NRL Rd 9: St George Illawarra Dragons v Canterbury Bulldogs Stats Breakdown

St George Illawarra Dragons v Canterbury Bulldogs Stats

The St George Illawarra Dragons and Canterbury Bulldogs have played each other on 40 occasions; the Dragons have won 15 games, the Bulldogs have won 25 games and there have been no draws.

Since 2010, the Canterbury Bulldogs have won fourteen of the nineteen games played between the two sides. The St George Illawarra Dragons have won the last two games between the two sides, however.

The Canterbury Bulldogs have won fourteen of the twenty-two games played between the two sides at Stadium Australia, including nine of the last twelve.

The first game played between the two sides was a 24-18 win for the Canterbury Bulldogs in round 2, 1999.

Biggest Wins

The St George Illawarra Dragons’ biggest win over the Canterbury Bulldogs was a 40-4 whitewash in round 5, 2019.

The Canterbury Bulldogs’ biggest win over the St George Illawarra Dragons was a 38-0 rout in round 24, 2018.

Top try-scorer in this clash

Matt Cooper (SGI) – 14
Josh Morris (SGI/CBY) – 11
Hazem El Masri (CBY) – 8
Brett Morris (SGI/CBY) – 8

Most prolific point-scorer in this clash

Hazem El Masri (CBY) – 8 tries & 57 goals (146 pts)
Jamie Soward (SGI) – 3 tries, 27 goals & 3 field goals (69 pts)
Matt Cooper (SGI) – 14 tries (56 pts)
Gareth Widdop (SGI) – 2 tries & 22 goals (55 pts)
Josh Morris (SGI/CBY) – 10 tries (40 pts)

Players to have played for both sides from this clash

1. Luke Patten – 1999-2000 (SGI) & 2001-2010 (CBY)
2. Adam Peek – 1999-2001 (CBY) & 2007 (SGI)
3. Shane Marteene – 1996-2001 & 2003 (CBY) & 2005 (SGI)
4. Michael Ennis – 2005 (SGI) & 2009-2014 (CBY)
5. Corey Payne – 2005-2007 (SGI) & 2010-2012 (CBY)
6. Daryl Millard – 2006 (SGI) & 2007-2009 (CBY)
7. Brett Morris – 2006-2014 (SGI) & 2015-2018 (CBY)
8. Josh Morris – 2007-2008 (SGI) & 2009-2018 (CBY)
9. Lee Te Maari – 2006 (SGI) & 2007-2009 (CBY)
10. Chase Stanley – 2007-2009 & 2012-2013 (SGI) & 2014-2017 (CBY)
11. Michael Lett – 2008-2010 (SGI) & 2011 (CBY)
12. Daniel Holdsworth – 2004-2005 (SGI) & 2006-2009 (CBY)
13. Mickey Paea – 2009 (SGI) & 2010-2011 (CBY)
14. Jon Green – 2006-2007 (CBY) & 2008-2011 (SGI)
15. Tim Lafai – 2011-2015 & 2020 (CBY) & 2016-2018 (SGI)
16. James Graham – 2012-2017 (CBY) & 2018-2020 (SGI)

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

1. Mark Riddell (SGI) sent-off in round 3, 2002.
2. Taane Milne (SGI) sin-binned in round 14, 2017.

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

1. Nathan Blacklock (SGI) scored three tries in round 13, 2001.
2. Nigel Vagana (CBY) scored three tries in round 26, 2001.
3. Josh Morris (SGI) scored three tries in round 20, 2008.
4. Brett Morris (SGI) scored three tries in round 2, 2010.
5. Josh Morris (CBY) scored three tries in round 2, 2012.
6. Tim Lafai (CBY) scored three tries in round 9, 2014.
7. Reimis Smith (CBY) scored three tries in round 24, 2018.

Head Coaching Records

Wayne Bennett (SGI) – 5/5 (100%)
Des Hasler (CBY) – 11/12 (91.7%)
Steve Folkes (CBY) – 12/17 (70.6%)
Andrew Farrar (SGI) – 3/6 (50%)
Dean Pay (CBY) – 2/5 (40%)
Paul McGregor (SGI) – 5/13 (38.5%)
Nathan Brown (SGI) – 2/9 (22.2%)
Steven Georgallis (CBY) – 0/1 (0%)
David Waite (SGI) – 0/2 (0%)
Kevin Moore (CBY) – 0/5 (0%)
Steve Price (SGI) – 0/5 (0%)