Jets in narrow loss to Panthers
The Newtown Jets were narrowly beaten 18-16 by thePenrith Panthers in the sixth round Canterbury Cup NSW fixture played at Henson Parkon Easter Sunday afternoon.
Newtown’s third and finaltry was scored in the final minute of play, with the time clock effectivelypreventing any chance of a belated Jets victory.
The Panthers had led 12-0 at halftime and looked to bewell in command when they opened up an 18-4 lead with about fifteen minutesremaining.
Newtown had scored the firsttry of the second half when winger Isaac Lumelume pounced on the ball inpursuit of a well-flighted kick into the Panthers’ in-goal by five-eighth KyleFlanagan. Halfback Braydon Trindall dashed over eight minutes out from fulltimeand centre Ronaldo Mulitalo scored wide out in the final minute of the game.
The warm autumn weather took its toll on both groupsof players, with both the Jets and Panthers team members making a lot of errorsin the match. Penrith had the majority of possession during the game and spenta lot of time in Newtown’shalf. The Jets defended gamely on their own line for extended periods, but intruth there were some rather dour spells of play in both halves of the match.
The Newtown Jets play the Western Suburbs Magpies inround seven of the Canterbury Cup NSW at Lidcombe Oval next Sunday, 28thApril, at 1.10pm. This will be another Channel Nine televised game.
Sunday’s match details:
Penrith 18:
Brian To’o, Caleb Aekins, Nick Lui-Toso tries;
Dylan Edwards 3 goals
defeated
Newtown 16:
Rusiate (Isaac) Lumelume, Braydon Trindall, RonaldoMulitalo tries;
Kyle Flanagan, Braydon Trindall goals.
Halftime: Penrith led 12-0.
Referee: Todd Smith.
Assistant referee: Kieren Irons.
Touch Judges: Jake Sutherland andDarian Furner.
Playing surface: Excellent.
Weather: Fine, sunny, 26degrees Celsius, north-east breeze.
Newtown’s team was:
Luke Polselli, Matt Evans, Aaron Gray, RonaldoMulitalo, Rusiate (Isaac) Lumelume, Kyle Flanagan, Braydon Trindall, BillyMagoulias, Daniel Vasquez, Siosifa Talakai, Wes Lolo, James Segeyaro, Jaimin(Jimmy) Jolliffe.
Bench: Tyla Tamou, Teig Wilton, Greg Eastwood, JoshCarr, Cruz Topai-Aveai.
Coach: Greg Matterson.
Penrith:
Dylan Edwards, Brent Naden, Matheson Johns, TyrellFuimaono, Brian To’o, Caleb Aekins, Jarome Luai, Hame Sele, Billy Burns, JedCartwright, Kaide Ellis, Mitch Kenny, Nick Lui-Toso.
Bench: Liam Coleman, Reed Izzard, Ratu Tuisese, AntonIrara.
Coach: Guy Missio.
Details of Newtown’snext game:
NSWRL CanterburyCup NSW – Round Seven
Sunday, 28th April 2019
Lidcombe Oval
Western Suburbs (sixth place, 6 points) versus Newtown (12thplace, 2 points)
Kick-Off: 1.10pm.
This match will be televised live on Channel Nine.
Highlights of the Newtown v Penrith match: https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2019/04/21/highlights--newtown-jets-v-penrith-panthers---round-6/