Aaron Kleier Conquers the Unridden Roid Rage for a Monstrous 90 Points to Win the PBR Australia Monster Energy Tour Event in Maryborough, Queensland

MARYBOROUGH, Qld. – Four-time PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Australia Champion Aaron Kleier (Clermont, Queensland) inched one step closer to further cementing himself in the organizational record books Saturday evening at the debut Monster Energy Tour event in Maryborough, Queensland. Going a perfect 2-for-2, including delivering a monstrous 90-point ride on the previously unridden Roid Rage (Dittmann Bucking Bulls0, Kleier won his sixth consecutive event title, furthering his stronghold on the No. 1 rank in the race to be crowned the 2022 PBR Australia Championship.

After tying David Kennedy (Kyogle, New South Wales) for most Australian national titles won by one rider in history in 2021, each now with four, should Kleier win his unprecedented fifth consecutive national title at season’s end, he would become the winningest bull rider in PBR Australia competition.

Kleier began his march to victory in Round 1 when he conquered Blonde Bomber (MJ/Keliher Bucking Bulls) for 85.5 points.

In the second round, the stoic Queensland rider then readied to face the powerful Roid Rage who entered the showdown unridden in 19 outs in PBR competition.

Kleier, however, cracked the animal athlete’s code, matching Roid Rage jump-for-jump and becoming the first rider to reach the requisite 8. As the capacity crowd erupted in cheer, Kleier was awarded an event-best 90 points.

The 90-point score is Kleier’s PBR-best second of the season.

Marking his sixth consecutive event win, Kleier’s latest golden finish earned him a crucial 77 national points. Furthering his stronghold on the No. 1 rank in the national standings, Kleier now leads No. 2 Cody Heffernan (Singleton, New South Wales) by an increased 256.5 points.

While Heffernan lost ground to Kleier, he parlayed a Round 1-win into a second-place finish in Maryborough.

The 2016 PBR Australia Champion was unrivaled in the opening round of action, covering Volatile (Dittmann Bucking Bulls) for 87 points.

Heffernan, however, was unable to conclude the event with a score, bucked off by POA Reload (Dittmann Bucking Bulls) in 4.77 seconds.

The runner-up effort earned Heffernan a much-needed 55 national points.

Third was Trefor Sproule (Singleton, New South Wales).

Sproule garnered 42 national points compliments of his 86.5-point score aboard Suga Boom Boom (BK Bucking Bulls) in Round 2.

The 32-year-old veteran of the sport is now ranked No. 12 in Australia, 19.33 points outside of the Top 10.

Jake Curr (Mount Isa, Queensland) was fourth, collecting 29 points.

Despite being tossed by Holy Poly (Peter Wallace) in 2.99 seconds in the opening round, Curr was quick to rebound, riding Big Iron (BK Bucking Bulls) for 86 points in Round 2.

Curr remained No. 7 in the national standings, now 496.17 points back of No. 1 Kleier.

Rounding out the Top 5 in fifth was Qynn Andersen (Koumala, Queensland).

The surging young gun rode Mickey Mouse (Peter Wallace) for 84.5 points in Round 1 to earn 19 national points.

Andersen remained No. 3 in the race to be anointed the 2022 PBR Australia Champion, now 304 points removed from the top spot.

In the bull pen, POA Reload and Roid Rage tied for the Bull of the Event honor. They were both marked 44.5 points in their Round 2 trips with Heffernan and Kleier, respectively.

The 2022 PBR Australia season continues Saturday, October 1 for the Monster Energy Tour’s K-Ranch Invitational in Camden, New South Wales. Action at K-Ranch gets underway at 7:00 p.m. AEDT.

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PBR Australia Monster Energy Tour
PBR Maryborough Invitational
Maryborough Showgrounds & Equestrian Park – Maryborough, Queensland
Event Leaders (Round 1-Round 2- Event Aggregate-Event Points)
1. Aaron Kleier, 85.5-90-175.50-77 Points.
2. Cody Heffernan, 87-0-87.00-55 Points.
3. Trefor Sproule, 0-86.5-86.50-42 Points.
4. Jake Curr, 0-86-86.00-29 Points.
5. Qynn Andersen, 84.5-0-84.50-19 Points.
6. Lachlan Richardson, 83-0-83.00-9.5 Points.
(tie). Dan Ruhland, 83-0-83.00-9.5 Points.
8. Caiden Sandilands, 82.5-0-82.50-6 Points.
9. Braith Nock, 82-0-82.00-4 Points.
Ben Moran, 0-0-0.00
Jackson Gray, 0-0-0.00
Taran Chirgwin, 0-0-0.00
Jono Couling, 0-0-0.00
Bradley Wheeler, 0-0-0.00
Joey Buckingham, 0-0-0.00