{"id":898727,"date":"2026-09-20T09:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T09:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/898727\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T09:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T09:08:11","slug":"nrl-finals-week-2-recap-newcastle-knights-win-vs-new-zealand-warriors-result-video-highlights-latest-news-kalyn-ponga-cleared-after-head-knock-leka-halasima-two-tries-taine-tuaupiki-hia-ali-le","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/898727\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL finals week 2 RECAP: Newcastle Knights WIN vs New Zealand Warriors, result, video highlights, latest news: Kalyn Ponga cleared after head knock; Leka Halasima two tries, Taine Tuaupiki HIA; Ali Leiatua obstruction no try; Dallin Watene-Zelezniak intercept; Greg Marzhew try-saving tackle; Fletcher Sharpe bombed try"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Martin puts up a last-ditch attacking bomb with a minute to go, but Sharpe soars through the sky and takes the catch.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle hold on and are through the preliminary final against Penrith.<\/p>\n<p>Brenton Speed described it as a \u201cfamous victory\u201d for the Knights, who have gone from the wooden spoon to a grand final qualifier. <\/p>\n<p>High drama at Eden Park and the Warriors\u2019 premiership hopes are dashed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an incredible effort,\u201d Billy Slater said on Nine. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Martin puts up a last-ditch attacking bomb with a minute to go, but Sharpe soars through the sky&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":898728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-898727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/898728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}