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Stats Breakdown: Ponga equals Club record with the boot

Catch up on the key stats from our Round 18 match against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs on Sunday.

It was a record breaking afternoon at Accor Stadium for the nib Newcastle Knights.

The side notched the biggest win in Club history and the Club's 400th win in its history in the process.

The previous record for a winning margin was from 1999 when the Knights defeated South Sydney 60-0.

Kalyn Ponga was at his best, equalling a Club record for 11 goals in a match - equalling Andrew Johns - plus adding three try-assists and nine tackle breaks.

Also, Bradman Best scored his first career hat-trick along with a game high run metres of 219 metres.

See a breakdown of all the key stats including try-scorers, fantasy points and line-breaks.

Match Highlights: Knights v Bulldogs

TEAM STATS

Possession - Knights 60%, Bulldogs 40%

Completion rate - Knights 82%, Bulldogs 61%

All runs - Knights 205, Bulldogs 135

Run metres - Knights 1,989, Bulldogs 1,147

Tackles made - Knights 241, Bulldogs 385

TRIES

Bradman Best - 3

Jackson Hastings - 2

Phoenix Crossland - 2

Enari Tuala - 1

Greg Marzhew - 1

Lachlan Fitzgibbon - 1

Kurt Mann - 1

AOB and Ponga on record win, standards at training and key performers

TRY-ASSISTS

Kalyn Ponga - 3

Bradman Best - 2

Phoenix Crossland - 1

Lachlan Fitzgibbon - 1

Kurt Mann - 1

Tyson Gamble - 1

GOALS

Kalyn Ponga - 11/11 (100%)

TACKLES

Phoenix Crossland - 28

Tyson Frizell - 27

Lachlan Fitzgibbon - 25

Tyson Gamble - 20

Leo Thompson - 20

Team Song: Round 18 win

METRES

Bradman Best - 219m

Greg Marzhew - 214m

Lachlan Fitzgibbon - 159m

Kalyn Ponga - 159m

Jacob Saifiti - 144m

POST-CONTACT METRES

Greg Marzhew - 78m

Lachlan Fitzgibbon - 69m

Jacob Saifiti - 55m

Daniel Saifiti - 48m

Mat Croker - 48m

Ponga sends Best over for a try

TACKLE BREAKS

Greg Marzhew - 15

Kalyn Ponga - 9

Lachlan Fitzgibbon - 7

Bradman Best - 7

Adam Elliott - 6

OFFLOADS

Bradman Best - 3

Jack Hetherington - 3

Lachlan Fitzgibbon - 2

Kalyn Ponga - 1

Adam Elliott - 1

Hastings on playing under pressure and coming home

LINE-BREAKS

Bradman Best - 2

Kalyn Ponga - 2

Kurt Mann - 2

Phoenix Crossland - 2

Jack Hetherington - 1

LINE-BREAK ASSISTS

Kalyn Ponga - 3

Lachlan Fitzgibbon - 3

Bradman Best - 1

Kurt Mann - 1

Phoenix Crossland - 1

KICK METRES

Tyson Gamble - 417m

Jackson Hastings - 85m

Phoenix Crossland - 48m

Dom Young - 33m

Crossland on record margin and defensive mindset

FANTASY POINTS

Bradman Best - 93

Kalyn Ponga - 92

Lachlan Fitzgibbon - 92

Phoenix Crossland - 71

Greg Marzhew - 66