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Hunters at Miners
Hunters at Miners
Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 6 mph
Temp: 51 degrees Attendance: 20,606 at Win Stadium, Wollongong
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL Newcastle to get that ball back. Instead the Miners ran a
Hunters 7 10 0 7 0 24 bunch formation to the right side and Antonio Boyce whose
Miners 7 0 10 7 6 30 speed had burnt Newcastle all game sprung free. Mitchell
Gardell had eyes only for his slot receiver and a perfect
Game Statistics: Hunters Miners pass hit him in space and he was gone, 54 yards for the
First Downs 17 21 walk off score.
Third Down Conversions 7 7
Third Downs 13 13 "We had not used this play before" said Gardell. "It was
Third Down Percentage 53.8% 53.8% kept for a moment like this. We knew what we had to call.
Fourth Down Conversions 0 1 We also were not scared. If it was picked well it would be
Fourth Downs 1 2 a punt anyway. If the coverage was there we would be
Fourth Down Percentage 0.0% 50.0% punting to good field position". But it was there as the
Two Pt Conversions Made 0 0 Hunters got caught up in the mix and allowed Boyce who had
Two Pt Conversions Attempted 0 0 caught 5 catches already to that point to get open. "It was
Two Pt Conversion Percentage 0.0% 0.0% unacceptable" said under pressure Coach Graeme Eadie. "We
Offense Redzone Num 4 3 kept making crucial mistakes at the wrong time. It is a
Offense Redzone TDs 2 3 broken record".
Offense Redzone FGs 1 0
Offense Redzone Percentage 75.0% 100.0% AN early Newcastle interception allowed Wollongong to
Rushing Attempts 31 34 score first through Ellis. Then Newcastle went on a tear
Rushing Yards 102 151 with David Ingram scoring, Hugh Alouche adding a field goal
Rushing Average 3.3 4.4 and Samuel Pere picking his teams second interception of
Rushing TDs 0 3 Gardell and taking that back for a 17-7 lead.
Passing Yards 183 254
Passing Completions 22 18 Ellis scored again and Wollongong tied it back up again
Passing Attempts 31 33 late in the third with Zane Caughlan kicking a 48 yard
Completion Percentage 71.0% 54.5% field goal. Speedy Duke Johnson had the Hunters back in
Passing Average 5.9 7.7 front before Ellis collected his late score and the rest as
Passing TDs 2 1 they say is history.
Offensive Pass Interceptions 1 2
TOTAL OFFENSE 285 405
Defensive Pass Interceptions 2 1
Punt Return Yards 0 3
Kick Return Yards 103 49
Punts 4 3
Punt Avg 53.0 47.0
Fumbles 1 0
Fumbles Lost 1 0
Penalties 6 3
Penalty Yds 50 40
Turnovers 2 2
TIME OF POSSESSION 33:32 30:40
Match Report;
The Hunters won the toss and took the ball. They pumped
themselves up but underneath you could tell there was a
sense of foreboding. The drive did not go well. Three plays
and they were punting the ball. Wollongong meanwhile were
full of confidence and full of momentum. 6 plays and they
had driven the ball to midfield but a penalty for a hold
had put them into a third and long. This was the chance for
Injury report;
MIN HB 24 N.Kenny (Shoulder, 9-10 weeks)
Individual Stats: Miners
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Mitchell Gardel 18 33 280 54 8.4 2 1 2 54 67.7
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Zane Caughlan 1 1 100 0 3 3 100 0 5 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Aaron Langi 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Kye Cronin 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 2
Brent Lewis 5 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Matt Laity 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Whittle 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 8.0 0 0 1 0
Blake Montoya 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Chad O'Neill 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Jordan Booth 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 7 0
Charlie Hughes 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0
Mason Togitasi 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Toby Gammidge 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Gavin Grey 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Regan Rose 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Tom Cummins 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
John Elgey 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Hugh Alouche 1 1 100 0 3 3 100 0 0 0
Darcy Tuite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Samuel Pere 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 16.0 2 0 3 0
Dean Britt 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4.0 1 0 0 0
Joshua Phillips 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Brad Dyer 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0
Scott Tala 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 2 0
Mike Sauiluma 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Renouf McIlwrick 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Billy Butler 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Keiran Hiroti 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 4 0
Dario Leituva 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Paul Satani 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Tevita Giles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Cheyene Duncan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Mason Henderson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Lewis Taufua 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Rhys Muller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Jack Solomon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Uiti Lavulo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Adam Luff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0