List of National Rugby League golden point games
The golden point, a sudden death overtime system, is used to resolve drawn rugby league matches in the National Rugby League, Australasia's top competition in the sport. The term is borrowed from the golden goal system formerly employed in association football (soccer). The golden point is used to determine a winner when scores are level at the end of regular time.[1] Prior to its introduction into the National Rugby League competition at the beginning of the 2003 season, normal season games were left as draws; in finals matches, 20 minutes extra time ensued (10 minutes each way), with a replay in the event of a draw. If the scores are level at the end of 80 minutes, 5 minutes are played, the teams swap ends with no break, and a further 5 minutes are played. Any score (try, penalty goal, or field goal) in this 10-minute period secures a win for the scoring team, and the game ends at that point.[1] If the scoring event is a try, no conversion is attempted. If no further scoring occurs, the game is drawn and each team receives one competition point.
As of August 11, 2016, 105 golden point games have been played, with 14 remaining a draw after the ten minutes of golden point extra-time. Clinton Schifcofske, Chris Sandow and Trent Hodkinson have each scored the winning points on three occasions. Todd Carney, Jarrod Sammut, Luke Burt, Luke Walsh, Darren Lockyer, Stacey Jones and Cooper Cronk have also achieved the feat more than once. The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and Wests Tigers have played the most golden point games with 16 in total, and Manly-Warringah have the least with six. The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are the most successful team under the format, having won eight of their eleven golden point matches (including a draw), whilst the Wests Tigers have lost twelve of their sixteen matches. The St. George Illawarra Dragons were the final club to win their first golden point match, after five previous failed attempts. The South Sydney Rabbitohs have featured in the most drawn matches with four, followed by the New Zealand Warriors with three drawn matches.
The North Queensland Cowboys vs. Penrith Panthers have had the most match-ups decided by golden point, with the three matches between these two teams decided by golden point. Penrith won two of those matches with North Queensland's win coming in 2007. On two occasions, the Sydney Roosters and Wests Tigers have had their match-ups decided by golden point with the Roosters emerging victorious on both occasions. Other teams to contest at least two golden point matches between each other include the Raiders and Wests Tigers (with Canberra emerging victors on both occasions), the Parramatta Eels and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (with Cronulla emerging victors on both occasions), the North Queensland Cowboys and Newcastle Knights (with North Queensland emerging victors on both occasions), the Brisbane Broncos and Gold Coast Titans (with Brisbane emerging victors on both occasions) and the Sydney Roosters and New Zealand Warriors (with a draw and the Warriors emerging victors in the latter match).
The first golden point game in a grand final occurred in 2015, between the Brisbane Broncos and the North Queensland Cowboys, which was won 17-16 by the Cowboys after a Johnathan Thurston field goal sealed the win and the first premiership for the Cowboys.
List of golden point matches
Drawn games | |
Finals match | |
Grand Final |
Tally
# | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | P/D | Record (%)* |
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1 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 249 | 238 | +11 | 79.2 |
2 | Melbourne Storm | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 177 | 176 | +1 | 70 |
3 | Brisbane Broncos | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 291 | 274 | +17 | 67.9 |
4 | Canberra Raiders | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 290 | 279 | +11 | 65.4 |
5 | Penrith Panthers | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 307 | 307 | 0 | 60.0 |
6 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 367 | 361 | +6 | 56.3 |
7 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 338 | 333 | +5 | 55.6 |
8 | North Queensland Cowboys | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 308 | 301 | +7 | 53.6 |
9 | Sydney Roosters | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 198 | 198 | 0 | 50 |
10 | New Zealand Warriors | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 321 | 320 | +1 | 46.4 |
11 | Gold Coast Titans | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 236 | 240 | -4 | 45.8 |
12 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 205 | 203 | +2 | 34.6 |
13 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 158 | 164 | -6 | 31.3 |
14 | Parramatta Eels | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 245 | 259 | -14 | 30.8 |
15 | Newcastle Knights | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 244 | 262 | -18 | 25 |
16 | Wests Tigers | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 312 | 331 | -19 | 25 |
- * draw = 0.5 wins
Footnotes
- 1 2 "NRL approves golden point rule". ABC. 5 March 2004. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
- ↑ "Golden point confirmed as golden blunder". ABC. 20 May 2003. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ↑ "Panthers pip Cowboys, Raiders thump Eels". ABC. 7 June 2003. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
- ↑ Brown, Alex (30 June 2003). "Jones puts golden boot into men with unbroken heart". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
- ↑ "Minto bucks up Broncos". BBC. 20 July 2003. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ↑ Masters, Roy (22 March 2004). "Revenge of the battlers". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
- ↑ "Vagana has a happier night". TVNZ. 24 April 2004. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ↑ Walter, Brad (15 May 2004). "Knights win; Kennedy loses". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
- ↑ "Souths draw 20–20 with Cowboys". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 May 2004. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
- ↑ Zander, Joel (20 June 2004). "Cowboys snatch golden point win". ABC. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ↑ Masters, Roy (26 June 2004). "Spills, thrills and bellyaches". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ↑ James, Ryland (31 July 2004). "Raiders break Warriors' hearts". TVNZ. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
- ↑ "Broncos scrape win over Sharks". TVNZ. 31 July 2004. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ↑ "Rabbitohs hold Broncos to a draw". TVNZ. 28 April 2004. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
- ↑ Zander, Joel (4 June 2005). "Dogs held to draw as Sonny Bill injured again". ABC. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
- ↑ "Golden-point Sharks pip Knights". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 July 2004. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ↑ "Golden point win for Panthers". TVNZ. 19 March 2006. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
- ↑ Walter, Brad (2 April 2006). "Schifcofske lifts Raiders with golden point thrill". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
- ↑ "Raiders nail thriller". TVNZ. 27 May 2006. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
- ↑ Zander, Joel (28 May 2006). "Cronk steps up to nail Panthers". ABC. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
- ↑ Zander, Joel (9 July 2006). "Bulldogs beat Warriors in thriller". ABC. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ↑ Zander, Joel (16 July 2006). "Raiders prevail in another golden point thriller". ABC. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ↑ Stevenson, Andrew (14 August 2006). "Golden point of no return". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ↑ Jancetic, Steve (31 March 2007). "Burt gets Eels home in golden point". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ↑ Walter, Brad (31 March 2007). "Wallace's 44m wobbler". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 3 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
- ↑ McDonald, Margie (16 April 2007). "Tigers shake the monkeys". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ↑ "Roosters win in golden point". TVNZ. 27 May 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
- ↑ Paine, Chris (6 July 2007). "Lockyer sinks Titans in extra-time thriller". ABC. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
- ↑ Webster, Andrew (6 August 2007). "That beats everything". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
- ↑ Jackson, Glenn (11 August 2007). "Freddie and his dreamers surge on". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 5 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ↑ Henderson, Philip (11 August 2007). "Sharks take Golden win". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
- ↑ McDonald, Margie (13 August 2007). "Cowboys edge out Panthers". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ↑ Walton, Danny (22 March 2008). "Knights rookie secures upset win". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
- ↑ "Eels sneak past Knights in golden point". ABC. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
- ↑ "Sharks snuff out Dragons". Fox Sports. 5 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
- ↑ "Panthers break Cowboys' hearts". ABC. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
- ↑ "Swans Panthers claw back for draw". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ↑ "NRL: Titans win in golden-point extra time". The New Zealand Herald. AAP. 20 March 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
References
- "Golden point games". Rugby League Tables & Statistics. Retrieved 11 August 2007.