The Newcastle Knights endured an ugly day in their final outing for the 2025 season.

Going up against the Parramatta Eels at CommBank Stadium, the Knights knew the task at hand, win the match and avoid the wooden spoon.

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But it all went south in a flash as the Eels scored two tries in the opening minutes of the match.

After falling behind 22-0, things got even worse for the bottom-placed side when fullback Fletcher Hunt was knocked out cold.

Hunt was giving chase to a bomb when his head slammed into the elbow of Isaiah Iongi, who had soared to grab the ball.

The 19-year-old appeared to be out cold instantly before he head slammed into the turf in a sickening thud.

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“I imagine that will be game over for Fletcher Hunt,” Warren Smith said.

Hunt was assessed a category 1 head knock, meaning his season was over long before the halftime siren even sounded, as were the Knights’ chances of avoiding the dreaded wooden spoon.

The Knights ultimately managed to hit back on the scoreboard with Jermaine McEwen crossing in the 27th minute.

But the Eels weren’t finished with as they ran in two more tries before the break to head into the sheds with a commanding 34-4 advantage.

The first half belonged to Mitch Moses, who registered his first career hat trick and produced arguably the Eels’ try of the season.

After scooping the ball up just outside his own 10-yard line, Moses burst through a hole and took it coast-to-coast.

The Eels didn’t take their foot off the accelerator as they poured in six more tries in the second half to record the 66-10 victory.

It was the Josh Addo-Carr party in the second half as he joined Moses in scoring a hat-trick with two coming in the space of three minutes.

The result makes it the fifth time the Knights have won the wooden spoon, finishing the season with a 6-18 record.

For the Eels, they finish on a high, having won their final three games of the season to muster up a 10-14 record and an 11th-place finish.

Originally published as Knights fullback Spencer Hunt knocked out cold in ugly scene