The Roar
The Roar

League
Advertisement

The Roar's 2019 top 50 NRL players: Odds and ends
The Roar
25th February, 2019
16
Join the conversation
1066 Reads
Advertisement
Write for The Roar

Anyone can contribute to The Roar and have their work featured alongside some of Australia’s most prominent sports journalists.

Autoplay in... 6 (Cancel)
Up Next No more videos! Playlist is empty -
Replay
Cancel
Next
The Roar
25th February, 2019
16
1066 Reads

Just in case you missed it – The Roar crowned its top 50 NRL players last week, using the combined work of NRL experts Scott Pryde, Mary Konstantopoulos, Stuart McLennan, AJ Mithen and Tim Gore.

Sydney Roosters fullback James Tedesco was named the NRL’s No.1 player by our panel of experts, and you can view the complete countdown below – but there’s a few oddities of interest that we simply didn’t have time for last week.

For starters on the topic of Tedesco, it may interest you to know we had much less of a consensus in 2019 than we’ve seen in years past, with only two judges ultimately selecting him as their No.1.

Scott and Stuart both gave Teddy the maximum marks, but three out of five judges felt there was another player more deserving.

James Tedesco

(Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

Both Mary and AJ gave the top spot to Tedesco’s Sydney Roosters teammate Cooper Cronk, but he was dragged down to third overall by Scott’s decision to rank him as only the 11th best player in the competition.

Melbourne Storm skipper Cameron Smith was the other player the get the No.1 ranking from a judge, backed in there by Tim Gore, but finished fourth overall.

[related_category category=”rugby-league”]
Advertisement

Jason Taumalolo, interestingly, outpaced both Cronk and Smith despite not being ranked better than No.2 overall by any judge.

Every player in the top ten was included in each judge’s individual top 50, but there were two players who made it into the 20s with at least one judge electing not to include them at all.

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck rose as high as No.14 overall despite not attracting any votes from Stuart, while Josh Hodgson came in at No.17 without being ranked by Mary.

Things got more spotty from there on out, and in the 41-50 zone there were a handful of players who managed to sneak in despite only having the backing of two out of five judges – Cody Walker, Blake Ferguson, Adam Reynolds, Dane Gagai, and Mr No.50 himself, Elliott Whitehead.

Rooster Joseph Manu could count himself as the competition’s unluckiest, narrowly missing out after he was ranked No.51 overall.

But what about the one-judge wonders? Tohu Harris and Will Chambers were the major outliers here, coming in at No.9 and No.11 respectively for Mary, but failing to make the overall 50 as they weren’t backed by any of the others.

Here’s a full list of the players who had a one-person cheer squad.

Advertisement

Scott Pryde: Paul Vaughan, Aiden Sezer, Alex Johnston.

Mary Konstantopoulos: Will Chambers, Tohu Harris, Josh Dugan, Aaron Woods, Campbell Graham.

Stuart McLennan: Tom Burgess, Jack De Belin, Tevita Pangai, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Jared Warea-Hargraves, Jarrod Croker, Nick Cotric, Esan Masters.

AJ Mithen: Cam McInnes, Dale Finucane.

Tim Gore: Clint Gutherson, Jordan McLean, Jon Bateman.

Here is the full table of votes from each expert.

Player Scott Mary Stuart AJ Tim Points
James Tedesco 1 7 1 2 3 291
Jason Taumalolo 4 8 2 3 2 286
Cooper Cronk 11 1 3 1 4 285
Cameron Smith 2 2 4 11 1 285
Latrell Mitchell 6 10 10 4 11 264
Kalyn Ponga 5 4 5 15 14 262
Damien Cook 3 3 12 20 17 250
Sam Burgess 12 23 6 5 15 244
Gareth Widdop 8 6 11 18 19 243
Cameron Munster 21 15 9 16 10 233
Andrew Fifita 18 29 24 8 6 219
Jake Trbojevic 7 42 26 6 13 211
Nathan Cleary 27 14 8 23 21 211
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 10 5 13 7 209
Boyd Cordner 16 16 7 25 33 208
James Maloney 13 36 19 22 18 197
Josh Hodgson 15 18 7 8 196
Tom Trbojevic 14 31 16 53 12 179
Shaun Johnson 19 12 15 43 36 179
Greg Inglis 9 58 13 29 22 173
Angus Crichton 25 24 29 27 43 156
Daly Cherry-Evans 47 34 10 5 148
Jesse Bromwich 35 14 31 20 143
Michael Morgan 26 12 9 136
Martin Taupau 30 30 47 38 27 132
Mitchell Pearce 33 48 9 24 129
Anthony Milford 46 28 17 25 127
Luke Keary 20 19 23 120
David Klemmer 22 21 59 28 113
Ben Hunt 49 39 20 26 109
Viliame Kikau 23 35 28 49 108
Josh Addo-Carr 31 19 46 42 105
Wade Graham 50 13 22 97
Matt Moylan 38 38 40 31 96
Josh Jackson 24 41 26 91
Luke Brooks 51 37 31 33 91
Reagan Campbell-Gillard 33 40 52 30 89
Andrew McCullough 43 35 16 88
James Graham 44 17 49 48 85
Ryan James 25 37 45 53 84
Josh McGuire 40 23 39 81
James Roberts 18 27 58 80
Cody Walker 17 30 75
Tariq Sims 26 45 38 73
Tyson Frizell 49 36 50 37 72
Blake Ferguson 32 17 72
Adam Reynolds 28 21 72
David Fusitu’a 29 54 49 41 70
Dane Gagai 22 32 68
Elliott Whitehead 21 34 67
Joseph Manu 14 44 64
Jai Arrow 37 44 38 63
Jordan Rapana 54 36 34 59
Tyrone Peachey 59 53 32 60 41 59
Will Chambers 11 56 55
Victor Radley 50 30 56 55 53
Siosiua Taukeiaho 24 46 52
Jamayne Isaako 36 35 59 52
Tohu Harris 9 52
Dylan Edwards 37 35 50
Corey Oates 27 46 49
AJ Brimson 41 32 48
Josh Papalii 56 55 42 45 45
Josh Dugan 20 41
Joey Leilua 42 39 40
Josh Mansour 47 34 40
Clinton Gutherson 54 29 39
Tom Burgess 43 51 51 38
Suliasi Vunikalu 43 41 38
Paul Gallen 45 44 57 36
Jack De Belin 25 36
Coen Hess 33 54 35
Tevita Pangai 28 33
George Burgess 48 52 50 32
Jordan McLean 52 40 30
Cameron Murray 32 29
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 44 52 26
Paul Vaughan 34 26
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 57 39 25
Jarrod Croker 57 42 22
Alex Johnston 39 21
Aidan Sezer 40 20
Nick Cotric 45 16
Aaron Woods 46 15
Jon Bateman 47 14
Cam McInnes 47 14
Dale Finucane 48 13
Campbell Graham 48 13
Esan Marsters 50 60 12
Robbie Farah 51 10
Felise Kaufusi 51 10
Dylan Walker 53 8
John Sutton 52 8
Jesse Ramien 58 57 7
Darius Boyd 53 7
Joe Ofahengauhe 55 6
Matt Scott 55 6
Jake Granville 54 6
Isaac Yeo 56 5
Nelson Asofa-Solomona 55 5
Curtis Scott 57 4
Kieran Foran 56 4
Tim Mannah 58 3
Jarrod Wallace 59 2
Ashley Taylor 58 2
Waqa Blake 60 1
Connor Watson 59 1
Advertisement

Sports opinion delivered daily 

   

The Roar’s top 50 NRL players
50. Elliott Whitehead
49. Dane Gagai
48. David Fusitu’a
47. Adam Reynolds
46. Blake Ferguson
45. Tyson Frizell
44. Tariq Sims
43. Cody Walker
42. James Roberts
41. Josh McGuire
40. Ryan James
39. James Graham
38. Andrew McCullough
37. Reagan Campbell-Gillard
36. Josh Jackson
35. Luke Brooks
34. Matt Moylan
33. Wade Graham
32. Josh Addo-Carr
31. Viliame Kikau
30. Ben Hunt
29. David Klemmer
28. Luke Keary
27. Anthony Milford
26. Mitchell Pearce
25. Martin Taupau
24. Michael Morgan
23. Jesse Bromwich
22. Daly Cherry-Evans
21. Angus Crichton
20. Greg Inglis
19. Shaun Johnson
18. Tom Trbojevic
17. Josh Hodgson
16. James Maloney
15. Boyd Cordner
14. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
13. Nathan Cleary
12. Jake Trbojevic
11. Andrew Fifita
10. Cameron Munster
9. Gareth Widdop
8. Sam Burgess
7. Damien Cook
6. Kalyn Ponga
5. Latrell Mitchell
4. Cameron Smith
3. Cooper Cronk
2. Jason Taumalolo
1. James Tedesco

16
Join the conversation

Reckon you can pick the winning team?  Build your own dream team with Draftstars daily fantasy and compete on any match.  For great odds on the NRL head on over to PlayUp.  Imagine what you could be buying instead.  Set a deposit limit.

Related Posts

close