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Stats Breakdown: Strong efforts from Round 7 clash

Catch up on the key stats from our Round 7 match against the Penrith Panthers at McDonald Jones Stadium on Saturday.

The Knights took the Panthers down to the wire with three field goals kicked in the final five minutes.

The reigning premiers came out on top due to a Nathan Cleary field-goal in golden point, however plenty of Knights produced strong efforts across the park.

Read up on everything from tackles, line-breaks and fantasy points in our full stats breakdown.

TEAM STATS

Possession - Knights 43%, Panthers 57%

Completion rate - Knights 27/40 (67%), Panthers 31/42 (73%)

All runs - Knights 154, Panthers 198

Match Highlights: Knights v Panthers

DALLY M POINTS

The revamped Dally M voting process will see two judges watch each game in 2023 and award points on a three-two-one basis, meaning a maximum of six points are available for every match of the 2023 Telstra Premiership season.

Round 6 Dally M votes:

Nathan Cleary - 4

Lachlan Miller - 3

Dylan Edwards - 3

Greg Marzhew - 1

Dally M Leaderboard after Round 7:

Harry Grant (Storm) - 20

Payne Haas (Broncos) - 20

Reece Walsh (Broncos) - 20

Nathan Cleary (Panthers) - 18

Dylan Edwards (Panthers) - 17

Shaun Johnson (Warriors) - 17

Ben Hunt (Dragons) - 16

Lachlan Miller (Knights) - 16

TRIES

Tyson Gamble - 1

Tyson Frizell - 1

Phoenix Crossland - 1

TRY-ASSISTS

Dane Gagai - 1

AOB and Frizell on golden point defeat, discipline and areas of improvement

GOALS

Lachlan Miller - 1/3

FIELD GOALS

Tyson Gamble - 1

TACKLES

Kurt Mann - 46

Phoenix Crossland - 43

Leo Thompson - 37

Tyson Frizell - 33

Lachlan Fitzgibbon - 29

METRES

Greg Marzhew 155m (17 runs)

Dominic Young 143m (15 runs)

Lachlan Fitzgibbon 128m (11 runs)

Daniel Saifiti 126m (10 runs)

Lachlan Miller 123m (16 runs)

Gamble gets the Knights firing

POST-CONTACT METRES

Greg Marzhew - 45m

Daniel Saifiti - 40m

Dominic Young - 31m

Dane Gaga - 25m

Kurt Mann - 25m

TACKLE BREAKS

Greg Marzhew - 8

Lachlan Miller - 3

Dominic Young - 3

Tyson Frizell - 3

Lachlan Fitzgibbon - 3

Mann on home support and lessons learnt

OFFLOADS

Lachlan Miller - 1

Dane Gagai - 1

Bradman Best - 1

Greg Marzhew - 1

Jack Johns - 1

LINE-BREAKS

Tyson Gamble - 1

Tyson Frizell - 1

LINE-BREAK ASSISTS

Dane Gagai - 1

KICK METRES

Jackson Hastings - 314m (9 kicks)

Tyson Gamble - 84m (3 kicks)

Lachlan Miller - 53m (2 kicks)

FANTASY POINTS

Kurt Mann - 60

Tyson Frizell - 58

Phoenix Crossland - 49

Jackson Hastings - 47

Leo Thompson - 44