A good crowd turned out to see the Bintangs get off to a flying start by kicking a goal in the first 6 seconds of the game, the first quarter was very physical with the Bintangs taking a 3 point lead into the second quarter.
The Geckos had the better of the Bintangs in the second quarter kicking 6 goals to 4 to take a 10-point lead into half time.
The third quarter turned into a typical Bali-Jakarta arm wrestle with players from both sides totally committed in the blistering heat. Pressure from both backlines saw many gimme shots missed - the Bintangs clocking up 1.5 for the quarter to be 15 points down with a quarter to go.
In the last quarter the Bintangs moved new recruit Schnitzel to full forward, "Jam Tin" Quin back to centre half back and Sparky Nicoll into the guts, whereby the coach's confidence was
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