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Cougars at Kookaburras
Cougars at Kookaburras
Weather
Forecast: Windy
Wind: 7 mph
Temp: 41 degrees Attendance: 6,041 at Gio Stadium, Canberra.
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
Cougars 0 3 7 7 0 17
Kookaburras 0 7 3 10 0 20 Match Report;
Game Statistics:
First Downs
Cougars Kookaburras
17 21
MORE HEARTREAK FOR PERTH AS
Third Down Conversions 7 6 CANBERRA WIN THRILLER 20-17
Third Downs 14 16 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Third Down Percentage 50.0% 37.5% Canberra,ACT | The Perth Cougars were coming off a final second loss to Wellington
Fourth Down Conversions 1 2 and needed a win over Canberra to secure the final Play Off Spot. They may still
Fourth Downs 1 2 qualify for the finals but the game did not go to plan and for the second straight
Fourth Down Percentage 100.0% 100.0%
week they had their hearts broken with a game winning touchdown on the buzzer
Two Pt Conversions Made 0 0
Two Pt Conversions Attempted 0 0 for Canberra.
Two Pt Conversion Percentage 0.0% 0.0% “We played hard at times but made too many mistakes” said Coach
Offense Redzone Num 3 5 Steve Ella who remained upbeat despite the loss. “It is not ideal to go into the post
Offense Redzone TDs 2 2 season on a losing streak but we still should get in and now it is about preparing for
Offense Redzone FGs 1 2 next week” said Ella.
Offense Redzone Percentage 100.0% 80.0% Perth could not get out of their own way in the first half. Canberra
Rushing Attempts 29 25 missed a field goal but Perth then threw a pick and then fumbled the ball away on
Rushing Yards 138 87 back to back possessions. Rhys Hunt converted it into 7 points with a tight spiral to
Rushing Average 4.8 3.5 Tight End Aaron Lynn. The Cougars kicked a field goal after a long 12 play drive which
Rushing TDs 1 0 was driven by Running Back Jeremy Andrews with his quick bursts on the edge.
Passing Yards 178 292 Canberra missed another field goal but a second pick from Charlie
Passing Completions 16 29 Moore gave Cade Joass another chance and he got this one from 23 yards.
Passing Attempts 35 48
Perth had there best period late in the third quarter. Andrews was this
Completion Percentage 45.7% 60.4%
Passing Average 5.1 6.1 time the receiver and he caught a 6 yard swing pass to have the game all tied up at
Passing TDs 1 2 10.
Offensive Pass Interceptions 2 1 With the game heading down the stretch Joass put Canberra back in
TOTAL OFFENSE 316 379 front with a field goal but this drive left the door open for Perth. Moore now
Defensive Pass Interceptions 1 2 operating with the freedom of the two minute drill had Perth moving and after a 15
Punt Return Yards 17 11 play drive that saw Kaysa Rapana tackle at the one it was left to Josh Spring to run in
Kick Return Yards 69 72 the score.
Punts 4 4 “To be honest I thought that was the match winner” Said Dan Miller.
Punt Avg 50.3 49.5 “We just had 57 seconds left and I was more interested in how Tepa Tolifau would
Fumbles 1 0 handle it”. Tolifau was amazing and confirmed he would be the starter for sometime.
Fumbles Lost 1 0 He drove Canbera quickly down the field. In 8 plays he went 70 yards. He connected
Penalties 7 3 with Lynn over the middle on a 31 yard strike but had to get up to the line with time
Penalty Yds 40 20
ticking down. Tolifau just got the clock stopped with 1 second left. Refreshed taking a
Turnovers 3 1
breath in the huddle, Tolifau called the play in. “The call game in for the wheel route
TIME OF POSSESSION 27:56 32:04
to Anhtony (Creighton). But they made adjustments. I had to get the wide outs on
four verticals just running off the defence” said Tolifau. It was a great call by Miller
but Tolifau executed it perfectly. With the prevent defence backing up in the end
zone he connected with Creighton a couple of yards out and his momentum took
him in for the score. Perth could not believe it. Players were left strewn on the
ground. It was not the ending they had hoped for.
Injury Report;
KOO CB43 J.Fetafahi (Torn tricep,11-12 weeks)
Individual Stats: Kookaburras
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Rhys Hunt 16 25 141 64 5.6 2 1 0 28 92.2
Tepa Tolifau 13 23 170 56 7.3 1 1 1 31 76.3
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Cade Joass 2 4 50 0 2 2 100 0 4 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Jake Zarounas 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 5 0
Brendan Mason 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 2 1
Mitchell Cooper 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Jarrod Shaw 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Liam Cottrell 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Nathan Sims 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Lewis Taufua 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Josh Fatefahi 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Graham Slaimankhel 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 7.0 1 0 1 0
Matt Webster 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Wesley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Benn Coombe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Nathan Vanderhart 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Sam Day 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Nathan Tavita 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
George Nickson 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jaire Alexander 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Alex Folau 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Jaydn Saifiti 1 1 100 0 2 2 100 0 4 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Harry Duggan 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 5.0 2 0 1 0
Ali Hiroti 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1
Dane Timu 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Hugh Aitken 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Dean Fukofuka 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Chris Gray 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 1 0
Joel Gilbert 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 1 0
Ava Allen 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Warwick Stuart 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Bevan Trbojevic 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Isaac Winterstein 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jason Brennan 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jordan Nicholls 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Kaysa Rapana 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Chippie Rheinberger 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Javarn Tafokitau 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
George Nia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1
Latrell Saunders 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jayden Mbye 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0