Knights run riot
The Knights thrashed the Dragons 44–10 at WIN Stadium in front of 10,916 in Round 10. They led 32–0 at half-time and never looked back.
Dominic Young scored 2 tries. Greg Marzhew (Knights) was the standout with 116 fantasy points, 245 run metres, 8 tackle breaks and 5 tries. The Knights won the metres battle 2,052 to 1,416 and made fewer errors (10 to 13).
Our Final Tip had the Knights at 63% (a Lean) and got it right.
Dragons
LLLLL
Knights
WLLLW
Game flow
Dragons · above
Knights · below
Show scoring as a table
| Min | Team | Player | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7' | Knights | Greg Marzhew | Try | 0–4 |
| 16' | Knights | Dominic Young | Try | 0–8 |
| 18' | Knights | Kalyn Ponga | Conversion | 0–10 |
| 23' | Knights | Greg Marzhew | Try | 0–14 |
| 25' | Knights | Kalyn Ponga | Conversion | 0–16 |
| 29' | Knights | Bradman Best | Try | 0–20 |
| 31' | Knights | Kalyn Ponga | Conversion | 0–22 |
| 32' | Knights | Dylan Lucas | Try | 0–26 |
| 32' | Knights | Kalyn Ponga | Conversion | 0–28 |
| 36' | Knights | Dominic Young | Try | 0–32 |
| 43' | Dragons | Hamish Stewart | Try | 4–32 |
| 53' | Knights | Greg Marzhew | Try | 4–36 |
| 57' | Knights | Greg Marzhew | Try | 4–40 |
| 64' | Dragons | Setu Tu | Try | 8–40 |
| 66' | Dragons | Valentine Holmes | Conversion | 10–40 |
| 75' | Knights | Greg Marzhew | Try | 10–44 |
Team stats
Better on the day
DragonsKnights
47%
Possession
53%
79%
Completion rate
80%
1,416
Run metres
2,052
509
Post-contact metres
552
0
Line breaks
14
21
Tackle breaks
35
12
Offloads
9
601
Kick metres
589
87.8%
Effective tackle %
89.4%
35
Missed tackles
21
13
Errors
10
3
Penalties conceded
5
| SGI | NEW | |
|---|---|---|
| Six-again (ruck) | ||
| Dangerous Tackle | ||
| Offside General | ||
| 2nd Effort | ||
| Crowding | ||
| Offside inside 10m | ||
| Verbal Dissent | ||
| Total | 6 | 7 |
Positional battles
Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle
Fullbacks
NEW 85-14
Gutherson
Ponga
77
Run metres
241
0
Kick return metres
116
2
Tackle breaks
5
0
Line breaks
1
Halves
NEW 74-37
Reed
Sharpe, Brown
0
Try assists
0
0
Line-break assists
1
434
Kick metres
319
0
Errors
0
Hookers
SGI 45-26
Cook
Crossland
40
Tackles
35
57
Run metres
15
108
Passes
62
0
Errors
1
Middles
NEW 138-135
Guler, Couchman, Stewart
Saifiti, Mooney, Croker
262
Run metres
315
103
Post-contact metres
108
107
Tackles
94
5
Missed tackles
1
Back row
SGI 105-100
Egan, Couchman
Lucas, McEwen
233
Run metres
244
3
Tackle breaks
4
73
Tackles
60
4
Missed tackles
1
Outside backs
NEW 284-63
Tu, Holmes, Feagai
Young, Gagai, Best, Marzhew
277
Run metres
807
0
Line breaks
13
1
Tries
8
5
Errors
6
Best performers
NEW
Greg Marzhew
116
NEW
Kalyn Ponga
85
NEW
Bradman Best
75
NEW
Dominic Young
73
SGI
Ryan Couchman
69
SGI
Toby Couchman
57
NEW
Jermaine McEwen
53
SGI
Hamish Stewart
50
Show performers as a table
| Player | Team | Fantasy | Run m | Tackle breaks | Line breaks | Tries | Try assists | Tackles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Marzhew | Knights | 116 | 245 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Kalyn Ponga | Knights | 85 | 241 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bradman Best | Knights | 75 | 197 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| Dominic Young | Knights | 73 | 287 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Couchman | Dragons | 69 | 172 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Toby Couchman | Dragons | 57 | 131 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Jermaine McEwen | Knights | 53 | 136 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| Hamish Stewart | Dragons | 50 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 |
Head-to-head
2025 R13Dragons home
SGI
20
6
NEW
Dragons by 14
2024 R5Knights home
SGI
10
30
NEW
Knights by 20
2023 R27Dragons home
SGI
12
32
NEW
Knights by 20
2022 R6Dragons home
SGI
21
16
NEW
Dragons by 5
2021 R4Knights home
SGI
22
13
NEW
Dragons by 9
How we tipped it
Chance each model gave the Knights · right of 50% = tipped the winner
Generated automatically from nrl.com match data and our own models · 2026-09-25 05:17:12 UTC