced a minor speed-hump at the start of the year with Issues surrounding the usage of Henson Park meant they weren’t able to play at their spiritual home ground until Round 8.
Their Highlight Moment
A fantastic victory against Penrith was arguably the best of their six wins, especially now knowing how well the Panthers have gone in 2017. Down 16-6 with nine minutes remaining and with Penrith on the attack, Edrick Lee stepped up to the plate with a length of the field intercept, before Jayden …show more content…
At 22 years of age, Dillon has improved to career-best form in 2017, now taking significant responsibility in the Newtown pack. He averaged 145 metres per game as well as 32 tackles, which is a mountain of work for any young forward.
Room For Improvement
Defence was a major issue for the Jets this year, leaking 573 points across the 22 games they played. They also managed only 408 points scored, with both respective statistic being the third worst in the competition.
How It’ll Be Remembered
Off the back of a great year in 2016, the 2017 Newtown Jets campaign will be remembered as a disappointment with lost of room to improve. It will however also be remembered for some of the crazy plays by Edrick Lee inside his own half. Sometimes they were great, sometimes they were bad, but every-time it was amazing. From length of the field intercepts to win the game, all the way to dropping a ball when he was away with nobody near him, Edrick Lee certainly kept the fans entertained in 2017.
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Their Highlight Moment
A fantastic victory against Penrith was arguably the best of their six wins, especially now knowing how well the Panthers have gone in 2017. Down 16-6 with nine minutes remaining and with Penrith on the attack, Edrick Lee stepped up to the plate with a length of the field intercept, before Jayden …show more content…
At 22 years of age, Dillon has improved to career-best form in 2017, now taking significant responsibility in the Newtown pack. He averaged 145 metres per game as well as 32 tackles, which is a mountain of work for any young forward.
Room For Improvement
Defence was a major issue for the Jets this year, leaking 573 points across the 22 games they played. They also managed only 408 points scored, with both respective statistic being the third worst in the competition.
How It’ll Be Remembered
Off the back of a great year in 2016, the 2017 Newtown Jets campaign will be remembered as a disappointment with lost of room to improve. It will however also be remembered for some of the crazy plays by Edrick Lee inside his own half. Sometimes they were great, sometimes they were bad, but every-time it was amazing. From length of the field intercepts to win the game, all the way to dropping a ball when he was away with nobody near him, Edrick Lee certainly kept the fans entertained in 2017.
The next generation of NRL and NSW VB Blues players come directly from the Intrust Super Premiership NSW – click here for the latest on NSWRL’s blue-ribbon open-age