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 | gf |
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| Robbie O'DAVIS | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | B | B | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | |||||||||
| Darren ALBERT | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | B | ||||||
| Timana TAHU | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | W | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | B | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | ||||
| Mark HUGHES | C | C | C | C | C | FB | FB | C | C | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | C | FB | FB | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | |||||
| Justin RYDER | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||
| Sean RUDDER | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | HB | HB | HB | HB | HB | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | B | 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 | ||||||||
| Clinton O'BRIEN | FR | FR | FR | B | FR | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | ||||||||||
| Danny BUDERUS | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | HB | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | ||||
| Glenn GRIEF | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | B | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | B | B | B | B | B | ||||||
| Paul MARQUET | 2R | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | ||
| Steve SIMPSON | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | FR | FR | 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 | |
| Ben KENNEDY | B | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R |
| Josh PERRY | B | B | B | FR | B | FR | FR | FR | FR | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | FR | FR | B | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | |||
| Julian BAILEY | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | C | B | B | B | B | B | C | B | 2R | 2R | |||||
| Troy FLETCHER | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Matt PARSONS | B | B | B | B | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | ||
| Jarrod O'DOHERTY | B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adam MacDOUGALL | W | C | C | W | C | C | C | C | W | W | W | C | C | C | C | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||||
| Ben DONALDSON | B | B | H | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clint NEWTON | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Daniel ABRAHAM | FB | FB | B | L | B | B | B | B | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Matthew GIDLEY | C | C | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | |||||||||
| Matt JOBSON | B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John MORRIS | B | H | H | H | H | B | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| James WYNNE | HB | HB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kurt GIDLEY | FE |
List of Matches
| Competition | Round | Opposition | Score | FB | W | C | C | W | FE | HB | FR | HK | FR | 2R | 2R | L | B | B | B | B | ||||
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| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 1 | Northern Eagles | L | 10 | - | 12 | O'Davis | Albert 1T | Tahu | Hughes | Ryder 1T | Rudder | Johns 1G | O'Brien | Buderus | Grief | Marquet | Simpson | Peden | Kennedy | Perry | Bailey | Fletcher | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 2 | Sydney | W | 25 | - | 18 | O'Davis 1T | Albert | Tahu | Hughes | Ryder 2T | Rudder | Johns 4G 1F | O'Brien | Buderus | Grief | Simpson | Kennedy | Peden 1T | Marquet | Perry | Bailey | Parsons | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 3 | Bulldogs | D | 28 | - | 28 | O'Davis | Albert | Tahu | Hughes | Ryder | Rudder 1T | Johns 6G | O'Brien | Buderus | Grief 1T | Simpson | Kennedy | Peden | Marquet | Perry 2T | Bailey | Parsons | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 4 | Parramatta | W | 32 | - | 14 | O'Davis | Albert 1T | Tahu 2T | Hughes 2T | Ryder | Rudder | Johns 4G | Perry | Buderus | Grief | Simpson | Kennedy | Peden | O'Brien | Marquet | Parsons | O'Doherty 1T | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 5 | Brisbane | L | 8 | - | 42 | O'Davis | Albert 1T | Tahu | Hughes | MacDougall | Rudder | Johns 2G | O'Brien | Buderus | Grief | Simpson | Kennedy | Peden | Marquet | Perry | Bailey | Parsons | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 6 | Melbourne | W | 36 | - | 28 | Hughes | Albert 1T | Tahu 2T | MacDougall | Ryder 1T | Rudder | Johns 1T 6G | Perry | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy | Peden 1T | Marquet | Bailey | Fletcher | Donaldson | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 7 | New Zealand | W | 45 | - | 24 | Hughes 1T | Albert | Tahu | MacDougall 1T | Ryder | Rudder | Johns 3T 8G 1F | Perry | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy 1T | Peden | Marquet 1T | Bailey | Fletcher | Newton | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 8 | Canberra | W | 22 | - | 20 | Abraham | Albert▮ | Tahu 2T | Hughes | Ryder | Rudder | Johns 5G | Perry | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy 1T | Peden | Marquet | Bailey | Fletcher | Newton | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 9 | Sharks | W | 22 | - | 12 | Abraham | MacDougall | Hughes | Tahu 1T | Ryder | Rudder | Johns 1T 3G | Perry | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy | Peden 1T | Marquet | Bailey 1T | Fletcher | Grief | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 10 | Wests Tigers | W | 56 | - | 6 | Hughes 2T | Ryder | MacDougall 1T | M. Gidley | Tahu 1T | Rudder 1T | Johns 8G | Grief | Buderus 1T | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy 2T | Peden | Marquet | Bailey 1T | Abraham | O'Brien 1T | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 11 | St Geo Illa | W | 32 | - | 24 | Hughes | Albert 1T | M. Gidley 1T | Tahu 1T | Ryder▮ | Rudder | Johns 3G | Grief 1T | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy | Peden 1T 3G | Marquet | Bailey | O'Brien | Newton | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 12 | North Qld | W | 42 | - | 34 | Hughes 3T | Albert 1T | Tahu 2T 1G | MacDougall | Ryder | M. Gidley | Rudder | Grief 1T | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy 1T | Peden 4G | Marquet | Bailey | Newton | Perry | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 13 | Penrith | W | 19 | - | 12 | Hughes | Albert 1T | Tahu | MacDougall | Ryder 1T | M. Gidley 1F | Rudder | Grief | Buderus 1T | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy | Peden 3G | Marquet | Bailey | O'Davis | O'Brien | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 14 | Northern Eagles | L | 28 | - | 30 | Hughes | Albert 1T | Tahu 1T | MacDougall 1T | Ryder | M. Gidley | Rudder | Grief | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy 2T | Peden 4G | Marquet | Bailey | O'Davis | Perry | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 15 | Sydney | L | 8 | - | 18 | O'Davis | Albert | Tahu | Hughes | Ryder | M. Gidley | Rudder | Grief | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy 1T | Peden 2G | Marquet | Bailey | Jobson | Perry | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 16 | Bulldogs | L | 18 | - | 46 | Hughes 1T | Albert 1T | Tahu 1T 1G | Bailey | Ryder 1T | M. Gidley | Rudder | Grief | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy | Peden | Marquet | Newton | Donaldson | Perry | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 17 | Parramatta | L | 0 | - | 40 | Hughes | Albert | M. Gidley | Tahu | MacDougall | Rudder | Buderus | Grief | Donaldson | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy | Peden | Newton | Bailey | Perry | Morris | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 18 | Brisbane | W | 44 | - | 0 | O'Davis 1T | Albert 3T | M. Gidley | Hughes 1T | MacDougall | Rudder 1T | Johns 2T 6G | Grief | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy | Peden | Marquet | O'Brien | Bailey | Perry | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 19 | Melbourne | W | 48 | - | 16 | O'Davis | Albert 1T | M. Gidley | Hughes 1T | MacDougall 2T | Rudder | Johns 6G | Grief | Buderus 2T | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy 2T | Peden 2G | Marquet | O'Brien | Bailey | Perry | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 20 | New Zealand | W | 37 | - | 30 | O'Davis | Albert | M. Gidley | MacDougall 4T | Ryder | Rudder | Johns 1T 6G 1F | Grief | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson 1T | Kennedy | Peden | Marquet | O'Brien | Bailey | Perry | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 21 | Canberra | W | 54 | - | 26 | O'Davis 2T | Albert 1T | M. Gidley 1T | MacDougall | Ryder | Rudder | Johns 4T 9G | Grief | Morris | Parsons | Simpson 1T | Kennedy | Peden | Marquet | O'Brien | Bailey | Perry | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 22 | Sharks | L | 30 | - | 49 | O'Davis 1T | Albert 1T | M. Gidley | Bailey 1T | Ryder | Rudder 2T | Johns 5G | Perry | Morris | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy | Peden | Marquet | O'Brien | Grief | Tahu | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 23 | Wests Tigers | L | 32 | - | 36 | O'Davis | Albert 1T | M. Gidley | MacDougall | Tahu | Rudder | Wynne | Perry | Morris | Parsons | Simpson 1T | Kennedy 3T | Peden 4G | Marquet | O'Brien | Bailey 1T | Newton | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 24 | St Geo Illa | L | 12 | - | 38 | O'Davis | Albert | M. Gidley | MacDougall | Tahu | K. Gidley | Wynne | Simpson | Morris | Parsons | Bailey 1T | Kennedy | Abraham 1T 2G | Fletcher | Marquet | Rudder | Perry | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 25 | North Qld | W | 34 | - | 18 | O'Davis | Tahu 2T | M. Gidley 2T | Hughes | MacDougall 1T | Rudder | Johns 1T 5G | Simpson | Buderus | Perry | Bailey | Kennedy | Peden | Morris | O'Brien | Abraham | Fletcher | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 26 | Penrith | W | 60 | - | 18 | O'Davis 3T | Tahu 1T | M. Gidley | Hughes 2T | MacDougall 3T | Rudder 1T | Johns 8G | Perry 1T | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy | Peden | O'Brien | Marquet | Grief | Abraham | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Qualif Final | Sydney | W | 40 | - | 6 | O'Davis | Tahu 1T | M. Gidley 2T | Hughes | MacDougall 1T | Rudder | Johns 1T 7G | Perry | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy 1T | Peden | Marquet | O'Brien | Grief 1G | Albert | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Prelim Final | Sharks | W | 18 | - | 10 | O'Davis | Tahu | M. Gidley | Hughes 1T | MacDougall | Rudder | Johns 3G | Perry | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy 2T | Peden | Marquet | O'Brien | Grief | Abraham | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Grand Final | Parramatta | W | 30 | - | 24 | O'Davis | Tahu 1T | M. Gidley | Hughes | MacDougall | Rudder | Johns 5G | Perry | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson 1T | Kennedy 1T | Peden 2T | Marquet | O'Brien | Grief | Abraham | |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio
Sources:David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present)