Full Time
80:00
7:30pm Sat April 4, 2015
Round 5 - McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal - Crowd: 14261
76

Straight away Gavin Badger has stopped the game as Josh Dugan looks extremely concussed

St. George Illawarra Dragons 13-0

74

PENALTY KNIGHTS: Dragons penalised for a high tackle

St. George Illawarra Dragons 13-0

71

SUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Field goal attempt by Benji Marshall successful.

Benji goes early in the set, not the greatest strike but still good enough for the point

St. George Illawarra Dragons 13-0

69

Another poor set in attack from the Knights and the Dragons are working themselves away from their own line

St. George Illawarra Dragons 12-0

68

Akuila Uate looks certain to score but some amazing defence from the Dragons puts him into touch

St. George Illawarra Dragons 12-0

65

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.

Gareth Widdop puts a pearler of a conversion in and extends the lead

St. George Illawarra Dragons 12-0

65

TRY ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Scored by Josh Dugan. Kick to come.

The green lights appear in the pouring rain at Hunter Stadium and the Dragons extend their lead

St. George Illawarra Dragons 10-0

64

Tyrone Roberts is having a shocking game with yet another error in attack giving the Dragons good field position

St. George Illawarra Dragons 6-0

61

UNFORCED ERROR ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Josh Dugan makes an unforced error.

Josh Dugan loses the ball trying to get the ball back off a kick 15m out from his own line

St. George Illawarra Dragons 6-0

55

Again the Dragons are looking more adventurous in their attacking sets

St. George Illawarra Dragons 6-0

54

Gareth Widdop throws another forward pass this one a biggie but somehow the touch judge missed it luckily Gavin Badger didn't

St. George Illawarra Dragons 6-0

49

Referee's want some contact checked that looked nasty but looks nasty is all it is, nothing in it

St. George Illawarra Dragons 6-0

47

Back to back penalties and the Knights are on the attack deep in Dragons territory

St. George Illawarra Dragons 6-0

45

The Knights get some relief after the last tackle option from the Dragons has been poor

St. George Illawarra Dragons 6-0

42

Play back underway in the second half, Knights had the first usage of the ball

St. George Illawarra Dragons 6-0

38

SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Penalty goal attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.

Gareth Widdop slots the easy penalty attempt and takes it out to a converted try margin

St. George Illawarra Dragons 6-0

36

Tyson Frizell almost has a try but a centimetre costs him with the ball touching the dead ball line

St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0

33

Knights go on the attack after Euan Aitken loses the ball

St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0

32

Dragons defence has been superb tonight holding off some Knights attack even though it was average at best

St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0

30

UNFORCED ERROR ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Euan Aitken makes an unforced error.

Euan Aitken loses the ball off an awful pass from Gareth Widdop

St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0

26

Slow scrum there with some injury treatment and then Referee not being ready but now we are back playing, Dragons attacking

St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0

21

PENALTY DRAGONS: Tyrone Roberts ruled to have made a second effort according to Gavin Badger

St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0

20

Jarrod Mullen finds touch 5m out in the pouring rain up in Newcastle

St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0

18

UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop unsuccessful.

Gareth Widdop starts the kick out wide but doesn't come back near enough

St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0

17

TRY ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Scored by Eto Nabuli. Kick to come.

Eto Nabuli gets some space in the corner and scores after Akuila Uate made a bad misread in defence

St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0

14

Another poor set of six from the Knights doesn't put any pressure on the Dragons and they get over halfway in the ensuing set

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12

PENALTY KNIGHTS: Another slow ruck is penalised by the men in Lime, Knights now over halfway

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9

Some poor last play on the last from the Knights sees Akila Uate tackled short of the Dragons line

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9

PENALTY KNIGHTS: Right on their own line the Dragons concede a penalty for hand on the ball

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8

Jason Nightingale has no choice but to knock the ball dead after an excellent kick in behind the Dragons line

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7

PENALTY KNIGHTS: Dragons too excited in the ruck and go on too long and are penalised

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6

Plenty of energy from the Dragons early, all the pressure is coming from them

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5

Some big pressure from the Knights forces Widdop in to a poor kick and the pressure subsides

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2

PENALTY DRAGONS: Tariq Sims is penalised for being too slow away from the ruck - Dragons attack in the Knights half

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The Badge calls time on and we are underway with a kick off that held up in the wind and Gidley takes it 12m from where he kicked it

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Now we move to our second game of a wet Saturday this time in Newcastle:

Only change in the match is Sione Mata'utia comes on to the bench in jersey 18 replacing Paterika Vaivai

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Referees & scorers:

Referee: Gavin Badger, Chris Sutton

Touch Judges: Rickey McFarlane, Dave Ryan

Video Referee: Steve Clark, Luke Patten

NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (0)
Tries:
Field Goals:
Conversions:
Penalty Goals:

ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (13)
Tries: Eto Nabuli, Josh Dugan
Field Goals: Benji Marshall (1/1)
Conversions: Gareth Widdop (1/2)
Penalty Goals: Gareth Widdop (1/1)