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
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
- Lee Hookey – 1999, 2003-2005 (SOU) & 2000-2002 (SGI).
- Craig Smith – 1995 (SOU) & 1999-2001 (SGI)
- Andrew Hart – 1999-2001 (SGI) & 2002-2003 (SOU)
- Jamie Fitzgerald – 2000-2001 (SGI) & 2002-2003 (SOU)
- Shane Millard – 1998 (SOU) & 2002 (SGI)
- Wise Kativerata – 2001-2002 (SGI) & 2003 (SOU)
- Dean Byrne – 2003 (SGI) & 2004 (SOU)
- Craig Stapleton – 2001-2003 (SGI) & 2010 (SOU)
- Willie Peters – 1997-1998 & 2003-2004 (SOU) & 2001-2002 (SGI)
- Shane Marteene – 2004-2005 (SOU) & 2005 (SGI)
- Colin Best – 2005-2006 (SGI) & 2009-2010 (SOU)
- Luke MacDougall – 2003-2006 (SOU) & 2007 (SGI)
- Ben Rogers – 2006-2008 (SOU) & 2008 (SGI)
- Daryl Millard – 2006 (SGI) & 2015 (SOU)
- Stuart Webb – 2006-2007 (SOU) & 2008 (SGI)
- Adam Peek – 2002 (SOU) & 2007 (SGI)
- Michael Greenfield – 2006-2008 (SOU) & 2010-2011 (SGI)
- George Ndaira – 2006 (SGI) & 2008 (SOU)
- Dylan Farrell – 2010-2013 (SOU) & 2014-2015 (SGI)
- Justin Hunt – 2012-2013 (SOU) & 2015 (SGI)
- 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
- Scott Geddes (SOU) sin-binned in round 23, 2002.
- Jamie Soward (SGI) sin-binned in round 22, 2007.
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