Jets turn on a performance for the ages – and for the stunningly large crowd
Ittruly was a day to remember for the Newtown Jets at Henson Park on Saturday.The combination of the Jets-Bulldogs Canterbury Cup clash and the fourth annualBeer, Footy and Food Festival drew a crowd estimated by authoritative sourcesas being in excess of 10,000.
Inaddition to the wonderful atmosphere created by the biggest crowd to attend arugby league match at Henson Park in decades, the 10th placedNewtown Jets emphatically defeated the competition leaders Canterbury-Bankstownby 32-12, after leading 18-4 at halftime.
Thiswas one of the Jets most impressive performances for the 2019 season. Boostedby the inclusion of Cronulla Sharks NRL squad members Sione Katoa, KyleFlanagan, Scott Sorensen and Jayson Bukuya, the reinforced Jets line-up scoredsix tries to three and proved they are certainly capable of making theCanterbury Cup finals.
Winger Sione Katoa was in superlative form, scoring three tries in the first half and setting up another midway through the second session. Fullback Will Kennedy had his best game this season and scored two slashing tries in the second half that put the result beyond doubt.
TheJets take on Manly-Warringah’s partnership club, Blacktown Workers, atLottoland Stadium (Brookvale Oval) on Saturday, 3rd August at12.45pm. This match will be televised live on Fox Sports.
Matchdetails from Saturday, 27th July 2019:
Newtown32:
SioneKatoa 3, Will Kennedy 2, Tyrone Phillips tries;
KyleFlanagan 3 conversions and 1 penalty goal
defeated
Canterbury-Bankstown12:
ToaMataáfa, James Roumanos, Bronson Garlick tries.
Halftime: Newtown led 18-4.
Referee: Kieren Irons.
TouchJudges:Adam Reid and James Vella.
Playingsurface:Excellent.
Weather: 17 degrees, partlycloudy, southerly breeze.
Newtown’steam was:
WillKennedy, Luke Polselli, Latrell Schaumkel, Tyrone Phillips, Sione Katoa, JackA. Williams, Kyle Flanagan, Jayson Bukuya, Scott Sorensen, Siosifa Talakai,Greg Eastwood, Grant Garvey, Jimmy Jolliffe.
Bench:Braydon Trindall, Wes Lolo, Teig Wilton, Daniel Vasquez.
Coach:Greg Matterson.
Canterbury-Bankstown:
ToaMataáfa, Christian Crichton, John Olive, Connelly Lemuelu, Jayden Okunbor,Brandon Wakeham, Faámanu Brown, Kaline Kalache, Bronson Garlick, Dalton Smith,Ofahiki Ogden, Ben Marschke, Jack Nelson.
Bench:James Roumanos, Elie El-Zakhem, Jesse Marschke, Matt Doorey.
Coach:Brad Henderson.
ThisNewtown Jets-related article appeared on the NRL official website on Thursday,25th July: https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/07/25/taking-it-to-the-streets-new-book-details-newtowns-enduring-spirit/
Newtown’snext game details:
NSWRLCanterbury Cup NSW – 20th Round
Saturday,3rd August 2019
LottolandStadium (Brookvale Oval)
BlacktownWorkers Sea Eagles v Newtown
Kick-Off:12.45pm.
Thismatch will be televised live on Fox League.
(Thisgame is a curtain-raiser to the Manly-Warringah v Newcastle Knights NRLfixture).