2006 Round 5 vs St George Illawarra Dragons:
Newcastle 54 (G. Carmont 2, B. Carney, M. Thaiday, A. Johns, R. Brown, K. Gidley, D. Buderus, A. Quinn tries; A. Johns 9 goals) defeated
St George Illawarra 6 (C. Best try, A. Gorrell goal) at WIN Stadium, Saturday night, April 8, 7:30pm.
Scrums: Newcastle 10-3. Penalties: Newcastle 5-4.
Crowd: 17,467. Referee: Tony Archer. Halftime: Newcastle 24-0.
Goalkickers: Johns (Newcastle) 9/10, Gorrell (St George Illawarra) 1/1.
When they scored:
18th minute: Johns penalty goal. Newcastle 2-0.
28th minute: Carney try. Newcastle 6-0.
31st minute: Carmont try, Johns goal. Newcastle 12-0.
34th minute: Thaiday try, Johns goal. Newcastle 18-0.
39th minute: Johns try, Johns goal. Newcastle 24-0.
43rd minute: Brown try, Johns goal. Newcastle 30-0.
48th minute: Carmont try, Johns goal. Newcastle 36-0.
60th minute: K. Gidley try, Johns goal. Newcastle 42-0.
65th minute: Buderus try, Johns goal. Newcastle 48-0.
70th minute: Quinn try, Johns goal. Newcastle 54-0.
78th minute: Best try, Gorrell goal. Newcastle 54-6.
| Newcastle Knights: | St George Illawarra Dragons: |
|---|---|
| 1. Milton Thaiday | 1. Ben Hornby |
| 2. Brian Carney | 2. Reece Simmonds |
| 3. Matthew Gidley | 3. Daryl Millard |
| 4. George Carmont | 4. Matt Cooper |
| 5. Anthony Quinn | 5. Colin Best |
| 6. Kurt Gidley | 6. Mark Gasnier |
| 7. Andrew Johns (c) | 7. Trent Barrett (c) |
| 8. Craig Smith | 8. Justin Poore |
| 9. Danny Buderus | 9. Dean Young |
| 10. Josh Perry | 10. Michael Henderson |
| 11. Steve Simpson | 11. Sam Isemonger |
| 12. Kirk Reynoldson | 12. Ashton Sims |
| 13. Reegan Tanner | 13. Matt Bickerstaff |
| Interchange: | Interchange: |
| 15. Daniel Tolar | 14. Andrew Price |
| 16. Riley Brown | 15. Ben Creagh |
| 17. Todd Lowrie | 16. Corey Payne |
| 19. Clint Newton | 17. Aaron Gorrell |
| Coach: Michael Hagan | Coach: Nathan Brown |
| Ladder: | Other Results: | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. North Queensland | 10 | Friday April 7: |
| 2. Newcastle | 8 | North Queensland 32 defeated Wests 12 at Dairy Farmers Stadium. |
| 3. Penrith | 8 | Saturday April 8: |
| 4. Sydney | 6 | Brisbane 30 defeated South Sydney 12 at Suncorp Stadium. |
| 5. Bulldogs | 6 | Sydney 28 defeated Cronulla 24 at Toyota Park. |
| 6. Manly | 6 | Sunday April 9: |
| 7. Brisbane | 6 | Manly 22 defeated Warriors 8 at Ericsson Stadium. |
| 8. Melbourne | 6 | Bulldogs 30 defeated Canberra 12 at Canberra Stadium. |
| 9. Cronulla | 4 | Penrith 44 defeated Parramatta 18 at Parramatta Stadium. |
| 10. St George Illawarra | 4 | Melbourne bye. |
| 11. Wests | 4 | |
| 12. Canberra | 4 | |
| 13. Parramatta | 2 | |
| 14. South Sydney | 2 | |
| 15. Warriors | 0 | |