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Falcons at Blues
Falcons at Blues
Falcons at Blues
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Temp: 78 degrees Attendance: 39,472 at the Allianz Dome, Sydney
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
Falcons 0 6 3 3 0 12 Match Report;
Blues 0 7 3 0 0 10
FRIERS FALCONS WIN THE ARM
Game Statistics: Falcons Blues
First Downs 18 9 WRESTLE OVER BLUES
Third Down Conversions 6 4 -----------------------------------------------------
Third Downs 14 13 Sydney,NSW | It was a battle of two of the best defensive
Third Down Percentage 42.9% 30.8% teams in the National Super League as Laurie Friers
Fourth Down Conversions 0 0 Falcons outlasted the Sydney Blues 12-10.
Fourth Downs 0 1
Fourth Down Percentage 0.0% 0.0% The Falcons won the victory without scoring a touchdown,
Two Pt Conversions Made 0 0 instead Jack Palasia kicked them to the win with 4 field
Two Pt Conversions Attempted 0 0 goals.
Two Pt Conversion Percentage 0.0% 0.0%
Offense Redzone Num 2 1 Both teams played with a conservative approach. Run the
Offense Redzone TDs 0 1 ball, don't turn it over, punt and play good defence.
Offense Redzone FGs 2 0 Breece Hall was good for the Blues but his 69 yards from
Offense Redzone Percentage 100.0% 100.0% 15 carries did not match Tre Mason who gained 82 yards
Rushing Attempts 39 20 from 20 runs. The X-Factor in this was Quarterback Jackson
Rushing Yards 148 85 Mamea whose mobility got him outside the pocket and he
Rushing Average 3.8 4.3 picked up a number of key first downs on his way to 40
Rushing TDs 0 0 yards scrambling.
Passing Yards 135 95
Passing Completions 17 12 The Falcons edged ahead with 2 field goals to start but
Passing Attempts 26 24 Trent Cannon reminded us just how good he is when a pin-
Completion Percentage 65.4% 50.0% point pass found Tight End David Ingram in traffic for the
Passing Average 5.2 4.0 games only touchdown. Palasia put the Falcons ahead with
Passing TDs 0 1 another field goal in the third before rookie Marco Hill
Offensive Pass Interceptions 1 1 gave the Blues back a 1 point lead with his own field
TOTAL OFFENSE 283 180 goal.
Defensive Pass Interceptions 1 1
Punt Return Yards 2 14 Palasia finally put the Falcons into a lead they would not
Kick Return Yards 62 106 lose at the start of the 4th before both teams gave away
Punts 4 5 back to back interceptions which were the only turnovers
Punt Avg 49.8 47.2 of the game.
Fumbles 0 0
Fumbles Lost 0 0 The Blues had time but could not get back in range and
Penalties 7 3 Jakob Tararo ended the game with a sack on 4th down. "We
Penalty Yds 46 20 just play to win" said Frier after the game in his laconic
Turnovers 1 1 style. "We knew they would play good defence. We knew we
TIME OF POSSESSION 38:15 21:45 had to be patient and win it in the 4th. We did that. Its
on to Brisbane".
Injury Report;
BLU SS 32 W.Wilton (Torn pectoral, 3-4 weeks)
Individual Stats: Blues
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Trent Cannon 12 24 122 50 5.0 5 1 1 23 61.4
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Marco Hill 1 1 100 0 1 1 100 0 0 0
Danny Bernard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Fairouz Fuimaono 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Hayden Barrett 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 0
Nick Boyd 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 0
Tennyson Burgess 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Adam Tavita 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0
Jalen Pitrie 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jared Santo 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Walter Wilton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Zach Curtis 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 14.0 1 0 3 0
Ben Whitchurch 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Cheyene Duncan 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Blake Moore 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Tavon Young 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Jack Rouse 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
DJ Ailaomai 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Lachlan Challenor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jason Brennan 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
Jack Palasia 4 4 100 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Jay Palmer 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Braxton Johnson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 0
Jarrod Chadburn 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jakob Tararo 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Lachlan Vessey 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jesse Fesolai 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 4 0
Michael Williams 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Bailey McHugh 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Sean Raeli 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Dean Davis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0
Brent Connolley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
James Small 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 2 0
Stephen Short 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Greg Robinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Nathan Bale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Kurt La 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Matt Moefaauo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0