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Tigers secure maiden win
April 13th 2009 01:12
Category: Easts Tigers Reports
For all of you Queensland Cup watchers out there, I have also been covering home matches for the Easts Tigers over the past two seasons.
Easts are coached by former great Darren Smith and boast a number of players with NRL experience including captain Trent Young, ex-Cowboys and Broncos prop Ben Vaeau, Isaak Ah Mau, former Roosters front rower Charlie Tonga and Scottish international Wade Liddell.
I would encourage any rugby league fan in South-East Brisbane to pop down to Langlands Park at Stones Corner and check out a match. Tickets are cheap, the food is tasty, the footy is up close and personal and the games are very entertaining.
Round 5 - Cullen field goal snatches victory
A late field goal from new recruit Ryan Cullen has seen the Easts Tigers clinch a nail biting 21-20 win over the Tweed Heads Seagulls at Langlands Park on Saturday afternoon.
With the scoreboard locked at 20-all and less than two minutes left on the clock Cullen remained cool under pressure, nailing the drop goal from slightly off centre to give the jubilant Tigers their first taste of victory in 2009.
Easts notched two tries in the second half and took a 20-16 advantage when, in his 150th Queensland Cup fixture, Wade Liddell crossed out wide after a nice offload from prop-cum-centre Charlie Tonga.
However, the Seagulls weren’t finished by any means and interchange forward Kingi Akauola crashed over in the corner to level the scores. To the relief of the Tigers’ supporters the ensuing Brett Davis conversion sailed to the right of the uprights, setting up a tense final 10 minutes.
Tweed Heads had one unsuccessful shot at field goal before it was left to Cullen to slot the one-pointer in the 78th minute.
The win was easily Easts best performance of the season – Cullen was dangerous in support and strong in defence, while the forward pack, in particular Ben Vaeau, ran powerfully.
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The full report can be accessed at thetigers.com.au
Further information on the Queensland Cup can be found at qrl.com.au
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