In four previous pre-season visits to the region the Jets had not claimed a victory, and a late penalty by Ivan Franjic again saw the Novocastrians taste defeat in the Hastings.

The Jets nearly broke the deadlock in the 10th minute, though, through Iraqi livewire Ali Abbas. The winger's right-footed strike flew wide of the target after some fine lead-up work down the right flank by Labinot Haliti and Marko Jesic created the chance.

Down the other end, young striker Costa Barbarouses pounced on a loose ball inside the Jets' penalty area before hitting a stinging low drive, forcing goalkeeper Ben Kennedy into a fine diving save to his right.

Ruben Zadkovich, in his first start for the Jets, produced an equally spectacular save out of Roar custodian Michael Theoklitos on the half hour mark with a curling left-footed effort from 20-yards.

With four fresh faces on the pitch after half-time, it seemed certain that the Jets would open the scoring in the 52nd minute when a delightful Kasey Wehrman through-ball opened things up for Sean Rooney who squared it neatly for Jobe Wheelhouse. However, a valiant Theoklitos would again come to the rescue for the Queenslanders, saving Wheelhouse's shot and scrambling the ball to safety.

Rooney and Abbas were busy throughout the second half, and both had opportunities to score midway through the stanza, only to see their efforts sail past the target.

Roar rarely threatened the Jets' rearguard, but in the dying minutes German midfielder Thomas Broich showed some swift footwork inside the penalty area, slipping between two defenders before being clipped from behind.

The ensuing penalty would surely determine the outcome of the match and right-back Franjic stepped up to convert the spot-kick. The 22-year-old made no mistake, sending Paul Henderson the wrong way to claim an unlikely victory for Brisbane.

With less than a fortnight until the Hyundai A-League season commences, the Jets will wrap-up their pre-season preparations with a trial match against Rockdale on Wednesday, 28 July.

Match Details:

Newcastle Jets: 1. Ben KENNEDY (gk) (30. Paul HENDERSON (gk) 46'), 3. Adam D'APUZZO, 4. Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY, 5. Ljubo MILICEVIC (c), 7. Kasey WEHRMAN, 10. Ruben ZADKOVICH (13. Sasho PETROVSKI 67'), 12. Jobe WHEELHOUSE (22. Kaz PATAFTA 62'), 14. Labinot HALITI (15. Sean ROONEY 46'), 18. Marko JESIC, 19. Ali ABBAS, 21. Brodie MOOY (11. Tarek ELRICH 46')

Unused substitutes: Nil

Yellow cards: Ruben Zadkovich 53'

Red cards: Nil

Brisbane Roar: 1. Michael THEOKLITOS (gk)( 20. Andrew REDMAYNE (gk) 76'), 2. Matthew SMITH (23. Milan SUSAK 32'), 3. Luke DEVERE, 4. Shane STEFANUTTO (12. Matt MUNDY 71'), 5. Ivan FRANJIC, 6. Eric PAARTALU, 7. Costa BARBAROUSES, 10. HENRIQUE (17. Mitch NICHOLS 60'), 15. Matt MCKAY (c), 18. Luke BRATTAN (8. Massimo MURDOCCA 46'), 22. Thomas BROICH

Unused substitutes: Nil

Yellow cards: Nil
Red Cards: Nil

Newcastle Jets: 0
Brisbane Roar: 1 (Franjic 85' pen.)
Referee: Stuart WOLFE