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Newtown vs Dragons
Sunday 26th March, 3.55 pm
Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Kogarah

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Giant Newtown Jets forward Tony “The T-Rex” Williams pushes away a would-be Wests Tigers defender in last Saturday’s exciting ISP NSW match at Campbelltown Stadium. Photo: Gary Sutherland Photography
Giant Newtown Jets forward Tony “The T-Rex” Williams pushes away a would-be Wests Tigers defender in last Saturday’s exciting ISP NSW match at Campbelltown Stadium. Photo: Gary Sutherland Photography

Jets win a thriller with late converted try

A conversion from the sideline five minutes from fulltime gave Newtown a 26-24 win against Wests Tigers at Campbelltown Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Wests Tigers led 18-10 at halftime and 24-20 late in the second half in a game where the lead changed hands several times.

As Jets coach Greg Matterson observed after the game, “there’s still a lot of improvement needed in this Newtown side, but we won’t be too shy to take the competition points on offer!” Both teams needed to win to re-ignite their seasons and they turned on an thrilling spectacle. There had been a certain amount of drama within the Wests Tigers club in the preceding week, and it was thought that this might provide added incentive for the home team.

Newtown edged ahead of Wests Tigers 20-18 midway through the second half, but the Jets looked to be in real trouble when the Tigers regained the lead 24-20 with less than fifteen minutes remaining. Newtown’s Samoan international five-eighth Penani Manumalealii laid on a superb cut-out pass for winger James Tuitahi to score in the northern right-hand corner, and halfback Fa’amanu Brown coolly landed the conversion from wide out to get the Jets home.

Coach Matterson said there was a lot of improvement needed by the Jets in defence and onfield-discipline but he was pleased with the team’s inventiveness in attack. Kurt Dillon, Tony Williams and Jaimin Jolliffe were the best of the forwards on Saturday, while Manumalealii and Brown had stood out in the backs.

The Newtown Jets take on Newcastle Knights next Saturday, 1st April, at the Southern Cross Group Stadium at 12.40pm. This fifth round Intrust Super Premiership match will be televised live on Fox Sports.

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Members Badge Draw Friday 24th March 2023

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Newtown Jets Team List v St George Illawarra Dragons Sun 26th March, 2023

•	The Newtown Jets triple alliance. From left to right: Niwhai Puru, Jordin Leiu and Kayal Iro. Photo: Mario Facchini/mafphotography

Jets winning run ended by Canberra heatwave and second half errors

Niwhai Puru in possession for Newtown against South Sydney at Henson Park on Saturday, 4th March 2023. Photo: Mario Facchini/mafphotography

Brotherly love stops at the GIO Stadium gate for the Purus

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Newtown Jets Team List v Canberra Raiders Sun 19th March, 2023

Some young guns out of the Cronulla Sharks development system – Kyle Pickering (left), Rhys Dakin and Samuel Stonestreet. Photo: John Trad

Samuel Stonestreet hat-trick seals dominant win for Jets

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Newtown Jets respect and honour the Traditional Custodians of the Land and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge the stories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the lands we meet, gather and play on and that the land area encompassing Henson Park traditionally belonged to the Gadigal people of the Eora nation.