NRL 2003

Round 2

Newcastle Knights 10 lost to Sydney Roosters 14

NRL 2003
Round 2
Newcastle
Knights
10
14 Sydney
Roosters
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/1914
Status Completed
Date Friday, 21st March, 2003
Kick Off 7:30 PM (local time)
Referee Sean Hampstead
Venue EnergyAustralia (Newcastle)
Crowd 21,562
Match Stats
Halftime Score 8 6
Scrums 7 13
Penalties 7 4
Newcastle Scoresheet Sydney
Matthew GIDLEY T Ian HENDERSON
      Justin HODGES
 
Andrew JOHNS 3/3 G 3/4 Craig FITZGIBBON
Newcastle Teams Sydney
Robbie O'DAVIS 1 FB 1 Anthony MINICHIELLO
Joshua SMITH 16 W 2 Ryan CROSS
Matthew GIDLEY 3 C 18 Todd BYRNE
Timana TAHU 2 C 4 Justin HODGES
Anthony QUINN 5 W 5 Shannon HEGARTY
 
Kurt GIDLEY 4 FE 6 Brad FITTLER (c)
Andrew JOHNS (c) 7 HB 19 Craig WING
 
Josh PERRY 8 FR 8 Jason CAYLESS
Danny BUDERUS 9 HK 20 Ian HENDERSON
Adam WOOLNOUGH 14 FR 10 Peter CUSACK
Steve SIMPSON 11 2R 11 Adrian MORLEY
Daniel ABRAHAM 12 2R 12 Craig FITZGIBBON
Sean RUDDER 6 L 13 Luke RICKETSON
 
Matt JOBSON 15 B 7 Brett FINCH
Luke QUIGLEY 17 B 9 Michael CROCKER
Matthew KENNEDY 18 B 15 Todd PAYTEN
Todd BATES 19 B 16 Chad ROBINSON
 
Michael HAGAN   HC   Ricky STUART
   
 

Team Info

Newcastle

Previous Game:
Round 1 vs. Warriors
Next Game:
Round 3 vs. Parramatta
Out:
Matt Parsons (front row), Ben Kennedy (lock)
In:
Matthew Kennedy (bench), Todd Bates (bench)
Changes:
Timana Tahu (wing to centre), Kurt Gidley (centre to five-eighth), Sean Rudder (five-eighth to lock), Adam Woolnough (bench to front row), Joshua Smith (bench to wing)

Sydney

Previous Game:
Round 1 vs. Parramatta
Next Game:
Round 3 vs. Penrith
Out:
Chris Flannery (centre), Lelea Paea (bench)
In:
Todd Byrne (centre), Craig Wing (halfback)
Changes:
Brett Finch (halfback to bench)

Match Notes

- Anthony Quinn was injured early, forcing Jobson into lock, Rudder into 5/8th, Kurt Gidley back to the centres and Tahu onto the wing

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson

Sources: NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2004