Full Time
80:00
1:35pm Sun October 6, 2019
Final - Accor Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park / Wanngal
80min

Conversion: Jets
Kicked by Greg Eastwood.

In his final game, Greg Eastwood converts to give the Jets a 20-16 win.

Jets lead Bears 16 - 20 Jets
80min

For the second week in a row, Billy Magoulias has produced a chip kick to give Newtown the win!

80min

Try: Jets
Scored by Jackson Ferris. Kick to come.

I HAVE SEEN IT, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!

Jets lead Bears 16 - 18 Jets
80min

The Jets have 20 seconds to pull off a miracle.

80min

Sami Sauiluma comes up with an intercept that should win Burleigh the State Championship.

79min

INTERCEPT

78min

Phythian bats the ball dead to force a line drop out.

77min

Burleigh are imploding.

76min

The kick off has gone dead on the full!

76min

Conversion: Jets
Attempted by Braydon Trindall.

From the sideline, Trindall pushes the kick left of the posts.

Bears lead Bears 16 - 14 Jets
75min

Trindall will have a kick to level the scores!

75min

Try: Jets
Scored by Sione Katoa. Kick to come.

Kennedy with a brilliant cut out pass for Katoa to score.

Bears lead Bears 16 - 14 Jets
75min

KATOA FOR THE LINE!

73min

The Bears come up with possession on their own line.

72min

The Jets force another repeat set.

72min

Greg Eastwood makes a nice run.

71min

The Jets will get a repeat set.

69min

Dylan Phythian loses the ball to give Newtown a chance.

69min

Ronaldo Mulitalo loses the ball just as the Jets were looking threatening.

68min

Sami Sauiluma kicks the ball dead to give Newtown a seven tackle set.

66min

The Jets come up with an error in possession.

66min

Rudolf comes up with a terrible error inside the Bears' half.

65min

Toby Rudolf strips Jack Buchanan to give Newtown possession.

63min

Katoa comes up with an error on halfway.

62min

Conversion: Jets
Attempted by Braydon Trindall.

The kick is wide.

Bears lead Bears 16 - 10 Jets
62min

Try: Jets
Scored by Jackson Ferris. Kick to come.

Ferris latches onto a Fogarty charge down to put the Jets back within a try.

Bears lead Bears 16 - 10 Jets
62min

Jackson Ferris is claiming a try.

61min

The Jets come up with an error - both teams struggling at the moment.

60min

Luke Page loses possession inside Newtown's half.

59min

Jackson Ferris has been placed on report for lifting his knee.

59min

The Jets come up with possession on halfway.

58min

Will Kennedy kicks for his winger only for the ball to roll dead.

57min

Scott Sorenson finds a bit of space.

55min

Tyrone Roberts-Davis makes a great kick return.

54min

Conversion: Jets
Attempted by Braydon Trindall.

The kick is wide.

Bears lead Bears 16 - 6 Jets
53min

Try: Jets
Scored by Sione Katoa. Kick to come.

Katoa has leapt through the air to touch down for Newtown's first try of the afternoon.

Bears lead Bears 16 - 6 Jets
53min

Katoa is claiming a try for the Jets.

52min

Will Kennedy makes a nice kick return.

50min

The Bears forces the Jets into touch.

49min

The Jets get a penalty close to halfway.

48min

Conversion: Bears
Kicked by Jamal Fogarty.

Fogarty puts the Bears up by 14.

Bears lead Bears 16 - 2 Jets
46min

Try: Bears
Scored by Jamal Fogarty. Kick to come.

Fogarty kicks the ball into the posts and grounds the ball.

Bears lead Bears 14 - 2 Jets
46min

The Bears are claiming an insane try!

45min

Kennedy makes a great catch to defuse a Burleigh attacking grubber.

44min

Will Kennedy has produced a try-saving tackle to hold the ball up!

44min

Tyrone Roberts-Davis is claiming a try.

44min

Fogarty is away!

42min

Will Kennedy forces a line drop out with a great kick.

41min

Newtown get a repeat set.

41min

Jackson Ferris makes a dart down the left edge.

40min

Jeff Lynch takes the first carry of the second half.

40min

Both teams are back out for the second half.

40min

The Bears have been strong over the opening 40 - can they hold on to win their first State Championship? Stay tuned for the second half coming up shortly.

39min

Sami Sauiluma can't hold onto an offload from Kurtis Rowe as the halftime siren sounds.

39min

Will Kennedy manages to defuse an attacking chance from Josh Rogers.

38min

Mulitalo has been sent to the sin bin for leading with the head.

37min

Blake Leary loses the ball after being hit by Ronaldo Mulitalo.

36min

The Bears get a penalty coming out of trouble.

35min

Trindall kicks straight to Rowe who is collected just short of the 20 metre line.

34min

Phythian is off. Josh Rogers comes onto the field.

34min

Dylan Phythian is down with a head cut.

34min

The Bears come up with a dropped ball.

33min

The Bears force an error on halfway.

31min

Conversion: Bears
Kicked by Jamal Fogarty.

Fogerty amends for his earlier miss to put the Bears up 10-2.

Bears lead Bears 10 - 2 Jets
30min

Try: Bears
Scored by Anthony Don. Kick to come.

Dylan Phythian races the length before linking with his winger to bag the second try for Burleigh.

Bears lead Bears 8 - 2 Jets
29min

INTERCEPT

29min

Newtown get a repeat set.

29min

Matt Evans makes a great run.

28min

The Bears are getting the better of Newtown so far.

28min

Jeff Lynch makes a strong run.

27min

Sami Sauiluma gets a penalty coming out of his own end.

26min

The Bears run off their line and force an error from the Jets.

25min

The Jets get a penalty inside the Bears' half.

24min

The Bears look to create space down the right, but end up forcing an error.

23min

Conversion: Bears
Attempted by Jamal Fogarty.

From the sideline, Fogarty pushes the kick wide.

Bears lead Bears 4 - 2 Jets
21min

Try: Bears
Scored by Anthony Don. Kick to come.

Fogarty challenges the Newtown defence, flick passes out to his winger and puts the Bears on the board!

Bears lead Bears 4 - 2 Jets
20min

Fogarty goes to the heavens and forces an error from Luke Poiselli.

18min

Toby Rudolf is driven back towards his goal line.

18min

Penalty Goal: Jets
Kicked by Braydon Trindall.

From close to the posts, Trindall puts the Jets on the board.

Jets lead Bears 0 - 2 Jets
16min

The Jets will look to open the scoring with a penalty goal.

16min

The Jets get a penalty close to the posts.

15min

Billy Magoulias forces a repeat set with a lovely kick.

15min

Trindall takes on the line and gets cut down short.

14min

The Jets get a penalty for a strip inside the Bears' half.

13min

Newtown get a penalty coming out of trouble.

12min

Tyrone Roberts-Davis defuses an attacking kick from Trindall.

11min

Will Kennedy gets out of his in goal and gets a penalty to boot.

9min

Fogarty comes up with a great kick to put the Bears on the attack.

8min

Luke Poiselli almost collects an attacking kick from Billy Magoulias.

7min

Dylan Phythian drives the ball downfield.

5min

Sione Katoa does marvellously to get out of his own in goal.

4min

Burleigh get a penalty close to halfway.

4min

Anthony Don makes a nice run coming out of his own end.

4min

Trindall puts in an attacking kick, but Kurtis Rowe reads the play well.

3min

Both teams exchanging sets during the opening stages.

2min

Rowe is collected 10 metres out from his own try line.

2min

Politoni is off. Robinson to come on as part of a forward reshuffle.

2min

Politoni looks to have suffered an arm/wrist injury after copping friendly fire from Jack Buchanan.

2min

Former Penrith forward Matt Robinson is set to come on for Politoni.

2min

The former Tigers, Sharks and Titans hooker appears to be in a bit of distress.

2min

Pat Politoni is down with injury.

1min

Dylan Phythian takes his time to get a kick away.

1min

Trindall goes high and Rowe is collected by two Newtown chasers.

Jaimin Jolliffe takes the first carry of the afternoon.

Scott Sorenson takes the Jets onto the field.

Luke Page leads the Bears onto ANZ Stadium.

The Jets have eight players with NRL experience: Will Kennedy, Sione Katoa, Ronaldo Mulitalo, Billy Magoulias, Blayke Brailey, Scott Sorenson, Jayson Bukuya, and Greg Eastwood.

The Bears boast 11 players with NRL experience: Kurtis Rowe, Tyrone Roberts-Davis, Sami Sauliuma, Anthony Don, Dylan Phythian, Jamal Fogarty, Luke Page, Pat Politoni, Jack Buchanan, Blake Leary and Matt Robinson.

Both teams have a number of players with NRL experience in their ranks.

Newtown will have their sights set on continuing New South Wales' dominance in the State Championship after defeating Wentworthville 20-15 in extra time last Sunday to claim the Canterbury Cup NSW.

Burleigh will be looking to become the first Queensland team since Ipswich (2015) to claim the State Championship after winning the Intrust Super Cup with a 28-10 win over Wynumm-Manly last Sunday.

Welcome to League Unlimited's coverage of the 2019 State Championship between the Burleigh Bears and the Newtown Jets from ANZ Stadium.

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Todd Smith, Tyson Brough

Touch Judges: Ben Teague, Jacob Whitehouse

Video Referee: Ashley Klein, Ben Lowe

BURLEIGH BEARS (16)
Tries: Jamal Fogarty, Anthony Don (2)
Field Goals:
Conversions: Jamal Fogarty (2/3)
Penalty Goals:

NEWTOWN JETS (20)
Tries: Sione Katoa (2), Jackson Ferris (2)
Field Goals:
Conversions: Braydon Trindall (0/3), Greg Eastwood (1/1)
Penalty Goals: Braydon Trindall (1/1)