The best ever individual NRLCEO scores
We’ve gone back to the record books to look at the best individual NRLCEO scores of all time.
I’ve only gone back as far as 2014 which is when we brought in Double Workhorses and Metre Eaters so it’s not an exhaustive list but it makes for some fun analysis nonetheless.
So starting from the bottom of the top scoring lists, let’s take a look at each of the best individual performances who have returned 21 or more NRLCEO points based on our standard scoring.
Ben Hunt – 21
versus Titans – Round 22 2017
What’s most incredible with this performance is that Ben Hunt did it from the bench! So this performance was done in just 47 minutes which makes it extremely unique on this list. The Dragons bought themself a halfback, but it turns out hooker might be his best position after all. With three tries, three try assists, two line breaks and a line break assist he finished with a quality tally of 21 NRLCEO points and yet still couldn’t get a compliment from Wayne Bennett.
Cameron Munster – 21
versus Roosters – Round 14 2016
When the Storm put to the Roosters to the sword 46-0 you would normally expect the names Cronk, Slater and Smith to be the chief destroyers. On this day it was Cam Munster who did the damage. He only scored on try himself, but had three try assists, four line breaks, three line break assists and a massive 234m double metre eater!
Jordan Rapana – 21
versus Titans – Round 6 2017
Jordan Rapana may have made his debut for the Titans as a teenager, but he came back to bite them in Round 6 this year. He had spiders on him in this game scoring three tries in the first 24 minutes and almost scoring a fourth. He also had a try assist, three line breaks and 251m double metre eater. As someone who had him in my team I was crying out for more but 21 points ain’t bad!
Alex Johnston – 22
versus Warriors – Round 24 2017
In a year where he scored 22 tries in 22 rounds of football, Alex Johnston was in special form against the struggling Warriors. He scored a hat-trick of tries for himself, had one try assist, three line breaks, a line break assist and massive 219m double metre eater. And it’s not even his highest ever NRLCEO score…
Latrell Mitchell – 22 (34)
versus Eels – Round 25 2018
The Roosters started the game needing to win by 27 points or more to win the Minor Premiership. The first half was fairly insignificant but in the second half Latrell took the Eels apart during a period of back to back sin bins for the Eels. He finished with a hat-trick and double metre eater. He also kicked six goals to take his total NRLCEO score to 34 points (without captains).
Semi Radradra – 22
versus Dragons – Round 2 2017
There have been so many great Semi performances and this isn’t actually the one that comes to mind most, but whenever a winger scores four tries it’s pretty memorable. I just felt like he could of done more! Nevertheless four tries, four line breaks and a 159m metre eater is a great result!
Suliasi Vunivalu – 22
versus Rabbitohs – Round 25 2017
Just when you though Vunivalu couldn’t get any better he goes and scores three tries and 22 NRLCEO points. It caps off the most incredible rise to first grade with 45 tries in 43 games. Sure, he only got the ball down for two of them but in a world where penalty tries count too it all adds up on the NRLCEO scoreboard.
Tom Trbojevic – 22
versus Raiders – Round 24 2018
Sure, the Raiders were horrible, but Tommy Trbojevic was red hot! He blitzed the right hand side of the Raiders defence running in for a try of his own off the inside of his brother Jake and then more importantly laying on another four tries for his team mates as well as a 206 metre Double Metre Eater as well.
Alex Johnston – 23
versus Panthers – Round 17 2017
The Panthers went into this game as favourites, but it was the Bunnies who couldn’t do anything wrong. In a 42-14 romp, Alex Johnston was the beneficiary of Cody Walker and Adam Reynolds dominating. He scored five tries and would have been further up the list if he had more line breaks but he finished with just the one and a 195m metre eater.
Nathan Merritt (23)
versus Eels – Round 22 2011
You can see from the picture above how many tries he scored that day. In a 56-6 romp of the Eels, the Rabbitohs flyer crossed the stripe five times and managed three line breaks along the way for a scintillating 23 NRLCEO points. Unfortunately there were no metres recorded during that game to assess whether he could have added a metre eater to that tally, but it’s safe to say he was in space plenty of times that day!
Valentine Holmes – 23
versus Knights – Round 10 2016
This game was apparently so memorable that the Sharks made some specific memorabilia for it. That’s about all I can remember of this game from memory which ended up 62-0 to the Sharks. Holmes scored three of his four tries within the first 26 minutes of the game and would have had many scouring through the record books. He finished with four tries, three line breaks and a 204m double metre eater. Interestingly he only had to make three tackles that day.
Angus Crichton – 24
versus Titans – Round 15 2017
Crichton was the inspiration for this article and an inspiration for the whole season for the Rabbitohs. The former GPS rugby student has dominated with his open running this season and the Titans copped the full force of it. Three tries, four line breaks, a 42 involvement workhorse and 214m double metre eater gave him an incredible 24 NRLCEO points and the best ever performance by a forward.
Tom Trbojevic – 25
versus Titans – Round 23 2018
It was a game of no defence with two teams outside of finals contention. The Sea Eagles shot out to a 22-6 lead with two tries to Tom and one to Jake. The Titans fought back, but the Trbojevic’s scored five tries between them! Tom scored a hat-trick, two try assists, four line breaks, one line break assist and 202 metres for a Double Metre Eater. They still lost 42-34.
Semi Radradra – 26
versus Broncos – Round 25 2017
The Broncos were on their way to securing second spot on the NRL ladder before they were run over by a Semi Trailer. Four incredible tries including a length of the field special, one try assist and four line breaks and a 240m double metre eater. Don’t take him Rugby Union – he’s just getting started.
Jordan Rapana – 27
versus Tigers – Round 8 2016
This is Rapana’s second entry on this list and no player has scored more points than Rapana since the start of last year. The guy is a point scoring machine. His 27 point haul came against the Tigers in a 60-6 drubbing in Canberra. He scored four tries that day, had a try assist for Joey Leilua, five line breaks and a 215m double metre eater. It’s hard to see this score ever getting beaten but I’ll never say never.
Terry Campese – 29 (49)
versus Panthers – Round 22 2008
As a Raiders fan this game was one of the weirdest of all time! We went to the stadium expecting a close game akin to the 20-16 victory over the Panthers at the start of the year. At the end of the game we were hoarse and in disbelief. The Raiders put on 74 points including the fourth highest individual point scoring haul of all time for Terry Campese (36) behind only the great Mal Meninga (38) and Dave Brown (38 and 40) back in 1935. Not only did he score four himself, but he had three try assists, three line breaks and three line break assists giving him the most ever NRLCEO points in one performance. Add to that the fact he had ten conversions as well as that gave him 49 points in just one week! It will never be broken.
Points based on: Tries (4), Workhorses (4), Double Workhorses (8), Metre Eaters (2), Double Metre Eaters (4), Try Assists (2), Line Breaks (1), Line Break Assists (1), 40/20s (1), Field Goals (1), Sin Bins (-2) and Send Offs (-4).
JB
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