The Newtown Jets Canterbury Cup resurgence continues apace

TheNewtown Jets claimed another impressive scalp in the Canterbury Cup NSWcompetition, when they defeated second-placed Mounties by 34-20 on Saturday afternoonat the Aubrey Keech Reserve, Hinchinbrook.

TheJets had a tight grip on this result when they ran up a 22-4 lead by half-time,with the tries being scored by winger Sione Katoa, halfback Braydon Trindall,front-rower Jimmy Jolliffe and second-rower Josh Carr. Newtown increased thislead early in the second half by way of a sensational long-distance try toSione Katoa.

Mountieshad a bigger share of possession in the second half and pulled back to trail28-14 with eighteen minutes left to play. Jets hooker Craig Garvey and lockBilly Magoulias combined to lay on a superbly-worked try that took Newtown outto a 34-14 lead, a points advantage that was unlikely to be run down in thetime remaining.

BillyMagoulias, Jimmy Jolliffe and Scott Sorensen were the best of an effectiveNewtown forward pack, while Braydon Trindall, Ronaldo Mulitalo and Sione Katoawere the best of the backs.

Thereis a general bye in the Canterbury Cup NSW competition next weekend (22^nd/23^rdJune). Newtown’s next game is against the in-form Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogson Sunday, 30^th June at 1.50pm.

Saturday’smatch details:

NSWRLCanterbury Cup NSW – 14^th Round

Saturday,15^th June 2019

AubreyKeech Reserve, Hinchinbrook

Mountiesv Newtown

Kick-Offwas at 3.00pm.

Newtown 34:
Sione Katoa 2, Braydon Trindall, Jimmy Jolliffe, Josh Carr, Billy Magoulias tries;

BraydonTrindall 4 conversions and 1 penalty goal

defeated

Mounties20:

SamDuggan, Royce Hunt, Tony Satini, Darby Medlyn tries;

AndreNiko 2 goals.

Half-Time: Newtown led 22-4.

Referee: Damian Brady.

TouchJudges: JosephEid and Jake Sutherland.

Playingsurface:Excellent.

Weather: Sunny, some clouds,19 degrees.

Newtown’s team was:
Will Kennedy, Sione Katoa, Ronaldo Mulitalo, Matt Evans, Aaron Gray, Jack A. Williams (Capt), Braydon Trindall, Scott Sorensen, Teig Wilton, Siosifa Talakai, Wes Lolo, Billy Magoulias, Jimmy Jolliffe.

Bench: Luke Polselli, GregEastwood, Josh Carr, Craig Garvey.

Coach: Greg Matterson.

Mounties:

EddieAiono, Tony Satini, Reubenn Rennie, Sebastian Kris, Andre Niko, Dean Matterson,Brendan O’Hagan, Ruben Porter, Jack Murchie, Royce Hunt, JJ Collins, SamDuggan, Vincent Rennie.

Bench: Daniel Keir, JarrettRoland, Darby Medlyn, Tom Starling.

Coach: Peter Marrapodi.

Thereis a general bye in the Canterbury Cup NSW competition on the weekend of 22^nd/23^rdJune.

Matchstatistics(expertly compiled by Newtown’s CEO Stuart McCarthy):

Completions:

1st half: Newtown 16/18 (89%), Mounties 9/12 (75%)
2nd half: Newtown 13/15 (87%), Mounties 17/18 (94%)

Fulltime: Newtown 29/33 (88%), Mounties 26/30 (87%)

Possession:

1st half: Newtown 70 tackles (57%), Mounties 52 tackles (43%)
2nd half: Newtown 46 tackles (41%), Mounties 65 tackles (59%)

Fulltime: Newtown 116 tackles (50%), Mounties 117 tackles (50%)

Penalties:

1sthalf: Newtown 1 Mounties 1

2ndhalf: Newtown 5 Mounties 5

Fulltime: Newtown 6 Mounties 6

Newtown’snext game details:

NSWRLCanterbury Cup NSW – 15^th Round

Sunday,30^th June 2019

ANZStadium

Canterbury-Bankstownv Newtown

Kick-Off:1.50pm.

Thismatch will be a curtain-raiser to the Bulldogs v Sharks NRL fixture at 4.05pm.