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Knights numbers: Digging deep with mammoth defence

These are the numbers that matter.

After an impressive 20-12 win over Penrith on Saturday, there were plenty of nib Newcastle Knights worthy of praise.

While stats can't tell you everything, they do paint a very telling picture.

These are the numbers that matter.

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Tackles made by Aidan Guerra.

The backrower was tireless without the ball and topped the Knights' tackle count.

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In fact, he made nine more tackles than the top Panther.

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The number of tackle breaks from Nick Meaney, Ken Sio and Shaun Kenny-Dowall each made.

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The running metres from Daniel Saifiti. He was the Knights' biggest metre eater on Saturday.

He made 50 post-contact metres.


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It was a tireless effort from the big man who'd ran for 94 metres in the opening half.

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The number of tackles Danny Levi made.

How many did he miss? None.

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Tries Cory Denniss has scored this season.

The centre scored three tries in his rookie year in 2016 and secured his fourth when he pounced on a grubber kick from Kalyn Ponga.

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Tackles by Lachlan Fitzgibbon.

His fellow backrower, Mitch Barnett, made 36 tackles.

Fitzgibbon also made three line breaks.