New Zealand Warriors v Newcastle Knights Stats Breakdown

The New Zealand Warriors and Newcastle Knights have played each other on 46 occasions; the Warriors have won 22 games, the Knights have won 23 games and there has been one draw.

This clash will mark the 11th NRL game to be played at Wellington’s Sky Stadium. On the ten previous occasions, the Warriors have won just three games (3W, 6L, 1D).

The Newcastle Knights will be aiming for four wins on the trot against the New Zealand Warriors.

The first game played between the two sides was a 48-6 win for the Newcastle Knights in round 9, 1995.

Games played between the two sides by venue

McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle – 20 games; the New Zealand Warriors have won eight games, the Newcastle Knights have won twelve games and there have been no draws.
Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland – 23 games; the New Zealand Warriors have won thirteen games, the Newcastle Knights have won nine games and there has been one draw.
Scully Park, Tamworth – 1 game; the New Zealand Warriors have won one game, the Newcastle Knights have won zero games and there have been no draws.
Industree Group Stadium, Gosford – 1 game; the New Zealand Warriors have won zero games, the Newcastle Knights have won one game and there have been no draws.
Moreton Daily Stadium, Redcliffe – 1 game; the New Zealand Warriors have won zero games, the Newcastle Knights have won one game and there have been no draws.

Biggest Wins

The New Zealand Warriors biggest win over the Newcastle Knights was a 52-10 rout in round 20, 2007.

The Newcastle Knights biggest win over the New Zealand Warriors was a 48-6 pounding in round 9, 1995.

Top try-scorer in clashes between the two sides

Manu Vatuvei (WAR) – 19
Adam MacDougall (NEW) – 13
David Fusitu’a (WAR) – 11

Most prolific point-scorer in clashes between the two sides

Andrew Johns (NEW) – 8 tries, 55 goals & 3 field goals (145 pts)
Kurt Gidley (NEW) – 7 tries & 22 goals (72 pts)
Shaun Johnson (WAR) – 2 tries & 28 goals (70 pts)

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

  1. Brent Webb (WAR) sin-binned in round 5, 2004.
  2. Patrick Ah Van (WAR) sin-binned in round 15, 2006.
  3. Agnatius Paasi (WAR) sin-binned in round 16, 2019.
  4. Chanel Harris-Tavita (WAR) sin-binned in round 1, 2020.
  5. David Klemmer (NEW) sin-binned in round 16, 2020.
  6. Lachlan Fitzgibbon (NEW) & Ben Murdoch-Masila (WAR) both sin-binned in round 15, 2021.

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

  1. David Fusitu’a (WAR) scored four tries in round 14, 2016.
  2. Adam MacDougall (NEW) scored three tries in round 20, 2001.
  3. Nathan Barnes (NEW) scored three tries in round 9, 1995.
  4. Andrew Johns (NEW) scored three tries in round 7, 2001.
  5. Andrew Johns (NEW) scored three tries in round 3, 2002.
  6. Manu Vatuvei (WAR) scored three tries in round 23, 2010.
  7. Sione Mata’utia (NEW) scored three tries in round 23, 2014.
  8. David Fusitu’a (WAR) scored three tries in round 1, 2017.

Players to have played for both sides in this clash

  1. Tea Ropati – 1988 (NEW) & 1995-1998 (NZL)
  2. Evarn Tuimavave – 2002-2009 (NZL) & 2010-2012 (NEW)
  3. Matt Jobson – 2001-2003 (NEW) & 2004 (NZL)
  4. Todd Lowrie – 2003-2006 (NEW) & 2013 (WAR)
  5. Cooper Vuna – 2004 & 2006 (WAR) & 2007-2010 (NEW)
  6. Jesse Royal – 2007-2008 (NEW) & 2009-2010 (WAR)
  7. Carlos Tuimavave – 2012-2014 (WAR) & 2015 (NEW)
  8. Jacob Lillyman – 2009-2017 (WAR) & 2018 (NEW)
  9. Mitchell Barnett – 2016-2021 (NEW) & 2023 (WAR)
  10. Mason Lino – 2015 & 2017-2018 (WAR) & 2019-2020 (NEW)
  11. Blake Green – 2018-2020 (WAR) & 2020-2021 (NEW)
  12. James Gavet – 2016-2018 (WAR) & 2019 (NEW)

Best undefeated streaks

The Newcastle Knights best undefeated run against the New Zealand Warriors is four games on two occasions; round 9, 1995 to round 7, 1998, and round 17, 2000 to round 3, 2002.

The New Zealand Warriors best undefeated run against the Newcastle Knights is five games from round 14, 2009 to round 23, 2011.

Worst losing streaks

The New Zealand Warriors worst losing streak against the Newcastle Knights is four games on two occasions; round 9, 1995 to round 7, 1998, and round 17, 2000 to round 3, 2002.

The Newcastle Knights worst losing streak against the New Zealand Warriors is five games from round 14, 2009 to round 23, 2011.

Head Coaching Records

Adam O’Brien (NEW) – 5/5 (100%)
Malcolm Reilly (NEW) – 4/4 (100%)
Matthew Elliott (WAR) – 1/1 (100%)
Todd Payten (WAR) – 1/1 (100%)
Ivan Cleary (WAR) – 10/12 (83.3%)
Andrew McFadden (WAR) – 4/6 (66.7%)
Michael Hagan (NEW) – 7/11 (63.6%)
Stephen Kearney (WAR) – 3/6 (50%)
Wayne Bennett (NEW) – 2/4 (50%)
Tony Kemp (WAR) – 1/2 (50%)
Brian Smith (NEW) – 2/6 (33.3%)
Warren Ryan (NEW) – 1/3 (33.3%) (1 draw)
Mark Graham (WAR) – 1/3 (33.3%) (1 draw)
Nathan Brown (NEW) – 2/7 (28.6%)
Rick Stone (NEW) – 1/6 (16.7%)
Daniel Anderson (WAR) – 1/7 (14.3%)
Brian McClennan (WAR) – 0/1 (0%)
John Monie (WAR) – 0/2 (0%)
Frank Endacott (WAR) – 0/2 (0%)
Nathan Brown (WAR) – 0/3 (0%)

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