NRL Rd 8: Canberra Raiders v St George Illawarra Dragons Stats Breakdown

Canberra Raiders v St George Illawarra Dragons Stats

The Canberra Raiders and St George Illawarra Dragons have played each other on 30 occasions; the Raiders have won 18, the Dragons have won 11 and there has been one draw.

The St George Illawarra Dragons have won just four times at GIO Stadium in sixteen attempts (a win percentage of just 25%).

The Dragons have won five of the last seven games between the two sides, although the Raiders have two of the last three.

The first ever clash between the two sides was a 16-14 win for the Dragons in round 3, 1999.

Biggest Wins

The Canberra Raiders biggest ever win over the St George Illawarra Dragons was a 30-6 success in round 11, 2007.

The St George Illawarra Dragons biggest ever win over the Canberra Raiders was an easy 58-16 win in round 17, 2007.

 Top try-scorer in this clash

Brett Morris (SGI) – 9
Jason Nightingale (SGI) – 8
Nathan Blacklock (SGI) – 7
Jarrod Croker (CAN) – 7
Adrian Purtell (CAN) – 6
Reece Robinson (CAN) – 6

Most prolific point-scorer in this clash

Jarrod Croker (CAN) – 7 tries & 40 goals (108 pts)
Clinton Schifcofske (CAN) – 1 try, 32 goals & 2 field goals (70 pts)
Gareth Widdop (SGI) – 3 tries, 23 goals & 1 field goal (59 pts)
Jamie Soward (SGI) – 1 try, 22 goals & 2 field goals (50 pts)

Players to have played for both sides from this clash

1. Simon Woolford – 1994-2006 (CAN) & 2007-2008 (SGI)
2. David Howell – 2003-2004 (SGI) & 2005-2007 (CAN)
3. Lincoln Withers – 2000, 2005-2008 (CAN) & 2004 (SGI)
4. Colin Best – 2005-2006 (SGI) & 2007-2008 (CAN)
5. Bronx Goodwin – 2007-2008 (CAN) & 2011-2012 (SGI)
6. Josh Dugan – 2009-2013 (CAN) & 2013-2017 (SGI)
7. Daniel Vidot – 2009-2011 (CAN) & 2012-2013 (SGI)
8. Joel Thompson – 2008-2013 (CAN) & 2014-2017 (SGI)
9. Josh McCrone – 2009-2015 (CAN) & 2016-2017 (SGI)
10. Bronson Harrison – 2009-2012 (CAN) & 2013-2014 (SGI)
11. Josh Miller – 2004-2011 (CAN) & 2012 (SGI)
12. Michael Weyman – 2003-2008 (CAN) & 2009-2013 (SGI)
13. Sam Williams – 2011-2013, 2015-2016 & 2018-2019 (CAN) & 2014 (SGI)
14. Paul Vaughan – 2013-2016 (CAN) & 2017-2019 (SGI)
15. Dunamis Lui – 2016 (SGI) & 2017-2019 (CAN)
16. Siliva Havili – 2016 (SGI) & 2018-2019 (CAN)

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

1. Mark Riddell (SGI) sent-off in round 9, 2002.
2. Jason Ryles (SGI) sin-binned in round 20, 2006.
3. Terry Campese (CAN) & Jeremy Smith and Dean Young (both SGI) all sin-binned in round 23, 2009.
4. Josh Dugan (CAN) sin-binned in round 3, 2015.
5. Jordan Rapana (CAN) sin-binned in round 11, 2018.
6. Nick Cotric (CAN) sent-off in round 17, 2019.

Players to have scored three or more tries in this clash

1. Nathan Blacklock (SGI) scored three tries in round 7, 1999.
2. Adrian Purtell (CAN) scored three tries in round 11, 2007.
3. Reece Robinson (CAN) scored three tries in round 17, 2012.
4. Brett Morris (SGI) scored three tries in round 23, 2014.

Head coaching records

David Furner (CAN) – 7/7 (100%)
David Waite (SGI) – 3/3 (100%)
Matthew Elliott (CAN) – 5/6 (83.3%) (1 draw)
Neil Henry (CAN) – 3/4 (75%)
Paul McGregor (SGI) – 5/7 (71.4%)
Andrew Farrar (SGI) – 2/4 (50%) (1 draw)
Ricky Stuart (CAN) – 2/7 (28.5%)
Mal Meninga (CAN) – 1/6 (16.7%)
Nathan Brown (SGI) – 1/9 (11.1%)
Steve Price (SGI) – 0/3 (0%)
Wayne Bennett (CAN) – 0/4 (0%)