Wests Tigers Research Paper

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Jack Littlejohn has inspired the Wests Tigers to a crucial 26-12 victory over Wyong, ultimately ending their season and booking a spot in the Preliminary Finals against Mounties next week. Littlejohn scored a try, set up another and kicked an important 40/20, while Wes Lolo put in a powerful and dominant performance that constantly put his side on the front foot. Tyler Cornish wasted no time to inject himself into the match; he broke through the defence with a classy right-foot step, before out-pacing Watson Heleta to open the scoring adjacent to the posts. It was a case of “anything you can do, I can match,” as the Wests Tigers seasoned veteran, Justin Hunt, sharply stepped of his right foot to accelerate through the Wyong defence and scored a brilliant short-range try. …show more content…

Jordan Grant made the most of the field position, as he bullied his way through the Wyong defence to score an incredibly powerful try, giving them a 12-6 lead. A willingness to throw the ball around caught the Wests Tigers un-done at the 25-minute mark, when a wayward pass hit the turf as they were coming out of trouble and was picked up by Luke Garner who ran away to score un-touched. Wyong thought they took the lead back on the stroke of halftime, but Ikuvalu was ruled to have stepped into touch in the process of scoring the try. Jack Littlejohn responded with a beautiful 40/20, and followed that up with a brilliant individual try to take an 18-12 lead into half-time. Both sides had try-scoring chances in the opening five minutes of the second half, but the first points came from a Wests Tigers penalty goal directly in front of the posts after Zane Tetevano hit Justin Hunt late, high and off the ball. The next 15 minutes was a stalemate with neither side showing any signs of scoring, but the Wests Tigers began to control the game with smart kicks to gain field

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