NRL Rare Feats

[The Mad Hatter]

Glenn Lazarus
3 premierships at 3 clubs (non Sydney at that), those three clubs their first premierships too.

Phil Sigsworth
3 GF losses for 3 different clubs (Newtown, 81; Manly, 83; Bulldogs, 86) against the same opponent, Parramatta.

 

[Ozzi_78]

Mullins I’m sure had multiple rare feats during that freak run in 1995. A try off 2 x chips. Back to back weeks with tries from kick returns. I’m sure plenty of others that raiders fans would be able to fill in

One was against Cronulla at Caltex, I remember my sister had him in the daily doubles and when he picked up the kick return I said hey if he scores you win, he went 70 metres and scored.

 

[Marshall_magic]

Paul McGregor has the rare distinction of coaching over 150 first grade games and not understanding that tries from kicks are still worth 4 points.

 

[King hit]

Glenn Lazarus
3 premierships at 3 clubs (non Sydney at that), those three clubs their first premierships too.

Phil Sigsworth
3 GF losses for 3 different clubs (Newtown, 81; Manly, 83; Bulldogs, 86) against the same opponent, Parramatta.

Geoff Gerrard gets another mention. Played for the Eels in 76 and 77 in the losing grand finals and then goes to manly and loses 2 grand finals to the Eels.

 

[Marshall_magic]

Would also like to add Trent Barrett - avoided a spoon with a $0 budget for outdoor seating.

 

[Murishido]

Just looked up that game, only listed as 3 errors on the NRL match centre. Given the lore of the match (and the held breath every kick fielded by Manu for the rest of his career) that surprises me, I among every other Warriors fan remember it being an absolute shocker but maybe we were a bit harsh in retrospect!

At least he had his own rare feat in the record books with 10+ tries a year for 10 consecutive seasons.


Edit : checked the Ed Kosi stats out of curiosity for the infamous 70-10 ANZAC thrashing by the Storm, where Warriors fans had a similarly dim view of his performance echoing that Manu game, turns out he officially also only had three errors with a 100% tackle efficiency (two tackles made none missed!). This is one game where stats don't tell the story, I guess not even attempting a tackle to let the opposition burn you all night doesn't count as 'missed' hah!

That's why effective tackle % is a pointless stat.

 

[horrie hastings]

Geoff Gerrard gets another mention. Played for the Eels in 76 and 77 in the losing grand finals and then goes to manly and loses 2 grand finals to the Eels.

Always liked Geoff Gerrard.

 

[Saxon]

Glenn Lazarus
3 premierships at 3 clubs (non Sydney at that), those three clubs their first premierships too.

Premierships at 3 clubs, 5 in all.
Raiders 1989–90, Broncos 1992–93 and Storm 1999.

 

[Saxon]

Mal Meninga - shortest political career of all time?

 

[Marshall_magic]

Mal Meninga - shortest political career of all time?

I still remember being in high school and loving the Chasers. In their election round ups they would give out the “Mal Meninga Award” for the worst moment of the election.

 

[T-Boon]

Apparently Nigel Vagana had a 2 intercept try game in about 2001 or something. That is the only one I know of and I’ll confirm it with A.I now.

 

[King hit]

Mal Meninga - shortest political career of all time?

It’s quite funny but I actually have a lot of respect for Mal doing that. Realised the position wasn’t for him and stepped down on his own terms avoiding that nasty mean political life.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Peter Penaia at Canberra for shortest first grade career of all time - pretty sure he took the first hit up off the kick off in his only game, was injured in the tackle and never played first grade again.

 

[Marshall_magic]

As a serious suggestions I would say a 300 running metres game would be pretty rare (maybe 1-2 times a year)