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Sat April 14, 2012
by ABC Sport
Source: www.abc.net.auSt George Illawarra posted another victory against their former coach Wayne Bennett with a 12-4 defeat of Newcastle at Kogarah Jubilee Oval on Friday night.
The Steve Price-coached Dragons beat the Knights in the opening round and they repeated the dose via a dour two tries to one triumph, albeit with a scoreless second half.
Beau Scott and Jason Nightingale crossed for tries for the Dragons, while Akuila Uate scored the Knights' lone four-pointer.
For the second time, Dragons five-eighth Jamie Soward outpointed Knights opposite Jarrod Mullen - only this time a Country Origin jersey was potentially up for grabs.
Soward was hopeful of being selected in the Country squad on Sunday, as news emerged that Mullen was in doubt with a severe cork to his right leg and Canberra five-eighth Terry Campese had suffered a knee injury against Brisbane.
"I'd like to think, as the New South Wales incumbent, I'd be a chance," Soward said.
"They've probably got their team picked ... have to wait and see on Sunday.
"I'd be happy to be there and look forward to pressing my claims for Origin, but if I'm not I'll move on and get ready for Anzac Day.
"It'd be disappointing to miss out, but I think that's not the end of my chances."
Bennett admitted the match had been a dour contest before suggesting the modern game had become too defence-oriented.
"It's not what I like to see, it's not what I like to coach but it's what's happening out there at the moment so there's not a lot players can do about it," he said.
"We were fortunate to be in there at 12-4 but we were there.
"And that's what these guys do as well as any team I've coached, they mightn't be playing well but they don't give up easy."
Soward kicked long and had the Knights, who lost 15-14 to the Dragons in golden point in round one, on the back foot all match while also setting up winger Nightingale's wonderful first-half try.
The Knights fired the first shot of the night when former Dragon Darius Boyd sent a beautiful cut-out pass for winger Uate to cross in the 12th minute, but the Novocastrians appeared to run out of ammunition after that.
Mullen struggled to make his mark on the match, in large part due to an energised Dragons defensive line which rushed up on him at every opportunity.
Nightingale's four-pointer was particularly memorable, with Soward's quick hands finding a speeding Brett Morris on the inside to split the Knights defence, with the full-back running 20 metres before drawing Boyd and sending Nightingale over for a classy team try.
But it could have been so much more.
The home side dominated field position in the first half, but had two tries controversially disallowed and Ben Creagh butchered at least two more.
The second rower dropped the ball over the line on two occasions before the break, but was perhaps unlucky not to be the first man on the scoresheet when denied in the seventh minute.
Creagh was ruled to have lost possession when attempting to ground a cross-field kick from Soward despite appearing to have control.
Perhaps even more unluckily, winger Daniel Vidot was denied when Soward was ruled to have interfered with Uate after a towering bomb was not defused.
Knights back rower Zeb Taia was denied a try in the 56th minute when it was ruled Newcastle prop Kade Snowden had obstructed Scott.
Dragons prop Dan Hunt put his hand up for a Country jersey with some inspired runs as he racked up 38 tackles and 125 metres for the match.
Dragons: 12 (J Nightingale, B Scott tries; J Soward 2 goals)
Knights: 4 (A Uate try)
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Source: www.newcastleknights.com.auCoal & Allied Newcastle Knights Head Coach Rick Stone has named his team to take on the Vodafone Warriors at Greymouth's Wingham Park this Saturday 5 February.
Evarn Tuimavave is set to captain the side in his return from a ruptured Achilles which saw the prop's 2010 season cut short in Round 10.
Tuimavave will come up against his former club, the Warriors, and is looking forward to captaining an NRL side for the first time.
"It will be great to come up against the boys from my old club, and I'm really grateful Stoney has given me the chance to lead the boys out on the park," Tuimavave said.
"When I heard the trial was on in Greymouth I asked Stoney if I could play, because I know it had a big effect on the community and this game will help them get through these tough times a bit better."
Alphabetical order (jersey numbers TBA)
Chris ADAMS
Josh AILAOMAI
Ethan COOK
Joel EDWARDS
Marvin FILIPO
Chris HOUSTON
Marvin KARAWANA
Siuatonga LIKILIKI
Keith LULIA
Peter MATA'UTIA
Shannon McDONNELL
Kevin NAIQAMA
Kyle O'DONNELL
Api PEWHAIRANGI
Chad REDMAN
Tyrone ROBERTS
Ben ROGERS
Steve SOUTHERN
Ryan STIG
Zane TETEVANO
Evarn TUIMAVAVE (c)
Simon WILLIAMS
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 2012 NRL Telstra Premiership
Newcastle Knights
10 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 1 [01 Mar 12] L 14-15 v Dragons (H). [SR]
[View] Round 2 [11 Mar 12] W 18-6 v Cronulla (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 3 [16 Mar 12] L 10-24 v Brisbane (H). [SR]
[View] Round 4 [25 Mar 12] W 20-6 v Canterbury (A). [SR]
[View] Round 5 [30 Mar 12] L 22-34 v Melbourne (A). [SR]
[View] Round 6 [08 Apr 12] W 14-6 v Parramatta (H). [SR]
[View] Round 7 [13 Apr 12] L 4-12 v Dragons (A). [SR]
[View] Round 8 [30 Apr 12] W 34-14 v Penrith (H). [SR]
[View] Round 9 [06 May 12] L 6-24 v Roosters (A). [SR]
[View] Round 10 [12 May 12] L 12-32 v North Qld (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
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2011 NRL Telstra Premiership
Newcastle Knights
25 games; 3 tries, 12 points.
[View] Round 1 [13 Mar 11] W 42-8 v Panthers (A). [LK]
[View] Round 2 [19 Mar 11] W 34-22 v Cowboys (A). [LK]
[View] Round 3 [27 Mar 11] L 12-26 v Sea Eagles (A). [LK]
[View] Round 4 [03 Apr 11] L 18-20 v Dragons (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 5 [11 Apr 11] L 6-17 v Broncos (A). [SR]
[View] Round 6 [17 Apr 11] W 24-20 v Cronulla (H). [SR]
[View] Round 7 [24 Apr 11] W 22-12 v Canberra (A). [SR]
[View] Round 8 [30 Apr 11] L 12-42 v Storm (A). [SR]
[View] Round 10 [15 May 11] L 16-25 v Warriors (H). [SR]
[View] Round 11 [22 May 11] L 10-12 v Roosters (A). [SR]
[View] Round 12 [28 May 11] W 8-6 v Eels (H). [SR]
[View] Round 13 [06 Jun 11] L 16-17 v Wests Tigers (A). [SR]
[View] Round 15 [18 Jun 11] W 16-12 v Panthers (H). [SR]
[View] Round 16 [26 Jun 11] W 18-10 v Roosters (H). [SR]
[View] Round 17 [03 Jul 11] W 14-10 v Dragons (A). [SR]
[View] Round 18 [11 Jul 11] L 12-22 v Cowboys (H). [SR]
[View] Round 19 [17 Jul 11] L 10-32 v Sea Eagles (H). [SR]
[View] Round 20 [23 Jul 11] W 18-0 v Cronulla (A). [SR]
[View] Round 21 [31 Jul 11] W 50-20 v Titans (H). [SR]
[View] Round 22 [07 Aug 11] W 40-8 v Canberra (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 23 [13 Aug 11] L 12-20 v Warriors (A). [SR]
[View] Round 24 [22 Aug 11] L 6-26 v Broncos (H). [SR]
[View] Round 25 [27 Aug 11] L 22-32 v Canterbury (A). [LK]
[View] Round 26 [02 Sep 11] W 40-24 v Rabbitohs (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Finals Week 1 [11 Sep 11] L 8-18 v Melbourne. [SR]
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2011 City vs Country
Country Origin
1 games; [View] Place of Origin [06 May 11] W 18-12 v City Origin (H). [SR]
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2009 NRL Telstra Premiership
Newcastle Knights
23 games; 6 tries, 24 points.
[View] Round 1 [15 Mar 09] L 20-34 v Titans (A). [BE]
[View] Round 2 [23 Mar 09] W 24-12 v Sharks (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 3 [29 Mar 09] L 12-22 v Rabbitohs (A). [SR]
[View] Round 4 [05 Apr 09] W 26-12 v Sea Eagles (H). [SR]
[View] Round 5 [12 Apr 09] W 24-22 v Warriors (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 6 [18 Apr 09] W 24-18 v Dragons (A). [SR]
[View] Round 7 [26 Apr 09] L 24-26 v Tigers (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [02 May 09] W 28-12 v Broncos (H). [PR]
[View] Round 9 [10 May 09] W 23-18 v Titans (H). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 10 [16 May 09] W 38-6 v Roosters (A). [BE]
[View] Round 11 [25 May 09] L 10-36 v Cowboys (A). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 12 [31 May 09] W 22-14 v Bulldogs (H). [PR]
[View] Round 13 [07 Jun 09] L 18-20 v Eels (H). [LK]
[View] Round 14 [12 Jun 09] L 0-13 v Warriors (A). [PR]
[View] Round 16 [29 Jun 09] W 25-20 v Rabbitohs (H). [PR]
[View] Round 17 [04 Jul 09] L 14-18 v Storm (A). [PR]
[View] Round 18 [11 Jul 09] W 23-4 v Raiders (H). [PR]
[View] Round 22 [09 Aug 09] L 8-40 v Eels (A). [BE]
[View] Round 23 [17 Aug 09] W 26-14 v Storm (H). [BE]
[View] Round 24 [22 Aug 09] W 32-26 v Cowboys (H). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 25 [31 Aug 09] L 14-30 v Raiders (A). [PR]
[View] Round 26 [06 Sep 09] W 35-0 v Panthers (H). [PR]
[View] Finals Week 1 [12 Sep 09] L 12-26 v Bulldogs. [PR]
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2008 NRL Telstra Premiership
Newcastle Knights
24 games; 7 tries, 28 points.
[View] Round 1 [15 Mar 08] W 30-14 v Raiders (H). [SR]
[View] Round 2 [22 Mar 08] W 13-12 v Sea Eagles (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 3 [28 Mar 08] L 23-24 v Eels (A). [SR]
[View] Round 4 [06 Apr 08] L 20-26 v Warriors (A). [SR]
[View] Round 5 [13 Apr 08] L 22-34 v Broncos (H). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 6 [20 Apr 08] W 34-20 v Roosters (A). [SR]
[View] Round 8 [03 May 08] W 13-12 v Gold Coast (H). [SR]
[View] Round 9 [12 May 08] L 4-18 v Storm (A). [SR]
[View] Round 10 [18 May 08] L 26-38 v Tigers (H). [SR]
[View] Round 12 [31 May 08] L 16-18 v Warriors (H). [SR]
[View] Round 13 [07 Jun 08] W 22-12 v Bulldogs (A). [SR]
[View] Round 14 [16 Jun 08] W 30-18 v Cowboys (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 15 [22 Jun 08] L 14-16 v Roosters (H). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [28 Jun 08] L 12-28 v Sea Eagles (A). [SR]
[View] Round 17 [05 Jul 08] L 16-24 v Dragons (H). [BE]
[View] Round 18 [11 Jul 08] W 30-18 v Panthers (A). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 19 [19 Jul 08] L 13-16 v Sharks (A). [DH]
[View] Round 20 [27 Jul 08] W 39-12 v Rabbitohs (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 21 [04 Aug 08] W 32-12 v Eels (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 22 [11 Aug 08] W 32-12 v Gold Coast (A). [BE]
[View] Round 23 [17 Aug 08] L 18-38 v Raiders (A). [LK]
[View] Round 24 [23 Aug 08] W 38-24 v Cowboys (H). [SR]
[View] Round 25 [30 Aug 08] W 17-16 v Storm (H). [BE]
[View] Round 26 [05 Sep 08] L 2-24 v Broncos (A). [SR]
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2007 NRL Telstra Premiership
St George Illawarra Dragons
16 games; [View] Round 3 [31 Mar 07] L 18-22 v Cowboys (H). [SR]
[View] Round 8 [04 May 07] W 28-16 v Panthers (H). [SR]
[View] Round 9 [13 May 07] L 8-27 v Tigers (A). [SR]
[View] Round 12 [01 Jun 07] W 11-4 v Broncos (H). [SR]
[View] Round 13 [11 Jun 07] L 16-20 v Sharks (H). [SR]
[View] Round 14 [17 Jun 07] L 12-20 v Eels (A). [SR]
[View] Round 15 [24 Jun 07] L 6-28 v Storm (A). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [01 Jul 07] W 26-22 v Sea Eagles (H). [SR]
[View] Round 17 [08 Jul 07] W 58-16 v Raiders (H). [SR]
[View] Round 18 [15 Jul 07] L 16-44 v Warriors (A). [SR]
[View] Round 19 [21 Jul 07] W 38-20 v Panthers (A). [SR]
[View] Round 20 [28 Jul 07] L 24-28 v Bulldogs (H). [BE]
[View] Round 21 [03 Aug 07] W 20-4 v Knights (A). [SR]
[View] Round 22 [11 Aug 07] L 14-24 v Rabbitohs (H). [SR]
[View] Round 23 [18 Aug 07] L 14-24 v Cowboys (A). [SR]
[View] Round 25 [02 Sep 07] L 24-28 v Sea Eagles (A). [PR]
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2006 VB NSWRL Premier League
St George Illawarra Dragons
3 tries, 12 points.
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