NRL Rd 9: North Queensland Cowboys v Sydney Roosters Stats Breakdown

North Queensland Cowboys v Sydney Roosters Stats

The Sydney Roosters and the North Queensland Cowboys have played each other on 38 occasions; the Roosters have won 26 times, the Cowboys have won 12 and there have been zero draws.

The Roosters need just 11 points to score 1000 total points against the Cowboys. The Cowboys need 17 points to reach 800 total points against the Roosters.

The Sydney Roosters won nineteen of the first twenty-two games played between the two sides, but have won just seven of the last sixteen.

The first game played between the two sides was a 34-16 win for the Roosters in round 2, 1995.

Biggest Wins

The Sydney Roosters biggest win over the North Queensland Cowboys was a 58-12 rout in round 6, 2002.

The North Queensland Cowboys biggest win over the Sydney Roosters was a comfortable 40-0 success in round 3, 2016.

 Top try-scorer in this clash

Matt Bowen (NQL) – 9
Matt Sing (SYD/NQL) – 8
Shaun Kenny-Dowall (SYD) – 8
Johnathan Thurston (NQL) – 8
Luke Ricketson (SYD) – 7
Craig Wing (SYD) – 7

Most prolific point-scorer in this clash

Johnathan Thurston (NQL) – 8 tries & 48 goals (128 pts)
Craig Fitzgibbon (SYD) – 2 tries & 56 goals (120 pts)
Ivan Cleary (SYD) – 25 goals (50 pts)

Players to have played for both sides from this clash

1. Laurie Spina – 1985-1989 (SYD) & 1995 (NQL)
2. Bruce Sinclair – 1991-1994 (SYD) & 1995 (NQL)
3. Wayne Sing – 1992-1994 (SYD) & 1995-1996 (NQL)
4. Tim Maddison – 1996 (SYD) & 2001-2002 (NQL)
5. John Doyle – 1997-2002 (NQL) & 2006 (SYD)
6. Chad Halliday – 1997 (SYD) & 1999-2000 (NQL)
7. Luke Phillips – 1997 (SYD) & 2000-2002 (NQL)
8. Graham Appo – 1999 (SYD) & 2000 (NQL)
9. Paul Green – 1999-2000 (NQL) & 2001-2002 (SYD)
10. Shannon Hegarty – 1999-2004 (SYD) & 2009 (NQL)
11. Brett Firman – 2005 (SYD) & 2005-2006 (NQL)
12. Ben Hannant – 2005 (SYD) & 2015-2016 (NQL)
13. Luke O’Donnell – 2004-2010 (NQL) & 2013 (SYD)
14. Ben Jones – 2008-2010 (SYD) & 2011 (NQL)
15. Willie Mason – 2008-2009 (SYD) & 2010 (NQL)
16. Glenn Hall – 2006 (SYD) & 2011-2015 (NQL)
17. Tautau Moga – 2012 (SYD) & 2014-2016 (NQL)
18. Kane Linnett – 2010-2011 (SYD) & 2012-2018 (NQL)

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

1. Trent Leis (NQL) sin-binned in round 16, 2001.
2. Tim Maddison (NQL) sin-binned in round 6, 2002.
3. Michael Bani (NQL) sin-binned in round 15, 2009.

Players to have scored three or more tries in one game in this clash

1. Shaun Kenny-Dowall (SYD) scored three tries in round 13, 2007.
2. Mitchell Pearce (SYD) scored three tries in round 21, 2008.
3. Kane Linnett (NQL) scored three tries in round 10, 2014.

Head Coaching Records

Graham Murray (SYD) – 4/4 (100%)
Ricky Stuart (SYD) – 7/8 (87.5%)
Phil Gould (SYD) – 6/7 (85.7%)
Neil Henry (NQL) – 5/7 (71.4%)
Trent Robinson (SYD) – 6/10 (60%)
Chris Anderson (SYD) – 1/2 (50%)
Paul Green (SYD) – 4/9 (44.4%)
Brad Fittler (SYD) – 1/3 (33.3%)
Brian Smith (SYD) – 1/4 (25%)
Tim Sheens (NQL) – 1/6 (16.7%)
Ian Millward (NQL) – 0/1 (0%)
Grant Bell (NQL) – 0/2 (0%)
Graham Lowe (NQL) – 0/2 (0%)