Try scoring one hit wonders

One Hit Wonders

There is a lot that goes into an NRLCEO Premiership.

Knowledge of the game and a good eye for the best players is obviously extremely important, but a bit of luck comes into it as well.

You can mostly craft a very decent forward pack and if luck goes your way and you don’t get many injuries then you are halfway there. But of course you need plenty of tries to win a premiership as well and we all know how difficult it can be to pick the top try scorer in the NRL each year. So that’s where a bit of luck in the later round drafts comes into play.

Take the players I am going to mention below for example. None of them are probably picked within the first ten rounds of any draft, yet they went on to dominate for a season and would have helped many lucky CEOs on their way to the finals.

 

2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 5-yr total Avg
Shaun Kenny-Dowall 11 9 8 9 21 58 12
Ash Graham n/a 7 21 12 9 49 12
Josh Morris 3 5 17 8 14 47 9
David Mead 4 11 10 16 6 47 9
James McManus 4 19 10 10 2 45 9
Sam Perrett 3 18 8 5 9 43 9
Sisa Waqa 17 12 8 4 n/a 41 10
David Simmons 6 19 2 12 1 40 8
Jorge Taufua 10 20 10 n/a n/a 40 13
David Williams 0 19 12 8 0 39 8
Semi Radradra 19 5 n/a n/a n/a 24 12
Andrew Everingham n/a 4 17 n/a n/a 21 11
Peta Hiku 17 3 n/a n/a n/a 20 10
Israel Folau n/a n/a n/a n/a 20 20 20
Alex Johnston 17 n/a n/a n/a n/a 17 17

 

Tell us about your best break out season and who you had scoring tries for you in the comments below.

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A Founder of NRLCEO. Jamie spends far more time on running the site than his own team and is therefore a perennial struggler, much to the delight of his mates. He is a former Bears, now Raiders tragic. A rangy lock who avoided running the ball at all costs, he once tackled (flopped on) John Hopoate. Web geek by day, web geek by night.

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JB

A Founder of NRLCEO. Jamie spends far more time on running the site than his own team and is therefore a perennial struggler, much to the delight of his mates. He is a former Bears, now Raiders tragic. A rangy lock who avoided running the ball at all costs, he once tackled (flopped on) John Hopoate. Web geek by day, web geek by night.

7 thoughts on “Try scoring one hit wonders

  • May 21, 2015 at 7:55 am
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    I miss Ash “Too many tries for a nickname” Graham. I also miss nicknaming every other player in my team.

    I don’t miss naming Crones Disease McCrone in our championship game ’cause I was nervous JT would be rested in the final round of 2012.

    • May 21, 2015 at 9:03 am
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      Wow. That’s a HUGE decision back in 2012! Bet you wished we had rolling lockout back then?

  • May 21, 2015 at 4:04 pm
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    Whatever happened to Andrew Everingham?

    • May 22, 2015 at 10:15 am
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      Playing second division rugby union in Japan for the Fukuoka Sanix Blues. From the NRL to that…

  • May 21, 2015 at 4:25 pm
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    My favourite was in 2004. Amos Roberts went undrafted after starting the year in reserves behind Luke Rooney and Brett Howland. Figuring he’d be first cab off the rank should there be an injury I snapped him up. Sure enough, Howland got injured and Roberts was in for Round 2. After scoring a try in his first match and 4 in his second, ‘Famous Amos’ never looked back, finishing the season as the league’s top try scorer with 23.

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