St George Illawarra Dragons v Canterbury Bulldogs Breakdown
The St George Illawarra Dragons and the Canterbury Bulldogs have played each other on 38 occasions; the Dragons have won 14 games and the Bulldogs have won 24 games. There have been no draws.
The St George Illawarra Dragons have won three of the last four games between the two sides.
This will be the seventh time the two sides have played at WIN Stadium. The Bulldogs have won five of the previous six games played at the venue, the most recent was a 28-20 win in 2012.
The first game played between the two sides was a 24-14 win for the Canterbury Bulldogs in round 2, 1999.
Biggest Wins
The St George Illawarra Dragons biggest win over the Canterbury Bulldogs was a 40-4 romp in round 5, 2019.
The Canterbury Bulldogs biggest win over the St George Illawarra Dragons was a 38-0 drubbing in round 24, 2018.
Leading Try Scorer
Matt Cooper (SGI) – 15
Josh Morris (SGI/CBY) – 14
Brett Morris (SGI/CBY) – 10
Hazem El Masri (CBY) – 8
Leading Point Scorer
Hazem El Masri (CBY) – 8 tries & 57 goals (146 pts)
Matt Cooper (SGI) – 15 tries (60 pts)
Josh Morris (SGI/CBY) – 14 tries (56 pts)
Gareth Widdop (SGI) – 2 tries & 22 goals (52 pts)
Players to have played for both sides in this clash
- Luke Patten – 1999-2000 (SGI) & 2001-2010 (CBY)
- Shane Marteene – 1996-2001 & 2003 (CBY) & 2005 (SGI)
- Adam Peek – 1999-2001 (CBY) & 2007 (SGI)
- Michael Ennis – 2005 (SGI) & 2009-2014 (CBY)
- Corey Payne – 2005-2007 (SGI) & 2010-2012 (CBY)
- Brett Morris – 2006-2014 (SGI) & 2015-2018 (CBY)
- Josh Morris – 2007-2008 (SGI) & 2009-2018 (CBY)
- Daniel Holdsworth – 2004-2005 (SGI) & 2006-2009 (CBY)
- Lee Te Maari – 2006 (SGI) & 2007-2009 (CBY)
- Chase Stanley – 2007-2009 & 2012-2013 (SGI) & 2014-2017 (CBY)
- Michael Lett – 2008-2010 (SGI) & 2011 (CBY)
- Daryl Millard – 2006 (SGI) & 2007-2009 (CBY)
- Mickey Paea – 2009 (SGI) & 2010-2011 (CBY)
- Tim Lafai – 2011-2015 (CBY) & 2016-2020 (SGI)
- James Graham – 2012-2017 (CBY) & 2018-2020 (SGI)
- Craig Garvey – 2013-2015 (SGI) & 2016-2017 (CBY)
Players to have sin-binned/sent-off in this clash
- Mark Riddell (SGI) sent-off in round 3, 2002.
- Taane Milne (SGI) sin-binned in round 14, 2017.
Head coaching records
Wayne Bennett (SGI) – 5/5 (100%)
Des Hasler (CBY) – 11/12 (91.7%)
Steve Folkes (CBY) – 8/12 (75%)
Andrew Farrar (SGI) – 3/6 (50%)
Paul McGregor (SGI) – 4/11 (36.4%)
Dean Pay (CBY) – 1/4 (25%
Nathan Brown (SGI) – 2/9 (22.2%)
David Waite (SGI) – 0/2 (0%)
Steve Price (SGI) – 0/5 (0%)
Kevin Moore (CBY) – 0/5 (0%)
Players to have scored three tries or more in one game
- Nathan Blacklock (SGI) scored three tries in round 13, 2001.
- Nigel Vagana (CBY) scored three tries in round 26, 2001.
- Josh Morris (SGI) scored three tries in round 20, 2008.
- Brett Morris (SGI) scored three tries in round 2, 2010.
- Josh Morris (CBY) scored three tries in round 2, 2012.
- Tim Lafai (CBY) scored three tries in round 9, 2014.
- Reimis Smith (CBY) scored three tries in round 24, 2018.