Kalyn Ponga

Captain - Fullback

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Height:: 184 cm
Date of Birth:: 30 March 1998
Weight:: 92 kg
Birthplace:: Port Hedland, WA
Age:: 26
Nickname:: KP

Debut Club:: North Queensland Cowboys
Date:: 16 September 2016
Opposition:: Brisbane Broncos
Round:: 28

Previous Club:: North Queensland Cowboys
Junior Club:: Souths Mackay, Easts Tigers Brisbane

Biography:

Knight #296

Since arriving at the Knights in 2018 as a teenager, Kalyn Ponga has evolved into one of the league's premier game-breakers.

A Mackay junior, KP made his NRL debut for the North Queensland Cowboys in 2016 before arriving in Newcastle, going onto almost win the Dally M Medal in his first season in red and blue.

The skilful fullback has spent seven seasons in the red and blue which included claiming a maiden Dally M Medal for a memorable and inspiring 2023 campaign.

A Queensland Origin representative and Captain of the Club, KP is signed on until at least the end of the 2027 season.

Appearances: 133
Tries: 54

Appearances: 16

Scoring

Tries: 3
Goals: 46

Kicking

Goal Conversion Rate

Attack

Try Assists: 11
Line Breaks: 17
Tackle Breaks: 99

Passing

Receipts: 622

Defence

Tackles Made: 54
Missed Tackles: 25
Tackle Efficiency

Running Metres

Average Running Metres: 171
Total Running Metres: 2741

Fantasy

Total Points: 878
Average Points: 54.9


Summary																	Passing		Defence		Running Metres
Round	Opponent		Score	Position	Minutes Played	Tries	Goals	1 Point Field Goals	2 Point Field Goals	Points	Kicking Metres	Forced Drop Outs	Try Assists	Linebreaks	Tackle Breaks	Post Contact Metres	Offloads	Receipts	Tackles Made	Missed Tackles	Total Running Metres	Hit Up Running Metres	Kick Return Metres
1	Raiders	Lost	12 - 28	Fullback	80	-	2	-	-	4	43	-	-	1	4	28	-	38	3	1	190	-	109
2	Cowboys	Lost	21 - 20	Fullback	82	-	4	-	-	8	97	-	-	1	-	51	2	33	4	-	158	-	34
3	Storm	Won	14 - 12	Fullback	80	-	3	-	-	6	72	-	1	-	9	47	1	40	-	2	202	-	67
4	Warriors	Lost	20 - 12	Fullback	80	-	2	-	-	4	237	1	1	2	7	37	1	54	4	2	169	-	103
5	Dragons	Won	30 - 10	Fullback	80	1	5	-	-	14	238	-	1	2	8	20	-	39	4	1	117	-	40
6	Roosters	Lost	20 - 22	Fullback	80	-	2	-	-	4	137	-	1	2	7	68	1	35	3	1	210	-	112
7	Bulldogs	Lost	36 - 12	Fullback	52	-	1	-	-	2	90	-	-	-	2	13	1	19	1	1	44	-	21
18	Raiders	Won	12 - 16	Fullback	80	-	-	-	-	-	42	-	-	1	9	54	-	30	4	3	265	12	145
20	Broncos	Lost	14 - 30	Fullback	80	-	1	-	-	2	30	1	-	-	5	46	2	41	8	1	168	-	37
22	Panthers	Lost	22 - 14	Fullback	80	-	3	-	-	6	62	1	-	1	3	56	-	42	-	4	156	-	54
23	Wests Tigers	Won	34 - 18	Fullback	80	-	5	-	-	10	56	1	1	1	7	35	1	38	1	1	218	-	46
24	Sharks	Lost	19 - 18	Fullback	85	-	3	-	-	6	151	1	1	-	-	21	-	38	4	5	93	-	17
25	Rabbitohs	Won	16 - 36	Fullback	80	-	6	-	-	12	151	-	1	2	7	22	-	36	5	-	146	-	63
26	Titans	Won	36 - 14	Fullback	80	2	4	-	-	16	146	-	-	2	10	39	-	46	2	1	218	5	28
27	Dolphins	Won	14 - 6	Fullback	80	-	3	-	-	6	98	-	2	-	13	45	1	51	6	-	171	-	36
28	Cowboys	Lost	28 - 16	Fullback	80	-	2	-	-	4	82	-	2	2	8	32	2	42	5	2	207	-	29

Career By Season

	Year	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %	Tries	Goals	1 Point Field Goals	2 Point Field Goals	Points	Kicking Metres	Kicking Metres Average	Goal Conversion Rate	Forced Drop Outs	Try Assists	Linebreaks	Receipts	Tackles Made	Missed Tackles	Tackle Efficiency	Total Running Metres	Average Running Metres	Kick Return Metres	Total Points	Average Points
Cowboys	2016	2	1	1	-	50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	28	4	1	75.00%	236	118.00	27	46	23.0
Cowboys	2017	7	2	5	-	29%	3	-	-	-	12	50	7.14	-	-	-	8	153	19	8	70.37%	879	125.00	413	287	41.0
Knights	2018	20	7	13	-	35%	6	27	-	-	78	1,295	64.77	69.23%	7	11	12	698	105	42	71.43%	2,855	142.00	990	1,037	51.8
Knights	2019	20	8	12	-	40%	11	48	-	-	140	1,117	55.83	80.00%	8	9	15	718	113	42	72.90%	2,557	127.00	788	977	48.8
Knights	2020	19	11	8	-	58%	10	46	-	-	132	1,598	84.11	65.71%	8	14	12	791	54	41	56.84%	3,502	184.00	1,064	1,106	58.2
Knights	2021	15	8	7	-	53%	8	10	-	-	52	334	22.23	71.43%	1	14	9	584	45	29	60.81%	2,178	145.00	548	743	49.5
Knights	2022	14	3	11	-	21%	4	12	-	-	40	343	24.51	80.00%	2	6	6	455	45	15	75.00%	1,794	128.00	601	509	36.4
Knights	2023	20	12	8	-	60%	9	46	-	-	128	2,136	106.80	76.67%	5	21	19	647	121	50	70.76%	2,903	145.00	700	1,016	50.8
Knights	2024	16	7	9	-	44%	3	46	-	-	104	1,732	108.24	85.19%	5	11	17	622	54	25	68.35%	2,741	171.00	948	878	54.9

Career Overall

	Year Start	Year End	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %	Tries	Goals	1 Point Field Goals	2 Point Field Goals	Points	Kicking Metres	Kicking Metres Average	Goal Conversion Rate	Forced Drop Outs	Try Assists	Linebreaks	Receipts	Tackles Made	Missed Tackles	Tackle Efficiency	Total Running Metres	Average Running Metres	Kick Return Metres	Total Points	Average Points
Cowboys	2016	2017	9	3	6	-	33%	3	-	-	-	12	50	5.56	-	-	-	9	181	23	9	71.88%	1,115	123.00	440	333	37.0
Knights	2018	2024	124	56	68	-	45%	51	235	-	-	674	8,521	68.72	75.32%	36	86	90	4,514	538	243	68.89%	18,533	149.00	5,640	6,266	50.5