Sharks v Newcastle Knights Women

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Full time

Sharks

4–18

Newcastle Knights

Match events

SharksNewcastle Knights

0Half time4

Team stats

43%Possession57%

62%18/29Completion Rate76%30/39

1274All Run Metres1588

2Line Breaks4

296Tackles Made234

14Errors9

9Penalties Conceded4

Tries: Sharks: Rhiannon Byers 36' | Knights: Shanice Parker 9', Fane Finau 45', Simone Karpani 66'
Conversions: Knights: Kirra Dibb 47', Kirra Dibb 67' (2/3)
Penalty goals: Knights: Kirra Dibb 61' (1/1)
Most Tackles: Quincy Dodd (Sharks) 38 | Yasmin Meakes (Knights) 26
Most Run Metres: Annessa Biddle (Sharks) 142 | Sidney Taylor (Knights) 183
Most Line Breaks: Rhiannon Byers (Sharks) 1 | Shanice Parker (Knights) 1
Most Fantasy Points: Quincy Dodd (Sharks) 43 | Yasmin Meakes (Knights) 51
Try scorers: Rhiannon Byers (Sharks) 1, Shanice Parker (Knights) 1, Fane Finau (Knights) 1, Simone Karpani (Knights) 1
Most points: Kirra Dibb (Knights) 6, Rhiannon Byers (Sharks) 4,

1st half

Kick off
On reportAnnessa Biddle placed
8'
Sin binAnnessa Biddle sin binned (Sharks)
8'
9'0–4
TryShanice Parker
Sin bin returnAnnessa Biddle returns from the sin bin
18'
Half time0–4

2nd half

35'
On reportGeorgia Roche placed
35'
Sin binGeorgia Roche sin binned (Knights)
TryRhiannon Byers
36'4–4
41'
Captain's challengecaptain's challenge: Successful
44'
Sin bin returnGeorgia Roche returns from the sin bin
45'4–8

Scoring progression

Sharks aheadKnights ahead

Biggest lead: Sharks never ledKnights 14
Lead changes: 0
Final margin: Knights by 14

Team stats

SharksKnights

43%Possession %57%
62% (18/29)Completion rate76% (30/39)
1274All run metres1588
446Post contact metres609
2Line breaks4
17Tackle breaks25
268Kicking metres325

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NRL Fantasy

Player stats

Player
4Annessa BiddleCentre	60	142	12	0	0	3	0	0	0	23	14	61	0	0	0	0	100	14	0	1	1
3Rhiannon ByersCentre	70	127	19	2	1	1	0	1	4	41	9	44	0	0	0	0	90	8	0	0	0
1Jada TaylorFullback	70	112	6	2	0	3	1	0	0	17	14	57	0	0	0	0	67	17	0	3	0
2Cassie StaplesWinger	70	100	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	14	10	34	0	0	67	0	80	14	0	0	0
9Quincy DoddHooker	55	98	38	3	1	0	0	0	0	43	10	9	0	0	0	17	90	70	0	0	1
5Georgia RavicsWinger	70	92	10	2	0	1	0	0	0	15	9	44	0	0	0	0	77	9	0	1	0
11Manilita Takapautolo2nd Row	61	85	28	2	0	2	0	0	0	32	9	27	0	0	14	0	93	10	0	2	1
16Najvada GeorgeInterchange	50	84	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	24	11	32	0	0	15	0	100	12	0	2	2
6Georgia HannawayFive-Eighth	62	78	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	18	11	8	1	1	0	0	70	37	0	1	1
10Caitlan Johnston-GreenProp	40	66	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	7	24	0	0	0	0	94	9	0	1	1
12China Polata2nd Row	69	65	30	2	0	2	0	0	0	37	8	23	0	0	6	0	94	8	0	0	0
13Tegan DymockLock	37	60	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	35	8	18	0	0	0	0	100	12	0	0	0
8Ellie JohnstonProp	50	53	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	8	24	0	0	3	0	100	10	0	0	0
17Jaydika TafuaInterchange	44	49	25	3	0	2	0	0	0	25	5	21	0	0	0	0	89	5	0	0	1
7Chantay Kiria-RatuHalfback	70	46	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	8	12	0	0	0	250	88	46	0/1	2	1
15Stephanie FaulknerInterchange	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14Madison Higgins-AshbyInterchange	23	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	90	8	0	1	0
18Anne-Marie Kiria-RatuReplacement	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Tap a column to sort. Bold is the team's best. Mins minutes played · Run m all run metres · Tkl tackles made · Miss missed tackles · LB line breaks · TB tackle breaks · Off offloads · Tries tries · Pts points · Fan nrl fantasy points · Runs all runs · PCM post-contact metres

Highlights

0:14Shanice Parker Trynrl.com0:13Rhiannon Byers Trynrl.com0:14Simone Karpani Trynrl.com

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Match details

Date: Thursday 2 July 2026
Started: 7:45 pm Sydney time
Venue: Ocean Protect Stadium, Sydney
Competition: NRLW, Round 1

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