Jackson Hastings kicks an inexplicable field goal to get Wests Tigers upset win over Parramatta
- Jackson Hastings was the legend for the West's Tigers against Parramatta, kicking a match-winning field objective in the last seconds to grab a 21-20 win.
Hastings was important for a new-look spine handled by blockaded mentor Michael Maguire and had a hand in all that the Tigers did well, on his return from suspension.
With the game secured at 20-20 with under 30 seconds to go, Great Britain international banged a field objective over from 40 meters out to guarantee an annoyed success for the Tigers before 28,336 fans at Commbank Stadium.
Hastings was sent as the halfback and Luke Brooks was moved to five-eighth in a move that yielded positive results.
- Instead of it being a superficial change, Brooks played with a more prominent opportunity and set up two attempts before moving to whore when Jake Simpkin was harmed late in the clash.
The triumph was the Tigers' first this season and first over the Eels starting around 2018, with Maguire's men enduring an early determined assault from Parramatta.
When they went up the opposite end the Tigers broke the Eels with Brooks sending a bullocking Luciano Leilua over in the tenth minute.
Mitchell Moses snapped Parramatta back into dispute when his grubber in-objective was touched somewhere around Clint Gutherson a couple of moments later.
Under regular conditions, the Tigers might've shriveled yet they upheld up their quick light with a speedy fire twofold for winger David Nofoaluma.
The first fell off the rear of a jinking Starford To'a break with Brooks sending a three-man slice-out pass to the winger who crossed under weighty tension from the Eels defense.
The second accompanied Hastings hurling a deft chip into the in-objective with Nofoaluma beating William Penisini to the ball and contacting down.
- The Tigers' flaws were Brooks' goalkicking (one from three ) and their proceeded attempts to slow the Eels' fast ruck.
- Parramatta slices the deficiency to 14-10 at halftime with Isaiah Papali'i crashing over from close range.
- The two sides started the last part in a tight tussle, yet the Eels fixed their diligent effort when over about five minutes they were pushed off their scrum feed and Reed Mahoney hoofed a 40/20 endeavor out on the full.
Off the following set, Ken Maumalo landed in the corner to push the Tigers ahead, but their lead was cut when Mahoney supported up a tricky Dylan Brown run.
The Tigers held a 20-16 lead with 20 minutes to go however experienced the misfortunes of Simpkin and Maumalo to lower leg and calf wounds respectively.
The Eels lost Reagan Campbell-Gillard and Tom Opacic however evened out the scores through a Marata Niukore try.
- Moses couldn't change over to leave the game restricted with 10 minutes left on the clock.
Eee's No.7 Moses missed a single shot at a field objective with Hastings going down the other end to seal the victory.
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