Wests Tigers maul Knights in
Campbelltown bloodbath

The Wests Tigers have handed out a 52-12 hiding to the Newcastle Knights at Campbelltown Stadium. The Knights were never in the match as the Tigers ran riot in the first half to post a handy 24-6 lead at the break.

Scoring nine tries to two and with centre John Wilson bagging a hat trick of tries, the Tigers raced away to the half century and an easy victory.

Scorers: TIGERS 52 Tries: Wilson 3, Fitzhenry 2, Withers 2, Galea, Laffranchi Goals: Covell 8/9 defeated KNIGHTS 12 Tries: Quinn, Gidley Goals: Abraham 2/2

Sunday 27 July 2003 3:00 PM Campbelltown Stadium Referee: Stephen Clark

Leagueunlimited.com players of the match: 3 - D Senter (Tigers) 2 - J Skandalis (Tigers) 1 - B Galea (Tigers)

By the clock: 0 min: kickoff!

9 min: TRY - Tigers. John Wilson scores. Luke Covell converts. Tigers 6-0

20 min: TRY - Tigers. Ben Galea scores. Conversion successful. Tigers 12-0

28 min: TRY - Tigers. Daniel Fitzhenry scores. Conversion successful. Tigers 18-0

33 min: TRY - Knights. Anthony Quinn scores. Daniel Abraham converts. Tigers 18-6

37 min: TRY - Tigers. Anthony Laffranchi scores. Covell converts. Tigers 24-6

HALF TIME: Wests Tigers dominating the field position and possession with 21/24 completion rate. Newcastle making too many errors with a poorer completion rate of 14/20. Tigers 24-6

Second half underway...

42 min: TRY - Tigers. John Wilson gets a double. Conversion successful. Tigers 30-6

47 min: TRY - Tigers. Wilson gets hat trick. Conversion Covell unsuccessful. Tigers 34-6.

54 min: TRY - Tigers. Fitzhenry gets a double as the score line blows out. Conversion successful. Tigers 40-6

67 min: TRY - Tigers. Lincoln Withers and it's turning into a bloodbath at Campbelltown. Conversion successful. Tigers 46-6

71 min: TRY - Knights. Matthew Gidley scores. Conversion from Abraham is successful. Tigers 46-12

75 min: TRY - Tigers. Lincoln Withers gets a double and the home side hits the half century. Conversion from Covell is successful. Tigers 52-12

FULL TIME: Wests Tigers have handed out an absolute thrashing to the Knights who have failed to win at Campbelltown for the third year running.