NRL News Rd 14 Stats Breakdown: Knights v Roosters

The second stats breakdown of the day has been another lopsided affair; the Sydney Roosters with the glory over the Newcastle Knights recently.

The Knights are a good, young team this year, though, and may not have a better chance to beat the Roosters.

With Origin stats no certainty to back up, the Knights will rely on Kalyn Ponga for success.

Newcastle Knights v Sydney Roosters Stats Breakdown

The Newcastle Knights and Sydney Roosters have played each other 53 times; the Knights have won just 19, the Roosters have won 31 and there have been three draws.

The Knights need to score just six points to reach 900 total points against the Roosters.

The Knights have won just one of the last ten games against the Roosters.

The first clash between the two sides was a 26-10 win for the Roosters in round 13, 1988.

Biggest Wins

The Newcastle Knights biggest win over the Sydney Roosters was an easy 46-12 win in round 22, 2000.

The Sydney Roosters biggest win over the Newcastle Knights was a comfortable 42-4 success in round 15, 2004.

Players to be sin-binned/sent-off in this clash

1. Dean Bell (SYD) (sin-binned) in round 13, 1988.
2. Mark Barnes & Craig O’Dwyer (both SYD & both sent off) in round 16, 1993.
3. Luke Ricketson (SYD) & Wayne Richards (NEW) (both sin-binned) in round 4, 1997.
4. George Carmont (NEW) (sin-binned) in round 15, 2004.
5. Brett Finch (SYD) (sin-binned) in round 22, 2006.
6. Jason Ryles (SYD) (sin-binned) in round 10, 2010.
7. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (sin-binned) in round 20, 2014.
8. Tautau Moga (NEW) (sin-binned) in round 3, 2018.

Players to have scored three or more tries in one game in this clash

1. Ashley Gordon (NEW) scored three tries in round 13, 1990.
2. Andrew Johns (NEW) scored three tries in round 22, 2000.
3. Trent Salkeld (NEW) scored three tries in round 17, 2005.
4. Akuila Uate (NEW) scored three tries in round 10, 2010.
5. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (SYD) scored three tries in round 22, 2015.
6. Blake Ferguson (SYD) scored three tries in round 9, 2016.

Head coaching records

Arthur Beetson (SYD) – 1/1 at 100%.
Trent Robinson (SYD) – 8/9 at 88.9%.
Ricky Stuart (SYD) – 8/10 at 80%.
Brad Fittler (SYD) – 3/5 at 60%.
David Waite (NEW) – 3/5 at 60%.
Graham Murray (SYD) – 3/6 at 50%.
Malcolm Reilly (NEW) – 3/6 at 50% (1 draw)
Brian Smith (NEW) – 3/6 at 50%.
Brian Smith (SYD) – 2/4 at 50%.
Allan McMahon (NEW) – 2/4 at 50% (1 draw)
Phil Gould (SYD) – 3/7 at 42.9% (1 draw)
Mark Murray (SYD) – 2/7 at 28.6% (1 draw)
Michael Hagan (NEW) – 3/12 at 25%.
Warren Ryan (NEW) – 1/4 at 25%.
Wayne Bennett (NEW) – 1/5 at 20%.
Chris Anderson (SYD) – 0/1 at 0%.
Danny Buderus (SYD) – 0/1 at 0%.
Russell Fairfax (SYD) – 0/2 at 0%.
Nathan Brown (NEW) – 0/4 at 0%.

Players to have played for both sides in this clash

1. Gary Wurth (SYD: 1984-1988 & NEW: 1989-1991)
2. David Smith (SYD: 1987-1991 & NEW: 1993-1994)
3. Peter Johnston (SYD: 1987-1988 & NEW: 1989-1991)
4. Mike McLean (SYD: 1985-1990 & NEW: 1991)
5. Clinton O’Brien (SYD: 1993-1995 & NEW: 1999-2002)
6. Adam MacDougall (SYD: 1995 & NEW: 1997-2003, 2007-2011)
7. Sean Rudder (NEW: 1998-2003 & SYD: 2008)
8. Riley Brown (NEW: 2004-2007 & SYD: 2008-2009)
9. Anthony Tupou (SYD: 2004-2008 & NEW: 2017)
10. Mickey Paea (SYD: 2005-2008 & NEW: 2016-2017)
11. Richie Fa’aoso (SYD: 2005 & NEW: 2008-2012)
12. Mitchell Pearce (SYD: 2007-2017 & NEW: 2018)
13. Shaun Kenny-Dowall (SYD: 2007-2017 & NEW: 2018)
14. Willie Mason (SYD: 2008-2009 & NEW: 2012-2014)
15. Aidan Guerra (SYD: 2010-2017 & NEW: 2018)
16. Brendan Elliott (SYD: 2014-2016 & NEW: 2016-2017)
17. Tautau Moga (SYD: 2012 & NEW: 2018)

Most prolific point-scorers in this clash

1. Andrew Johns (NEW) – 8 tries, 5 goals & 2 field goals (136 pts)
2. Craig Fitzgibbon (SYD) – 3 tries & 46 goals (104 pts)
3. Kurt Gidley (NEW) – 5 tries & 26 goals (74 pts)
4. Anthony Minichiello (SYD) – 14 tries (56 pts)
5. James Maloney (SYD) – 1 try, 21 goals & 1 field goal (47 pts)
6. Ryan Cross (SYD) – 9 tries (36 pts)
7. Matthew Gidley (NEW) – 7 tries (28 pts)
8. Cooper Vuna (NEW) – 7 tries (28 pts)
9. Shaun Kenny-Dowall (SYD/NEW) – 7 tries (28 pts)
10. Brad Fittler (SYD) – 6 tries & 2 goals (28 pts)
11. Ashley Gordon (NEW) – 3 tries, 7 goals & 1 field goal (27 pts)
12. Leo Dynevor (NEW) – 3 tries & 7 goals (26 pts)
13. Robbie O’Davis (NEW) – 4 tries & 4 goals (24 pts)
14. Timana Tahu (NEW) – 6 tries (24 pts)
15. Todd Byrne (SYD) – 6 tries (24 pts)

Disclaimer: As always, the above players are just those who have been the most prolific across clashes between the two sides.

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