NRL Rd 5: Sydney Roosters v Cronulla Sharks Stats Breakdown

Sydney Roosters v Cronulla Sharks Stats

The Sydney Roosters and Cronulla Sharks have played each other on 97 occasions; the Roosters have won 61 games, the Sharks have won 34 games and there have been two draws.

This is just the second game played between the two sides. The first was back in 2017 in a convincing 44-12 win for the Cronulla Sharks.

The Sydney Roosters have won the last five games in a row between the two sides. Prior to that, the Cronulla Sharks had won six in a row.

The first game played between the two sides was an 11-5 win for the Cronulla Sharks in round 1, 1967.

Biggest Wins

The Sydney Roosters’ biggest win over the Cronulla Sharks was a 40-0 demolition in round 19, 2013.

The Cronulla Sharks’ biggest win over the Sydney Roosters was a 48-14 rout in round 18, 1991.

Top try-scorer in this clash

Bill Mullins (SYD) – 15
Jim Porter (SYD) – 11
Andrew Ettinghausen (CRO) – 11
Shaun Kenny-Dowall (SYD) – 9

Most prolific point-scorer in this clash

Craig Fitzgibbon (SYD) – 3 tries & 56 goals (124 pts)
Allan McKean (SYD) – 3 tries & 49 goals (107 pts)*
James Maloney (SYD/CRO) – 2 tries & 38 goals (82 pts)
Barry Andrews (CRO/SYD) – 1 try & 35 goals (73 pts)*
Luke Covell (CRO) – 3 tries & 27 goals (66 pts)

Players to have played for both sides from this clash

1. Barry Reilly – 1967-1971 & 1973-1979 (SYD) & 1972 (CRO)
2. Mick Souter – 1969 & 1971 (CRO) & 1974 (SYD)
3. Barry Andrews – 1971-1979 (CRO) & 1980 (SYD)
4. Des O’Reilly – 1975-1982 (SYD) & 1984-1985 (CRO)
5. Arthur Mountier – 1974 & 1978-1979 (SYD) & 1980 (CRO)
6. Dane Sorensen – 1977-1983 & 1985-1989 (CRO) & 1984 (SYD)
7. Gavin Miller – 1978-1979 & 1984 (SYD) & 1980-1983 & 1986-1992 (CRO)
8. John Berne – 1990 & 1985 (SYD) & 1981 & 1983 (CRO)
9. Rowland Beckett – 1976 & 1978-1983 (CRO) & 1984 (SYD)
10. Kurt Sorensen – 1979-1983 & 1985 (CRO) & 1984 (SYD)
11. Steve Hardy – 1982-1983 (CRO) & 1984-1991 (SYD)
12. Laurie Spina – 1985-1989 (SYD) & 1990 (CRO)
13. David Trewhella – 1986-1991 (SYD) & 1992 (CRO)
14. Scott Murray – 1992-1995 (SYD) & 2000-2001 (CRO)
15. Jason Hudson – 1993 (CRO) & 1994-1995 (SYD)
16. Richie Barnett – 1994-1997 (CRO) & 1998-2000 (SYD)
17. Paul Green – 1994-1998 (CRO) & 2001-2002 (SYD)
18. Tim Maddison – 1996 (SYD) & 1998-2000 (CRO)
19. Andrew Lomu – 2000-2003 (SYD) & 2004-2005 (CRO)
20. Chris Beattie – 2000-2004 (CRO) & 2007 (SYD)
21. Brent Grose – 2001 (CRO) & 2008 (SYD)
22. Danny Nutley – 2002-2005 & 2008 (CRO) & 2007 (SYD)
23. Anthony Tupou – 2004-2008 (SYD) & 2009-2015 (CRO)
24. Mickey Paea – 2005-2008 (SYD) & 2010-2011 (CBY)
25. Vince Mellars – 2005 (CRO) & 2006 (SYD)
26. John Williams – 2007 (SYD) & 2011-2012 (CRO)
27. Blake Ferguson – 2009-2010 (CRO) & 2015-2018 (SYD)
28. Tinirau Arona – 2011-2013 (SYD) & 2014-2015 (CRO)
29. Todd Carney – 2010-2011 (SYD) & 2012-2014 (CRO)
30. Daniel Mortimer – 2012-2014 (SYD) & 2017 (CRO)
31. James Maloney – 2013-2015 (SYD) & 2016-2017 (CRO)
32. Michael Gordon – 2013-2015 (CRO) & 2017 (SYD)
33. Sam Moa – 2008 (CRO) & 2013-2016 (SYD)
34. Nene Macdonald – 2014-2015 (SYD) & 2020 (CRO)
35. Matt McIlwrick – 2015 (SYD) & 2016 (CRO)
36. Josh Morris – 2019-2020 (CRO) & 2020-2021 (SYD)

Players to have been sin-binned/sent-off from this clash

1. John McMartin (CRO) & Royce Ayliffe/Arthur Mountier (both SYD) all sent-off in round 4, 1978.
2. Jeff Masterman (SYD) sin-binned in round 7, 1981.
3. Kurt Sorensen (SYD) sent-off in round 17, 1982.
4. Wayne Smith (CRO) sin-binned in round 2, 1985.
5. Wayne Challis (SYD) sent-off in round 12, 1987.
6. Shane Shackleton (SYD) & Paul Gallen (CRO) both sin-binned in round 18, 2007.
7. Joseph Manu (SYD) sin-binned in round 19, 2020.

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

1. Bill Mullins (SYD) scored four tries in round 8, 1972.
2. Kevin Junee (SYD) scored three tries in round 3, 1970.
3. Greg Carberry (CRO) scored three tries in round 18, 1991.
4. Brett Mullins (SYD) scored three tries in round 26, 2002.
5. Matthew Rieck (CRO) scored three tries in the 2002 NRL qualifying final.
6. Todd Byrne (SYD) scored three tries in round 4, 2003.
7. Joel Monaghan (SYD) scored three tries in round 18, 2007.

Head Coaching Records

Don Furner Sr. (SYD) – 6/6 (100%)
Louis Neumann (SYD) – 2/2 (100%)
Hugh McGahan (SYD) – 1/1 (100%)
Chris Anderson (SYD) – 1/1 (100%)
Jamie Shepherd (CRO) – 1/1 (100%)
Jack Gibson (SYD) – 8/10 (80%)
Brad Fittler (SYD) – 3/4 (75%)
Terrence Fearnley (CRO) – 3/4 (75%)
Ricky Stuart (SYD) – 8/11 (72.7%)
Arthur Beetson (SYD) – 8/12 (66.7%) (1 draw)
Bob Fulton (SYD) – 5/8 (62.5%)
Mark Murray (SYD) – 3/5 (60%)
Phil Gould (SYD) – 3/5 (60%)
Shane Flanagan (CRO) – 8/14 (57.1%) (1 draw)
Trent Robinson (SYD) – 7/14 (50%)
John Lang (CRO) – 5/10 (50%)
Allan Fitzgibbon (CRO) – 4/8 (50%) (1 draw)
Graham Murray (SYD) – 2/4 (50%)
Norm Provan (CRO) – 2/4 (50%)
Greg Pierce (CRO) – 2/4 (50%)
Tony Paskins (SYD) – 1/2 (50%)
Stuart Raper (CRO) – 2/6 (33.3%)
Ricky Stuart (CRO) – 2/6 (33.3%)
Russell Fairfax (SYD) – 1/3 (33.3%)
Laurie Freier (SYD) – 1/4 (25%)
John Raper (CRO) – 1/4 (25%)
Brian Smith (SYD) – 1/5 (20%) (1 draw)
Ken Kearney (CRO) – 1/6 (16.7%)
Jack Gibson (CRO) – 1/6 (16.7%)
Chris Anderson (SYD) – 1/6 (16.7%)
Tommy Bishop (CRO) – 1/10 (10%)
Peter Sharp (CRO) – 0/1 (0%)
Noel Thornton (CRO) – 0/2 (0%)
Edwin Glossop (CRO) – 0/2 (0%)
Arthur Beetson (CRO) – 0/2 (0%)
John Morris (CRO) – 0/2 (0%)