As it happened: Newcastle Knights cruise to 27-6 victory over the Brisbane Broncos.

Ponga doesn’t miss those. A perfect night with the boot for the Knights fullback as they cruise to victory here.

Knights 27-6 Broncos.

There’s still time for one more Knights score as Mitchell Pierce collects the ball five metres out and shows some nice footwork to skip past Haas and crash over under the sticks.

The intensity of the game has dropped slightly as the Knights cruise towards their fifth win of the season.

Meanwhile the Broncos look set to lose their fourth consecutive match since the restart and in all honesty, they’ve looked second best all night.

The Broncos are back to a full party as Carrigan returns to the field.

The Broncos are having a good go at this, despite being down to 12 men.

They are awarded a penalty in the Knights 20 after a late tackle on the fifth.

It’s a second yellow card of the night for the Broncos as Carrigan is sent to the bin for his late challenge.

Fairly straightforward call for the ref was that one.

Patrick Carrigan goes in very late on Mitchell Pierce as the referee awards the Knights a penalty.

The Knights players don’t take kindly to that effort and theres a scuffle between the two sets of players.

We have a first Captains Challenge of the night and its a successful one for the Knights who win the penalty for an illegal steal.

They’ll start their latest set in the Broncos 20.

It’s a bit of an arm wrestle at the moment but that’ll suit the Knights perfectly, as they look to close this one out.

The game is end to end at the minute but you feel the Broncos need the next score, and fast, if they are to get back into this one!

Kalyn Ponga remains perfect with the boot to increase the hosts lead to 13.

Knights 19-6 Broncos.

And they get that score!

Daniel Saifiti somehow manages to force his way over the line from close range despite looking to be held by three Broncos defenders.

Great desire from the big prop forward!

The Knights with a couple of set restarts as they look to open the scoring in this second half.

The final play of the first half sees Mitchell Pierce nail a field goal to stretch the Knights lead to seven as they enter the sheds.

Jamayne Isaako is back out on the field after completing his ten minute spell in the bin.

Herbie Farnworth adds the extras from directly in front to reduce the deficit to six.

Knights 12-6 Broncos

Well thats come against the run of play!

It has been all Knights as they look to make their man advantage count but it’s the Broncos who have got themselves back into this one.

The Knights were on the attack but it was Xavier Coates who read the play perfectly to intercept the ball on his own 10 before racing the length of the field to touch down under the sticks.

Kalyn Ponga makes it two from two to stretch the lead to 12.

The Knights show why they are one of the early pacesetters in the division!

Incredible vision from Mann who spots the overlap on the right hand side and dinks a perfect grubber kick towards Hymel Hunt who scoops the ball up and touches down in the corner.

Jamayne Isaako is sent for ten in the bin after the referee deems he held down Kalyn Ponga for too long, preventing a certain Knights score. The Knights will have a fresh set in front of the Broncos line.

The Broncos have their tails up here and a set restart on the Knights 30 will give them a decent look at getting their first score of the night.

The Bunker spots an illegal obstruction from Jamayne Isaako in the build up and the try is chalked off.

The Broncos look to be in here!

Coates is over in the corner but is he held up? And does he keep hold of the ball?

They are all questions for the Bunker to answer as we head to the TMO for the first time tonight.

And now the Broncos are awarded a much needed penalty as the Knights advance too quickly.

The confidence is building for the Knights who are awarded a penalty as the Broncos defence is caught offside.

 

Kalyn Ponga makes no mistake with the extras.

The Knights lead 6-0.

The Knights open the scoring at the Central Coast!

Its a very simple score for the hosts as Mitchell Pierce delays his pass to find Kurt Mann who crashes over for the opener here.

The Knights get back-to-back set restarts before putting the ball to ground on the first!

Still awaiting the first score in their one.

The Broncos put the ball to ground on their own 40.

The Knights will have a good look at the Broncos line here.