Newcastle Knights - Season Detail
Order by: First appearance, Number of appearances, Player name (alphabetical), Most used players by position, Most successful lineup
Legend: FB = Fullback; C = Centre; W = Winger; FE = Five-Eighth; HB = Half-back; FR = Front Row; H = Hooker; 2R = Back Row; L = Lock; B = Bench.
Season Player Summary
Note: Hold the mouse over the game number to see the date and opponent for that match.
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | qlf | pf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam MacDOUGALL | FB | FB | FB | FB | W | W | C | W | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | W | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | |||||||
| Lenny BECKETT | W | W | W | W | B | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||
| Matthew GIDLEY | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | FE | C | C | C | C | |||||||||
| Mark HUGHES | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | FE | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Timana TAHU | W | W | W | W | B | C | C | C | W | C | C | C | B | C | C | W | W | C | W | W | W | W | C | W | W | W | ||
| Matthew JOHNS | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | |||||
| Andrew JOHNS | HB | HB | HB | HB | HB | HB | HB | HB | HB | HB | HB | HB | HB | HB | HB | HB | HB | HB | HB | HB | HB | HB | HB | |||||
| Tony BUTTERFIELD | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | ||||
| Danny BUDERUS | H | H | H | H | H | H | HB | H | HB | HB | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | ||||
| Matt PARSONS | FR | B | B | B | FR | B | B | B | B | FR | FR | FR | B | B | B | B | B | FR | FR | B | B | FR | FR | FR | ||||
| Peter SHIELS | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | |||||||
| Ben KENNEDY | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | |||||||||||
| Bill PEDEN | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| David FAIRLEIGH | B | FR | FR | FR | 2R | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | FR | FR | 2R | 2R | 2R | ||
| Steve SIMPSON | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | 2R | 2R | 2R | B | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | B | 2R | 2R | B | B | B |
| Sean RUDDER | B | B | B | B | H | H | H | B | B | B | B | B | FE | FE | FE | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | H | B | B | ||||||
| Glenn GRIEF | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | FR | B | B | B | |||||||||
| Justin RYDER | W | W | W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darren ALBERT | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||||||||||||
| Troy FLETCHER | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | |||||||||||||||
| Robbie O'DAVIS | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Clinton O'BRIEN | B | B | B | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ben MacDOUGALL | W | W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ben DONALDSON | H | B | H | H | B | B | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paul RAUHIHI | B | B | B | B | B | 2R | B | B | B | B | B | B | ||||||||||||||||
| Daniel SMAILES | B | B | B | B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Daniel ABRAHAM | FB | FB | FB | FB | B | FB | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jason TEMU | B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Justin HOLBROOK | HB | HB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Josh PERRY | B | B | B | B |
List of Matches
| Competition | Round | Opposition | Score | FB | W | C | C | W | FE | HB | FR | HK | FR | 2R | 2R | L | B | B | B | B | B | B | ||||
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| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 1 | Northern Eagles | L | 14 | - | 24 | A. MacDougall | Beckett | Gidley | Hughes 1T | Tahu 1T | M. Johns | A. Johns 3G | Butterfield | Buderus | Parsons | Shiels | Kennedy | Peden | Fairleigh | Simpson | Rudder | Grief | Ryder | ||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 2 | Melbourne | W | 38 | - | 6 | A. MacDougall 2T | Albert 1T | Gidley 1T | Hughes | Tahu 1T | M. Johns | A. Johns 5G | Butterfield | Buderus | Fairleigh | Shiels 1T | Kennedy | Peden 1T | Parsons | Simpson | Rudder | Grief | Fletcher | Beckett | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 3 | Wests Tigers | W | 46 | - | 8 | A. MacDougall 1T | Albert 4T | Gidley 1T | Hughes | Tahu 2T | M. Johns | A. Johns 5G | Butterfield | Buderus | Fairleigh | Shiels 1T | Kennedy | Peden | Parsons | Simpson | Rudder | Grief | Fletcher | Beckett | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 4 | Auckland | D | 18 | - | 18 | A. MacDougall | Albert | Gidley | Hughes | Tahu 1T | M. Johns | A. Johns 3G | Butterfield | Buderus 1T | Fairleigh | Shiels | Kennedy | Peden 1T | Parsons | Grief | Rudder | Simpson | O'Davis | ||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 5 | Brisbane | L | 14 | - | 20 | O'Davis | Albert | Gidley | Hughes 1T | A. MacDougall 2T | M. Johns | A. Johns 1G | Butterfield | Buderus | Parsons | Fairleigh | Shiels | Peden | Simpson | Fletcher | O'Brien | Tahu | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 6 | Canberra | W | 40 | - | 10 | O'Davis 2T | Albert 3T | Hughes 1T | Tahu | Beckett | M. Johns | A. Johns 6G | Butterfield | Rudder | Fairleigh | Shiels | Kennedy | Peden | Parsons | Grief | Simpson 1T | Fletcher | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 7 | Penrith | W | 30 | - | 10 | O'Davis 1T | Albert 2T | Tahu 1T | Hughes 1T | Beckett | M. Johns | A. Johns 1T 3G | Butterfield | Rudder | Fairleigh | Shiels | Kennedy | Peden | Parsons | Simpson | Grief | Fletcher | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 8 | St Geo Illa | L | 18 | - | 25 | O'Davis | Beckett 1T | Tahu 1T | Hughes | Ryder | M. Johns | A. Johns 3G | Butterfield | Rudder | Fairleigh | Shiels 1T | Kennedy | Peden | Parsons | Grief | Simpson | Fletcher | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 9 | Sydney | L | 18 | - | 20 | O'Davis 1G | Tahu 1T | Gidley 1T | Hughes▮ | A. MacDougall | M. Johns | A. Johns 2G | Butterfield | Buderus | Fairleigh | Shiels | Kennedy 1T | Peden | Parsons | Grief | Simpson | Beckett | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 10 | North Qld | W | 28 | - | 6 | O'Davis 4G | B. MacDougall | Tahu 2T | A. MacDougall 1T | Beckett | Hughes | Buderus | Parsons | Donaldson | Fairleigh | Shiels 1T | Kennedy | Peden | Grief 1T | Simpson | Rauhihi | Fletcher | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 11 | Sharks | L | 16 | - | 42 | O'Davis | Beckett | Tahu | Hughes | A. MacDougall 1T | M. Johns | A. Johns 1T 2G | Parsons | Buderus | Fairleigh | Shiels | Kennedy | Peden | Grief | Simpson | Rauhihi | Donaldson 1T | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 12 | Parramatta | W | 26 | - | 23 | A. MacDougall 1T | Albert | Hughes | Tahu | Beckett | M. Johns | Buderus 1T | Parsons | Donaldson | Fairleigh | Shiels | Kennedy 2T | Peden 1T 3G | Grief | Simpson | Fletcher | Smailes | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 13 | Melbourne | L | 4 | - | 40 | A. MacDougall | Albert | Gidley | Hughes | Beckett 1T | M. Johns | Buderus | Butterfield | Donaldson | Fairleigh | Shiels | Kennedy | Peden | Parsons | Simpson | Tahu | Fletcher | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 14 | Penrith | L | 26 | - | 32 | Abraham | B. MacDougall | Tahu | Hughes | Beckett 1T | M. Johns | A. Johns 5G | Butterfield | Buderus▮ | Fairleigh | Shiels | Simpson 2T | Peden 1T | Parsons | Rudder | O'Brien | Smailes | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 15 | Bulldogs | W | 30 | - | 24 | Abraham | Ryder 2T | Tahu | Hughes | Beckett 1T | M. Johns | A. Johns 1T 3G | Butterfield | Buderus 1T | Fairleigh 1T | Simpson | Kennedy | Peden | O'Brien | Rudder | Grief | Temu | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 16 | North Qld | W | 18 | - | 10 | Abraham 1T | Tahu | Gidley | Hughes 1T | Beckett | M. Johns | Holbrook 3G | Butterfield | Buderus | O'Brien | Fairleigh | Simpson | Peden 1T | Parsons | Fletcher | Rudder | Grief | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 17 | Auckland | W | 30 | - | 12 | A. MacDougall 1T | Beckett 1T | Gidley 1T | Hughes 1T | Tahu 2T | M. Johns | A. Johns 3G | Butterfield | Buderus | O'Brien | Fairleigh | Kennedy | Peden | Parsons | Perry | Simpson | Rudder | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 18 | Brisbane | W | 26 | - | 22 | Abraham 2T | Ryder | Tahu | Hughes | Beckett 1T | M. Johns | Holbrook 3G | Butterfield | Buderus | O'Brien | Fairleigh | Simpson | Peden 2T | Perry | Fletcher | Rudder | Rauhihi | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 19 | Canberra | L | 24 | - | 32 | A. MacDougall | Tahu | Gidley | Hughes▮ | Beckett 2T | Rudder 1T | A. Johns 4G | Butterfield | Buderus 1T | O'Brien | Fairleigh | Simpson | Peden | Perry | Abraham | Fletcher | Rauhihi | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 20 | Northern Eagles | W | 52 | - | 20 | A. MacDougall 2T | Tahu 2T | Gidley | Hughes 1T | Beckett 1T | Rudder | A. Johns 6G | Butterfield 1T | Buderus | O'Brien 1T | Fairleigh | Simpson | Peden 1T | Rauhihi 1T | Fletcher | Perry | Donaldson | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 21 | St Geo Illa | L | 24 | - | 36 | A. MacDougall 1T | Tahu | Gidley | Hughes | Beckett 1T | Rudder | A. Johns 2G | Butterfield | Buderus 2T | O'Brien | Rauhihi | Simpson | Peden | Parsons | Grief 1T | Donaldson | Fletcher | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 22 | Sydney | W | 46 | - | 12 | Abraham | A. MacDougall 2T | Gidley 1T | Hughes 1T | Beckett | M. Johns | A. Johns 3T 5G | Butterfield | Buderus 1T | Parsons | Simpson | Rudder | Peden 1T | Rauhihi | Grief | Fletcher | Shiels | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 23 | Parramatta | L | 18 | - | 22 | A. MacDougall | Tahu | Gidley 2T | Hughes | Beckett | M. Johns | A. Johns 3G | Grief | Buderus | Parsons | Fairleigh | Rudder | Peden | Simpson | Shiels 1T | Rauhihi | Smailes | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 24 | Sharks | W | 20 | - | 16 | A. MacDougall | Albert | Tahu 2T | Hughes | Beckett | Gidley | A. Johns 1T 4G | Butterfield | Buderus | Fairleigh | Simpson | Rudder | Peden | Shiels | Grief | Parsons | Smailes | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 25 | Wests Tigers | W | 34 | - | 26 | A. MacDougall | Tahu 2T | Gidley | Hughes | Beckett 2T | M. Johns | A. Johns 5G | Butterfield | Buderus | Fairleigh | Simpson | Rudder | Peden | Parsons | Shiels 1T | Grief | Rauhihi 1T | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 26 | Bulldogs | W | 28 | - | 16 | A. MacDougall 1T | Albert | Gidley 1T | Hughes 1T | Beckett | M. Johns | A. Johns 4G | Butterfield 1T | Rudder | Parsons | Fairleigh | Kennedy 1T | Peden | Simpson | Shiels | Grief | Rauhihi | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Qualif Final | Melbourne | W | 30 | - | 16 | A. MacDougall 1T | Albert | Gidley 1T | Hughes 1T | Tahu 1T | M. Johns | A. Johns 5G | Butterfield | Buderus 1T | Parsons | Fairleigh | Kennedy | Peden | Rudder | Shiels | Simpson | Rauhihi | |||
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Prelim Final | Sydney | L | 20 | - | 26 | A. MacDougall | Albert 1T | Gidley | Hughes 1T | Tahu 1T | M. Johns | A. Johns 1T 2G | Butterfield | Buderus | Parsons | Fairleigh | Kennedy | Peden | Rudder | Shiels | Simpson | Rauhihi | |||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann
Sources:David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present)