NRL Rd 1: Penrith Panthers v North Queensland Cowboys Stats Breakdown

Penrith Panthers v North Queensland Cowboys Stats

The Penrith Panthers and North Queensland Cowboys have played each other on 41 occasions; the Panthers have won 22 games, the Cowboys have won 19 games and there have been no draws.

The Penrith Panthers have won four of the last six games between the two sides.

The first game played between the two sides was a 40-10 victory for the Penrith Panthers in round 14, 1995.

Biggest Wins

The Penrith Panthers’ biggest win over the North Queensland Cowboys was a 56-6 whitewash in round 24, 2004.

The North Queensland Cowboys’ biggest win over the Penrith Panthers was a comfortable 36-4 success in round 22, 2013.

Top try-scorer in this clash

Rhys Wesser (PEN) – 8
Luke Lewis (PEN) – 8
Kyle Feldt (NQL) – 8
Luke Rooney (PEN) – 7
Ashley Graham (NQL) – 7
Gavin Cooper (NQL/PEN) – 5

Most prolific point-scorer in this clash

Ryan Girdler (PEN) – 6 tries, 51 goals & 1 field goal (127 pts)
Johnathan Thurston (NQL) – 4 tries & 53 goals (122 pts)
Josh Hannay (NQL) – 5 tries & 27 goals (74 pts)
Michael Gordon (PEN) – 4 tries & 18 goals (52 pts)

Players to have played for both sides from this clash

1. Matt Sing – 1993-1995 (PEN) & 2002-2006 (NQL)
2. Brett Boyd – 1992-1998 (PEN) & 1999-2000 (NQL)
3. Jody Gall – 1994-1998 & 2000-2002 (PEN) & 1999 (NQL)
4. Geoff Bell – 1999-2001 (NQL) & 2002-2003 (PEN)
5. Darrien Doherty – 1990 (PEN) & 2000 (NQL)
6. Chad Halliday – 1999-2000 (NQL) & 2002 (PEN)
7. Jason Nicol – 1993 (PEN) & 2000 (NQL)
8. Brett Firman – 2005-2006 (NQL) & 2007 (PEN)
9. Travis Burns – 2008-2009 (NQL) & 2010-2012 (PEN)
10. James Tamou – 2009-2016 (NQL) & 2017-2020 (PEN)
11. Gavin Cooper – 2006 & 2011-2020 (NQL) & 2009-2010 (PEN)
12. Lachlan Coote – 2008-2013 (PEN) & 2015-2018 (NQL)
13. James Segeyaro – 2011-2012 (NQL) & 2013-2016 (PEN)
14. Te Maire Martin – 2016-2017 (PEN) & 2017-2019 (NQL)

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

1. Damian Gibson (NQL) sin-binned in round 14, 1996.
2. Ben Reynolds (PEN) sin-binned in round 10, 2002.
3. Paul Bowman (NQL) sin-binned in round 24, 2004.
4. Nick Youngquest (PEN) sin-binned in round 9, 2006.
5. Luke O’Donnell (NQL) sent-off in round 12, 2008.
6. Luke Walsh (PEN) sin-binned in round 21, 2011.
7. James Tamou (PEN) sin-binned in round 4, 2018.
8. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak (PEN) & Shaun Fensom (NQL) both sin-binned in round 9, 2018.

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

1. Ray Mercy (NQL) scored three tries in round 14, 1997.
2. Noa Nadruku (NQL) scored three tries in round 12, 1998.
3. Peter Jorgensen (PEN) scored three tries in round 6, 1999.
4. Ben Reynolds (PEN) scored three tries in round 10, 2002.
5. Rhys Wesser (PEN) scored three tries in round 24, 2004.
6. Ashley Graham (NQL) scored three tries in round 22, 2007.
7. Michael Jennings (PEN) scored three tries in round 20, 2009.
8. Ray Thompson (NQL) scored three tries in round 22, 2013.
9. Matthew Wright (NQL) scored three tries in round 5, 2015.

Head Coaching Records

Murray Hurst (NQL) – 1/1 (100%)
Matthew Elliott (PEN) – 5/6 (83.3%)
Paul Green (NQL) – 6/9 (66.7%)
Royce Simmons (PEN) – 7/11 (63.6%)
Neil Henry (NQL) – 5/8 (62.5%)
John Lang (PEN) – 5/9 (55.6%)
Steven Georgallis (PEN) – 1/2 (50%)
Graham Murray (NQL) – 5/11 (45.6%)
Anthony Griffin (PEN) – 2/5 (40%)
Ivan Cleary (PEN) – 3/8 (37.5%)
Tim Sheens (NQL) – 3/8 (37.5%)
Grant Bell (NQL) – 0/1 (0%)
Graham Lowe (NQL) – 0/1 (0%)
Ian Millward (NQL) – 0/1 (0%)
Josh Hannay (NQL) – 0/1 (0%)