Jacob Knight kicks 100 goals in undefeated premiership season with Hinterland Blues

Newly promoted Hinterland Blues forward Jacob Knight has reached record-breaking heights after kicking 100 goals in his side’s undefeated premiership winning season.

Hinterland Blues goalkicking maestro Jacob Knight has lifted his team to promotion after bagging more than 100 goals for the season on the way to an undefeated premiership title.

Knight played 18 games for the Blues, kicking a whopping 109 goals and finishing in the best player votes on 12 occasions.

The milestone comes in only Knight’s second season at the club after making the move from Launceston, Tasmania in 2020.

“I’m pretty proud, 100 goals is a pretty cool story that I’ll no doubt be telling my kids when I’m older,” he said.

The 26-year-old, who needed 13 goals in his final regular season match against the Gympie Cats to reach the century, said he thanked the efforts of his teammates.

Hinterland Blues senior player Jacob Knight. Picture: Patrick Woods.

“In the last few weeks it was playing on my mind and I had a few of the boys getting stuck into me so I was getting a bit nervous but I ended up kicking 15 (goals) and the boys were definitely looking to get me the ball which helped out a fair bit,” he said.

The avid St. Kilda fan said to finish the year winning the premiership and gaining promotion into QFA Division One competition was the perfect result after a grand final loss in 2021.

“To not lose a game all season is pretty good, you can’t really complain and all the boys are very happy considering the effort and hard work we put in across the year,” he said.

“It would've been five grand final losses in a row for myself if we lost that one so it was really good to finally get the monkey off the back and finally get one with the boys, for Bruce (Bruce Bell) our president and for the club who have worked so hard in recent years.

“Promotion is also really exciting, I think with the group we’ve got, the foundations we’ve set for our current and new players coming in means we’re not just there to make up the numbers.”

Hinterland Blues Senior Men's team crowned 2022 premiers of the QFA Division Two North Competition. Picture: SportsDayPhotography

Hinterland Blues president Bruce Bell said it was an exciting time for the club.

“It was a satisfying end to the season that’s been a culmination of four years of work and effort and now we roll into our next phase of growth and planning,” he said.

“We’ve got a football team that is hungry to be challenged and so stepping up means the existing players we’ve got have to take that next step and it also means we can look at recruiting more talent at the club as well.”