A depleted Ben Campbell Building Group Tweed Heads Seagulls were no match for a star-studded Townsville Blackhawks during the Country Carnival clash in Hughenden, going down 62-12.
The Seagulls, missing several key players, conceded 14 tries in front of more than 800 locals there to witness the first Intrust Super Cup match played in ‘Dinosaur Country’.
Townsville started the scoring spree early with Krys Freeman crossing in the second minute; while Jaelen Feeney was next to score in the following set, and he bagged another try 10 minutes later as his side raced to an extraordinary lead.
After 22 minutes, the Blackhawks were up 28-0 and showed no signs of slowing down.
Some brilliance from the NRL-experienced Kane Elgey gifted Tweed Heads their first points, but another try to the joint-ladder leaders through Elgey’s former Titans under-20s teammate Shaun Hudson close to the break left a tough task in the second half for the Seagulls, trailing 34-6 at half-time.
Prolific Blackhawks try-scorer Jonathon Rueben who crossed in the 43rd minute and the onslaught kept coming as Sione Lousi scored in the 51st minute, followed by former Gull Kalifa Faifai-Loa in the following set.
Seagulls fullback Talor Walters scored a consolation try in the 63rd minute before Faifai-Loa bagged his second four-pointer soon after.
The result was Townsville’s biggest win of the season and their second this year against Tweed Heads, giving coach and older brother Kristian Woolf the bragging rights over his younger brother Ben.
For Tweed Heads, they remain 11th and face the Mackay Cutters at Piggabeen on Sunday.
See the full scoring details and final team line-ups for this game at QRL Live
TOWNSVILLE BLACKHAWKS 62 (Kalifa Faifai-Loa 2, Jaelen Feeney 2, Jonathon Rueben 2, Krys Freeman, Temone Power, Carlin Anderson, Shaun Hudson, Sione Lousi, Andrew Davey tries; Zach Dockar-Clay 7 goals) defeated TWEED HEADS SEAGULLS 12 (Kane Elgey, Talor Walters tries; Lindon McGrady 2 goals) at Flinders Sports Grounds, Hughenden.
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