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Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
Kookaburras 7 3 0 7 3 20 Sydney continued to focus on running the ball despite
Blues 3 0 7 7 0 17 having Trent Cannon back at Quarterback. Cannon was coming
off a shoulder reconstruction and whilst at times his
Game Statistics: Kookaburras Blues release was not as quick as he would like. Cannons vision
First Downs 22 11 and accuracy was not to be questioned. The Blues long
Third Down Conversions 7 4 drive coming up short when Cannon was sacked from the
Third Downs 15 14 weakside after the protection broke down. Rookie Marco
Third Down Percentage 46.7% 28.6% Hill kicked the field goal.
Fourth Down Conversions 1 1
Fourth Downs 1 1 Vaivai was smashed midway through the second quarter by
Fourth Down Percentage 100.0% 100.0% the Blues pass rush and this forced a pick by Zach Curtis.
Two Pt Conversions Made 0 0 Worse still Vaivai had to leave the field for a HIA but
Two Pt Conversions Attempted 0 0 subsequent checks revealed a much worse situation with
Two Pt Conversion Percentage 0.0% 0.0% Vaivai suffering a broken jaw.
Offense Redzone Num 1 2
Offense Redzone TDs 1 1 Despite all this Canberra found themselves on the board
Offense Redzone FGs 0 1 again as time ticked to zero in the 1st half, Faava Reedy-
Offense Redzone Percentage 100.0% 100.0% Bartlett kicking a 40 yard field goal for the 10-3 lead.
Rushing Attempts 34 22
Rushing Yards 128 55 Sydney stepped it up in the third and it was no secret
Rushing Average 3.8 2.5 that Cannon was far more involved. But it would be a
Rushing TDs 1 0 mistake by Canberra that opened the door, Ryan Fairweather
Passing Yards 275 133 fumbling a punt return and Lachy Challenor scooped it up
Passing Completions 24 15 and scored.
Passing Attempts 35 29
Completion Percentage 68.6% 51.7% Josh Spring capped off a 12 play drive to have Canberra
Passing Average 7.9 4.6 back in front but the Blues and Cannon would not go away.
Passing TDs 1 1 He found David Ingram over the middle to tie the game away
Offensive Pass Interceptions 1 0 with just over a minute to play.
TOTAL OFFENSE 403 188
Defensive Pass Interceptions 0 1 Onto overtime and the Blues ahd the ball first but a sack
Punt Return Yards 9 13 set them back and forced a punt. Doug Lee now in for
Kick Return Yards 87 87 Vaivai steered Canberra down the field and set up Reedy-
Punts 5 8 Bartlett for the match winner. He kicked straight and true
Punt Avg 47.4 48.5 from 43 yards to get the very valuable win.
Fumbles 2 0
Fumbles Lost 1 0
Penalties 0 2
Penalty Yds 0 11
Turnovers 2 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 38:09 26:22
Match Report;
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Marco Hill 1 1 100 0 2 2 100 0 0 0
Danny Bernard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Hayden Barrett 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 3 0
Jason Brennan 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Ben Whitchurch 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 0
Jalen Pitrie 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Walter Wilton 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 0
Jack Rouse 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Nick Boyd 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 0
Zach Curtis 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 38 38.0 4 0 4 0
Jack Szepanowski 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Tennyson Burgess 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Blake Moore 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Adam Tavita 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Jiye Tuipulotu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Steve Porter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Cheyene Duncan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Kane Petersen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Jared Santo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Liam Metesula 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Lachlan Challenor 0 0 0 0 1 30 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Faavae Reedy-Bartlet 2 3 66 0 2 2 100 0 0 0
John Lusio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Tim Taukeiaho 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 2 0
Jordie S'ua 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Derion Kendrick 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 0
Zane Abou-Ghaida 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0
Paul Sezer 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Sean Gibbs 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Jarrod Shaw 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Josh Syme 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Yaza Mulitalo 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Nick Karaitiana 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Dray Brand 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Brad Stuart 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Joseph Shaw 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
Nick Pangai 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jack Peacock 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Mike Hodge 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Shaun Medcalf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Nick Klemmer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0