NRL Rd 1: Newcastle Knights v Canterbury Bulldogs Stats Breakdown

Newcastle Knights v Canterbury Bulldogs Stats

The Newcastle Knights and Canterbury Bulldogs have played each other on 49 occasions; the Knights have won 21 games, the Bulldogs have won 27 games and there has been one draw.

The Canterbury Bulldogs need to score 24 points to reach 1100 total points against the Newcastle Knights.

The Canterbury Bulldogs have won seven of the last eight games played at McDonalds Jones Stadium.
The last time the Knights won at the venue against the Bulldogs was round 10, 2013.

The Newcastle Knights have won just one of the last nine games played between the two sides.

The first game played between the two sides was a 26-8 win to the Canterbury Bulldogs in round 11, 1988.

Biggest Wins

The Newcastle Knights biggest win over the Canterbury Bulldogs was a 42-0 rout in round 13, 1995.

The Canterbury Bulldogs’ biggest win over the Newcastle Knights was a 52-6 demolition in round 25, 2004.

Top try-scorer in this clash

Hazem El Masri (CBY) – 11
Luke Patten (CBY) – 9
Josh Morris (CBY) – 8
Terry Lamb (CBY) – 7
Akuila Uate (NEW) – 4
Ben Barba (CBY) – 3

Most prolific point-scorer in this clash

Hazem El Masri (CBY) – 11 tries & 63 goals (170 pts)
Andrew Johns (NEW) – 3 tries, 60 goals & 1 field goal (133 pts)
Kurt Gidley (NEW) – 5 tries, 39 goals & 1 field goal (99 pts)
Daryl Halligan (CBY) – 5 tries & 38 goals (96 pts)
Terry Lamb (CBY) – 7 tries, 11 goals & 1 field goal (47 pts)

Players to have played for both sides from this clash

1. Mark Sargent – 1986-1988 (CBY) & 1989-1995 (NEW)
2. Glenn Frendo – 1986-1987 (CBY) & 1988-1990 (NEW)
3. Troy Clarke – 1988-1989 (NEW) & 1992 (CBY)
4. Michael Hagan – 1983-1988 (CBY) & 1989-1993 (NEW)
5. Peter Johnston – 1984-1986 (CBY) & 1989-1991 (NEW)
6. David Boyd – 1986-1987 (CBY) & 1988-1993 (NEW)
7. Marty Crequer – 1990 (NEW) & 1991 (CBY)
8. Brett Clements – 1996 (CBY) & 1997-1998 (NEW)
9. Paul Rauhihi – 1999-2000 (NEW) & 2001-2002 (CBY)
10. Willie Mason – 2000-2007 (CBY) & 2012-2014 (NEW)
11. Todd Polglase – 2002-2003 (CBY) & 2007 (NEW)
12. Michael Ennis – 2003-2004 (NEW) & 2009-2014 (CBY)
13. Brett Kimmorley – 1995-1996 (NEW) & 2009-2010 (CBY)
14. Mickey Paea – 2010-2011 (CBY) & 2016-2017 (NEW)
15. Antonio Kaufusi – 2010-2011 (NEW) & 2015 (CBY)
16. Trent Hodkinson – 2011-2015 (CBY) & 2016-2017 (NEW)
17. David Klemmer – 2013-2018 (CBY) & 2019-2021 (NEW)
18. Sauaso Sue – 2019-2020 (CBY) & 2021 (NEW)

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

1. Tony Herman & Glenn Miller (both NEW) & Jonathan Davies & Darren Smith (both CBY) all sin-binned in round 21, 1991.
2. Dean Pay (CBY) sin-binned in round 11, 1993.
3. Danny Buderus (NEW) sin-binned in round 3, 2006.
4. Sonny Bill Williams (CBY) sent-off in round 1, 2007.
5. Kade Snowden (NEW) sin-binned in round 8, 2007.

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

1. Terry Lamb (CBY) scored three tries in round 20, 1994.
2. Jamie Ainscough (NEW) scored three tries in round 13, 1995.
3. Hazem El Masri (CBY) scored three tries in round 16, 2001.
4. Ben Harris (CBY) scored three tries in round 17, 2003.
5. Milton Thaiday (NEW) scored three tries in round 3, 2006.
6. Hazem El Masri (CBY) scored three tries in round 13, 2006.

Head Coaching Records

Jim Dymock (CBY) – 1/1 (100%)
Steve Georgallis (CBY) – 1/1 (100%)
Chris Anderson (CBY) – 6/9 (66.7%)
Dean Pay (CBY) – 2/3 (66.7%)
Des Hasler (CBY) – 6/10 (60%)
Phil Gould (CBY) – 1/2 (50%)
Steve Folkes (CBY) – 9/19 (47.4%)
Kevin Moore (CBY) – 1/4 (25%)