Which forward makes the most ground per hit up?

[NPK]

Which forward (excluding hookers) makes the most ground per hit up on average in the NRL?
Some criteria - must have at least 50 hitups this season, and be calculated from the NRL's stats: metres gained/hitups

For the Broncos: Civoniceva: 9.2 metres

Not many platers can beat that...just had a quick look and Frank Pritchard, Tony Puletua, Roy Asotasi, Carl Webb, Steve Price have achieved better...but no NSW eligible rep players in that list ;-)

 

[Hurriflatch]

Dean Widders
Hitups: 78
Metres: 734
Metres per hitup: 9.4

 

[Big_Bad_Shark_Fan]

Nutley averages over 12

 

[RABK]

Carmont averages -16.2 metres.

 

[Raider_69]

he is only on 24 hit ups but Al Rothery averages 9.6m per hit ups for canberra
he is our best. The others are already beaten by whats here

 

[Raider_69]

Nutley averages over 12

8.6m acually

 

[Johns Magic]

Um for Newcastle...

Surprisingly, our top "metres-per-hitup" forward who is quaified is Blake Meuller, who averages 8.46, who just pips Craig Smith with 8.45.

However of players who have been injured and thus are not qualified, Clint Newton averages 9.7, and has made 20 hitups.
Daniel Tolar averages 9.1 and has made 43 hitups.
Josh Perry averages 8.8 and has made 27 hitups.
Matt White averages 8.5 and has made 46 hitups.

All in all, I'd say our biggest impact runner with the ball is Clint Newton. He has very powerful leg drive.

 

[fourplay]

Sbw

 

[NPK]

Dean Widders
Hitups: 78
Metres: 734
Metres per hitup: 9.4

Yep, he's a strong chap.
Puletua averaged over 10 metres from 52 hitups..which was a great start to the season. Would have been interesting if he could have kept that up for the whole season.

 

[NPK]

Sbw

I thought he would be up there too, which he is (9.15 metres) but he has made less than 50 hitups...due to injury.

 

[RABK]

Ben Kennedy averaged 11 metres throughout 2001 i think.

 

[NPK]

Ben Kennedy averaged 11 metres throughout 2001 i think.

That's a good effort. That would be bloody hard to maintain over a season.

 

[Tidus_Raider]

Carmont averages -16.2 metres.

Carmont is a back not forward

 

[Stuart]

Miller is the only canberra forward who meets the criteria and gets close. He averages 8.8 metres per hit up (83 for 734 metres).

 

[RABK]

Carmont is a back not forward

Look for the humour mate.

 

[RABK]

That's a good effort. That would be bloody hard to maintain over a season.

His stats were constantly high eg 14 hit ups for 167 metres. He also scored 17 trys that year. Certainly a big part of why we won the comp.

Matt Parsons averaged 10 metres throughout his career.

 

[Tidus_Raider]

Look for the humour mate.

Well with Knights going so bad, I guess that all you can look for

 

[MightySharks]

Big Hutch for the Sharks 129 hitups,1234m
Average 9.565m

 

[Fibroman]

Those stats would include clean breaks/kick returns etc.

For a forward running into a set defensive line, I'd take big Benny Ross from the mighty panthers, and Puletua if he was fit.

 

[Stuart]

Ben Ross, 150 hitups for 1241 metres at 8.3 metres per hit up.