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 Archive > Year > 2006 > Nrl Telstra Premiership
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Round 17
Sea Eagles 12 l. Knights 26 |
 
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 Click the match link for full match details including teams, scoring details, articles and more Fri June 30 2006, 7:30PM AEST GMT+10 Fri: Sea Eagles 12 l. Knights 26 at Brookvale Oval, Brookvale, Sydney (NSW) Crowd: 13,284 Sat July 1 2006, 7:30PM NZST GMT+12 Sat: Warriors 28 d. Panthers 22 at Ericsson Stadium, Penrose, Auckland (NZ) Crowd: 8,723 Sat July 1 2006, 7:30PM AEST GMT+10 Sat: Cowboys 16 d. Rabbitohs 14 at Dairy Farmers Stadium, Kirwan, Townsville (QLD) Crowd: 17,506 Sat July 1 2006, 7:30PM AEST GMT+10 Sat: Raiders 12 l. Eels 18 at Canberra Stadium, Bruce, Canberra (ACT) Crowd: 8,824 Sun July 2 2006, 2:30PM AEST GMT+10 Sun: Broncos 26 d. Sharks 12 at Suncorp Metway Stadium, Castlemaine Street, Milton, Brisbane (QLD) Crowd: 25,863 Sun July 2 2006, 3:00PM AEST GMT+10 Sun: Tigers 10 l. Bulldogs 32 at Telstra Stadium, Homebush Bay, Sydney (NSW) Crowd: 22,511  Storm bye Dragons bye Roosters bye Johns closes in on Premiership record Sun July 2, 2006 Andrew Johns is poised to become the highest pointscorer in NSW/NRL Premiership history after steering Newcaslte to an important victory against Manly on Friday night. Jason Taylor holds the record with 2,107 points and Johns netted himself 10 points in the Knights 26-12 victory to move him to 2,104 points and only a four pointer will be sufficient when Newcastle take on Parramatta next week at Parramatta Stadium, ironically Taylor is now the Eels coach. Newcastle had lost four successive matches to be struggling to survive in the top eight with Johns even admitting that he wasn't in his best form. However, the Knights turned it all around to keep Manly at bay despite the Sea Eagles trying to make a second half comeback. Brian Carney scored first when he received a great inside pass from Matthew Gidley with the hole opening up. Manly struck back when Anthony Watmough crashed over showing great strength pushing through three defenders. The scores were locked up at 6-all in the 36th minute when Johns landed a penalty goal and Newcastle hit the lead just before half-time with Gidley again the creator of the try for Jarrod Mullen to score the try. Johns took control in the second half to push Newcastle to a 24-6 inside the opening ten minutes of the second half. Johns produced a perfect long pass for George Carmont to score outwide and than a pin point bomb at the posts allowed young fullback Nathan Hinton to score the try. Manly came back when they kicked on the first tackle where Brett Stewart had far too much speed and scored his 27th try and 27 appearances at Brookvale Oval. The Sea Eagles kept on plugging away but desperate Knights defence and a late penalty goal from Johns secured victory. Johns' 2,107 points comes from 75 tries, 891 goals and 22 drop goals in 239 first grade games. |
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