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Post by Electric Eel on May 22, 2020 20:08:59 GMT 10
2001 Grand Final: Newcastle 30 d Parramatta 24
The Knights were first to score with a try to Bill Peden in the third minute with Andrew Johns converting to take the Knights to a 6-0 lead. Four minutes later, the Knights scored again through Steve Simpson with Andrew Johns failing to convert, taking the score to 10-0. Johns not long after took a shot at penalty goal due to a leg pull from Brad Drew which was penalised by referee Bill Harrigan to make the score 12-0.
By the 24th minute it was already to a 18-0 lead to the Knights with another try to Bill Peden and another conversion to Andrew Johns. Not long after, the Eels had their best chance of the first half with Andrew Ryan getting over the line but was held up by Steve Simpson and failed to score with Simpson being injured in the tackle. In the following set the Eels got the ball wide left, but the pass which would have put Luke Burt in for a try in the corner was passed well behind him and he failed to catch it.
In the thirty-second minute, Ben Kennedy scored for the Knights with Andrew Johns converting to make it 24-0 to the Knights. The Eels had a couple of chances in the Knights half after that but failed to convert their opportunities so the score remained the same until halftime.
The Eels were the first to score in the second half to make the score 24-6. In the sixty-fourth minute the Knights wrapped up the 2001 premiership when Andrew Johns put up a tremendous bomb to Timana Tahu's wing who got tangled up with Luke Burt before getting the ball down about 50 cm inside the touch in goal line.
Two minutes later, Jamie Lyon scored to make it 28-12 to keep the Eels in the game. Three minutes later, the Knights made the margin three converted tries at 30-12 from a penalty goal to Johns after an attempted short drop out by Brad Drew went out on the full.
Tries to both Lyon and Hodgson in the final ten minutes got it back to a converted try (30-24) but it just wasn't enough for the Eels to set a remarkable grand final comeback as the Knights went on to clinch the 2001 premiership from one of the best first half performances
of a rugby league grand final ever.
Newcastle 30 (B.Peden 2, S.Simpson, B.Kennedy, T.Tahu tries, A.Johns 5 goals) defeated Parramatta 24 (B.Hodgson 2, J.Lyon 2 tries, L.Burt 4 goals). Referee: B.Harrigan. Crowd: 90,414.
The Knights were first to score with a try to Bill Peden in the third minute with Andrew Johns converting to take the Knights to a 6-0 lead. Four minutes later, the Knights scored again through Steve Simpson with Andrew Johns failing to convert, taking the score to 10-0. Johns not long after took a shot at penalty goal due to a leg pull from Brad Drew which was penalised by referee Bill Harrigan to make the score 12-0.
By the 24th minute it was already to a 18-0 lead to the Knights with another try to Bill Peden and another conversion to Andrew Johns. Not long after, the Eels had their best chance of the first half with Andrew Ryan getting over the line but was held up by Steve Simpson and failed to score with Simpson being injured in the tackle. In the following set the Eels got the ball wide left, but the pass which would have put Luke Burt in for a try in the corner was passed well behind him and he failed to catch it.
In the thirty-second minute, Ben Kennedy scored for the Knights with Andrew Johns converting to make it 24-0 to the Knights. The Eels had a couple of chances in the Knights half after that but failed to convert their opportunities so the score remained the same until halftime.
The Eels were the first to score in the second half to make the score 24-6. In the sixty-fourth minute the Knights wrapped up the 2001 premiership when Andrew Johns put up a tremendous bomb to Timana Tahu's wing who got tangled up with Luke Burt before getting the ball down about 50 cm inside the touch in goal line.
Two minutes later, Jamie Lyon scored to make it 28-12 to keep the Eels in the game. Three minutes later, the Knights made the margin three converted tries at 30-12 from a penalty goal to Johns after an attempted short drop out by Brad Drew went out on the full.
Tries to both Lyon and Hodgson in the final ten minutes got it back to a converted try (30-24) but it just wasn't enough for the Eels to set a remarkable grand final comeback as the Knights went on to clinch the 2001 premiership from one of the best first half performances
of a rugby league grand final ever.
Newcastle 30 (B.Peden 2, S.Simpson, B.Kennedy, T.Tahu tries, A.Johns 5 goals) defeated Parramatta 24 (B.Hodgson 2, J.Lyon 2 tries, L.Burt 4 goals). Referee: B.Harrigan. Crowd: 90,414.
