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Temp: 63 degrees Attendance: 13,131 at Sky Stadium, Wellington
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
Cougars 7 3 0 3 0 13 Match Report;
Diesels 0 3 7 7 0 17
DIESELS WIN BACK TO BACK WITH
Game Statistics: Cougars Diesels
First Downs 23 12 17-13 DEFEAT OF COUGARS
Third Down Conversions 6 5 -----------------------------------------------------
Third Downs 12 11 Wellington,NZ | The Wellington Diesels came from behind to
Third Down Percentage 50.0% 45.5% defeat the Perth Cougars 17-13 to record back to back
Fourth Down Conversions 0 0 wins. The game was a defensive showdown and the Diesels
Fourth Downs 0 0 Evrett Harlen the star as he recorded 3 sacks on the day.
Fourth Down Percentage 0.0% 0.0%
Two Pt Conversions Made 0 0 Perth controlled the football for much of the game. They
Two Pt Conversions Attempted 0 0 recorded 23 first downs against Wellingtons 12 and had 71
Two Pt Conversion Percentage 0.0% 0.0% plays as against 45 showing the disparity. Yet for all the
Offense Redzone Num 3 2 ball they could not consistently put up points on the
Offense Redzone TDs 1 1 board. The did score first on the opening possession and
Offense Redzone FGs 1 1 it was Kaysa Simona running their well known wheel right
Offense Redzone Percentage 66.7% 100.0% who split the zone coverage to score. But that would be
Rushing Attempts 30 19 the only time they got across the stripe. Other ventures
Rushing Yards 106 61 into the redzone saw Eddie Tatipapa kick a field goal at
Rushing Average 3.5 3.2 the end of the half and then Quarterback John McKinnon was
Rushing TDs 0 0 sack-fumbled by Harlen.
Passing Yards 231 173
Passing Completions 29 15 "We did a lot of things well but at key times our pass
Passing Attempts 41 26 protection and our decision making let us down" said Steve
Completion Percentage 70.7% 57.7% Ella. "We still have not got our defence where we need it
Passing Average 5.6 6.7 to be also. That is a big part missing from last year".
Passing TDs 1 2
Offensive Pass Interceptions 2 1 Wellington started to look more like a team that was
TOTAL OFFENSE 337 234 getting to know itself. The teams pass attack looked
Defensive Pass Interceptions 1 2 dangerous across the board. Rowan Binge and Dane Leatigaga
Punt Return Yards 0 -3 formed a good combination and Brady Watts is showing signs
Kick Return Yards 39 40 of getting back to his best. Then throw in Kelvin Benjamin
Punts 2 5 and the Tight Ends and the Diesels can come after you with
Punt Avg 47.5 41.0 the pass. That said they still combined for just 173 yards
Fumbles 3 0 on the day and the win relied on getting 4 turnovers not
Fumbles Lost 2 0 offensive production.
Penalties 7 7
Penalty Yds 35 55 Wellington scored on their first possession of the second
Turnovers 4 1 half, Binge getting open across the middle. Perth retook
TIME OF POSSESSION 36:40 23:20 the lead at the start of the 4th after an interception by
Jared Mbye. Eddie Tatipapa kicking a 45 yard field goal
for 13-10. But Wellington bounced back quickly with
perhaps their best drive of the game. Daniel Pelitua-Kiri
grabbing a 20 touchdown pass to get the winning score.
Perth had two more shots at taking the game but the first
ended meekly with a punt and the second with McKinnon
scrambling around unable to find an open receiver as time
expired.
Injury report;
n/a
Individual Stats: Diesels
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Charlie Moore 15 26 200 57 7.6 4 2 1 32 91.8
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
George Allende 1 1 100 0 2 2 100 0 4 3
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Jake Murphy 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2.0 1 0 4 1
Evrett Harlen 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Justin Lafai 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 1
Zach Fualalo 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jordan Murphy 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Bradlee Anae 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Blake Moore 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 0
Joe Feeney 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 4 1
Jaden Tuala 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 5 0
Enari Pinnock 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 6.0 0 0 2 0
Steve Kelly 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Sione Fa'Amausili 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0
Warwick Stuart 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Jason John 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Josh Coleman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Bevan Trbojevic 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Sam Janda 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Poassa Henley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Enari Tatipapa 2 2 100 0 1 1 100 0 0 0
Connor Britton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Dane Timu 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Jared Mbye 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.0 0 0 0 0
Hugh Aitken 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 2 0
Josh Syme 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Joel Gilbert 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 0
Phillip McGrady 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0
Chippie Rheinberger 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Melino Gitens 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Harry Duggan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Jack Fauid 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0
Chris Gray 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1
Alex Reuben 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Ava Allen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Latrell Saunders 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1
Terrell Lewis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jayden Mbye 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Josh Spring 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
George Nia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0