NRL Rd 4: Newcastle Knights v St George Illawarra Dragons Stats Breakdown

Newcastle Knights v St George Illawarra Dragons Stats

The Newcastle Knights and the St George Illawarra Dragons have played each other on 40 occasions; the Knights have won 13 games, the Dragons have won 27 games and there have been no draws.

The St George Illawarra Dragons have won 17 of the 22 games played between the two sides at McDonald Jones Stadium.

The Newcastle Knights will be looking for three wins on the trot for the first time against the St George Illawarra Dragons.

The first game played between the two sides was a 26-12 victory for the St George Illawarra Dragons in round 6, 1999.

Biggest Wins

The Newcastle Knights’ biggest win over the St George Illawarra Dragons was a 54-6 demolition in round 5, 2006.

The St George Illawarra Dragons’ biggest win over the Newcastle Knights was a 48-2 whitewash in round 4, 2004.

Top try-scorer in this clash

Timana Tahu (NEW) – 12
Mark Gasnier (SGI) – 7
Adam MacDougall (NEW) – 7
Kurt Gidley (NEW) – 7

Most prolific point-scorer in this clash

Andrew Johns (NEW) – 3 tries & 39 goals (90 pts)
Kurt Gidley (NEW) – 7 tries & 27 goals (82 pts)
Gareth Widdop (SGI) – 1 try & 31 goals (66 pts)
Jamie Soward (SGI) – 3 tries, 24 goals & 2 field goals (62 pts)

Players to have played for both sides from this clash

1. Jamie Ainscough – 1992-1996 (NEW) & 1999-2001 (SGI)
2. Darren Treacy – 1994-1996 (NEW) & 1999-2001 (SGI)
3. Craig Smith – 1999-2001 (SGI) & 2005-2006 (NEW)
4. Matthew Rodwell – 1990 & 1992-1993 (NEW) & 1999 (SGI)
5. Jamie Fitzgerald – 2000-2001 (SGI) & 2004 (NEW)
6. Andrew Price – 2003-2005 (NEW) & 2006 (SGI)
7. Michael Ennis – 2003-2004 (NEW) & 2005 (SGI)
8. Wes Naiqama – 2005-2007 (SGI) & 2008-2012 (NEW)
9. Danny Wicks – 2006-2007 (SGI) & 2008-2009 (NEW)
10. Luke MacDougall – 2007 (NEW) & 2007 (SGI)
11. Beau Scott – 2007-2012 (SGI) & 2013-2015 (NEW)
12. Chris Houston – 2007 (SGI) & 2008-2009 & 2011-2015 (NEW)
13. Darius Boyd – 2009-2011 (SGI) & 2012-2014 (NEW)
14. Ben Rogers – 2008 (SGI) & 2009-2011 (NEW)
15. Neville Costigan – 2009-2010 (SGI) & 2011-2013 (NEW)
16. Jeremy Smith – 2009-2010 (SGI) & 2013-2016 (NEW)
17. Alex McKinnon – 2011 (SGI) & 2012-2014 (NEW)
18. Adam Cuthbertson – 2011 (SGI) & 2012-2014 (NEW)
19. Peter Mata’utia – 2011-2012 & 2016-2017 (NEW) & 2014-2016 (SGI)
20. Jack Stockwell – 2012-2014 (SGI) & 2015-2017 (NEW)
21. Korbin Sims – 2013-2016 (NEW) & 2019-2020 (SGI)
22. Tyson Frizell – 2013-2020 (SGI) & 2021 (NEW)
23. Tariq Sims – 2015-2016 (NEW) & 2016-2020 (SGI)
24. Mickey Paea – 2009 (SGI) & 2016-2017 (NEW)
25. Kurt Mann – 2016-2018 (SGI) & 2019-2021 (NEW)

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

1. Justin Ryder (NEW) sin-binned in round 11, 2001.
2. Clint Newton (NEW) sent-off in round 24, 2004.
3. Dane Campbell (NEW) & Justin Poore (SGI) both sin-binned in round 11, 2005.

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

1. Adam MacDougall (NEW) scored three tries in round 14, 2003.
2. Timana Tahu (NEW) scored three tries in round 25, 2003.
3. Jason Nightingale (SGI) scored three tries in round 16, 2017.
4. Nathan Ross (NEW) scored three tries in round 16, 2017.

Head Coaching Records

Steve Price (SGI) – 4/4 (100%)
Adam O’Brien (NEW) – 1/1 (100%)
Paul McGregor (SGI) – 9/11 (72.7%)
Andrew Farrar (SGI) – 4/6 (66.7%)
David Waite (SGI) – 2/3 (66.7%)
Nathan Brown (SGI) – 7/11 (63.6%)
Wayne Bennett (SGI) – 2/4 (50%)
Brian Smith (NEW) – 2/4 (50%)
Michael Hagan (NEW) – 6/13 (46.2%)
Nathan Brown (NEW) – 2/8 (25%)
Warren Ryan (NEW) – 1/4 (25%)
Rick Stone (NEW) – 1/4 (25%)
Wayne Bennett (NEW) – 1/5 (20%)
Dean Young (SGI) – 0/1 (0%)
Danny Buderus (NEW) – 0/1 (0%)