naturally gifted rugby league players for scoring tries, who you rate ?

[blue bags]

naturally gifted rugby league players who you rate
the knowhow. running, passing, scheming, planning, setting up tries, side stepping, scoring

Andrew Johns, Wally Lewis, Johnathon Thurston, Alan Langer, Brett Kenny,
Teddy James Tedesco, Terry Lamb,

NATURAL rugby league players, with that extra talent of scoring tries
so many, cant list them all

An offensive weapon, that you knew , felt , would deliver the tries

 

[soc123_au]

Greg Alexander. A bit more luck with injury & personal tragedy he could have been close to immortal discussions. He was one of the most naturally gifted players I've seen.

 

[Perth Red]

Martin Offiah, crap tackler but geez he could score a length of the field try!
Gary Schofield, nobody had a sixth sense for scoring interception tries like him
Ado Carr, best finisher since Offiah. Reminds me a lot of him.

 

[King hit]

Billy Slater and James Tedesco are those players who just light the field up every game they play or in Slater's case played. They can score tries from any position from anywhere on the field.

Tedesco's 30 meter solo effort last Friday was something very few players can achieve whilst Slaters 2008 try against England is burned into my mind.

 

[Willie Ray]

Brett Mullins and Nathan Blacklock spring to mind for me...
and the try scoring freak that was Phil Blake.

 

[typicalfan]

Jarryd Hayne definitely, he could find the tryline.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Nathan Merritt, Brett Morris, Manu Vatuvai, Brett Stewart, Matt Sing, Hazem El Masri could all excite and find a try.

 

[Incorrect]

Might not be high on the try scorers list but Cody Walker is a real natural, just has footy instincts.

If he was around in the early to mid 90's just before the advent of full-time professionalism I reckon he'd have absolutely carved up. I mean he's pretty decent now, but with less structured defences he'd have been even more effective IMO.

 

[ACTPanthers]

The title of this thread is making my brain itch...

But anyway, not anywhere near the best, but Dave Simmons had an uncanny knack for getting a try when needed.

 

[grouch]

umm Nathan Blacklock is the GOAT in this category

NRL top tryscorer THREE years in a row
20+ tries FOUR years in a row

And a good majority of those tries were not merely due to being a winger on the end of a good backline. He had the instinct and the intelligence to know when an opportunity was coming anywhere on the field, so would leave his wing to get them.

 

[Desert Qlder]

Steve Renouf
Steve Menzies
Matt Bowen
Ricky Walford
Dale Shearer
Kyle Feldt
Andrew Ettinghausen

 

[THE CHAMP]

Sailor
Renouf
Blacklock
Chris Walker
Rhys wesser
And the always underrated Ken Nagas

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

As @grouch and @Willie Ray mentioned - Nathan Blacklock immediately registered with this thread topic. He's my favourite Dragon of all time, and my favourite player to watch of all time. But aside from my opinion he's got a try-scoring record to back it up. Absolutely Love Tingha.

Competing for Silver & Bronze Medals... players that come to mind include;

John Chicka Ferguson
Phil Blake (especially his early career)
Brett Kenny
Martin Offiah
Jason Robinson
David Peachey
Noa Nadruku
Matt Bowen
Ken Nagas
Brad Fittler
Jarryd Hayne

 

[gUt]

Hard to go past Blacklock and from my own club, Renouf.

I wonder how many people recall just how good a finisher the young Lote Tuqiri was.

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Hard to go past Blacklock and from my own club, Renouf.

I wonder how many people recall just how good a finisher the young Lote Tuqiri was.

Agreed on Tuqiri. And the Broncos had a string of great all-time wingers in the 90’s/00’s.
Carne, Hancock, Sailor, Tuqiri. All Australian rep players..

 

[The unknown]

J Yow Yeh before he had that horrific injury was amazing at scoring a meat pie. Brett Morris when the dragons were red hot

Greg Inglis, Tedesco

 

[T-Boon]

Brett Kenny is/was the most natural and best all round attacking player / attacking defender in RL history (or last 40 years). He was better than Lewis but Lewis was famous for being the Qld hero.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Shaun Johnson in his earlier years at the Warriors, so many times he’d just pull clutch plays out of nothing with intercepts or just leaving defences grasping at air with ridiculous footwork and speed. But he never properly capitalised on his natural gifts and he’s lost a yard or two of pace these days. Has he even produced an SJ special since he’s been at the Sharks?

 

[Cactus]

The title of this thread is making my brain itch...

How about a list of unnatural players ?

 

[blue bags]

Shaun Johnson in his earlier years at the Warriors, so many times he’d just pull clutch plays out of nothing with intercepts or just leaving defences grasping at air with ridiculous footwork and speed. But he never properly capitalised on his natural gifts and he’s lost a yard or two of pace these days. Has he even produced an SJ special since he’s been at the Sharks?

super player, untouchable in his prime , younger days
blacklock
mundene
ainscoh
gasnier
coyne
bmoz
sailor

these dragons players would have scored , setup, 100s of tries
these players