The Newcastle Knights Archive.

2001 Grand Final vs Parramatta Eels:

Newcastle 30 (B. Peden 2, S. Simpson, B. Kennedy, T. Tahu tries; A. Johns 5 goals) defeated
Parramatta 24 (J. Lyons 2, B. Hodgson 2 tries; L. Burt 4 goals) at Stadium Australia, Sunday night, September 30.

Scrums: Newcastle 8-6. Penalties: Parramatta 6-2.
Crowd: 90,414. Referee: Bill Harrigan. Halftime: Newcastle 24-0.
Touch judges: Steve Richards, Shayne Hayne. Video Referees: Chris Ward, Michael Stone.
Goalkickers: Johns (Newcastle) 5/7, Burt (Parramatta) 4/4.
Clive Churchill Medal: Andrew Johns.

Newcastle Knights:Parramatta Eels:
1. Robbie O'Davis1. Brett Hodgson
2. Timana Tahu2. Luke Burt
3. Matthew Gidley3. Jamie Lyon
4. Mark Hughes4. David Vaealiki
5. Adam MacDougall5. Jason Moodie
6. Sean Rudder6. Michael Buettner
7. Andrew Johns (c)7. Jason Taylor
8. Josh Perry8. Nathan Cayless (c)
9. Danny Buderus9. Brad Drew
10. Matt Parsons10. Michael Vella
11. Steve Simpson11. Nathan Hindmarsh
12. Ben Kennedy12. Ian Hindmarsh
13. Bill Peden13. Daniel Wagon
Interchange:Interchange:
14. Paul Marquet14. P.J. Marsh
15. Clinton O'Brien15. Andrew Ryan
16. Glenn Grief16. Alex Chan
17. Daniel Abraham17. David Solomona