Knights hold on for victory against the Tigers

The nib Newcastle Knights have defeated the Wests Tigers 14-10 at Campbelltown Sports Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

After a strong opening first half scoring 14 unanswered points, the Tigers fought back to close the gap but the Knights held on in the dying stages to take the victory.

The result is the Knights sixth win of the season ahead of an away trip against Brisbane next round.

The match kicked off on a beautiful winter's afternoon down at Campelltown.

An excellent Dane Gagai run led to a penalty for the red and blue and the side were on the attack.

From the ensuing play, Jake Clifford applied a quality kick for Enari Tuala and the Knights would strike the first blow inside six minutes.

The winger would have his second and consolidate the Knights promising start after getting on the end of a slick backline move down the left.

Two quick fire passes and Tuala strolled over in the corner 20 minutes into the game.

Down the other end, the Knights attack kept the Tigers at bay with a late scramble denying Brent Naden over the line with 10 to play in the first half.

Newcastle would strike up the other end with their third of the opening period with Tex Hoy breaking through the line with some quick feet to score under the posts.

Just before the break, the Tigers had multiple sets on the Knights try-line, however the red and blue kept the home side scoreless to take a 14-0 lead into the break.

Hoy almost had a second quickly after the resumption of the second half but was denied close to the line by Daine Laurie.

The Tigers got one back after an Adam Doueihi bomb proved difficult and Brent Naden was on hand to pick up the loose ball to score.

The scores were reduced to four when Asu Kepaoa stepped and burrowed his way to the line.

After a tense closing period to the game, the Knights held firm to keep out the Tigers and claim the two points.

The team will take on the Brisbane Broncos next round away from home.