Kalyn Ponga

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Biography:

The 2018 Danny Buderus medal winner, Ponga enjoyed a breakout season last year.

Earning his Queensland State of Origin debut, the livewire has the ability to play fullback or five-eighth.

Ponga was born in Port Hedland, WA but is a Mackay junior.

He made his NRL debut for the North Queensland Cowboys in 2016 and played nine games with the side across two seasons.

A speedster with cunning footwork, his ability to beat defenders is one of his strong attributes.

Ponga is signed with the Knights until the end of 2021.

2019 Season - By Round
Summary															Passing		Defence		Running Metres
Round	Opponent		Score	Position	Minutes Played	Tries	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	Sharks	Won	14 - 8	Five-Eighth	80	-	3	6	141	-	-	-	3	22	-	26	11	1	57	-	-
2	Panthers	Lost	14 - 16	Five-Eighth	80	-	3	6	21	-	1	-	3	17	1	30	12	2	82	-	8
3	Raiders	Lost	17 - 10	Five-Eighth	80	-	1	2	119	-	-	-	4	8	1	38	11	4	79	-	19
4	Dragons	Lost	12 - 13	Fullback	88	-	2	4	51	-	2	-	5	25	-	37	3	-	198	-	75
5	Sea Eagles	Lost	18 - 26	Fullback	64	-	3	6	50	-	1	1	6	13	-	23	8	4	168	-	115
6	Titans	Lost	38 - 14	Fullback	80	1	-	4	79	-	-	3	7	29	-	47	2	1	234	-	57
7	Eels	Won	28 - 14	Fullback	80	1	6	16	14	-	-	-	3	15	1	33	8	-	160	-	41
8	Warriors	Won	18 - 36	Fullback	80	1	8	20	118	1	-	2	4	14	-	32	6	2	111	-	4
9	Bulldogs	Won	10 - 22	Fullback	80	1	3	10	52	-	1	1	2	10	2	37	7	-	116	-	13
10	Dragons	Won	12 - 45	Fullback	80	2	8	24	63	1	-	2	9	10	-	38	2	2	109	-	-
11	Roosters	Won	38 - 12	Fullback	58	1	7	18	42	-	1	1	5	24	-	30	5	3	102	-	14
14	Storm	Lost	34 - 4	Fullback	80	-	-	-	75	1	1	-	7	13	-	38	7	6	118	-	67
18	Roosters	Lost	48 - 10	Fullback	80	-	1	2	75	1	1	1	2	21	1	40	1	2	140	-	58
19	Wests Tigers	Lost	26 - 28	Fullback	78	1	3	10	84	2	-	1	12	34	2	48	5	-	152	-	32
20	Sea Eagles	Lost	30 - 6	Fullback	80	1	-	4	58	-	-	1	6	11	-	49	1	5	146	-	47
21	Eels	Lost	20 - 14	Fullback	80	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	7	18	-	26	11	1	93	-	50
22	Cowboys	Won	42 - 6	Fullback	80	2	-	8	-	-	-	2	8	32	1	34	3	1	177	-	27

Career By Season

	Year	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %	Tries	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%	235	117.55	27	48	24.0
Cowboys	2017	7	-	-	-	-	3	-	12	32	4.57	-	-	-	8	153	19	8	64.04%	879	125.57	-	290	41.4
Knights	2018	20	7	13	-	35%	6	27	78	1,295	64.77	69.23%	7	11	12	698	105	42	67.44%	2,852	142.62	990	1,049	52.0
Knights	2019	17	7	10	-	41%	11	48	140	1,052	61.89	80.00%	6	8	15	606	103	34	68.37%	2,250	132.39	634	912	53.0

Career Overall

	Year Start	Year End	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %	Tries	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
Knights	2018	2019	37	14	23	-	-	17	75	218	2,348	63.45	75.76%	13	19	27	1,304	208	76	67.86%	5,106	138.00	1,624	1,962	53.0
Cowboys	2016	2017	9	3	6	-	-	3	-	12	50	5.56	-	-	-	9	181	23	9	66.48%	1,113	123.00	440	339	37.7