NRL Rd 4: Sydney Roosters v New Zealand Warriors Stats Breakdown

Sydney Roosters v New Zealand Warriors Stats

The Sydney Roosters and New Zealand Warriors have played each other on 42 occasions; the Roosters have won 19 games, the Warriors have won 22 games and there has been one draw.

The Sydney Roosters need to score just 25 points to reach 1000 total points against the New Zealand Warriors.

This is just the second time that the two sides have clashed at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

The Sydney Roosters have won the last three games between the two sides.

The first game played between the two sides was a 26-22 win for the New Zealand Warriors in round 8, 1995.

Biggest Wins

The Sydney Roosters’ biggest win over the New Zealand Warriors was a 58-6 shellacking in round 12, 2004.

The New Zealand Warriors’ biggest win over the Sydney Roosters was a dominant 42-16 victory in round 25, 2006.

Top try-scorer in this clash

Shaun Kenny-Dowall (SYD) – 13
Anthony Minichiello (SYD) – 10
Manu Vatuvei (WAR) – 9
Jerome Ropati (WAR) – 7
Stacey Jones (WAR) – 7
Craig Wing (SYD) – 7

Most prolific point-scorer in this clash

Craig Fitzgibbon (SYD) – 4 tries & 51 goals (118 pts)
James Maloney (WAR/SYD) – 2 tries, 31 goals & 1 field goal (71 pts)
Stacey Jones (WAR) – 7 tries, 13 goals & 2 field goals (56 pts)
Shaun Johnson (WAR) – 6 tries, 13 goals & 1 field goal (51 pts)

Players to have played for both sides from this clash

1. Dean Bell – 1985-1986 & 1988 (SYD) & 1995 (WAR)
2. Terry Hermansson – 1995-1997 (SYD) & 1999-2000 (WAR)
3. Ivan Cleary – 1996-1999 (SYD) & 2000-2002 (WAR)
4. John Simon – 1996 (SYD) & 1999-2000 (WAR)
5. Nathan Wood – 1995-2000 (SYD) & 2001 (WAR)
6. Quentin Pongia – 1998 (WAR) & 1999-2001 (SYD)
7. Robert Mears – 1994-1996 (SYD) & 1999-2000 (WAR)
8. Vince Mellars – 2003-2004 (WAR) & 2006 (SYD)
9. Todd Byrne – 2001-2004 (SYD) & 2005-2007 (WAR)
10. Ian Henderson – 2003-2004 & 2016 (SYD) & 2008-2010 (WAR)
11. James Maloney – 2010-2012 (WAR) & 2013-2015 (SYD)
12. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck – 2012-2015 (SYD) & 2016-2020 (WAR)
13. Suaia Matagi – 2013-2015 (WAR) & 2016 (SYD)
14. Sio Siua Taukeiaho – 2013 (WAR) & 2015-2020 (SYD)
15. Poasa Faamausili – 2018-2020 (SYD) & 2020 (WAR)

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

1. Andrew Walker (SYD) & Tony Tuimavave (WAR) both sin-binned and Brad Fittler (SYD) & Ali Lauiti’iti (WAR) both sent-off in round 1, 1999.
2. Ruben Wiki (WAR) sin-binned in round 25, 2006.
3. Simon Mannering (WAR) sin-binned in round 21, 2007.
4. Daniel Tupou (SYD) sin-binned in round 9, 2017.
5. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (SYD) sin-binned in round 10, 2018.

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

1. Jerome Ropati (WAR) scored four tries in round 25, 2006.
2. Joel Monaghan (SYD) scored three tries in round 21, 2007.
3. Shaun Kenny-Dowall (SYD) scored three tries in round 11, 2008.
4. Kevin Locke (WAR) scored three tries in round 16, 2010.

Head Coaching Records

Ivan Cleary (WAR) – 7/10 (70%) (1 draw)
Trent Robinson (SYD) – 7/12 (58.3%)
Daniel Anderson (WAR) – 4/7 (57.1%)
Ricky Stuart (SYD) – 5/10 (50%)
Phil Gould (SYD) – 3/6 (50%)
Mark Graham (WAR) – 2/4 (50%)
Stephen Kearney (WAR) – 2/4 (50%)
John Monie (WAR) – 1/2 (50%)
Frank Endacott (WAR) – 1/2 (50%)
Brian McClennan (WAR) – 1/2 (50%)
Andrew McFadden (WAR) – 2/5 (40%)
Brian Smith (WAR) – 2/5 (40%)
Matthew Elliott (WAR) – 1/2 (50%)
Anthony Kemp (WAR) – 1/3 (333%)
Graham Murray (SYD) – 1/4 (25%)
Brad Fittler (SYD)  1/5 (20%) (1 draw)
Todd Payten (WAR) – 0/1 (0%)