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Driscoll double drives Thunder past the ladder leaders

Central Thunder beat New Zealand 30 to 18, with Luke Driscoll producing two tries, eight line breaks and 25 tackles in a player-of-the-match performance.

Central Thunder

30:18

New Zealand Renegades

29 SepFull timeMcDonald Jones Stadium, NewcastleRound 6

Central won the decisive attacking contests despite both teams completing 23 of 29 sets. Thunder held 52 percent possession, made 30 line breaks to 14 and ran for 1,194 metres.

Luke Driscoll crossed twice and broke the line eight times, while Mark Lee, Jai Kolone and Jack Black also scored. Aka Tank scored twice for New Zealand and Danger McGee added the other Renegades try.

The result gives Central a fourth win and lifts it to eight points. New Zealand stays first on points difference, but its lead has disappeared.

Team comparison

Full team stats

Team statistic	Thunder	Renegades
Tries	5	3
Possession	52%	48%
Completions	23 / 29	23 / 29
Errors	5	8
Penalties conceded	0	1
Tackles	182	185
Missed tackles	42	64
Line breaks	30	14
Metres gained	1,194	1,045

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Player stats

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Stat key: MR metres run, T tackles, MT missed tackles, TB tackle breaks, LB line breaks, K kicks, KMG kick metres gained, TA try assists, C conversions, PG penalty goals.

Central Thunder

Player	Pos	Min	MR	Pass	T	MT	TB	LB	K	KMG	TA	Err	Tries	C
Jayden Davis	5/8	80	91	37	10	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Black	LK	80	186	7	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Lucie Driscoll	5/8	80	173	19	16	2	0	1	6	120	1	4	0	5
Mark Lee	FB	80	150	18	9	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
Luke Driscoll	LK	80	188	5	25	1	1	8	3	86	0	0	0	2
Cody Slater	FB	80	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Malkus	LK	80	232	7	27	7	5	6	1	8	0	0	0	0
Kalyn Youngston	FB	80	47	12	7	3	0	2	1	39	1	0	0	0
Ash Boyd	FB	80	27	5	8	0	0	2	1	46	2	0	0	0
Jai Kolone	FB	80	79	3	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
Glenn Stephenson	5/8	80	160	37	24	10	7	2	1	18	0	0	0	0
Selumiela Fa'alogo	LK	80	47	0	19	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Beresford	LK	80	125	6	23	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

New Zealand Renegades

Player	Pos	Min	MR	Pass	T	MT	TB	LB	K	KMG	TA	Err	Pen	Tries	C
Jye McCartney	5/8	80	113	16	7	2	0	0	3	61	0	1	0	0	3
Joey Kelly	FB	80	112	10	10	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryzhen Rivaz	5/8	80	114	14	11	0	0	0	4	134	1	2	0	0	0
Danger McGee	5/8	80	128	2	30	7	2	3	1	51	0	0	0	1	0
Rohky Rivaz	LK	80	118	3	22	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jett Mercer	FB	80	31	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joshua Simopoulos	FB	80	141	6	10	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trent Punchbowl	FB	80	17	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Francesco Cassano	FB	80	35	18	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Da'Jet	LK	80	112	3	21	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Rholyn Rivaz	LK	80	122	7	30	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Aka Tank	5/8	80	252	47	26	13	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0
Tyler Keen	LK	80	112	1	12	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Round 6 figures transcribed from the official VPRL postgame screens supplied to The Ruck Report.

Driscoll double drives Thunder past the ladder leaders

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Central Thunder

New Zealand Renegades

Thunder vs Renegades team lists

Central Thunder

New Zealand Renegades

Line-up changes

Thunder unchanged

Renegades reshape the spine