PREVIEW: Waikato vs Canterbury
19th October 2010 08:34AM
• Waikato have won 10 of 28 NPC matches against Canterbury.
• There have been 12 Ranfurly Shield matches between Waikato and Canterbury of which Waikato have won just two. Canterbury relieved Waikato of the Ranfurly Shield in 1994, 2000 and 2007.
• There were 100 points scored in the match when Waikato defeated Canterbury 59-41 in Hamilton in 2002.
• Waikato's last victory over Canterbury was by 36-22 in 2006.
• Waikato's best winning sequence against Canterbury was of four games 1997-99, which included an NPC semi-final.
• Only two players of Friday's likely Waikato team have scored tries against Canterbury - Sosene Anesi with two and Romana Graham one.
• Waikato have scored 325 points and conceded 239 points this year.
Canterbury have scored 366 points and conceded 264 points this year.
• Waikato have scored 35 tries and conceded 27 tries this year.
Canterbury have scored 43 tries and conceded 29 tries this year.
