South Sydney Rabbitohs halfback Adam Reynolds

The Charity Shield is always fiery between these two sides, and regular season games are no different but their fortunes are astronomic in 2019.

Neck-and-neck overall, it is bound to be another entertaining contest.

South Sydney Rabbitohs v St George Illawarra Stats Breakdown

The South Sydney Rabbitohs and St George Illawarra Dragons have played each other on 44 occasions; both sides have 22 wins and there have been two draws.

The first game played between the two sides was in round 4, 1999, a game the that Rabbitohs won 25-24.

Top try-scorer in this clash

Matt Cooper (SGI) – 13
Mark Gasnier (SGI) – 11
Nathan Merritt (SOU) – 8
Brett Morris (SGI) – 8
Ben Creagh (SGI) – 7
John Sutton (SOU) – 7
Nathan Blacklock (SGI) – 6
Lee Hookey (SGI) – 6
Jason Nightingale (SGI) – 6
Ben Hornby (SGI) – 5
Adam Reynolds (SOU) – 5

Former St George Illawarra Dragons centre Matt Cooper

Top point-scorer in this clash

Adam Reynolds (SOU) – 5 tries, 42 goals & 5 field goals (109 pts)
Mark Gasnier (SGI) – 11 tries & 6 goals (56 pts)
Matt Cooper (SGI) – 13 tries (52 pts)
Jamie Soward (SGI) – 2 tries & 17 goals (42 pts)
Mark Riddell (SGI) – 1 try & 16 goals (36 pts)
Chris Sandow (SOU) – 17 goals & 2 field goals (36 pts)
Nathan Merritt (SOU) – 8 tries & 1 goal (34 pts)
Brett Morris (SGI) – 8 tries (32 pts)
Aaron Gorrell (SGI) – 1 try & 13 goals (30 pts)
Ben Creagh (SGI) – 7 tries (28 pts)
John Sutton (SOU) – 7 tries (28 pts)
Gareth Widdop (SGI) – 1 try & 11 goals (26 pts)

Head Coaching records

Wayne Bennett (SOU) – 1/1 (100%)
Nathan Brown (SGI) – 8/9 (88.9%)
Michael Maguire (SOU) – 9/12 (75%)
Jason Taylor (SOU) – 2/3 (66.7%)
Anthony Seibold (SOU) – 2/3 (66.7%)
Wayne Bennet (SGI) – 3/5 (60%)
David Waite (SGI) – 1/2 (50%)
Andrew Farrar (SGI) – 1/2 (50%)
Steve Price (SGI) – 2/6 (33.3%)
Craig Coleman (SOU) – 1/4 (25%)
John Lang (SOU) – 1/4 (25%)
Paul McGregor (SOU) – 2/10 (20%)
Arthur Kitinas (SOU) – 0/1 (0%)
Paul Langmack (SOU) – 0/2 (0%)
Shaun McRae (SOU) – 0/2 (0%)

Players to have played for both sides

  1. Lee Hookey – 1999, 2003-2005 (SOU) & 2000-2002 (SGI).
  2. Craig Smith – 1995 (SOU) & 1999-2001 (SGI)
  3. Andrew Hart – 1999-2001 (SGI) & 2002-2003 (SOU)
  4. Jamie Fitzgerald – 2000-2001 (SGI) & 2002-2003 (SOU)
  5. Shane Millard – 1998 (SOU) & 2002 (SGI)
  6. Wise Kativerata – 2001-2002 (SGI) & 2003 (SOU)
  7. Dean Byrne – 2003 (SGI) & 2004 (SOU)
  8. Craig Stapleton – 2001-2003 (SGI) & 2010 (SOU)
  9. Willie Peters – 1997-1998 & 2003-2004 (SOU) & 2001-2002 (SGI)
  10. Shane Marteene – 2004-2005 (SOU) & 2005 (SGI)
  11. Colin Best – 2005-2006 (SGI) & 2009-2010 (SOU)
  12. Luke MacDougall – 2003-2006 (SOU) & 2007 (SGI)
  13. Ben Rogers – 2006-2008 (SOU) & 2008 (SGI)
  14. Daryl Millard – 2006 (SGI) & 2015 (SOU)
  15. Stuart Webb – 2006-2007 (SOU) & 2008 (SGI)
  16. Adam Peek – 2002 (SOU) & 2007 (SGI)
  17. Michael Greenfield – 2006-2008 (SOU) & 2010-2011 (SGI)
  18. George Ndaira – 2006 (SGI) & 2008 (SOU)
  19. Dylan Farrell – 2010-2013 (SOU) & 2014-2015 (SGI)
  20. Justin Hunt – 2012-2013 (SOU) & 2015 (SGI)
  21. Cameron McInnes – 2014-2016 (SOU) & 2017-2019 (SGI)

Biggest winning margins

The South Sydney Rabbitohs biggest win over the St George Illawarra Dragons was back in 2009, when they easily accounted for them in a 41-6 win.

The St George Illawarra Dragons  biggest win over the South Sydney Rabbitohs was a comfortable 58-16 win in round 23, 2002.

Players to be sin-binned/sent-off in this fixture

  1. Scott Geddes (SOU) sin-binned in round 23, 2002.
  2. Jamie Soward (SGI) sin-binned in round 22, 2007.

As always, if there are any issues or if you want any additions stats wise, let us know and we’ll sort it out.

By ricky

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