The Ben Campbell Building Group Tweed Heads Seagulls had no answer for the flamboyant Ipswich Jets on Saturday, going down 52-16 at North Ipswich Reserve.
Tweed dominated the start of the game, pressuring the Jets’ line for three successive sets before being rewarded with a try to hooker Jack Cook from dummy half under the posts for a 6-0 lead after only four minutes.
But the Jets scored the next 34 points and ran away with the game.
The Jets’ first six tries all came from kicks – three from bombs, one a near grubber into the in-goal and two from chip kicks.
Their first was scored by left winger Marmin Barba after he followed through a grubber from left centre Isi Hafoka after 11 minutes.
Three minutes later Ipswich fullback Michael Purcell snapped up a Dane Phillips’ bomb that was allowed to bounce near the left touchline.
Soon after another perfectly placed Phillips’ bomb saw Jets prop Nat Neale snatch the ball in a contest with Seagulls fullback Ali Grant and twist and run away under the posts.
Purcell ran the ball on the last tackle and crossed for his second try after a chip-and-chase on the end of the movement and in the 25th minute Richard Pandia kicked for Purcell to score his third.
Jets right winger Wes Conlon scored the first of his four tries two minutes before half-time – from a Crossfield kick from five-eighth Chris Ash to the right corner – to make it 32-6 at the break.
It took only two minutes into the second half for Ipswich to add another try when Conlon headed infield and grubber kicked through for himself and snapped up the ball in the in-goal. His hat-trick came after he latched onto a break from dummy half by Jayden Connors four minutes later.
Tweed scored through Lamar Liolevave who ran a good line on the left edge and, after Ipswich scored through Mitch Carpenter before Tweed centre Kody Parsons grabbed a grubber by Sam Meskell.
Conlon made it four tries when he crabbed across field and the defence held off and he simply straightened and went straight through.
It was a disappointing effort by the Seagulls after their grinding physical performance in just going down the PNG Hunters six days earlier which may have had an effect on their energy.
The side heads to Cairns this weekend to hopefully finish the season with a win against Northern Pride on Saturday evening.
FULL SCORECARD AND TEAMS LISTS
IPSWICH JETS 52 (Wes Conlon 4, Michael Purcell 3, Marmin Barba, Nat Neale, Mitch Carpenter tries; Wes Conlon 4, Jayden Connors 2 goals) def. TWEED HEADS SEAGULLS 16 (Jack Cook, Lamar Liolevave tries; Rex Johnson 2 goals) at North Ipswich Reserve
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