The held on running into a strong south-westerly wind they came home far too strongly for their opponents in week one of the Canterbury Cup Finals, with Newtown’s 44-20 victory over Mounties sounding a warning to the other teams still alive in the competition.
The Jets used strong performances from the likes of Blayke Brailey, Scott Sorensen, Brayden Trindall, Will Kennedy and Jackson Ferris to dominate the second half last weekend, setting up a clash with traditional rivals the North Sydney Bears in week two of the finals.
After struggling early on in the Canterbury Cup season the Jets rallied late to force their way into the top eight and would have gained plenty of confidence with their win over Mounties.
This weekend coach Greg Matterson has been able to name a relatively unchanged line up, with the only significant omission being that of Aaron Gray who has been called into the Sharks NRL line up due to the suspension of Ronaldo Mulitalo.
Brailey has been named on an extended bench for the Sharks, with his status for the Jets unlikely to be determined until after the Sharks v Manly NRL Finals match on Saturday night.
The Jets and Bears kick off at 12.10pm on Sunday at Leichhardt Oval, with the Newtown team listed below.
Canterbury Cup – Team List
Finals Week One – Jets v Bears
Sunday, September 12
Leichhardt Oval
Kick-off 12.10pm
1 Will Kennedy
2 Sione Katoa
3 Matt Evans
4 Jackson Ferris
5 Tyrone Phillips
6 Jack A Williams (C)
7 Braydon Trindall
8 Wes Lolo
23 Grant Garvey
10 Jaimin Jolliffe
11 Scott Sorensen
12 Siosifa Talakai
13 Jayson Bukuya
Interchange
14 Teig Wilton
17 Daniel Vasquez
18 Luke Polselli
21 Toby Rudolf
24 Josh Carr
25 Greg Eastwood
