NRL Rd 5: Canterbury Bulldogs v Melbourne Storm Stats Breakdown

Canterbury Bulldogs v Melbourne Storm Stats

The Canterbury Bulldogs and Melbourne Storm have played each other on 42 occasions; the Bulldogs have won 21 games, the Storm have won 21 games and there have been no draws.

The Melbourne Storm needs to score just five points to reach 800 total points against the Canterbury Bulldogs.

The Melbourne Storm have won the last five games between the two sides.

The first game between the two sides was an 8-4 victory for the Canterbury Bulldogs in round 23, 1998.

Biggest Wins

The Canterbury Bulldogs’ biggest win over the Melbourne Storm was a 50-4 domination in round 22, 2003.

The Melbourne Storm’s biggest win over the Canterbury Bulldogs was a 46-0 shellacking in round 12, 2008.

Top try-scorer in this clash

Matt Geyer (MEL) – 11
Billy Slater (MEL) – 9
Nigel Vagana (CBY) – 8
Hazem El Masri (CBY) – 8
Matt Utai (CBY) – 7

Most prolific point-scorer in this clash

Hazem El Masri (CBY) – 8 tries & 62 goals (156 pts)
Cameron Smith (MEL) – 2 tries & 57 goals (122 pts)
Matt Orford (MEL) – 30 goals & 1 field goal (61 pts)
Matt Geyer (MEL) – 9 tries & 5 goals (46 pts)
Daryl Halligan (CBY) – 2 tries & 17 goals (42 pts)

Players to have played for both sides from this clash

1. Scott Hill – 1996 (CBY) & 1998-2006 (MEL)
2. Brett Kimmorley – 1998-2000 (MEL) & 2009-2010 (CBY)
3. Dennis Scott – 1999-2004 (CBY) & 2005 (MEL)
4. Jamie Feeney – 1999-2004 (CBY) & 2005-2006 (MEL)
5. Antonio Kaufusi – 2003-2008 (MEL) & 2015 (CBY)
6. Steve Turner – 2004 & 2006-2009 (MEL) & 2010-2013 (CBY)
7. Nate Myles – 2005-2006 (CBY) & 2017 (MEL)
8. Ben Roberts – 2006-2011 (CBY) & 2014 (MEL)
9. John Kite – 2008-2009 (CBY) & 2010-2011 (MEL)
10. Aiden Tolman – 2008-2010 (MEL) & 2011-2020 (CBY)
11. Chase Stanley – 2010-2011 (MEL) & 2014-2017 (CBY)
12. Luke MacDougall – 2010 (MEL) & 2012 (CBY)
13. Ryan Tandy – 2009-2010 (MEL) & 2010 (CBY)
14. Blake Green – 2010 (CBY) & 2015-2016 (MEL)
15. Joel Romelo – 2010-2013 (CBY) & 2014 (MEL)
16. Sam Kasiano – 2011-2017 (CBY) & 2018 (MEL)

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

1. Steve Reardon (CBY) sin-binned in round 15, 2003.
2. Matt Utai (CBY) sin-binned in round 24, 2004.
3. David Kidwell (MEL) sin-binned in round 17, 2005.

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

1. Nigel Vagana (CBY) scored three tries in round 14, 2001.
2. Matt Utai (CBY) scored three tries in round 22, 2003.
3. Israel Folau (MEL) scored three tries in round 24, 2007.
4. Sam Perrett (CBY) scored three tries in round 18, 2013.
5. Tim Lafai (CBY) scored three tries in the 2014 NRL qualifying final.

Head Coaching Records

Chris Anderson (MEL) – 4/7 (57.1%)
Steve Folkes (CBY) – 12/22 (54.5%)
Des Hasler (CBY) – 6/11 (54.5%)
Craig Bellamy (MEL) – 17/32 (53.1%)
Kevin Moore (CBY) – 2/5 (40%)
Steve Georgallis (CBY) – 0/1 (0%)
Mark Murray (MEL) – 0/3 (0%)
Dean Pay (CBY) – 0/3 (0%)