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 WCC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | qlf | sf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robbie O'DAVIS | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | ||||||||||
| Joshua SMITH | W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Matthew GIDLEY | C | C | C | C | C | C | FE | FE | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | ||||
| Mark HUGHES | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | ||||||||||
| Kurt GIDLEY | W | B | B | B | C | FB | FB | B | FB | FB | FE | FE | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | FB | |||||||||
| Sean RUDDER | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | FE | B | B | 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 | ||||
| Josh PERRY | FR | 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 | H | H | H | H | H | B | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | |||||||
| Matt PARSONS | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | FR | B | FR | FR | ||||
| Steve SIMPSON | 2R | 2R | 2R | FR | 2R | FR | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | FR | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | B | 2R | 2R | |||
| Daniel ABRAHAM | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | L | 2R | 2R | 2R | B | 2R | B | 2R | 2R | C | 2R | 2R | 2R | B | 2R | 2R | L | L | L | B | B | ||
| Bill PEDEN | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | B | H | H | H | L | L | |
| Clinton O'BRIEN | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | FR | B | |||||||||||||||||
| Matt JOBSON | B | B | B | B | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clint NEWTON | B | B | B | B | B | 2R | B | B | B | B | 2R | B | 2R | B | B | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | B | L | B | B | 2R | B | B | |
| John MORRIS | B | B | B | B | B | B | W | W | B | H | B | H | B | H | H | B | H | W | W | B | B | W | W | W | W | HB | |
| Timana TAHU | W | W | W | W | C | C | W | W | W | W | C | C | C | W | W | W | C | C | C | C | C | ||||||
| Anthony QUINN | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | C | C | C | W | C | W | W | W | W | W | |
| Jarrod O'DOHERTY | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | 2R | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | |||||||
| Ben KENNEDY | B | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | B | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | ||||||||||||||||
| Adam MacDOUGALL | W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trent ESTATHEO | B | B | B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Julian BAILEY | B | B | B | B | B | 2R | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | W | ||||||||||||
| Justin RYDER | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| James WYNNE | HB | HB | HB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adam WOOLNOUGH | B | B | B | B | B | B | FR | FR | B | B | B | B | FR | B | B | ||||||||||||
| Luke QUIGLEY | B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Daniel QUINN | B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Neil SWEENEY | W | W | W | W |
List of Matches
| Competition | Round | Opposition | Score | FB | W | C | C | W | FE | HB | FR | HK | FR | 2R | 2R | L | B | B | B | B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Club Challenge | Game 1 | Bradford | L | 26 | - | 41 | O'Davis | Smith 1T | M. Gidley 1T | Hughes | K. Gidley | Rudder | Johns 2T 3G | Perry | Buderus 1T | Parsons | Simpson | Abraham | Peden | O'Brien | Jobson | Newton | Morris | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 1 | Northern Eagles | W | 38 | - | 12 | O'Davis | Tahu 1T | M. Gidley | Hughes | A. Quinn 1T | Rudder | Johns 7G | Perry 1T | Buderus 1T | Parsons | Simpson | Abraham | Peden 1T | O'Brien | Morris | Newton 1T | O'Doherty | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 2 | North Qld | W | 50 | - | 18 | O'Davis 1T | Tahu | M. Gidley 1T | Hughes 1T | A. Quinn 1T | Rudder | Johns 7G | Perry | Buderus 1T | Parsons | Simpson 1T | Abraham 1T | Peden 1T | O'Brien | Kennedy 1T | Morris | Newton | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 3 | Warriors | W | 32 | - | 14 | O'Davis | Tahu 1T | M. Gidley | Hughes | A. Quinn 1T | Rudder 1T | Johns 3T 4G | Perry | Buderus | Simpson | Kennedy | Abraham | Peden | O'Brien | Morris | Newton | O'Doherty | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 4 | Canberra | W | 52 | - | 6 | O'Davis 1T | Tahu 1T | M. Gidley | Hughes 3T | A. Quinn | Rudder | Johns 8G | Perry | Buderus 1T | Parsons | Simpson 1T | Kennedy | Abraham 1T | O'Brien | Morris | Newton 1T | O'Doherty | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 5 | Sydney | W | 28 | - | 12 | O'Davis 1T | MacDougall | M. Gidley | Hughes | A. Quinn | Rudder | Johns 1T 3G | Simpson | Buderus | Parsons | Newton | Abraham 1G | Peden | O'Brien 1T | O'Doherty | Morris 2T | Estatheo | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 6 | Sharks | W | 52 | - | 8 | O'Davis | Morris 1T | Tahu 1T | Hughes 1T | A. Quinn 1T | M. Gidley 1T | Johns 1T 8G | Perry | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson 1T | Abraham | Peden 2T | Newton | O'Doherty | Estatheo | K. Gidley | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 7 | Brisbane | L | 12 | - | 18 | O'Davis | Morris | Tahu | Hughes 1T | A. Quinn | M. Gidley | Johns 2G | Perry | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson 1T | Abraham | Peden | Newton | O'Doherty | K. Gidley | Bailey | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 8 | Melbourne | W | 36 | - | 28 | O'Davis | Tahu 3T | M. Gidley | Hughes 1T | A. Quinn | Rudder | Johns 6G | Perry | Buderus 1T | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy | Peden | Abraham 1T | Newton | O'Doherty | Morris | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 10 | Warriors | L | 12 | - | 34 | O'Davis | Ryder | M. Gidley 1T | Hughes | A. Quinn | Rudder | Wynne | Perry | Morris | Parsons | O'Doherty | Abraham 1G | Peden 1G | Bailey | Newton | K. Gidley 1T | Woolnough | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 11 | Souths | W | 42 | - | 16 | O'Davis 1T | Tahu 2T | M. Gidley | Hughes 1T | A. Quinn | Rudder | Johns 7G | Perry | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson 1T | Kennedy | Peden | Abraham | Bailey 1T | Morris | Woolnough 1T | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 13 | Melbourne | W | 37 | - | 16 | O'Davis 1T | Tahu 1T | M. Gidley | K. Gidley 1T | A. Quinn 1T | Rudder | Johns 6G 1F | Perry | Morris | Parsons | Newton 2T | Abraham | Peden | O'Brien | Bailey | O'Doherty | Woolnough | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 14 | Parramatta | W | 28 | - | 14 | O'Davis | Tahu | M. Gidley 2T | Hughes | A. Quinn | Rudder 1T | Johns 5G | Perry | Buderus 1T | Parsons | Simpson | Abraham | Peden 1G | O'Brien | Newton | Morris | Bailey | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 15 | Wests Tigers | L | 12 | - | 28 | K. Gidley | Ryder | Abraham | Hughes | A. Quinn | Rudder | Wynne | Perry | Morris 2T | O'Brien | Newton | Bailey | Peden 2G | O'Doherty | Quigley | Woolnough | D. Quinn | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 16 | Souths | W | 26 | - | 8 | K. Gidley 1T | Ryder | M. Gidley | Hughes 1T | A. Quinn 1T | Rudder | Wynne | Perry | Morris | Parsons | Simpson | Abraham 1G | Peden 2G | Buderus 1T | Newton | Bailey 1T | O'Doherty | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 17 | Parramatta | W | 24 | - | 18 | O'Davis | Ryder | Tahu 1T | Hughes 1T | A. Quinn | Rudder 1T | Johns 4G | Perry | Buderus 1T | Parsons | Simpson | Abraham | Peden | O'Brien | Newton | Morris | O'Doherty | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 18 | Canberra | L | 24 | - | 30 | O'Davis | Ryder 1T | Tahu 1T | Hughes | A. Quinn 1T | Rudder | Johns 4G | Simpson | Morris 1T | Parsons | Newton | Abraham | Peden | O'Doherty | Bailey | K. Gidley | Woolnough | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 19 | Penrith | W | 38 | - | 22 | K. Gidley 2T | Sweeney 2T | Tahu | A. Quinn | Morris 1T | Rudder | Johns 5G | Perry | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson | Newton | Peden | O'Doherty 1T | Jobson | Woolnough | Bailey 1T | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 20 | Bulldogs | L | 21 | - | 22 | K. Gidley 1T | Sweeney | M. Gidley | A. Quinn | Morris 1T | Rudder | Johns 1T 4G 1F | Perry | Buderus | Woolnough | Simpson | Newton | Peden | O'Doherty | Jobson | Bailey | Estatheo | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 21 | St Geo Illa | W | 24 | - | 16 | O'Davis | Sweeney | M. Gidley 1T | A. Quinn | Tahu 2T | K. Gidley | Johns 4G | Perry | Buderus | Woolnough 1T | Simpson | Newton | Peden | Rudder | O'Doherty | Jobson | Abraham | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 22 | Sharks | L | 14 | - | 64 | O'Davis | Tahu 1T | M. Gidley 1T | Hughes | A. Quinn | K. Gidley | Johns 1T 1G | Perry | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson | Abraham | Peden | Woolnough | Newton | Morris | Rudder | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 23 | Northern Eagles | W | 28 | - | 14 | K. Gidley 1T | Tahu 2T | M. Gidley | A. Quinn | Sweeney | Rudder | Johns 4G | Perry | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson | Abraham | Newton | Peden 1T | Woolnough | Morris 1T | Kennedy | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 24 | Brisbane | W | 40 | - | 10 | K. Gidley | Morris 2T | M. Gidley 1T | Tahu 1T | A. Quinn | Rudder | Johns 2T 6G | Perry | Peden | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy | Abraham 1T | Woolnough | Newton | Bailey | O'Doherty | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 25 | Penrith | W | 32 | - | 30 | K. Gidley 1T | Morris | M. Gidley | Tahu | A. Quinn 1T | Rudder | Johns 1T 4G | Perry | Peden | Parsons | Simpson 1T | Kennedy 1T | Abraham 1T | Woolnough | Newton | Bailey | O'Doherty | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Round 26 | St Geo Illa | L | 22 | - | 40 | K. Gidley | Morris | M. Gidley | Tahu 1T | A. Quinn 2T | Rudder | Johns 3G | Perry | Peden | Woolnough | Newton | Kennedy 1T | Abraham | Parsons | Simpson | O'Doherty | Bailey | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Qualif Final | St Geo Illa | L | 22 | - | 26 | K. Gidley | Morris | M. Gidley | Tahu 1T | A. Quinn | Rudder | Johns | Perry | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy | Peden 1T 1G | Abraham 2G | Newton | Bailey 1T | Woolnough 1T | |
| Telstra NRL Premiership | Semi Final | Sydney | L | 12 | - | 38 | K. Gidley | Bailey | M. Gidley | Tahu 1T | A. Quinn | Rudder | Morris | Perry | Buderus | Parsons | Simpson | Kennedy 1T | Peden 2G | Abraham | Newton | O'Doherty | Woolnough | |
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, AJ Lucantonio, Alan Katzmann
Sources:David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present)