NRL Rd 3 Stats Breakdown: Penrith Panthers v Newcastle Knights

Penrith Panthers v Newcastle Knights Stats Breakdown

The Penrith Panthers and the Newcastle Knights have played each other on 51 occasions; the Panthers have won 23 games, the Newcastle Knights have won 24 games and there have been four draws.

The Newcastle Knights need just three points to reach 1000 total points against the Penrith Panthers.

The Penrith Panthers did not lose to the Newcastle Knights for the first eight games between the two sides (6W, 2D).

The Newcastle Knights have won just two of the last thirteen games between the two sides (10W, 2L, 1D).

The first game played between the two sides was a 14-8 win for the Penrith Panthers in round 5, 1988.

Biggest Wins

The Penrith Panthers’ biggest win over the Newcastle Knights was a 54-10 demolition in round 25, 2019.

The Newcastle Knights’ biggest win over the Penrith Panthers was a 60-18 thrashing in round 26, 2001.

Top try-scorer in this clash

Kurt Gidley (NEW) – 11
Akuila Uate (NEW) – 9
Timana Tahu (NEW/PEN) – 8

Most prolific point-scorer in this clash

Andrew Johns (NEW) – 5 tries, 50 goals & 2 field goals (122 pts)
Kurt Gidley (NEW) – 11 tries & 29 goals (102 pts)
Nathan Cleary (PEN) – 5 tries & 35 goals (90 pts)
Ryan Girdler (PEN) – 2 tries & 23 goals (54 pts)

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

1. Graeme Bradley (PEN) sin-binned in round 20, 1988.

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

1. Nathan Cleary (PEN) scored four tries in round 25, 2019.
2. Graham Mackay (PEN) scored three tries in round 17, 1991.
3. Adam MacDougall (NEW) scored three tries in round 26, 2001.
4. Timana Tahu (NEW) scored three tries in round 19, 2003.
5. Michael Jennings (PEN) scored three tries in round 23, 2007.
6. Frank Pritchard (PEN) scored three tries in round 23, 2007.
7. Akuila Uate (NEW) scored three tries in round 4, 2010.

Players to have played for both sides from this clash

1. Glenn Miller – 1986-1987 (PEN) & 1988-1992 (NEW)
2. Tony Butterfield – 1984-1987 (PEN) & 1988-2000 (NEW)
3. Graham Settree – 1989 (PEN) & 1990 (NEW)
4. Ashley Gordon – 1989-1992 & 1995 (NEW) & 1993 (PEN)
5. Matthew Rodwell – 1990-1993 (NEW) & 2000-2001 (PEN)
6. Nathan Barnes – 1992-1993 (PEN) & 1994-1995 (NEW)
7. Timana Tahu – 1999-2004 & 2012-2014 (NEW) & 2011 (PEN)
8. Craig Gower – 1996-2007 (PEN) & 2013 (NEW)
9. Clint Newton – 2001-2007 & 2014-2015 (NEW) & 2012-2013 (PEN)
10. Adam Woolnough – 2002-2007 (NEW) & 2008-2009 (PEN)
11. Ben Rogers – 2004-2005 (PEN) & 2009-2011 (NEW)
12. Brad Tighe – 2005-2007 (NEW) & 2008-2013 (PEN)
13. Brendan Worth – 2005 (NEW) & 2007-2008 (PEN)
14. Luke Walsh – 2007 (NEW) & 2009-2013 (PEN)
15. Richard Fa’aoso – 2004 (PEN) & 2008-2012 (NEW)
16. Cameron Ciraldo – 2008-2011 (NEW) & 2012-2013 (PEN)
17. Wes Naiqama – 2008-2012 (NEW) & 2013 (PEN)

Head Coaching Records

Ronald Willey (PEN) – 4/4 (100%)
Anthony Griffin (PEN) – 4/4 (100%)
Michael Hagan (NEW) _ 7/9 (77.8%)
Warren Ryan (NEW) – 3/4 (75%)
Rick Stone (NEW) – 4/6 (66.7%)
Malcolm Reilly (NEW) – 2/3 (66.7%) (1 draw)
David Waite (NEW) – 3/5 (60%)
Wayne Bennett (NEW) – 3/5 (60%)
Ivan Cleary (PEN) – 6/11 (54.5%) (1 draw)
Brian Smith (NEW) – 1/2 (50%)
Matthew Elliott (PEN) – 3/7 (42.9%)
Phil Gould (PEN) – 3/8 (37.5%) (2 draws)
John Lang (PEN) – 2/7 (28.6%)
Nathan Brown (NEW) – 1/6 (16.7%)
Royce Simmons (PEN) – 1/9 (11.1%) (1 draw)
Cameron Ciraldo (PEN) – 0/1 (0%)
Danny Buderus (NEW) – 0/1 (0%)
Kristian Woolf (NEW) – 0/1 (0%)
Adam O’Brien (NEW) – 0/2 (0%) (1 draw)
Allan McMahon (NEW) – 0/7 (0%) (2 draws)