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Forecast: Windy
Wind: 3 mph
Temp: 69 degrees Attendance: 7,262 at McDonnell Jones Stadium, Newcastle.
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
Blues 7 7 10 0 0 24 BLUES WIN UGLIEST GAME OF THE YEAR
Hunters 0 7 0 10 0 17 11 TURNOVERS MAR CONTEST
Game Statistics: Blues Hunters -------------------------------------------------------------------
First Downs 17 18
Third Down Conversions 5 8 -
Third Downs 11 14 Newcastle,NSW | It was bleak off the field and more bleak on it as the
Third Down Percentage 45.5% 57.1% Sydney Blues defeated the Newcastle Hunters 24-17. 11 turnovers
Fourth Down Conversions 1 1
marred the contest and both sides benched their Quarterbacks as
Fourth Downs 1 1
Fourth Down Percentage 100.0% 100.0% they desperately seeked a way to win the game.
Two Pt Conversions Made 0 0
Two Pt Conversions Attempted 0 0 Heavy rain fell throughout but Newcastle appeared to have the
Two Pt Conversion Percentage 0.0% 0.0% answer for it on their opening drive. Jai Vidal had the protection and
Offense Redzone Num 3 5
Offense Redzone TDs 2 2 the time to get the ball deep down the field on a number of throws.
Offense Redzone FGs 0 0 But then he entered the red zone. A quick out to David Ingram saw
Offense Redzone Percentage 66.7% 40.0% the ball deflect of his shoulder and into the arms of Isreal Mukuamu.
Rushing Attempts 33 34 But as Mukuamu advanced the ball out of the end zone he was
Rushing Yards 128 124
shoulder strongly to the ground and lost the ball. Next play with the
Rushing Average 3.9 3.6
Rushing TDs 2 1 Hunters again at the Blues 5, another out this time to Reagan
Passing Yards 134 204 Bateman was picked again by Muluakmu who took it the distances, 97
Passing Completions 11 19 yards to score.
Passing Attempts 25 35
Completion Percentage 44.0% 54.3%
Passing Average 5.4 5.8 This sequence of plays was soul destroying for Vidal and the Hunters
Passing TDs 0 1 and they never recovered. Vidal was picked for a third time on the
Offensive Pass Interceptions 3 5 next drive by Jay Dawney. Sydney would fumble possession away but
TOTAL OFFENSE 262 328 Newcastle were already looking at a change at Quarterback.
Defensive Pass Interceptions 5 3
Punt Return Yards 0 2
Kick Return Yards 59 102 Devantae Booker scored on a 7 yard run to have Sydney up by 14-0
Punts 3 3 through the chaos. But the havoc had failed to finish. Joey Grant was
Punt Avg 38.0 43.3 picked twice and Newcastle got back into the game with Tevita Giles
Fumbles 3 1 catching a 9 yard pass. But by the half both Quarterbacks were picked
Fumbles Lost 2 1
Penalties 3 5 again and Newcastle also gave up a fumble. It was hard to keep up
Penalty Yds 15 45 with.
Turnovers 5 6
TIME OF POSSESSION 27:09 32:51 In the second half Sydney scored the first 10m points, thanks again to
another pick this time thrown by back up rookie Christian Howe. Luke
Sultana subbing in for Grant ran in the score. The Hunters playing a
very conservative style had Jayden Doolan score on the 17th play of a
long drive but they could only manage to get within 7 points late in
the game via a field goal. In the end both teams were just happy this
Match Report;
one was over and Sydney are a step closer to the finals.
Injury Report;
Individual Stats: Hunters
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Christian Howe 8 13 92 61 7.0 1 0 1 34 50.8
Jai Vidal 11 22 123 50 5.5 1 1 4 33 42.6
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Corben Delailoa 1 1 100 0 2 2 100 0 4 1
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG
HITS
Paul Percy 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1
0
Lachlan Kelly 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 10.5 0 0 1
0
Dane Timu 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 6.0 0 0 1
0
Joshua Phillips 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Rea Coster 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Austin Johnson 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Adam Luff 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Jake Mariner 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Keiran Hiroti 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2
0
Ben Twal 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0
0
Brad Dyer 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1
0
Mike Sauiluma 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Dean Britt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Jayden Doolan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Ben Togiatasi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Jack Solomon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Christian Howe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Paulson Adebo 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1
0
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Dylan Lillis 1 1 100 0 3 3 100 0 5 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG
HITS
Blake Moore 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 5
0
Jay Dawney 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 69 34.5 0 0 1
0
Jared Santo 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1
0
Steve Porter 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -1.0 1 0 1
0
Israel Mukuamu 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 97 48.5 0 0 2
0
Jade Radan 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3
0
Ben Whitchurch 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 2
0
Zach Curtis 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3
0
Tennyson Burgess 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Jack Rouse 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Paul Martin-Savage 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Ajuma Seumanufagai 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Jason Brennan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Walter Wilton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
William Anderson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Brock King 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Coedi Mataroa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Joshua Finnegan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Fairouz Fuimaono 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0
Hayden Barrett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
0