NRL Rd 9: Cronulla Sharks v Penrith Panthers Stats Breakdown

Cronulla Sharks v Penrith Panthers Stats

The Cronulla Sharks and Penrith Panthers have played each other on 93 occasions; the Sharks have won 51 times, the Panthers have won 39 times and there have been three draws.

The Cronulla Sharks need to score twenty points to reach 2000 total points against the Penrith Panthers.

The Penrith Panthers won six of the first eight games played between the two sides.

Since 2011, the Cronulla Sharks have won twelve of the last fifteen games played between the two sides.

The first ever game played between the two sides was a 13-10 win for Penrith in round 11, 1967.

Biggest Wins

The Cronulla Sharks biggest win over the Penrith Panthers was a 43-4 success in round 16, 1978.

The Penrith Panthers biggest win over the Cronulla Sharks was a 50-12 rout in round 26, 2010.

Top try-scorer in this clash

Andrew Ettinghausen (CRO) – 10
Brad Izzard (PEN) – 9
Michael Jennings (PEN) – 9
Steve Rogers (CRO) – 7
Ryan Girdler (PEN) – 7

Most prolific point-scorer in this clash

Steve Rogers (CRO) – 7 tries & 64 goals (144 pts)*
Ryan Girdler (PEN) – 7 tries & 40 goals (108 pts)
Michael Gordon (PEN/CRO) – 6 tries & 25 goals (74 pts)
Greg Alexander (PEN) – 5 tries & 25 goals (70 pts)
Luke Covell (CRO) – 6 tries & 21 goals (66 pts)

Players to have played for both sides from this clash

1. Maurie Raper – 1967-1970 (PEN) & 1971-1972 & 1974 (CRO)
2. Paul Merlo – 1977-1979 (PEN) & 1983-1985 (CRO)
3. David Burnes – 1983 & 1988-1989 (CRO) & 1985-1986 (PEN)
4. Robert Jackson – 1982-1983 (PEN) & 1986 (CRO)
5. Joe Vitanza – 1984, 1986-1987 & 1990-1991 (PEN) & 1992 (CRO)
6. Mark McGaw – 1984-1992 (CRO) & 1993 (PEN)
7. Geoff Bell – 1994-1998 (CRO) & 2002-2003 (PEN)
8. Brett Howland – 1997-2000 (CRO) & 2003-2005 (PEN)
9. Shannon Donato – 1998-2001 (CRO) & 2002-2003 & 2005 (PEN)
10. Preston Campbell – 1999-2002 (CRO) & 2003-2006 (PEN)
11. Matthew Rieck – 1999-2001 (PEN) & 2002-2004 (CRO)
12. Martin Lang – 1996-2001 (CRO) & 2002-2004 (PEN)
13. Luke Lewis – 2001-2012 (PEN) & 2013 & 2015-2018 (CRO)
14. Paul Franze – 2002-2004 (CRO) & 2005 (PEN)
15. Ben Ross – 2003-2005 (PEN) & 2006-2009 & 2012-2013 (CRO)
16. Michael Gordon – 2006-2012 (PEN) & 2013-2015 (CRO)
17. Paul Aiton – 2006-2009 (PEN) & 2010-2011 (PEN)
18. Bryan Norrie – 2006-2007 (PEN) & 2008-2009 (CRO)
19. Kevin Kingston – 2005-2008 (CRO) & 2010-2014 (PEN)
20. Ben Pomeroy – 2004-2005 (PEN) & 2006-2013 (CRO)
21. Cameron Ciraldo – 2005-2007 (CRO) & 2012-2013 (PEN)
22. Wade Graham – 2008-2010 (PEN) & 2011-2019 CRO)
23. David Simmons – 2003-2009 (CRO) & 2010-2015 (PEN)
24. Tyrone Peachey – 2013 (CRO) & 2014-2018 (PEN)
25. Jeremy Latimore – 2013-2016 (PEN) & 2017 (CRO)
26. Matt Moylan – 2013-2017 (PEN) & 2018-2019 (CRO)
27. James Maloney – 2016-2017 (CRO) & 2018-2019 (PEN)
28. Joseph Paulo – 2008-2011 (PEN) & 2016-2018 (CRO)
29. James Segeyaro – 2013-2016 (PEN) & 2017-2018 (CRO)

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

1. Steve Kneen (CRO) sent-off in round 9, 1980.
2. Mark Ellison (CRO) sin-binned in round 23, 1985.
3. Greg Alexander, Ryan Girdler & Mark McGaw (all PEN) all sin-binned in round 22, 1993.
4. Ryan Girdler (PEN) sin-binned in round 6, 1996.
5. Matt Adamson (PEN) sin-binned in round 19, 2001.

Head Coaching Records

Jack Clare (PEN) – 2/2 (100%)
Mike Stephenson (PEN) – 2/2 (100%)
John Morris (CRO) – 2/2 (100%)
Peter Sharp (PEN) – 1/1 (100%)
Jamie Shepherd (PEN) – 1/1 (100%)
Allan Fitzgibbon (CRO) – 4/5 (80%)
Shaun Flanagan (CRO) – 9/12 (75%)
Greg Pierce (CRO) _ 3/4 (75%)
Tim Sheens (PEN) – 5/8 (62.5%) (1 draw)
Bob Boland (PEN) – 6/10 (60%)
Tommy Bishop (CRO) – 6/10 (60%)
Stuart Raper (CRO) – 3/5 (60%)
John Lang (CRO) – 7/12 (58.3%) (1 draw)
John Lang (PEN) – 4/8 (50%)
Matthew Elliott (PEN) – 4/8 (50%)
Len Stacker (PEN) – 3/6 (50%) (1 draw)
Ricky Stuart (CRO) – 3/6 (50%)
Leo Trevena (PEN) – 2/4 (50%)
John Raper (CRO) – 2/4 (50%)
Norm Provan (CRO) – 2/4 (50%) (1 draw)
Terrence Fearnley (CRO) – 2/4 (50%) (1 draw)
Arthur Beetson (CRO) – 2/4 (50%)
Ronald Willey (PEN) – 1/2 (50%)
Edwin Glossop (CRO) – 1/2 (50%)
Phil Gould (PEN) – 3/8 (37.5%)
Ivan Cleary (PEN) – 3/8 (37.5%)
Royce Simmons (PEN) – 4/12 (33.3%) (1 draw)
Jack Gibson (CRO) – 2/6 (33.3%)
Chris Anderson (CRO) – 1/3 (33.3%)
Don Parish (PEN) – 1/4 (25%)
Ken Kearney (CRO) – 1/6 (16.7%)
Cameron Ciraldo (PEN) – 0/1 (0%)
Barry Harris (PEN) – 0/2 (0%)
Noel Thornton (CRO) – 0/2 (0%)
John Peard (PEN) – 0/4 (0%)
Anthony Griffin (PEN) – 0/5 (0%)

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

1. Peter Langmack (PEN) scored three tries in round 5, 1974.
2. Brad Izzard (PEN) scored three tries in round 25, 1986.
3. Mark McGaw (CRO) scored three tries in round 18, 1987.
4. Luke Covell (CRO) scored three tries in round 13, 2008.
5. Michael Jennings (PEN) scored three tries in round 10, 2010.
6. Frank Pritchard (PEN) scored three tries in round 26, 2010.