NRL Stats - Round 1 - Australia v New Zealand

Live NRL Player Stats: Round 1 20-04-2007
Australia v New Zealand
Suncorp Stadium 7:50PM
Full Time 80.00

Australia 30 ( Karmichael Hunt ,Matt King ,Brent Tate ,Darren Lockyer ,Nathan Hindmarsh , tries; Johnathan Thurston 5, Goal )

New Zealand 6 ( Manu Vatuvei , try; Benji Marshall 1, Goal )

Scrums: Australia 10; New Zealand 8

Penalties: Australia 4; New Zealand 8

Crowd: 35241

Referee: Steve Ganson

Goalkicking: Johnathan Thurston (Australia) 5 from 6; Benji Marshall (New Zealand) 1 from 1;

Top Tacklers
Australia	New Zealand
Roy Asotasi 36 Nathan Cayless 26 Sonny Bill Williams 22 David Faiumu 22 Sam Rapira 22	Roy Asotasi 36 Nathan Cayless 26 Sonny Bill Williams 22 David Faiumu 22 Sam Rapira 22

Top Hit-ups
Australia	New Zealand
Sonny Bill Williams 17 Jake Webster 15 Iosia Soliola 13 Roy Asotasi 13 Krisnan Inu 12	Sonny Bill Williams 17 Jake Webster 15 Iosia Soliola 13 Roy Asotasi 13 Krisnan Inu 12

Australia		New Zealand
53%	Poss. Time	47%
25/38 ( 65.79% )	Comp/Sets	27/36 ( 75.00% )
15	Surrendered Poss.	12
21	Missed Tackles	44
1500	Metres Gained	1126
115	Kick Return (m)	80
10	Line Breaks	1
9	Offloads	11

Australia

New Zealand

1	Karmichael Hunt
2	Matt King
3	Jamie Lyon
4	Justin Hodges
5	Brent Tate
6	Darren Lockyer
7	Johnathan Thurston
8	Brent Kite
9	Cameron Smith
10	Petero Civoniceva
11	Nathan Hindmarsh
12	Willie Mason
13	Andrew Ryan
14	Luke Bailey
15	Shaun Berrigan
16	Steve Simpson
17	Anthony Tupou

1	Krisnan Inu
2	Jake Webster
3	Iosia Soliola
4	Simon Mannering
5	Manu Vatuvei
6	Benji Marshall
7	Ben Roberts
8	Nathan Cayless
9	Dene Halatau
10	Roy Asotasi
11	Sonny Bill Williams
12	Tony Puletua
13	David Fa'alogo
14	David Faiumu
15	Sam Rapira
16	Greg Eastwood
17	Frank Pritchard