NRL Rd 9: Penrith Panthers v Cronulla Sharks Stats Breakdown

Penrith Panthers v Cronulla Sharks Stats

The Penrith Panthers and Cronulla Sharks have played each other on 95 occasions; the Panthers have won 41 games, the Sharks have won 51 games and there have been three draws.

The Penrith Panthers won the opening seven games between the two sides.

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

Biggest Wins

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

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

Top try-scorer in this clash

Andrew Ettinghausen (CRO) – 10
Michael Jennings (PEN) – 10
Brad Izzard (PEN) – 9
Luke Covell (CRO) – 8

Most prolific point-scorer in this clash

Steve Rogers (CRO) – 7 tries & 64 goals (149 pts)*
Ryan Girdler (PEN) – 7 tries & 41 goals (108 pts)
Luke Covell (CRO) – 8 tries & 33 goals (98 pts)
Greg Alexander (PEN) – 6 tries & 25 goals (74 pts)
Michael Gordon (PEN/CRO) – 6 tries & 23 goals (74 pts)

Players to have played for both sides from this clash

1. Maurie Raper – 1967-1970 (PEN) & 1971-1972 & 1974 (CRO)
2. Glenn Stolzenhein – 1975 (PEN) & 1976 (CRO)
3. John Dykes – 1976 (CRO) & 1977 (PEN)
4. Paul Merlo – 1977-1979 (PEN) & 1983-1985 (CRO)
5. Robert Jackson – 1982-1983 (PEN) & 1986 (CRO)
6. Mark McGaw – 1984-1992 (CRO) & 1993 (PEN)
7. Geoff Bell – 1994-1998 (CRO) & 2002-2003 (PEN)
8. Craig Greenhill – 1995-1998 (CRO) & 1999-2001 (PEN)
9. Gavin Clinch – 1995 (CRO) & 1996 (PEN)
10. Brett Howland – 1997-2000 (CRO) & 2003-2005 (PEN)
11. Shannon Donato – 1998-2001 (CRO) & 2002-2003 & 2005 (PEN)
12. Martin Lang – 1996-1997 & 1999-2001 (CRO) & 2002-2004 (PEN)
13. Preston Campbell – 1999-2002 (CRO) & 2003-2006 (PEN)
14. Matthew Rieck – 1999-2001 (PEN) & 2002-2004 (CRO)
15. Luke Lewis – 2001-2012 (PEN) & 2013-2018 (CRO)
16. Paul Franze – 2002-2004 (CRO) & 2005 (PEN)
17. David Simmons – 2003-2009 (CRO) & 2010-2015 (PEN)
18. Ben Ross – 2003-2005 (PEN) & 2006-2009 & 2012-2013 (CRO)
19. Ben Pomeroy – 2004-2005 (PEN) & 2006-2013 (CRO)
20. Michael Gordon – 2006-2012 (PEN) & 2013-2015 (CRO)
21. Nick Youngquest – 2003 (CRO) & 2006-2007 (PEN)
22. Paul Aiton – 2006-2009 (PEN) & 2010-2011 (CRO)
23. Bryan Norrie – 2006-2007 (PEN) & 2008-2009 (CRO)
24. Kevin Kingston – 2005-2008 (CRO) & 2010-2014 (PEN)
25. Cameron Ciraldo – 2005-2007 (CRO) & 2012-2013 (PEN)
26. Joseph Paulo – 2008-2011 (PEN) & 2016-2018 (CRO)
27. James Segeyaro – 2013-2016 (PEN) & 2017-2018 (CRO)
28. Jeremy Latimore – 2013-2016 (PEN) & 2017 (CRO)
29. Matt Moylan – 2013-2017 (PEN) & 2018-2021 (CRO)
30. James Maloney – 2016-2017 (CRO) & 2018-2019 (PEN)
31. Kurt Capewell – 2016 & 2018-2019 (CRO) & 2020-2021 (PEN)
32. Scott Sorensen – 2014 & 2018-2020 (CRO) & 2021 (PEN)

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

1. Steve Kneen (CRO) sent-off in round 9, 1980.
2. Mark Ellison (PEN) sin-binned in round 23, 1985.
3. Greg Alexander, Ryan Girdler & Mark Ellison (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.
6. Rhys Wesser (PEN) sin-binned in round 11, 2005.
7. Aaron Woods (CRO) & James Tamou (PEN) both sin-binned in round 9, 2020.

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.
7. Charlie Staines (PEN) scored four tries in round 9, 2020.

Head Coaching Records

Jack Clare (PEN) – 2/2 (100%)
Mike Stephenson (PEN) – 2/2 (100%)
Peter Sharp (CRO) – 1/1 (100%)
Jamie Shepherd (CRO) – 1/1 (100%)
Allan Fitzgibbon (CRO) – 4/5 (80%)
Shane Flanagan (CRO) – 9/12 (75%)
Greg Pierce (CRO) – 3/4 (75%)
Tim Sheens (PEN) – 5/8 (62.5%) (1 draw)
Tommy Bishop (CRO) – 6/10 (60%)
Stuart Raper (CRO) – 3/5 (60%)
John Lang (CRO) – 6/11 (54.5%) (1 draw)
Bob Boland (PEN) – 5/10 (50%)
Ivan Cleary (PEN) – 5/10 (50%)
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%)
Edwin Glossop (CRO) – 1/2 (50%)
Phil Gould (PEN) – 3/8 (37.5%)
Royce Simmons (PEN) – 4/11 (36.4%) (1 draw)
Jack Gibson (CRO) – 2/6 (33.3%)
Chris Anderson (CRO) – 1/3 (33.3%)
Don Parish (PEN) – 1/4 (25%)
John Morris (CRO) – 1/4 (25%)
Ken Kearney (CRO) – 1/6 (16.7%)
Cameron Ciraldo (PEN) – 0/1 (0%)
Barry Harris (PEN) – 0/2 (0%)
Ron Willey (PEN) – 0/2 (0%)
Noel Thornton (CRO) – 0/2 (0%)
John Peard (PEN) – 0/4 (0%)
Anthony Griffin (PEN) – 0/5 (0%)