Finals Week 1 Teams

Team Lists in Brief:

Wests Tigers: 1 Tim Moltzen, 2 Beau Ryan, 3 Blake Ayshford, 4 Chris Lawrence, 5 Lote Tuqiri, 6 Benji Marshall, 7 Robert Lui, 8 Bryce Gibbs, 9 Robbie Farah [c], 10 Keith Galloway, 11 Liam Fulton, 12 Gareth Ellis, 13 Chris Heighington. Subs: 14 Mitch Brown, 15 Mark Flanagan, 16 Matt Groat, 17 Aaron Woods, 18 Matt Utai, 19 Wade McKinnon, 20 Andrew Fifita (three to be omitted).

St George Illawarra Dragons: 1 Darius Boyd, 2 Brett Morris, 3 Mark Gasnier, 4 Matt Cooper , 5 Jason Nightingale, 6 Jamie Soward, 7 Ben Hornby [c], 8 Dan Hunt, 9 Dean Young , 10 Michael Weyman, 11 Beau Scott, 12 Ben Creagh, 13 Matt Prior. Subs: 14 Jon Green, 15 Nathan Fien , 16 Adam Cuthbertson , 17 Trent Merrin, 18 Mitch Rein (one to be omitted).

Brisbane Broncos: 1 Gerard Beale, 2 Dale Copley, 3 Jack Reed, 4 Justin Hodges, 5 Jharal Yow Yeh, 6 Darren Lockyer [c], 7 Peter Wallace, 8 Josh McGuire, 9 Andrew McCullough, 10 Ben Hannant, 11 Alex Glenn, 12 Ben Te'o, 13 Corey Parker. Subs: 14 Matt Gillett, 15 Ben Hunt, 16 Scott Anderson, 17 David Hala.

New Zealand Warriors: 1 Kevin Locke, 2 Bill Tupou, 3 Joel Moon, 4 Shaun Berrigan, 5 Manu Vatuvei, 6 James Maloney, 7 Shaun Johnson, 8 Sam Rapira, 9 Aaron Heremaia, 10 Jacob Lillyman, 11 Feleti Mateo, 12 Simon Mannering [c], 13 Micheal Luck. Subs: 14 Lewis Brown, 15 Lance Hohaia, 16 Ben Matulino, 17 Russell Packer, 18 Ukuma Ta'ai (one to be omitted).

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles: 1 Brett Stewart, 2 Michael Robertson, 3 Jamie Lyon [c], 4 Steve Matai, 5 Will Hopoate, 6 Kieran Foran, 7 Daly Cherry-Evans, 8 Joe Galuvao, 9 Matt Ballin, 10 Brent Kite, 11 Anthony Watmough, 12 Vic Mauro, 13 Shane Rodney. Subs: 14 Tim Robinson, 15 Jamie Buhrer, 16 George Rose, 17 Tony Williams, 18 Terence Seuseu (one to be omitted).

North Queensland Cowboys: 1 Matthew Bowen, 2 Ashley Graham, 3 Brent Tate, 4 Willie Tonga, 5 Kalifa Faifai Loa, 6 Ray Thompson, 7 Johnathan Thurston [c], 8 Matthew Scott [c], 9 Aaron Payne, 10 James Tamou, 11 Gavin Cooper, 12 Glenn Hall, 13 Dallas Johnson. Subs: 14 James Segeyaro, 15 Scott Bolton, 16 Jason Taumalolo, 17 Ashton Sims, 18 Cory Paterson (one to be omitted).

Melbourne Storm: 1 Billy Slater, 2 Matt Duffie , 3 Dane Nielsen, 4 Beau Champion , 5 Anthony Quinn, 6 Maurice Blair, 7 Cooper Cronk, 8 Jesse Bromwich, 9 Cameron Smith [c], 10 Bryan Norrie, 11 Kevin Proctor, 12 Sika Manu, 13 Todd Lowrie. Subs: 14 Ryan Hinchcliffe, 15 Rory Kostjasyn, 16 Adam Woolnough, 17 Jaiman Lowe, 18 Troy Thompson, 19 Sisa Waqa (two to be omitted).

Newcastle Knights: 1 Kurt Gidley [c], 2 James McManus, 3 Junior Sa'u, 4 Adam MacDougall, 5 Akuila Uate, 6 Ryan Stig, 7 Jarrod Mullen, 8 Evarn Tuimavave, 9 Isaac De Gois, 10 Antonio Kaufusi, 11 Chris Houston, 12 Neville Costigan, 13 Joel Edwards. Subs: 14 Steve Southern, 15 Zane Tetevano, 16 Richie Fa'aoso, 17 Mark Taufua.

Friday September 9, 2011
Wests Tigers vs St George Illawarra Dragons at ANZ Stadium (Sydney), Homebush Bay, Sydney (NSW)

Wests Tigers
1 Tim Moltzen, 2 Beau Ryan, 3 Blake Ayshford, 4 Chris Lawrence, 5 Lote Tuqiri, 6 Benji Marshall, 7 Robert Lui, 8 Bryce Gibbs, 9 Robbie Farah [c], 10 Keith Galloway, 11 Liam Fulton, 12 Gareth Ellis, 13 Chris Heighington. Subs: 14 Mitch Brown, 15 Mark Flanagan, 16 Matt Groat, 17 Aaron Woods, 18 Matt Utai, 19 Wade McKinnon, 20 Andrew Fifita (three to be omitted).

St George Illawarra Dragons
1 Darius Boyd, 2 Brett Morris, 3 Mark Gasnier, 4 Matt Cooper , 5 Jason Nightingale, 6 Jamie Soward, 7 Ben Hornby [c], 8 Dan Hunt, 9 Dean Young , 10 Michael Weyman, 11 Beau Scott, 12 Ben Creagh, 13 Matt Prior. Subs: 14 Jon Green, 15 Nathan Fien , 16 Adam Cuthbertson , 17 Trent Merrin, 18 Mitch Rein (one to be omitted).

Date: Fri September 9 2011, 7:45PM AEST GMT+10 [Fri September 9 2011, 9:45AM GMT]
Referee: Tony Archer

Predictions:
Matthew O'Neill: Dragons by 8


OVERALL:
Total Games: 22
Wests Tigers wins: 10. [Pts: 410]
St George Illawarra Dragons wins: 12. [Pts: 557]
Draws: 0

Biggest wins:
Wests Tigers: 19 pts: 2007 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 9 - [View] Sun: Wests Tigers 27 d. St George Illawarra Dragons 8 [Crowd: 13625]
St George Illawarra Dragons: 50 pts: 2004 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 15 - [View] Sun Jun 20: Dragons 50 d. Tigers 0 [Crowd: 16915]

Biggest Crowd: 2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Finals Week 3 - [View] Sat: St George Illawarra Dragons 13 d. Wests Tigers 12 [Crowd: 71212]

Last 50 games against each other form line (most recent matches at end of line):
Wests Tigers: WLWLLLWLLLWWWLWWWLLLLW
St George Illawarra Dragons: LWLWWWLWWWLLLWLLLWWWWL

Last 10 games:
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 22 - [View] Fri: Wests Tigers 16 d. St George Illawarra Dragons 14 [Crowd: 27687]
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 12 - [View] Sun: St George Illawarra Dragons 24 d. Wests Tigers 18 [Crowd: 19892]
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Finals Week 3 - [View] Sat: St George Illawarra Dragons 13 d. Wests Tigers 12 [Crowd: 71212]
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 16 - [View] Fri: St George Illawarra Dragons 34 d. Wests Tigers 10 [Crowd: 16574]
2009 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 16 - [View] Fri: Wests Tigers 10 l. St George Illawarra Dragons 21 [Crowd: 15211]
2008 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 22 - [View] Fri: St.George-Illawarra Dragons 10 l. Wests Tigers 18 [Crowd: 14207]
2008 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 1 - [View] Sun: Wests Tigers 24 d. St.George-Illawarra Dragons 16 [Crowd: 18211]
2007 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 9 - [View] Sun: Wests Tigers 27 d. St George Illawarra Dragons 8 [Crowd: 13625]
2006 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 24 - [View] Sun: Dragons 46 d. Tigers 16 [Crowd: 14211]
2006 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 1 - [View] Fri: Tigers 24 d. Dragons 15 [Crowd: 27865]

Overall record at ANZ Stadium (Sydney), Homebush Bay, Sydney (NSW) Stats:
Wests Tigers: 41 games, won 18, drawn 0, lost 23.
Last 5 games:
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 10 - [View] Sat: South Sydney Rabbitohs 29 d. Wests Tigers 18
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 1 - [View] Mon: Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 d. Wests Tigers 14
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Finals Week 3 - [View] Sat: St George Illawarra Dragons 13 d. Wests Tigers 12
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 22 - [View] Sat: South Sydney Rabbitohs 34 d. Wests Tigers 30
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 13 - [View] Fri: Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12 l. Wests Tigers 19

St George Illawarra Dragons: 31 games, won 18, drawn 0, lost 13.
Last 5 games:
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 10 - [View] Fri: Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10 l. St George Illawarra Dragons 15
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 6 - [View] Mon: South Sydney Rabbitohs 0 l. St George Illawarra Dragons 16
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Grand Final - [View] Sun: St George Illawarra Dragons 32 d. Sydney Roosters 8
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Finals Week 3 - [View] Sat: St George Illawarra Dragons 13 d. Wests Tigers 12
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 19 - [View] Fri: South Sydney Rabbitohs 13 l. St George Illawarra Dragons 16

Head to Head at ANZ Stadium (Sydney), Homebush Bay, Sydney (NSW) Stats:
Total Games: 6
Wests Tigers wins: 3. [Pts: 129]
St George Illawarra Dragons wins: 3. [Pts: 135]
Draws: 0

Last 5 games:
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Finals Week 3 - [View] Sat: St George Illawarra Dragons 13 d. Wests Tigers 12 [Crowd: 71212]
2007 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 9 - [View] Sun: Wests Tigers 27 d. St George Illawarra Dragons 8 [Crowd: 13625]
2006 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 1 - [View] Fri: Tigers 24 d. Dragons 15 [Crowd: 27865]
2005 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 8 - [View] Sun: Tigers 32 l. Dragons 40 [Crowd: 17567]
2004 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 5 - [View] Sun Apr 11: Dragons 39 d. Tigers 10 [Crowd: 25771]

Overall record with Tony Archer Stats:
Wests Tigers: 40 games, won 16, drawn 0, lost 24.
Last 5 games:
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 22 - [View] Fri: Wests Tigers 16 d. St George Illawarra Dragons 14
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 7 - [View] Fri: Wests Tigers 18 l. Brisbane Broncos 31
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 4 - [View] Sun: Sydney Roosters 24 d. Wests Tigers 6
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 2 - [View] Sat: Wests Tigers 20 d. New Zealand Warriors 12
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Finals Week 2 - [View] Fri: Canberra Raiders 24 l. Wests Tigers 26

St George Illawarra Dragons: 37 games, won 24, drawn 0, lost 13.
Last 5 games:
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 24 - [View] Fri: Melbourne Storm 8 d. St George Illawarra Dragons 6
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 22 - [View] Fri: Wests Tigers 16 d. St George Illawarra Dragons 14
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 14 - [View] Fri: St George Illawarra Dragons 14 l. Gold Coast Titans 28
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Grand Final - [View] Sun: St George Illawarra Dragons 32 d. Sydney Roosters 8
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 22 - [View] Sun: Sydney Roosters 12 l. St George Illawarra Dragons 19

Head to Head with Tony Archer Stats:
Total Games: 2
Wests Tigers wins: 1.
St George Illawarra Dragons wins: 1.
Draws: 0

Last 5 games:
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 22 - [View] Fri: Wests Tigers 16 d. St George Illawarra Dragons 14 [Crowd: 27687]
2004 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 5 - [View] Sun Apr 11: Dragons 39 d. Tigers 10 [Crowd: 25771]

Saturday September 10, 2011
Brisbane Broncos vs New Zealand Warriors at Suncorp Stadium, Castlemaine Street, Milton, Brisbane (QLD)

Brisbane Broncos
1 Gerard Beale, 2 Dale Copley, 3 Jack Reed, 4 Justin Hodges, 5 Jharal Yow Yeh, 6 Darren Lockyer [c], 7 Peter Wallace, 8 Josh McGuire, 9 Andrew McCullough, 10 Ben Hannant, 11 Alex Glenn, 12 Ben Te'o, 13 Corey Parker. Subs: 14 Matt Gillett, 15 Ben Hunt, 16 Scott Anderson, 17 David Hala.

New Zealand Warriors
1 Kevin Locke, 2 Bill Tupou, 3 Joel Moon, 4 Shaun Berrigan, 5 Manu Vatuvei, 6 James Maloney, 7 Shaun Johnson, 8 Sam Rapira, 9 Aaron Heremaia, 10 Jacob Lillyman, 11 Feleti Mateo, 12 Simon Mannering [c], 13 Micheal Luck. Subs: 14 Lewis Brown, 15 Lance Hohaia, 16 Ben Matulino, 17 Russell Packer, 18 Ukuma Ta'ai (one to be omitted).

Date: Sat September 10 2011, 6:30PM AEST GMT+10 [Sat September 10 2011, 8:30PM NZST GMT+12]
[Sat September 10 2011, 8:30AM GMT]
Referee: Jarred Maxwell

Predictions:
Matthew O'Neill: Broncos by 18


OVERALL:
Total Games: 28
Brisbane Broncos wins: 17. [Pts: 626]
New Zealand Warriors wins: 11. [Pts: 513]
Draws: 0

Biggest wins:
Brisbane Broncos: 38 pts: 1995 Australian Rugby League - Round 22 - [View] Sun Aug 27: Broncos 44 d. Auckland 6 [Crowd: 54645]
New Zealand Warriors: 32 pts: 2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 25 - [View] Fri: New Zealand Warriors 36 d. Brisbane Broncos 4 [Crowd: 21627]

Biggest Crowd: 1995 Australian Rugby League - Round 22 - [View] Sun Aug 27: Broncos 44 d. Auckland 6 [Crowd: 54645]

Last 50 games against each other form line (most recent matches at end of line):
Brisbane Broncos: WWWWWWWWWLWLLLLWWLLWWLLWWLLW
New Zealand Warriors: LLLLLLLLLWLWWWWLLWWLLWWLLWWL

Last 10 games:
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 22 - [View] Sat: Brisbane Broncos 21 d. New Zealand Warriors 20 [Crowd: 37173]
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 25 - [View] Fri: New Zealand Warriors 36 d. Brisbane Broncos 4 [Crowd: 21627]
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 3 - [View] Sun: Brisbane Broncos 16 l. New Zealand Warriors 48 [Crowd: 32338]
2009 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 17 - [View] Fri: Brisbane Broncos 28 d. New Zealand Warriors 14 [Crowd: 32456]
2009 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 3 - [View] Sat: New Zealand Warriors 10 l. Brisbane Broncos 26 [Crowd: 24538]
2008 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 22 - [View] Sat: New Zealand Warriors 16 d. Brisbane Broncos 12 [Crowd: 13007]
2007 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 2 - [View] Sun: New Zealand Warriors 24 d. Brisbane Broncos 14 [Crowd: 16738]
2006 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 26 - [View] Sun: Broncos 36 d. Warriors 12 [Crowd: 47193]
2006 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 13 - [View] Sun: Warriors 18 l. Broncos 23 [Crowd: 7746]
2005 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 16 - [View] Sun: Warriors 30 d. Broncos 18 [Crowd: 13752]

Overall record at Suncorp Stadium, Castlemaine Street, Milton, Brisbane (QLD) Stats:
Brisbane Broncos: 168 games, won 107, drawn 0, lost 61.
Last 5 games:
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 26 - [View] Sun: Brisbane Broncos 18 d. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 10
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 25 - [View] Sun: Brisbane Broncos 22 d. South Sydney Rabbitohs 10
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 22 - [View] Sat: Brisbane Broncos 21 d. New Zealand Warriors 20
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 21 - [View] Fri: Brisbane Broncos 46 d. Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 16
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 19 - [View] Fri: Brisbane Broncos 30 d. Gold Coast Titans 10

New Zealand Warriors: 7 games, won 3, drawn 0, lost 4.
Last 5 games:
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 22 - [View] Sat: Brisbane Broncos 21 d. New Zealand Warriors 20
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 3 - [View] Sun: Brisbane Broncos 16 l. New Zealand Warriors 48
2009 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 17 - [View] Fri: Brisbane Broncos 28 d. New Zealand Warriors 14
2006 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 26 - [View] Sun: Broncos 36 d. Warriors 12
2005 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 2 - [View] Sat: Broncos 12 l. Warriors 24

Head to Head at Suncorp Stadium, Castlemaine Street, Milton, Brisbane (QLD) Stats:
Total Games: 6
Brisbane Broncos wins: 4. [Pts: 141]
New Zealand Warriors wins: 2. [Pts: 138]
Draws: 0

Last 5 games:
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 22 - [View] Sat: Brisbane Broncos 21 d. New Zealand Warriors 20 [Crowd: 37173]
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 3 - [View] Sun: Brisbane Broncos 16 l. New Zealand Warriors 48 [Crowd: 32338]
2009 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 17 - [View] Fri: Brisbane Broncos 28 d. New Zealand Warriors 14 [Crowd: 32456]
2006 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 26 - [View] Sun: Broncos 36 d. Warriors 12 [Crowd: 47193]
2005 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 2 - [View] Sat: Broncos 12 l. Warriors 24 [Crowd: 24719]

Saturday September 10, 2011
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles vs North Queensland Cowboys at Sydney Football Stadium, Driver Ave, Moore Park, Sydney (NSW)

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
1 Brett Stewart, 2 Michael Robertson, 3 Jamie Lyon [c], 4 Steve Matai, 5 Will Hopoate, 6 Kieran Foran, 7 Daly Cherry-Evans, 8 Joe Galuvao, 9 Matt Ballin, 10 Brent Kite, 11 Anthony Watmough, 12 Vic Mauro, 13 Shane Rodney. Subs: 14 Tim Robinson, 15 Jamie Buhrer, 16 George Rose, 17 Tony Williams, 18 Terence Seuseu (one to be omitted).

North Queensland Cowboys
1 Matthew Bowen, 2 Ashley Graham, 3 Brent Tate, 4 Willie Tonga, 5 Kalifa Faifai Loa, 6 Ray Thompson, 7 Johnathan Thurston [c], 8 Matthew Scott [c], 9 Aaron Payne, 10 James Tamou, 11 Gavin Cooper, 12 Glenn Hall, 13 Dallas Johnson. Subs: 14 James Segeyaro, 15 Scott Bolton, 16 Jason Taumalolo, 17 Ashton Sims, 18 Cory Paterson (one to be omitted).

Date: Sat September 10 2011, 8:30PM AEST GMT+10 [Sat September 10 2011, 10:30AM GMT]
Referee: Ben Cummins

Predictions:
Matthew O'Neill: Sea Eagles by 22


OVERALL:
Total Games: 17
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles wins: 10. [Pts: 440]
North Queensland Cowboys wins: 7. [Pts: 319]
Draws: 0

Biggest wins:
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles: 42 pts: 1996 Optus Cup - Round 7 - [View] Sun May 5: Sea Eagles 46 d. Cowboys 4 [Crowd: 5227]
North Queensland Cowboys: 14 pts: 2009 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 7 - [View] Sat: North Queensland Cowboys 26 d. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 12 [Crowd: 16153]

Biggest Crowd: 2007 NRL Telstra Premiership - Finals Week 3 - [View] Sat: Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 28 d. North Queensland Cowboys 6 [Crowd: 32611]

Last 50 games against each other form line (most recent matches at end of line):
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles: WWWWWLLWLLLWWLWLW
North Queensland Cowboys: LLLLLWWLWWWLLWLWL

Last 10 games:
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 14 - [View] Sat: Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 d. North Queensland Cowboys 4 [Crowd: 8452]
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 8 - [View] Sat: North Queensland Cowboys 22 d. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 20 [Crowd: 14884]
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 12 - [View] Sat: North Queensland Cowboys 20 l. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 [Crowd: 13538]
2009 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 7 - [View] Sat: North Queensland Cowboys 26 d. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 12 [Crowd: 16153]
2008 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 10 - [View] Sat: Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 38 d. North Queensland Cowboys 6 [Crowd: 9343]
2007 NRL Telstra Premiership - Finals Week 3 - [View] Sat: Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 28 d. North Queensland Cowboys 6 [Crowd: 32611]
2007 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 7 - [View] Sat: North Queensland Cowboys 30 d. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 26 [Crowd: 18682]
2006 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 2 - [View] Sat: Cowboys 20 d. Sea Eagles 16 [Crowd: 23956]
2005 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 21 - [View] Sun: Sea Eagles 24 l. Cowboys 26 [Crowd: 13118]
2004 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 1 - [View] Sat Mar 13: Cowboys 20 l. Sea Eagles 24 [Crowd: 17952]

Overall record at Sydney Football Stadium, Driver Ave, Moore Park, Sydney (NSW) Stats:
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles: 47 games, won 27, drawn 0, lost 20.
Last 5 games:
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 2 - [View] Sun: Sydney Roosters 16 l. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 27
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 25 - [View] Sun: Sydney Roosters 30 d. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 14
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 1 - [View] Mon: Wests Tigers 26 d. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 22
2009 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 23 - [View] Sat: Sydney Roosters 12 l. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 44
2009 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 21 - [View] Mon: Wests Tigers 19 d. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18

North Queensland Cowboys: 17 games, won 7, drawn 0, lost 10.
Last 5 games:
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 9 - [View] Mon: Sydney Roosters 14 l. North Queensland Cowboys 32
2009 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 26 - [View] Sun: Sydney Roosters 16 l. North Queensland Cowboys 32
2007 NRL Telstra Premiership - Finals Week 3 - [View] Sat: Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 28 d. North Queensland Cowboys 6
2007 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 13 - [View] Sat: Sydney Roosters 64 d. North Queensland Cowboys 30
2006 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 21 - [View] Sun: Roosters 40 d. Cowboys 20

Head to Head at Sydney Football Stadium, Driver Ave, Moore Park, Sydney (NSW) Stats:
Total Games: 1
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles wins: 1. [Pts: 28]
North Queensland Cowboys wins: 0. [Pts: 6]
Draws: 0

Last 5 games:
2007 NRL Telstra Premiership - Finals Week 3 - [View] Sat: Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 28 d. North Queensland Cowboys 6 [Crowd: 32611]

Sunday September 11, 2011
Melbourne Storm vs Newcastle Knights at AAMI Park, Melbourne, VIC (AUS)

Melbourne Storm
1 Billy Slater, 2 Matt Duffie , 3 Dane Nielsen, 4 Beau Champion , 5 Anthony Quinn, 6 Maurice Blair, 7 Cooper Cronk, 8 Jesse Bromwich, 9 Cameron Smith [c], 10 Bryan Norrie, 11 Kevin Proctor, 12 Sika Manu, 13 Todd Lowrie. Subs: 14 Ryan Hinchcliffe, 15 Rory Kostjasyn, 16 Adam Woolnough, 17 Jaiman Lowe, 18 Troy Thompson, 19 Sisa Waqa (two to be omitted).

Newcastle Knights
1 Kurt Gidley [c], 2 James McManus, 3 Junior Sa'u, 4 Adam MacDougall, 5 Akuila Uate, 6 Ryan Stig, 7 Jarrod Mullen, 8 Evarn Tuimavave, 9 Isaac De Gois, 10 Antonio Kaufusi, 11 Chris Houston, 12 Neville Costigan, 13 Joel Edwards. Subs: 14 Steve Southern, 15 Zane Tetevano, 16 Richie Fa'aoso, 17 Mark Taufua.

Date: Sun September 11 2011, 4:00PM AEST GMT+10 [Sun September 11 2011, 6:00AM GMT]
Referee: Ashley Klein

Predictions:
Matthew O'Neill: Storm by 2


OVERALL:
Total Games: 26
Melbourne Storm wins: 14. [Pts: 706]
Newcastle Knights wins: 12. [Pts: 548]
Draws: 0

Biggest wins:
Melbourne Storm: 46 pts: 2006 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 7 - [View] Sat: Storm 52 d. Knights 6 [Crowd: 9084]
Newcastle Knights: 32 pts: 2001 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 19 - [View] Sun Jul 15: Knights 48 d. Storm 16 [Crowd: 21367]

Biggest Crowd: 1999 National Rugby League - Round 15 - [View] Sat Jun 12: Knights 27 d. Storm 26 [Crowd: 25793]

Last 50 games against each other form line (most recent matches at end of line):
Melbourne Storm: WLLWLLLLLLWLWWLWWWWWLWLWWW
Newcastle Knights: LWWLWWWWWWLWLLWLLLLLWLWLLL

Last 10 games:
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 8 - [View] Sat: Melbourne Storm 42 d. Newcastle Knights 12 [Crowd: 9460]
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 26 - [View] Sun: Melbourne Storm 34 d. Newcastle Knights 4 [Crowd: 20517]
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 2 - [View] Sat: Newcastle Knights 14 l. Melbourne Storm 20 [Crowd: 16244]
2009 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 23 - [View] Mon: Newcastle Knights 26 d. Melbourne Storm 14 [Crowd: 13580]
2009 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 17 - [View] Sat: Melbourne Storm 18 d. Newcastle Knights 14 [Crowd: 9041]
2008 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 25 - [View] Sat: Newcastle Knights 17 d. Melbourne Storm 16 [Crowd: 19568]
2008 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 9 - [View] Mon: Melbourne Storm 18 d. Newcastle Knights 4 [Crowd: 10624]
2007 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 18 - [View] Mon: Melbourne Storm 44 d. Newcastle Knights 0 [Crowd: 10223]
2007 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 4 - [View] Sat: Newcastle Knights 12 l. Melbourne Storm 22 [Crowd: 20051]
2006 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 19 - [View] Sun: Knights 16 l. Storm 24 [Crowd: 21655]

Overall record at AAMI Park, Melbourne, VIC (AUS) Stats:
Melbourne Storm: 20 games, won 16, drawn 0, lost 4.
Last 5 games:
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 24 - [View] Fri: Melbourne Storm 8 d. St George Illawarra Dragons 6
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 22 - [View] Sat: Melbourne Storm 26 d. Penrith Panthers 6
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 20 - [View] Fri: Melbourne Storm 26 d. Brisbane Broncos 6
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 14 - [View] Mon: Melbourne Storm 21 d. Sydney Roosters 4
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 12 - [View] Sun: Melbourne Storm 14 d. Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8

Newcastle Knights: 2 games, won 0, drawn 0, lost 2.
Last 5 games:
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 8 - [View] Sat: Melbourne Storm 42 d. Newcastle Knights 12
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 26 - [View] Sun: Melbourne Storm 34 d. Newcastle Knights 4

Head to Head at AAMI Park, Melbourne, VIC (AUS) Stats:
Total Games: 2
Melbourne Storm wins: 2. [Pts: 76]
Newcastle Knights wins: 0. [Pts: 16]
Draws: 0

Last 5 games:
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 8 - [View] Sat: Melbourne Storm 42 d. Newcastle Knights 12 [Crowd: 9460]
2010 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 26 - [View] Sun: Melbourne Storm 34 d. Newcastle Knights 4 [Crowd: 20517]