NRL Rd 5: Wests Tigers v North Queensland Cowboys Stats Breakdown

Wests Tigers v North Queensland Cowboys Stats

The Wests Tigers and the North Queensland Cowboys have played each other on 38 occasions; the Tigers have won 22 games, the Cowboys have won 16 games and there have been no draws.

The North Queensland Cowboys won eight of the opening ten games played between the two sides.

The Wests Tigers have won six of the last seven games between the two sides.

This will be the tenth game played at Leichhardt Oval between the two sides. The Wests Tigers have won eight of the last nine games between the sides. The last time the Cowboys won at the venue was back in 2000.

The first game played between the two sides was an 18-8 win for the North Queensland Cowboys in round 12, 2000.

Biggest Wins

The Wests Tigers’ biggest win over the North Queensland Cowboys was a 54-10 demolition in round 20, 2007.

The North Queensland Cowboys’ biggest win over the Wests Tigers was a 64-6 rout in round 22, 2014.

Top try-scorer in this clash

Matt Sing (NQL) – 12
Matt Bowen (NQL) – 10
Benji Marshall (WST) – 9
Kyle Feldt (NQL) – 7

Most prolific point-scorer in this clash

Johnathan Thurston (NQL) – 3 tries & 60 goals (132 pts)
Brett Hodgson (WST) – 6 tries & 43 goals (114 pts)
Benji Marshall (WST) – 9 tries & 38 goals (112 pts)
Josh Hannay (NQL) – 3 tries & 21 goals (54 pts)

Players to have played for both sides from this clash

1. Scott Prince – 1998-2000 (NQL) & 2004-2006 (WST)
2. Luke O’Donnell – 2000-2003 (WST) & 2004-2010 (NQL)
3. Tyran Smith – 1997 (NQL) & 2000-2001 (WST)
4. Ray Cashmere – 2005 & 2012 (WST) & 2006-2008 (NQL)
5. Shannon Gallant – 2007-2009 (WST) & 2010 (NQL)
6. Cory Paterson – 2011-2012 (NQL) & 2014 (WST)
7. Robert Lui – 2009-2011 (WST) & 2012-2014 (NQL)
8. Esan Marsters – 2017-2019 (WST) & 2020 (NQL)

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

1. Glenn Morrison (NQL) & John Hopoate (WST) both sin-binned in round 6, 2001.
2. Paul Rauhihi (NQL) sin-binned in round 6, 2005.
3. Paul Whatuira (WST) sin-binned in round 5, 2006.
4. Shane Muspratt (NQL) sin-binned in round 13, 2006.
5. Bronson Harrison (WST) sin-binned in round 2, 2008.
6. Robbie Farah (WST) & Anthony Watts (NQL) both sin-binned in round 19, 2009.
7. Luke O’Donnell (NQL) sin-binned in round 5, 2010.

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

1. Ty Williams (NQL) scored three tries in round 25, 2003.
2. Matt Sing (NQL) scored three tries in round 6, 2005.
3. Brett Hodgson (WST) scored three tries in the 2005 NRL qualifying final.
4. Wayne Ulugia (NQL) scored three tries in round 26, 2013.
5. Matthew Wright (NQL) scored three tries in round 22, 2014.

Head Coaching Records

Tim Sheens (NQL) – 3/3 (100%)
Michael Maguire (WST) – 3/3 (100%)
Ivan Cleary (WST) – 2/3 (66.7%)
Tim Sheens (WST) – 13/21 (61.9%)
Graham Murray (NQL) – 7/14 (50%)
Michael Potter (WST) – 2/4 (50%)
Jason Taylor (WST) – 1/2 (50%)
Neil Henry (NQL) – 3/9 (33.3%)
Terry Lamb (WST) – 1/3 (33.3%)
Paul Green (NQL) – 3/10 (30%)
Murray Hurst (NQL) – 0/1 (0%)
Ian Millward (NQL) – 0/1 (0%)
Wayne Pearce (WST) – 0/2 (0%)