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 30 June 2019, 125 golden point games have been played, with 14 remaining a draw after the ten minutes of golden point extra-time. Daly Cherry-Evans has scored the winning points on six occasions, more than anyone in the NRL, with Johnathan Thurston behind him on four. Clinton Schifcofske, Chris Sandow, Trent Hodkinson, Cooper Cronk, Josh Reynolds and Mitchell Pearce have each scored the winning points on three occasions. Todd Carney, Jarrod Sammut, Luke Burt, Luke Walsh, Darren Lockyer, Stacey Jones and Nathan Cleary have also achieved the feat more than once. The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks have played the most golden point games with 19 in total, while Canterbury, the Gold Coast, Melbourne and the Sydney Roosters have played the least with 13. The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are the most successful team under the format, having won nine of their thirteen golden point matches (including a draw), whilst the Wests Tigers are the worst, having lost 13 of their 17 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, New Zealand Warriors and Brisbane Broncos have all featured in the most drawn matches with four.
Only five match ups have occurred on three occasions, which is the record. The North Queensland Cowboys vs. the Penrith Panthers, the South Sydney Rabbitohs vs. the Wests Tigers, the Sydney Roosters vs. the New Zealand Warriors, the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles vs. the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, and the Brisbane Broncos vs. the North Queensland Cowboys. The Panthers have a 2–1 record over the Cowboys, Souths have a 3–0 record over the Tigers, the Warriors have a 2–0–1 record over the Roosters, the Bulldogs have a 3–0 record over Manly and the Cowboys have a 2–1 record over the Broncos.
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 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 261 | 251 | +10 | 73.1 |
2 | Penrith Panthers | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 366 | 363 | +3 | 65.8 |
3 | Brisbane Broncos | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 320 | 302 | +18 | 64.7 |
4 | Sydney Roosters | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 257 | 254 | +3 | 61.5 |
5 | Canberra Raiders | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 377 | 368 | +9 | 58.3 |
6 | Melbourne Storm | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 254 | 255 | -1 | 57.1 |
7 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 296 | 296 | 0 | 56.7 |
8 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 379 | 374 | +5 | 52.9 |
9 | North Queensland Cowboys | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 397 | 387 | +10 | 52.8 |
10 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 384 | 381 | +3 | 50.0 |
11 | Gold Coast Titans | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 252 | 257 | -5 | 42.3 |
12 | New Zealand Warriors | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 360 | 361 | -1 | 41.2 |
13 | Parramatta Eels | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 258 | 271 | -13 | 35.7 |
14 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 244 | 246 | -2 | 34.4 |
15 | Newcastle Knights | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 289 | 307 | -18 | 30.0 |
16 | Wests Tigers | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 354 | 375 | -21 | 26.3 |
- * draw = 0.5 wins
Footnotes
- "NRL approves golden point rule". ABC. 5 March 2004. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
- "Golden point confirmed as golden blunder". ABC. 20 May 2003. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- "Panthers pip Cowboys, Raiders thump Eels". ABC. 7 June 2003. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
- Brown, Alex (30 June 2003). "Jones puts golden boot into men with unbroken heart". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
- "Minto bucks up Broncos". BBC. 20 July 2003. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- Masters, Roy (22 March 2004). "Revenge of the battlers". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
- "Vagana has a happier night". TVNZ. 24 April 2004. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- Walter, Brad (15 May 2004). "Knights win; Kennedy loses". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
- "Souths draw 20–20 with Cowboys". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 May 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
- Zander, Joel (20 June 2004). "Cowboys snatch golden point win". ABC. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- Masters, Roy (26 June 2004). "Spills, thrills and bellyaches". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- James, Ryland (31 July 2004). "Raiders break Warriors' hearts". TVNZ. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
- "Broncos scrape win over Sharks". TVNZ. 31 July 2004. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- "Rabbitohs hold Broncos to a draw". TVNZ. 28 April 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
- Zander, Joel (4 June 2005). "Dogs held to draw as Sonny Bill injured again". ABC. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
- "Golden-point Sharks pip Knights". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 July 2004. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- "Golden point win for Panthers". TVNZ. 19 March 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
- Walter, Brad (2 April 2006). "Schifcofske lifts Raiders with golden point thrill". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
- "Raiders nail thriller". TVNZ. 27 May 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
- Zander, Joel (28 May 2006). "Cronk steps up to nail Panthers". ABC. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
- Zander, Joel (9 July 2006). "Bulldogs beat Warriors in thriller". ABC. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- Zander, Joel (16 July 2006). "Raiders prevail in another golden point thriller". ABC. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- Stevenson, Andrew (14 August 2006). "Golden point of no return". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- Jancetic, Steve (31 March 2007). "Burt gets Eels home in golden point". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- Walter, Brad (31 March 2007). "Wallace's 44m wobbler". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 3 September 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
- McDonald, Margie (16 April 2007). "Tigers shake the monkeys". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- "Roosters win in golden point". TVNZ. 27 May 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
- Paine, Chris (6 July 2007). "Lockyer sinks Titans in extra-time thriller". ABC. Archived from the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
- Webster, Andrew (6 August 2007). "That beats everything". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
- Jackson, Glenn (11 August 2007). "Freddie and his dreamers surge on". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 5 September 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- Henderson, Philip (11 August 2007). "Sharks take Golden win". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
- McDonald, Margie (13 August 2007). "Cowboys edge out Panthers". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- Walton, Danny (22 March 2008). "Knights rookie secures upset win". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
- "Eels sneak past Knights in golden point". ABC. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
- "Sharks snuff out Dragons". Fox Sports. 5 April 2008. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- "Panthers break Cowboys' hearts". ABC. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
- "Swans Panthers claw back for draw". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- "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. Archived from the original on 11 July 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2007.