Ken Irvine set to be dethroned?

[Rabbit toes]

OP started stupid. And it just went downhill from there.

It’s as though he took a page out of your book?

 

[yobbo84]

83 tries from 2014-2019 (122 games)
83 tries from 2020-2022* (68 games)

Freak.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Gotta think only injury will stop Johnson at this point, unless he changes clubs.

 

[10$ Ferret]

But the morons didn't want him anymore....
Maybe didn't fit the mould as he is a terrific fellow.

More seriously its a pretty special thing he is doing. People might think he is just benefitting from that style of play and just a finisher, but the style is benefitting just as much by having him at the end of it

 

[yobbo84]

People might think he is just benefitting from that style of play and just a finisher, but the style is benefitting just as much by having him at the end of it

100%. Classic example from Sunday. Keary threw a terrific long ball, but Naiqama run an outside-in line and we covered him easily. If that's AJ he hits the ball at pace and goes over in the corner without a hand laid on him.

 

[Steel Saints]

His positioning as a winger is probably his greatest strength. He knows where to be at the right place at the right time, and anticipates it better than most. If Walker or Latrell are close by, he is on red alert because he knows somethings brewing.

 

[myrrh ken]

Gotta think only injury will stop Johnson at this point, unless he changes clubs.

Has he given up on his fullback dream?

 

[Penrose Warrior]

But the morons didn't want him anymore....
Maybe didn't fit the mould as he is a terrific fellow.

More seriously its a pretty special thing he is doing. People might think he is just benefitting from that style of play and just a finisher, but the style is benefitting just as much by having him at the end of it

If anyone thinks that, they're not quite up with the pace.

Amongst other things, it is an incredible achievement to keep fit enough and on the field long enough to score that many tries, to maintain form, the hunger, all of those intangible things that aren't just related to catching a ball and running over the line. I've never played a game of league in my life but I've watched a lot, and I know there's so much more to his game than 'just catches it and scores'. For a start, if he was defensively mud, couldn't catch a bomb etc, he'd never get picked and wouldn't be able to score 166 tries. Yeah he's benefitted from being in a side that competes more often than not, and being a left winger on their attacking edge, but that alone doesn't carry you to top 5 all time.

And if it was so easy, everyone would be doing it. And they ain't.

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Brad parker is just waiting to make his run

 

[Canard]

83 tries from 2014-2019 (122 games)
83 tries from 2020-2022* (68 games)

Freak.

ESPN should do a 30 for 30 on this achievement.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

I love AJ. Great bloke and player. Enjoyed watching him tick up these tries. One day, he might break the record and it would be amazing.

Ken Irvine played at Norths from 1958-70. Norths made the finals twice in that 13 season period. Got a wooden spoon too and missed much of 1968 via a broken leg. His achievements are phenomenal. Should be an immortal.

 

[Captain Apollo]

I love AJ. Great bloke and player. Enjoyed watching him tick up these tries. One day, he might break the record and it would be amazing.

Ken Irvine played at Norths from 1958-70. Norths made the finals twice in that 13 season period. Got a wooden spoon too and missed much of 1968 via a broken leg. His achievements are phenomenal. Should be an immortal.

He was a great player, but not all great players are deserving of being an immortal. That's why there is a Hall of Fame, and he was the 61st inductee (https://www.nrl.com/hall-of-fame/players/ken-irvine/).

As it says on the NRL Hall of Fame website (source: https://www.nrl.com/hall-of-fame/immortals/) -

The Immortals of rugby league in Australia are 13 players named as the greatest ever.

To be chosen as an Immortal is the greatest honour a player can receive and it is widely considered that to earn the accolade he needs to have changed the game or had an impact beyond his career.

I don't know if Ken had that kind of impact. I mean look at the list of current immortals (source: https://www.nrl.com/hall-of-fame/immortals/) -

 

[Stinkfinger]

Gotta think only injury will stop Johnson at this point, unless he changes clubs.

Injury to him, or injury to Cody Walker.

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

ESPN should do a 30 for 30 on this achievement.

Or KFC could do a 30 pieces for $30 deal....

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

He was a great player, but not all great players are deserving of being an immortal. That's why there is a Hall of Fame, and he was the 61st inductee (https://www.nrl.com/hall-of-fame/players/ken-irvine/).

As it says on the NRL Hall of Fame website (source: https://www.nrl.com/hall-of-fame/immortals/) -



I don't know if Ken had that kind of impact. I mean look at the list of current immortals (source: https://www.nrl.com/hall-of-fame/immortals/) -


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Nice research.

The only ones I haven't seen play are Burge, Brown and Messenger. Not sure about Churchill.

 

[Captain Apollo]

Nice research.

The only ones I haven't seen play are Burge, Brown and Messenger. Not sure about Churchill.

My late Father saw Churchill play, and my dad passed in 2006. Always said to me that Churchill was the best player he ever saw, and he followed league his whole life.

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

I've never played a game of league in my life.

You poor bugger. You don't know what you missed out on. I feel sorry for you.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

My grandfather was a die hard saints man. He watched footy from 1930 to 2017. He too rated Churchill as the best he’d ever seen.

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

Got a wooden spoon too and missed much of 1968 via a broken leg. His achievements are phenomenal. Should be an immortal.

Two years after I discovered RL and the Sea Eagles. They might have still been the Sea Gulls way back then.

 

[yobbo84]

Tempting fate here, but it's worth another bump.

Alex Johnston has now moved to third overall with 184 tries, just 6 behind Slater and 28 behind Irvine.

7 more tries to move into 2nd place, and also 7 more tries to break Slater's record of most tries for a single club.

He passed another of Irvine's records on Friday, now scoring multiple tries in 51 games.

184 tries from 210 games overall at 0.88 tries per game.
161 tries from 149 games on the wing at 1.08 tries per game.

He is still only 28 years old too.

Crazy, crazy numbers.