NRL Rd 5: New Zealand Warriors v North Queensland Cowboys Stats Breakdown

New Zealand Warriors v North Queensland Cowboys Breakdown

The New Zealand Warriors and North Queensland Cowboys have played each other on 40 occasions; the Warriors have won 20 games and the Cowboys have won 20 games. There have been no draws.

The North Queensland Cowboys have won five of the last seven games between the two sides but the New Zealand Warriors have won two of the last three.

The New Zealand Warriors won ten of the first fourteen games between the two sides and reached 50 points three times in that stretch.

The first game played between the two sides was a 28-10 victory for the Warriors in round 18, 1995.

Biggest Wins

The New Zealand Warriors biggest win over the North Queensland Cowboys was a 52-6 drubbing in round 18, 1996.

The North Queensland Cowboys biggest win over the New Zealand Warriors was a 52-12 rout in round 23, 2012.

Leading Try Scorer

Matt Bowen (NQL) – 10
Kyle Feldt (NQL) – 9
Stacey Jones (WAR) – 8
Ashley Graham (NQL) – 8
Nigel Vagana (WAR) – 7

Leading Point Scorer

Johnathan Thurston (NQL) – 4 tries & 57 goals (130 pts)
Josh Hannay (NQL) – 4 tries & 33 goals (82 pts)
Stacey Jones (WAR) – 8 tries & 14 goals (60 pts)
Shaun Johnson (WAR) – 2 tries, 21 goals & 1 field goal (51 pts)
Matt Bowen (NQL) – 10 tries, 3 goals & 1 field goal (47 pts)

Players to have played for both sides in this clash

1. Whetu Taewa – 1995 (WAR) & 1996 (NQL)
2. Jason Death – 1996-1998 (NQL) & 1999-2001 (WAR)
3. Willie Poching – 1995 (WAR) & 1996 (NQL)
4. Lee Oudenryn – 1997-2000 (WAR) & 2001 (NQL)
5. David Myles – 2000-2002 (WAR) & 2003-2005 (NQL)
6. Nathan Fien – 2000-2004 (NQL) & 2005-2009 (WAR)
7. Paul Dezolt – 1999-2003 (NQL) & 2004 (WAR)
8. Micheal Luck – 2001-2005 (NQL) & 2006-2012 (WAR)
9. Kevin Campion – 2001-2002 (WAR) & 2003-2004 (NQL)
10. George Gatis – 2001-2003 & 2008 (NQL) & 2006-2007 (WAR)
11. Sione Faumuina – 2002-2006 (WAR) & 2007-2008 (NQL)
12. Grant Rovelli – 2006-2008 (WAR) & 2009-2010 (NQL)
13. Jacob Lillyman – 2003 & 2005-2008 (NQL) & 2009-2017 (WAR)
14. Brent Tate – 2008-2010 (WAR) & 2011-2014 (NQL)
15. Leeson Ah Mau – 2009 & 2019-2020 (WAR) & 2010-2011 (NQL)

Players to have sin-binned/sent-off in this clash

1. Nick Paterson (NQL) & Motu Tony (WAR) both sin-binned in round 13, 2001.
2. Monty Betham (WAR) sin-binned in round 15, 2004.
3. Luke O’Donnell (NQL) sent-off in round 23, 2006.
4. Willie Tonga (NQL) sin-binned in round 10, 2010.

Head coaching records

Murray Hurst (NQL) – 2/2 (100%)
Frank Endacott (WAR) –  2/2 (100%)
Matt Elliott (WAR) – 2/2 (100%)
Mark Graham (WAR) – 3/4 (75%)
John Monie (WAR) – 2/3 (66.7%)
Paul Green (NQL) – 5/8 (62.5%)
Graham Murray (NQL) – 8/13 (61.5%)
Ivan Cleary (WAR) – 5/10 (50%)
Stephen Kearney (WAR) – 2/4 (50%)
Brian McClennan (WAR) – 1/2 (50%)
Neil Henry (NQL) – 3/7 (42.9%)
Daniel Anderson (WAR) – 3/7 (42.9%)
Tim Sheens (NQL) – 2/7 (28.6%)
Grant Bell (NQL) – 0/1 (0%)
Graham Lowe (NQL) – 0/1 (0%)
Ian Millward (NQL) – 0/1 (0%)
Tony Kemp (NQL) – 0/3 (0%)
Andrew McFadden (WAR) – 0/3 (0%)

Players to have scored three tries or more in one game

1. Gene Ngamu (WAR) scored three tries in round 18, 1996.
2. Marc Ellis (WAR) scored three tries in round 18, 1997.
3. Nigel Vagana (WAR) scored three tries in round 21, 1998.
4. Lee Oudenryn (WAR) scored three tries in round 24, 1999.
5. Matt Bowen (NQL) scored three tries in round 6, 2008.
6. Ashley Graham (NQL) scored three tries in round 23, 2012.
7. Jake Granville (NQL) scored three tries in round 7, 2015.
8. Kyle Feldt (NQL) scored three tries in round 24, 2015.