The Knights brushed aside pre-season pessimism that had them in the mix for the wooden spoon to shock the Roosters who never recovered from a controversial obstruction call in the first half.
A number of pundits are quickly deleting tweets that had Newcastle finishing last because the Knights showed in 80 minutes that they can still be competitive without Mitchell Pearce in the Hunter anymore.
Kalyn Ponga was good at the back, but the most impressive thing for coach Adam O’Brien was that his gun No.1 wasn’t the sole contributor in attack.
