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Stats Breakdown: Miller the metre-eater

Catch up on the stats from our Round 1 match against the Warriors last Friday at Sky Stadium, Wellington.

The Knights were downed four tries to two by the Warriors, in a gruelling and back-and-forth contest across the Tasman.

Lachlan Miller produced a strong performance in his first game for the Knights with a team-high 181 run metres while Jayden Brailey made 49 tackles.

Read up on everything from try-scorers, post-contact metres and fantasy points in our full stats breakdown.

DALLY M POINTS

No Knights polled points from the defeat to the Warriors.

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 1 Dally M Votes:

Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad (Warriors) - 6 points; Tohu Harris (Warriors) - 3 points; Wayde Egan (Warriors) - 2 points; Jackson Ford (Warriors) - 1 point.

Dally M Leaderboard after Round 1:

6 points – Harry Grant (Storm)

6 points – Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad (Warriors)

6 points – Daly Cherry-Evans (Sea Eagles)

6 points – Lachlan Ilias (Rabbitohs)

6 points – Jeremy Marshall-King (Dolphins)

5 points – Scott Drinkwater (Cowboys)

5 points – David Fifita (Titans)

4 points – Payne Haas (Broncos)

TRIES

  • Hymel Hunt - 1
  • Lachlan Fitzgibbon - 1

TRY-ASSISTS

  • Bradman Best - 1
  • Kalyn Ponga - 1

GOALS

  • Jackson Hastings - 2/2

TACKLES

  • Jayden Brailey - 49
  • Kurt Mann - 41
  • Leo Thompson - 35
  • Adam Elliott - 34
  • Daniel Saifiti - 30

METRES

  • Lachlan Miller - 181m (25 runs)
  • Daniel Saifiti - 136m (15 runs)
  • Jackson Hastings - 132m (21 runs)
  • Hymel Hunt - 121m (14 runs)
  • Jacob Saifiti  - 101m (11 runs)

POST-CONTACT METRES

  • Daniel Saifiti - 40m
  • Adam Elliott - 30m
  • Lachlan Miller - 27m
  • Leo Thompson - 25m
  • Bradman Best - 25m

TACKLE BREAKS

  • Lachlan Miller - 11
  • Kalyn Ponga - 3
  • Hymel Hunt - 3
  • Bradman Best - 3
  • Lachlan Fitzgibbon -3

OFFLOADS

  • Hymel Hunt - 1
  • Bradman Best - 1
  • Lachlan Fitzgibbon - 1
  • Jack Hetherington - 1

LINE-BREAKS

  • Hymel Hunt - 1
  • Lachlan Fitzgibbon -1

LINE-BREAK ASSISTS 

  • Bradman Best - 1
  • Kalyn Ponga - 1

KICK METRES

  • Jackson Hastings - 345m
  • Kalyn Ponga - 58m
  • Jayden Brailey  - 45m
  • Lachlan Miller - 12m
  • Phoenix Crossland - 11m

FANTASY POINTS

  • Jayden Brailey - 51
  • Lachlan Fitzgibbon - 49
  • Daniel Saifiti - 47
  • Jackson Hastings - 46
  • Lachlan Miller - 43