St George Illawarra Dragons v Cronulla Sharks Stats

The St George Illawarra Dragons and Cronulla Sharks have played each other on 46 occasions; the Dragons have won 23 games, the Sharks have won 22 games and there has been one draw.

The Cronulla Sharks have won the last three games between the two sides at Kogarah Oval (Netstrata Jubilee Stadium).

The St George Illawarra Dragons have won just one of the last four games between the two sides.

The first clash between the two sides was an 18-16 win to the Cronulla Sharks in round 8, 1999.

Biggest Wins

The St George Illawarra Dragons’ biggest win over the Cronulla Sharks was a 38-0 rout in round 8, 2010.

The Cronulla Sharks’ biggest win over the St George Illawarra Dragons was a 40-4 success in round 4, 2007.

Brett Morris during his St George Illawarra Dragons days

Top try-scorer in this clash

Brett Morris (SGI) – 15
Colin Best (CRO/SGI) – 9
Nathan Blacklock (SGI) – 8
Ben Hornby (SGI) – 8

Most prolific point-scorer in this clash

Gareth Widdop (SGI) – 1 try & 38 goals (80 pts)
Jamie Soward (SGI) – 1 try, 31 goals & 1 field goal (65 pts)
Brett Morris (SGI) – 15 tries (60 pts)
Luke Covell (CRO) – 3 tries & 23 goals (58 pts)
Mark Riddell (SGI) – 5 tries & 17 goals (54 pts)

Players to have played for both sides from this clash

  1. Sam Isemonger – 1998-2000 & 2002-2005 (CRO) & 2006-2007 (SGI)
  2. Trent Barrett – 1999-2006 (SGI) & 2009-2010 (CRO)
  3. Lance Thompson – 1999-2005 (SGI) & 2006-2008 (CRO)
  4. Nathan Long – 1994-2001 (CRO) & 20004 (SGI)
  5. Luke Branighan – 2000 (SGI) & 2001 (CRO)
  6. Craig Stapleton – 2001-2003 (SGI) & 2007 (CRO)
  7. Matt Bickerstaff – 2002-2004 (CRO) & 2006 (SGI)
  8. Ian Donnelly – 2003 (SGI) & 2009 (CRO)
  9. Jason Kent – 2002 (SGI) & 2003-2004 (CRO)
  10. Henry Perenara – 2003-2004 (SGI) & 2007 (CRO)
  11. Colin Best – 1998-2002 & 2011-2012 (CRO) & 2005-2006 (SGI)
  12. Michael Ennis – 2005 (SGI) & 2015-2016 (CRO)
  13. Beau Scott – 2005-2006 (CRO) & 2007-2012 (SGI)
  14. Ben Ross – 2002 (SGI) & 2006-2009 & 2012-2013 (CRO)
  15. Tony Caine – 2006 & 2009 (CRO) & 2007 (SGI)
  16. Adam Peek – 2007 (SGI) & 2008 (CRO)
  17. Josh Morris – 2007-2008 (SGI) & 2019-2020 (CRO)
  18. Bryan Norrie – 2004-2005 (SGI) & 2008-2009 (CRO)
  19. Matt Prior – 2008-2013 (SGI) & 2014-2019 (CRO)
  20. Bronx Goodwin – 2009 (CRO) & 2011-2012 (SGI)
  21. Atelea Vea – 2009 (CRO) & 2012-2013 (SGI)
  22. Jon Green – 2008-2011 (SGI) & 2012-2013 (CRO)
  23. Jeremy Smith – 2009-2010 (SGI) & 2011-2012 (CRO)
  24. Michael Greenfield – 2004 (CRO) & 2010-2011 (SGI)
  25. Adam Cuthbertson – 2010 (CRO) & 2011 (SGI)
  26. Jeremy Latimore – 2012 & 2018-2019 (SGI) & 2017 (CRO)
  27. Tyson Frizell – 2011-2012 (CRO) & 2013-2020 (SGI)
  28. Daniel Holdsworth – 2004-2005 (SGI) & 2014 (CRO)
  29. Gerard Beale – 2013-2014 (SGI) & 2015-2017 (CRO)
  30. Nene Macdonald – 2017-2018 (SGI) & 2020 (CRO)
  31. Josh Dugan – 2013-2017 (SGI) & 2018-2021 (CRO)

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

  1. Shaun Timmins (SGI) & Paul Gallen/Ben Pomeroy (CRO) all sin-binned in round 25, 2006.
  2. Adam Peek (SGI) sin-binned in round 13, 2007.
  3. Jason Nightingale (SGI) sin-binned in round 2, 2018.
  4. Cameron McInnes (SGI) sin-binned in round 6, 2018.

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

  1. Anthony Mundine (SGI) scored three tries in the 1999 NRL preliminary final.
  2. Ben Hornby (SGI) scored three tries in round 8, 2004.
  3. Brett Kearney (CRO) scored three tries in round 4, 2007.
  4. Brett Morris (SGI) scored three tries in round 11, 2009.
  5. Brett Morris (SGI) scored three tries in round 8, 2010.
  6. Josh Dugan (SGI) scored three tries in round 13, 2014.
  7. Bronson Xerri (CRO) scored three tries in round 11, 2019.

Head Coaching Records

Wayne Bennett (SGI) – 5/6 (83.3%)
Chris Anderson (CRO) – 4/5 (80%)
John Morris (CRO) – 3/4 (75%)
Steven Price (SGI) – 3/5 (60%)
John Lang (CRO) – 4/7 (57.1%) (1 draw)
Paul McGregor (SGI) – 7/13 (53.8%)
Nathan Brown (SGI) – 6/12 (50%)
Ricky Stuart (CRO) – 4/8 (50%)
Shane Flanagan (CRO) – 5/14 (35.7%)
David Waite (SGI) – 1/5 (20%)
Andrew Farrar (SGI) – 1/5 (20%) (1 draw)
Stuart Raper (CRO) – 1/6 (16.7%)
Peter Sharp (CRO) – 0/2 (0%)

 

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