Brooks brilliance sparks Tigers comeback

A Luke Brooks 40-20 swung the game for the Tigers. Source: Mark Evans / News Corp Australia

A KURT Gidley brain explosion that left his side a man short for a crucial period in the second half may have sounded Newcastle's finals death-knell at Hunter Stadium.

Wests Tigers won a thriller 23-20 over the desperate Knights after Gidley was marched for 10 minutes late in the second half for a professional foul on his rival skipper Robbie Farah.

Farah was just about to take a quick tap 10 metres from the Knights' tryline after a Luke Brooks 40-20 with the home side's defence in disarray when Gidley deliberately bowled him over 15 minutes from fulltime.

It was a game changer.

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Newcastle led 16-14 at the time but it was 16-all when Tigers winger Pat Richards landed the penalty goal and 17-16 just two minutes later when Richards nailed a remarkable 32 metre field goal after the Tigers had kept the ball alive on the last tackle.

Before Gidley got back on the field, Tigers centre Chris Lawrence took advantage of the extra man to cross wide out and suddenly, it was 23-16 with time running out for the home side.

A Luke Brooks 40-20 swung the game for the Tigers. Source: News Corp Australia

Newcastle winger Akuila Uate gave his side a glimmer of hope with just over two minutes left with his third try for the match but it was too little too late.

The Tigers got off to a flier in the first half, regaining possession from their own kick-off to start the game to have the home side on the back foot early.

The Knights defended the first set on their own line but couldn't hold out fullback James Tedesco when he picked up a loose ball and crossed six minutes in.

Akuila Uate broke the Knights try-scoring record in their loss to the Tigers. Source: Getty Images

Pat Richard's conversion made it 6-0 and it was 8-0 after 12 minutes when Richards landed a penalty goal with the Tigers right on top.

But the Knights worked themselves back into the contest with a try of their own after 16 minutes.

They worked a second man play with fullback Darius Boyd providing a great pass to put Uate over in the corner.

Enjoying a run of possession, the Knights grabbed the lead 14 minutes from half-time in controversial fashion through a Tyrone Roberts try.

Tigers five-eighth Braith Anasta landed awkwardly after fielding a Jarrod Mullen bomb in his own in-goal and was ruled to have not grounded the ball before losing it.

Braith Anasta went off concussed after landing on his head after climbing high to catch a bomb. Source: News Corp Australia

Anasta left the field as Roberts converted his own try to hand the Knights a 10-8 lead.

In the final 10 minutes of the first half, Tigers forward Martin Taupau was placed on report for a swinging arm and Knights prop Kade Snowden suffered a similar fate after a tackle that left Curtis Sironen in Disneyland.

The Tigers were back in front just four minutes after the half-time break when Brooks drifted across field close to the Knights tryline and beautifully put Richards over.

Richards converted for a 14-10 lead.

The Tigers celebrate a Pat Richards try that helped them towards victory against the Knights. Source: News Corp Australia

But the home side righted the ship briefly when Boyd turned a routine kick-return into a 60 metre movement that ultimately led to Uate's second try.

It was the Knights winger's 92nd try for the club, breaking the record previously held by Timana Tahu and gave the home side a 16-14 advantage.

But their joy was to be short-lived.

WESTS TIGERS 23 (C Lawrence P Richards J Tedesco tries P Richards 5 goals P Richards field goal) bt NEWCASTLE 20 (A Uate 3 T Roberts tries T Roberts 2 goals) at Hunter Stadium. Referee: Alan Shortall, Ashley Klein. Crowd: 22,173.

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