Fulltime at Hunter Stadium and the Knights and Broncos have fought out an 18-all draw.
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UNSUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
Field goal attempt by Jarrod Mullen unsuccessful.
Mullen misses left. Can someone kick a field goal!?
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UNSUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL BRISBANE BRONCOS
Field goal attempt by Peter Wallace unsuccessful.
Wallace misses to the right!
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The Broncos go to the air and Reed kicks into the in-goal to force a dropout.
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UNSUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
Field goal attempt by Jarrod Mullen unsuccessful.
Mullen snaps a field goal attempt and it misses to the right
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Second stanza of golden point underway
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Halftime in extra time and it's still 18-all!
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UNSUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
Field goal attempt by Jarrod Mullen unsuccessful.
Mullen has his field goal charged down again!
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Hodges knocks the ball down and we'll have a scrum!
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Mullen has his kick charged down!
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Uate charges into the tackle of Gillett and is down receiving attention.
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Mullen kicks on the last and Hoffman is tackled 20m from his own line.
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UNSUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL BRISBANE BRONCOS
Field goal attempt by Ben Hunt unsuccessful.
Ben Hunt pushes it to the left!
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Broncos are in range on tackle five
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We're underway in added time!
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Broncos to have first use of the footy in golden point.
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Fulltime at Hunter Stadium and we're off to golden point! 18-all
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Restart from the Knights and Fa'alogo is tackled.
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TRY NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
Scored by Akuila Uate. Conversion attempt by Craig Gower unsuccessful.
Uate crosses in the corner to tie us up! Mullen again delivered the money ball to Gagai who drew Oates and flicked the pass to his winger. Gower can't add the extras from the sideline.
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Hoffman with a big tackle on Naiqama!
Brisbane Broncos 18-14
Mullen runs the ball on the last and is pulled down 10m from the line. Broncos ball.
Brisbane Broncos 18-14
Reed appeared to have knocked on but the referees say knocked back. Broncos ball.
Brisbane Broncos 18-14
The Knights charge down field on tackle 5 they're 20m from the Broncos line!
Brisbane Broncos 18-14
TRY NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
Scored by Beau Scott. Conversion attempt by Craig Gower unsuccessful.
Beau Scott scores for the Knights after Mullen delivered a great short pass to his second rower to charge through the Brisbane defence that slid on its own line. Gower misses the conversion with Roberts on the bench.
Brisbane Broncos 18-14
PENALTY Knights. Broncos offside.
Brisbane Broncos 18-10
Naiqama kicks for himself but the ball goes dead. Broncos restart.
Brisbane Broncos 18-10
PENALTY Knights. Hodges with a lazy attempted tackle which takes Uate high.
Brisbane Broncos 18-10
Mullen kicks across field and Oates drops the bomb before Gagai soccers the ball into the in-goal but the ball rolls dead. Knights scrum.
Brisbane Broncos 18-10
The Knights throw the ball around on the last with Beau Scott pulled down a metre short of the line after 20 sets of hands were involved.
Brisbane Broncos 18-10
Hoffman takes a great catch off a Mullen spiralling bomb in front of his own posts.
Brisbane Broncos 18-10
Hunt's kick just rolls dead. Knights restart.
Brisbane Broncos 18-10
TRY BRISBANE BRONCOS
Scored by Jack Reed. Conversion attempt by Scott Prince successful.
Reed returns serve for the Broncos. Josh McGuire pushed out of a slimsy attempted tackle from Beau Scott to break into the back field. He drew Boyd before firing the pass to his centre. Prince adds the extras from the sideline.
Brisbane Broncos 18-10
TRY NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
Scored by Joseph Leilua. Conversion attempt by Tyrone Roberts unsuccessful.
Leilua scores for the Knights out wide! Again they moved the ball to the left with Boyd providing the money ball for his centre. He still had some work to do, before he spun out of the tackle and banged the ball down behind his back in the corner. Roberts can't add the extras from the sideline.
Brisbane Broncos 12-10
Mullen has his kick charged down. Six more for the Knights.
Brisbane Broncos 12-6
Mullen attempts a 40/20 but the ball doesn't go in touch with Maranta back for the Broncos.
Brisbane Broncos 12-6
Hunt's kick goes through the fingers of Uate before he tip toes on the dead ball line.
Brisbane Broncos 12-6
Roberts kicks into the in-goal on the last but Oates gets back into the field of play.
Brisbane Broncos 12-6
Boyd again kicks in behind the Broncos defence but Maranta bats it dead. Broncos dropout.
Brisbane Broncos 12-6
Hunt chips well inside his own half on the last tackle and Roberts gets possession 40m from the Broncos line.
Brisbane Broncos 12-6
Boyd rolls the ball in behind the defence and Hoffman is back for the Broncos just in time.
Brisbane Broncos 12-6
The Knights shift the ball left and Hodges gets a hand to it and knocks it down. Knights scrum.
Brisbane Broncos 12-6
Great play from the Broncos and they throw the ball around on the last before looking like scoring but Boyd is back for the Knights to claim possession.
Brisbane Broncos 12-6
Maranta looks to have knocked on but the referees say knocked back. Brisbane ball.
Brisbane Broncos 12-6
Uate defuses Prince's bomb. 20m restart.
Brisbane Broncos 12-6
Some big hits from the Knights in the opening set in defence before Naiqama grabs the ball on the second bounce and is tackled.
Brisbane Broncos 12-6
Second half action underway. Important 40 minutes to come in the context of both team's seasons.
Brisbane Broncos 12-6
Halftime at Hunter Stadium and the Broncos lead the Knights 12-6.
Brisbane Broncos 12-6
Hunt slices through some more average defence from the Knights before kicking for his outside men but the ball rolls into touch.
Brisbane Broncos 12-6
TRY BRISBANE BRONCOS
Scored by Corey Parker. Conversion attempt by Scott Prince successful.
Parker scores alongside the posts to put the Broncos in front. Hunt delivered the money ball for Parker who ran a great line to beat the tackle of Scott before carrying Boyd over the line. Prince adds the extras.
Brisbane Broncos 12-6
Hunt grubbers into the in-goal and Boyd is tackled to force a repeat set.
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Mullen throws the ball on the last into Roberts who throws another pass into Parkers lap.
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Hunt chip-kicks for himself and heads for the tryline! He passed back on the inside to Wallace who puts the ball down to relieve the pressure on the home side. Knights scrum.
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Roberts grubbers on the last and Hoffman is well positioned.
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Broncos move the ball to their left and Parker puts the ball down.
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PENALTY Broncos. Knights offside.
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Mullen attempts a 40/20 and leads the chase to make the tackle on Hoffman.
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Jarrod Mullen receives treatment from the trainer for a possible calf injury, but retains his place in the line from the scrum.
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The Knights move the ball to the right side and appear certain to score through Uate before Oates takes the intercept! Mullen tries in vain but can't pull the Broncos winger down before Roberts finishes the tackle and drags him into touch 80m downfield.
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PENALTY Knights. Stagg is injured in the previous tackle, but Gower pulls one out of the bag and gets the penalty.
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Boyd takes Hoffman out while not even contesting the ball but gets away with one.
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Uate takes Hunt's bomb very well before nearly setting sail for the tryline, but he's dragged down.
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Another great kick from Mullen pulls the ball up just inside the deadball line. Tackle 3 from the Broncos and they're 10m out.
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Great ball from Ben Hunt to put Hodges into the in-goal, but Naiqama comes up with a try-saver to hold up the Broncos centre.
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PENALTY Broncos. Scott ruled to have had a hand on the ball.
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Mullen kicks for Uate but Hoffman gets back for the Broncos to field possession.
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McCullough attempts a 40/20 but Boyd is back to pick up the ball on the full.
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TRY BRISBANE BRONCOS
Scored by Justin Hodges. Conversion attempt by Scott Prince successful.
Hodges scores the try for the Broncos to hit back! The visitors shifted the ball to the right for Hodges to beat Roberts on the outside and slice through to cross out wide. Prince splits the posts to tie us back up.
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Hunt rolls the ball into the in-goal on the last before Uate is tackled. Knights dropout.
Newcastle Knights 6-0
Smith has the ball jolted free and the Broncos will go on the attack.
Newcastle Knights 6-0
The Broncos come up with some brilliant play on the last tackle, running the ball before Maranta falls over and succumbs to the Boyd tackle 10m from the line.
Newcastle Knights 6-0
Mullen kicks on the last over the head of Hoffman before the Broncos fullback is banged down by Scott.
Newcastle Knights 6-0
Mullen kicks towards Naiqama but Maranta comes up with a great catch.
Newcastle Knights 6-0
Naiqama charges onto Prince's kick and is tackled on halfway.
Newcastle Knights 6-0
Roberts kicks back to the middle of the park and Oates is tackled before Reed ends up on his back too.
Newcastle Knights 6-0
Beau Scott signals to the bench in back play.
Newcastle Knights 6-0
TRY NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
Scored by Zane Tetevano. Conversion attempt by Tyrone Roberts successful.
Tetevano scores first points for the home side! Off the back of the quick play-the-ball from Naiqama, Mullen cleverly grubbered in behind the retreating defensive line and the big prop won the race to the ball to cross alongside the posts. Roberts adds the extras.
Newcastle Knights 6-0
Great play from the Knights down the left side and Naiqama is tackled.
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Prince finds Boyd on the full and he's tackled on the 20m line.
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Kick from Mullen bounces off the legs of Hoffman and the Broncos have possession.
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Corey Parker gets us underway!
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We'll have a moment's silence for the passing of Graham Murray.
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Fulltime in the Holden Cup curtain-raiser and the Knights have run out big winners, with a 52-10 belting of the Broncos. First grade scheduled to kick off in about half an hour.
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TEAM NEWS: Jack Reed and Ben Hannant return to the Broncos side. David Stagg drops back to the bench. Lama Tasi and Nick Slyney are omitted from Anthony Griffin's 17.
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TEAM NEWS: James McManus out for the Knights - he'll be replaced on the left wing by Kevin Naiqama. Still awaiting confirmation from the Broncos.
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Jarrod Mullen has won the toss and the Knights will defend the southern end or right hand side of your computer monitor. The Broncos will kick off.
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We'll have team news as it comes to hand with Knights winger James McManus expected to be ruled out. For the Broncos, Jack Reed and Ben Hannant are expected to be late additions.
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Friday night footy comes to you live from Newcastle tonight for the all-important Round 21 encounter between the home side and Brisbane. The Broncos returned to the winner's list last week with a hard-fought 18-16 win in Townsville, while the Knights pushed the Roosters for 70 minutes before succumbing 28-12. Both sides can ill-afford a loss at this point in the season with a logjam at the bottom of the eight on the competition ladder.
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Knights: 1. Darius Boyd 19. Kevin Naiqama 3. Dane Gagai 4. Joseph Leilua 5. Akuila Uate 6, Jarrod Mullen 7. Tyrone Roberts 8. David Fa'alogo 9. Danny Buderus 10. Zane Tetevano 11. Robbie Rochow 12. Beau Scott 13. Jeremy Smith
Interchange: 14. Craig Gower 15. Chris Houston 16. Neville Costigan 17. Adam Cuthbertson 18. Korbin Sims
Broncos: 1. Josh Hoffman 2. Corey Oates 18. Jack Reed 4. Justin Hodges 5. Lachlan Maranta 6. Scott Prince 7. Ben Hunt 8. Mitchell Dodds 9. Andrew McCullough 10. Josh McGuire 11. Sam Thaiday 12. Matt Gillett 13. Corey Parker
Interchange: 3. David Stagg 14. Peter Wallace 15. Dunamis Lui 20. Ben Hannant
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Referees & scorers:
Referee: Shayne Hayne, Jason Robinson
Touch Judges: Russell Turner, Luke Potter
Video Referee: Steve Clark, Luke Patten
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (18)
Tries: Zane Tetevano, Joseph Leilua, Beau Scott, Akuila Uate
Field Goals: Jarrod Mullen (0/3)
Conversions: Tyrone Roberts (1/2), Craig Gower (0/2)
Penalty Goals:
BRISBANE BRONCOS (18)
Tries: Justin Hodges, Corey Parker, Jack Reed
Field Goals: Ben Hunt (0/1), Peter Wallace (0/1)
Conversions: Scott Prince (3/3)
Penalty Goals: