NRL Rd 5: Newcastle Knights v Melbourne Storm Stats Breakdown

Newcastle Knights v Melbourne Storm Breakdown

The Newcastle Knights and Melbourne Storm have played each other on 44 occasions; the Knights have won 15 games and the Storm have won 26 games. There have been no draws.

The Melbourne Storm have won seven games in a row against the Newcastle Knights. The last time the Knights won was in 2015.

The first clash between the two sides was a 32-16 win for the Melbourne Storm in round 20, 1998.

Biggest Wins

The Newcastle Knights biggest win over the Melbourne Storm was a 48-16 success in round 19, 2001.

The Melbourne Storm’s biggest win over the Newcastle Knights was a 52-6 rout in round 7, 2006.

Leading Try Scorer

Billy Slater (MEL) – 19
Anthony Quinn (NEW/MEL) – 11
Timana Tahu (NEW) – 10
Akuila Uate (NEW) – 9
Danny Buderus (NEW) – 8
Matt Geyer (MEL) – 8
Cooper Cronk (MEL) – 6
Kurt Gidley (NEW) – 4

Leading Point Scorer

Cameron Smith (MEL) – 3 tries & 103 goals (218 pts)
Andrew Johns (NEW) – 3 tries, 58 goals & 3 field goals (131 pts)
Kurt Gidley (NEW) – 4 tries & 30 goals (76 pts)
Matt Orford (MEL) – 7 tries & 22 goals (72 pts)
Matt Geyer (MEL) – 8 tries & 7 goals (46 pts)

Players to have played for both sides in this clash

1. Robbie Ross – 1994-1995 (NEW) & 1998-2003 (MEL)
2. Paul Marquet – 1990-1996 & 2001 (NEW) & 1998-2000 (MEL)
3. Rodney Howe – 1992-1993 (NEW) & 1998-2004 (MEL)
4. Brett Kimmorley – 1995-1996 (NEW) & 1998-2000 (MEL)
5. Kirk Reynoldson – 2005-2007 (NEW) & 2008 (MEL)
6. Anthony Quinn – 2002-2006 & 2013 (NEW) & 2007-2012 (NEW)
7. Clint Newton – 2001-2007 & 2014-2015 (NEW) & 2007 (MEL)
8. Adam Woolnough – 2002-2007 (NEW) & 2011 (MEL)
9. Mitchell Sargent – 2002-2003 (MEL) & 2007 (NEW)
10. Todd Lowrie – 2003-2006 (NEW) & 2010-2012 (MEL)
11. Dustin Cooper – 2003-2004 (MEL) & 2005 (NEW)
12. Matthew White – 2005 & 2007-2008 (NEW) & 2016 (MEL)
13. Jeremy Smith – 2004 & 2006-2008 (MEL) & 2013-2016 (NEW)
14. Antonio Kaufusi – 2003-2008 (MEL) & 2010-2011 (NEW)
15. Ben Cross – 2006-2007 (MEL) & 2008-2010 (NEW)
16. Junior Sa’u – 2008-2012 (NEW) & 2013 (MEL)
17. Richie Fa’aoso – 2008-2012 (NEW) & 2012 (MEL)
18. Robbie Rochow – 2010-2011 & 2017 (MEL) & 2012-2016 (NEW)
19. Slade Griffin – 2013 & 2016-2017 (MEL) & 2018 (NEW)

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

1. Mark Hughes (NEW) sin-binned in round 1, 2005.
2. Steve Simpson (NEW) sin-binned in round 18, 2007.
3. Jarrod Mullen (NEW) sin-binned in round 8, 2011.
4. Lachlan Fitzgibbon (NEW) sin-binned in round 13, 2017.
5. Lachlan Fitzgibbon (NEW) sin-binned in round 6, 2018.

Head coaching records

Danny Buderus (NEW) – 1/1 (100%)
Craig Bellamy (MEL) – 24/32 (75%)
Warren Ryan (NEW) – 3/4 (75%)
Michael Hagan (NEW) – 7/12 (58.3%)
Chris Anderson (MEL) – 2/6 (33.3%)
Wayne Bennett (NEW) – 2/6 (33.3%)
Brian Smith (NEW) – 1/5 (20%)
Rick Stone (NEW) – 1/5 (20%)
Malcolm Reilly (NEW) – 0/1 (0%)
Mark Murray (MEL) – 0/3 (0%)
Nathan Brown (NEW) – 0/7 (0%)

Players to have scored three tries or more in one game

1. Sisi Waqa (MEL) scored four tries in round 22, 2014.
2. Marcus Bai (MEL) scored three tries in round 20, 1988.
3. Brett Kimmorley (MEL) scored three tries in round 13, 2000.
4. Timana Tahu (NEW) scored three tries in round 8, 2002.
5. Craig Hall (NEW) scored three tries in round 4, 2003.
6. Matt Geyer (MEL) scored three tries in round 12, 2004.
7. Billy Slater (MEL) scored three tries in round 1, 2005.
8. Brodie Croft (MEL) scored three tries in round 24, 2017.