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2007 National Rugby League
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Location: Aus_NZ > National > First Grade
Competition: NRL Telstra Premiership

Club: Newcastle Knights [Club Headlines]

Gains (4 years till end of 2010): Steve Simpson
(3 years till end of 2009): Kurt Gidley, Jarrod Mullen, Mitchell Sargent (Cowboys)
(2 years till end of 2008): Kade Snowden, Paul Franze (Castleford), Chris Bailey
(1 year): Adam MacDougall, Luke Quigley, David Seage
(Unknown duration): Todd Polglase (Rabbitohs)
Losses: Anthony Quinn (Storm), Brian Carney (Titans), Matt Gidley (St Helens), Todd Lowrie (Eels)
Coach: Brian Smith
Club Season Index: Newcastle Knights [Season Matches Review]

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Round 1 - Mar 16-19
Sun: Newcastle Knights 25 d. Bulldogs 24
Date: Sunday March 18, 2007
Venue: Energy Australia Stadium, New Lambton, Newcastle (NSW)
Crowd: 18,791
Table Position: 8
Tries (4): Terence Seu Seu, Josh Perry (47th), Todd Polglase (52nd), James McManus (58th)
Goals (4): Kurt Gidley (4 from 5)
Field Goals (1): Kurt Gidley
Round 2 - Mar 23-26
Fri: St.George-Illawarra Dragons 12 l. Newcastle Knights 16
Date: Friday March 23, 2007
Venue: OKI Jubilee Stadium, Kogarah, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 12,326
Table Position: 6
Tries (4): James McManus (39th), Brad Tighe (68th), George Carmont (72nd), Clint Newton (9th)
Goals (0): Daniel Abraham (0 from 1), Kurt Gidley (0 from 3)
Round 3 - Mar 30-Apr 2
Mon: Canberra Raiders 48 d. Newcastle Knights 18
Date: Monday April 2, 2007
Venue: Canberra Stadium, Bruce, Canberra (ACT)
Crowd: 13,109
Table Position: 7
Tries (3): Milton Thaiday (35th), Corey Paterson (46th), Adam MacDougall (9th)
Goals (3): Andrew Johns (3 from 3)
Round 4 - Apr 6-9
Sat: Newcastle Knights 12 l. Melbourne Storm 22
Date: Saturday April 7, 2007
Venue: Energy Australia Stadium, New Lambton, Newcastle (NSW)
Crowd: 20,051
Table Position: 11
Tries (2): Steve Simpson (18th), Daniel Abraham (24th)
Goals (2): Kurt Gidley (2 from 2)
Round 5 - Apr 13-16
Sun: South Sydney Rabbitohs 22 l. Newcastle Knights 23
Date: Sunday April 15, 2007
Venue: Telstra Stadium, Homebush Bay, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 18,321
Table Position: 8
Tries (4): Kurt Gidley 2 (8th, 65th), James McManus (30th), Brad Tighe (61st)
Goals (3): Kurt Gidley (3 from 4)
Field Goals (1): Kurt Gidley
Round 6 - Apr 21-23
Sun: Newcastle Knights 16 l. Brisbane Broncos 20
Date: Sunday April 22, 2007
Venue: Energy Australia Stadium, New Lambton, Newcastle (NSW)
Crowd: 25,524
Table Position: 10
Tries (3): Todd Polglase 2 (8th, 46th), Adam MacDougall (24th)
Goals (2): Kurt Gidley (2 from 3)
Round 7 - Apr 25-30
Mon: Newcastle Knights 20 d. Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 16
Date: Monday April 30, 2007
Venue: Energy Australia Stadium, New Lambton, Newcastle (NSW)
Crowd: 15,453
Table Position: 7
Tries (3): Kirk Reynoldson 2 (40th, 58th), Kurt Gidley (55th)
Goals (4): Kurt Gidley (4 from 4)
Round 8 - May 4-7
Sun: Bulldogs 30 d. Newcastle Knights 16
Date: Sunday May 6, 2007
Venue: Telstra Stadium, Homebush Bay, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 12,654
Table Position: 11
Tries (3): Danny Buderus (53rd), James McManus (58th), Cory Paterson (78th)
Goals (2): Kurt Gidley (2 from 3)
Round 9 - May 11-14
Sat: Newcastle Knights 24 d. New Zealand Warriors 18
Date: Saturday May 12, 2007
Venue: Energy Australia Stadium, New Lambton, Newcastle (NSW)
Crowd: 15,107
Table Position: 7
Tries (4): Kurt Gidley 2, Adam MacDougall, Steve Simpson
Goals (4): Kurt Gidley (4 from 4)
Round 10 - May 18-21
Newcastle Knights bye
Round 11 - May 25-28
Sun: Brisbane Broncos 71 d. Newcastle Knights 6
Date: Sunday May 27, 2007
Venue: Suncorp Stadium, Castlemaine Street, Milton, Brisbane (QLD)
Crowd: 27,433
Table Position: 8
Tries (1): Jarrod Mullen
Goals (1): Cory Paterson (1 from 1)
Round 12 - Jun 1-4
Sat: Sydney Roosters 18 l. Newcastle Knights 22
Date: Saturday June 2, 2007
Venue: BlueTongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford, Central Coast (NSW)
Crowd: 11,264
Table Position: 6
Tries (4): James McManus, Cory Paterson, Brad Tighe, Nathan Hinton
Goals (3): Cory Paterson (3 from 4)
Round 13 - Jun 8-11
Sun: Newcastle Knights 14 l. Wests Tigers 33
Date: Sunday June 10, 2007
Venue: Energy Australia Stadium, New Lambton, Newcastle (NSW)
Crowd: 13,609
Table Position: 9
Tries (3): Brad Tighe 2, Cory Paterson
Goals (1): Cory Paterson (1 from 3)
Round 14 - Jun 15-18
Mon: Newcastle Knights 22 d. Canberra Raiders 18
Date: Monday June 18, 2007
Venue: Energy Australia Stadium, New Lambton, Newcastle (NSW)
Crowd: 11,349
Table Position: 7
Tries (4): Luke MacDougall 2, Chris Bailey, Brad Tighe
Goals (3): Kurt Gidley (3 from 5)
Round 15 - Jun 22-25
Sat: Gold Coast Titans 28 d. Newcastle Knights 22
Date: Saturday June 23, 2007
Venue: Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast (QLD)
Crowd: 15,306
Table Position: 7
Tries (4): Adam MacDougall, James McManus, Daniel Tolar, Luke Walsh
Goals (3): Kurt Gidley (3 from 4)
Round 16 - Jun 29-Jul 2
Fri: Newcastle Knights 25 l. South Sydney Rabbitohs 28
Date: Friday June 29, 2007
Venue: Energy Australia Stadium, New Lambton, Newcastle (NSW)
Crowd: 16,320
Table Position: 12
Tries (5): George Carmont, Adam MacDougall, James McManus, Cory Paterson, Cooper Vuna
Goals (2): Cory Paterson (2 from 5)
Field Goals (1): Luke Walsh
Round 17 - Jul 6-9
Mon: Parramatta Eels 10 l. Newcastle Knights 34
Date: Monday July 9, 2007
Venue: Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 10,363
Table Position: 9
Tries (6): George Carmont 2, Adam MacDougall, James McManus, Mitchell Sargent, Steve Simpson
Goals (5): Kurt Gidley (5 from 7)
Round 18 - Jul 13-16
Mon: Melbourne Storm 44 d. Newcastle Knights 0
Date: Monday July 16, 2007
Venue: Olympic Park, Melbourne (VIC)
Crowd: 10,223
Table Position: 10
Round 19 - Jul 20-23
Sat: Newcastle Knights 17 l. Sydney Roosters 20
Date: Saturday July 21, 2007
Venue: Energy Australia Stadium, New Lambton, Newcastle (NSW)
Crowd: 15,171
Table Position: 11
Tries (3): Cooper Vuna 2, Adam MacDougall
Goals (2): Kurt Gidley (2 from 3)
Field Goals (1): Luke Walsh
Round 20 - Jul 27-30
Sat: New Zealand Warriors 52 d. Newcastle Knights 10
Date: Saturday July 28, 2007
Venue: Mt Smart Stadium, Penrose, Auckland (NZ)
Crowd: 11,301
Table Position: 13
Tries (2): James McManus, Kirk Reynoldson
Goals (1): Kurt Gidley (1 from 2)
Round 21 - Aug 3-6
Fri: Newcastle Knights 4 l. St.George-Illawarra Dragons 20
Date: Friday August 3, 2007
Venue: Energy Australia Stadium, New Lambton, Newcastle (NSW)
Crowd: 12,573
Table Position: 14
Tries (1): Kurt Gidley
Goals (0): Kurt Gidley (0 from 1)
Round 22 - Aug 10-13
Fri: Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 50 d. Newcastle Knights 16
Date: Friday August 10, 2007
Venue: Brookvale Oval, Brookvale, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 17,122
Table Position: 15
Tries (3): James McManus, Steve Simpson, Brad Tighe
Goals (2): Scott Dureua (2) (2 from 3), Scott Dureau (2 from 3)
Round 23 - Aug 17-20
Sun: Newcastle Knights 12 l. Penrith Panthers 46
Date: Sunday August 19, 2007
Venue: Dairy Farmers Stadium, Kirwan, Townsville (QLD)
Crowd: 14,351
Table Position: 15
Tries (2): Zeb Taia, Cooper Vuna
Goals (2): Kurt Gidley (2 from 2)
Round 24 - Aug 24-27
Fri: Newcastle Knights 18 l. North Queensland Cowboys 34
Date: Friday August 24, 2007
Venue: Energy Australia Stadium, New Lambton, Newcastle (NSW)
Crowd: 12,264
Table Position: 16
Tries (3): Chris Bailey, Cory Paterson, Cooper Vuna
Goals (3): Kurt Gidley (3 from 3)
Round 25 - Aug 31-Sep 3
Fri: Wests Tigers 24 l. Newcastle Knights 26
Date: Friday August 31, 2007
Venue: ANZ Stadium (Sydney), Homebush Bay, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 13,446
Table Position: 15
Tries (4): Cooper Vuna 2, Kurt Gidley, Cory Paterson
Goals (5): Kurt Gidley (5 from 5)

Position: 15
Played: 24 (Home 12, Away 12)
Won: 9, Drawn: 0, Lost: 15, Byes: 1
For: 418 (75 tries, 57 goals, 4 fgoals)
Against: 708 (124 tries, 105 goals, 2 fgoals)
Points: 20, Difference: -290

Round 1 [18 Mar 07] W 25-24 v Bulldogs (H)
Round 2 [23 Mar 07] W 16-12 v Dragons (A)
Round 3 [02 Apr 07] L 18-48 v Raiders (A)
Round 4 [07 Apr 07] L 12-22 v Storm (H)
Round 5 [15 Apr 07] W 23-22 v Rabbitohs (A)
Round 6 [22 Apr 07] L 16-20 v Broncos (H)
Round 7 [30 Apr 07] W 20-16 v Sharks (H)
Round 8 [06 May 07] L 16-30 v Bulldogs (A)
Round 9 [12 May 07] W 24-18 v Warriors (H)
Round 10 Newcastle Knights bye
Round 11 [27 May 07] L 6-71 v Broncos (A)
Round 12 [02 Jun 07] W 22-18 v Roosters (A)
Round 13 [10 Jun 07] L 14-33 v Tigers (H)
Round 14 [18 Jun 07] W 22-18 v Raiders (H)
Round 15 [23 Jun 07] L 22-28 v Titans (A)
Round 16 [29 Jun 07] L 25-28 v Rabbitohs (H)
Round 17 [09 Jul 07] W 34-10 v Eels (A)
Round 18 [16 Jul 07] L 0-44 v Storm (A)
Round 19 [21 Jul 07] L 17-20 v Roosters (H)
Round 20 [28 Jul 07] L 10-52 v Warriors (A)
Round 21 [03 Aug 07] L 4-20 v Dragons (H)
Round 22 [10 Aug 07] L 16-50 v Sea Eagles (A)
Round 23 [19 Aug 07] L 12-46 v Panthers (H)
Round 24 [24 Aug 07] L 18-34 v Cowboys (H)
Round 25 [31 Aug 07] W 26-24 v Tigers (A)

Player record for this season. Click player name for player profile

Player	P	T	G	FG	Pts
Daniel Abraham	15 (2)	1	0/1	0	4
Chris Bailey	7 (2)	2	0	0	8
Riley Brown	7 (2)	0	0	0	0
Danny Buderus	13	1	0	0	4
George Carmont	16	4	0	0	16
Luke Davico	1 (1)	0	0	0	0
Scott Dureau	1	0	2/3	0	4
Scott Dureua (2)	0	0	2/3	0	4
Scott Dureua (2)	0	0	2/3	0	4
Kurt Gidley	20	7	45/60	2	120
Stephen Gordon	2	0	0	0	0
Nathan Hinton	3	1	0	0	4
Andrew Johns	2	0	3/3	0	6
Marvin Karawana	4 (1)	0	0	0	0
Adam MacDougall	18	7	0	0	28
Luke MacDougall	2	2	0	0	8
James McManus	24	10	0	0	40
Jarrod Mullen	12	1	0	0	4
Clint Newton	9	1	0	0	4
Cory Paterson	19 (9)	7	7/13	0	42
Josh Perry	16 (1)	1	0	0	4
Todd Polglase	7 (2)	3	0	0	12
Kirk Reynoldson	14 (6)	3	0	0	12
Jesse Royal	10 (7)	0	0	0	0
Mitchell Sargent	14 (9)	1	0	0	4
Terence Seuseu	9 (5)	1	0	0	4
Steve Simpson	20	4	0	0	16
Kade Snowden	8 (6)	0	0	0	0
Zeb Taia	10 (3)	1	0	0	4
Reegan Tanner	12 (2)	0	0	0	0
Mark Taufua	3 (1)	0	0	0	0
Milton Thaiday	1 (1)	1	0	0	4
Brad Tighe	21	7	0	0	28
Daniel Tolar	13 (9)	1	0	0	4
Cooper Vuna	11	7	0	0	28
Luke Walsh	13	1	0	2	6
Matthew White	10 (7)	0	0	0	0
Adam Woolnough	22 (7)	0	0	0	0
Michael Young	17 (13)	0	0	0	0
39 players used

Appearances in brackets denote games off interchange/repl bench

Crowd Information:
Total: Games 24 - 363431 (Average: 15,143)
Home: Games 12 - 190563 (Average: 15,880)
Away: Games 12 - 172868 (Average: 14,406)

Leading Point Scorers:
120: Kurt Gidley (20)
42: Cory Paterson (19)
40: James McManus (24)
28: Adam MacDougall (18), Brad Tighe (21)

Leading Try Scorers:
10: James McManus (24)
7: Kurt Gidley (20), Adam MacDougall (18), Cory Paterson (19), Brad Tighe (21), Cooper Vuna (11)
4: George Carmont (16), Steve Simpson (20)
3: Todd Polglase (7), Kirk Reynoldson (14)
2: Chris Bailey (7), Luke MacDougall (2)
1: Daniel Abraham (15), Danny Buderus (13), Nathan Hinton (3), Jarrod Mullen (12), Clint Newton (9), Josh Perry (16), Mitchell Sargent (14), Terence Seuseu (9), Zeb Taia (10), Milton Thaiday (1), Daniel Tolar (13), Luke Walsh (13)

Leading Goal Scorers:
45: Kurt Gidley. Attempts: 45/60. Accuracy: 75% (20)
7: Cory Paterson. Attempts: 7/13. Accuracy: 54% (19)
3: Andrew Johns. Attempts: 3/3. Accuracy: 100% (2)
2: Scott Dureau. Attempts: 2/3. Accuracy: 67% (1)
2: Scott Dureua (2). Attempts: 2/3. Accuracy: 67% (0)
2: Scott Dureua (2). Attempts: 2/3. Accuracy: 67% (0)
0: Daniel Abraham. Attempts: 0/1. Accuracy: 0% (15)

Numbers in brackets denote appearances

2007 National Rugby League
Newcastle Knights

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2007 National Rugby League Newcastle Knights

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2007 National Rugby League
Newcastle Knights