1. Payne Haas (Brisbane Broncos – last week: 1st)
18 games, 4 tries, 184.6 metres per game, 1208 post contact metres, 6 line breaks, 89 tackle breaks, 92.2% tackle efficiency
Haas ran for over 200 metres for the third straight week in Brisbane’s loss to South Sydney, with a whopping 102 of his metres being post contact.
2. Briton Nikora (Cronulla Sharks – 2nd)
21 games, 6 tries, 90.5 metres per game, 10 line breaks, 52 tackle breaks, 4 try assists, 5 line break assists, 88% tackle efficiency
Nikora scored his sixth try of the season and ran for 100 metres Cronulla’s big win over the Warriors
3. Maika Sivo (Parramatta Eels – 3rd)
21 games, 16 tries, 139 metres per game, 905 post contact metres, 15 line breaks, 72 tackle breaks, 83.8% tackle efficiency
Sivo’s try-less streak extended to two games in the Eels’ loss to Canterbury. Still, he ran for 99 metres and produced a monster hit on Dallin Watene-Zelezniak.
4. Bronson Xerri (Cronulla Sharks – 4th)
19 games, 12 tries, 126.7 metres per game, 13 line breaks, 78 tackle breaks, 6 try assists, 82.8% tackle efficiency
Xerri was involved in everything in Cronulla’s win over the Warriors, scoring a try, setting up one, running for 133 metres and breaking seven tackles.
5. Ryan Papenhuyzen (Melbourne Storm – 7th)
18 games, 6 tries, 103.3 metres per game, 11 line breaks, 43 tackle breaks, 4 try assists, 79% tackle efficiency
Papenhuyzen got to start at fullback in Melbourne’s win over the Titans and was phenomenal. He scored a try, ran for 240 metres and forced two drop outs.
6. Reuben Garrick (Manly Sea Eagles – 6th)
22 games, 16 tries, 111 metres per game, 593 post contact metres, 11 line breaks, 57 tackle breaks, 61.8% tackle efficiency
Garrick scored 14 of Manly’s 18 points in their win over Canberra. The Gerringong junior scored his 16th try of the year and ran for 147 metres.
7. Braden Hamlin-Uele (Cronulla Sharks – 8th)
18 games, 4 tries, 100.9 run metres per game, 615 post contact metres, 4 line breaks, 47 tackle breaks, 89.3% tackle efficiency
Hamlin-Uele was a beast off the bench in Cronulla’s win over the Warriors. In 36 minutes, he scored a barnstorming try, ran for 120 metres and broke five tackles.
8. Brian To’o (Penrith Panthers – 9th)
13 games, 8 tries, 172.5 metres per game, 673 post contact metres, 60 tackle breaks, 87.3% tackle efficiency
To’o was one of the few standouts in Penrith’s loss to the Cowboys. In addition to scoring his eighth try of 2019, he ran for 198 metres from 21 runs.
9. Jack Williams (Cronulla Sharks – 5th)
22 games, 1 try, 98.7 metres per game, 705 post contact metres, 3 line breaks, 28 tackle breaks, 89% tackle efficiency
Williams played just 11 minutes in the Sharks’ win over the Warriors, running for 32 metres from 3 runs.
10. Corey Horsburgh (Canberra Raiders – 10th)
17 games, 96.6 metres per game, 615.7 post contact metres, 7 tackle breaks, 91.5% tackle efficiency
Horsburgh was a bright spark off the bench again for Canberra in their loss to Manly. He ran for 121 metres and made two offloads and 22 tackles in 32 minutes.
The 18th Man’s Rookie Rankings, released after each round, take into account a player’s previous round performance and their season as a whole.
We are using the NRL’s criteria for Dally M Rookie of the Year; players are eligible for the Rookie of the Year in their debut season and the subsequent two NRL seasons. Once a player plays his fifth NRL Premiership match (or Super League match), he becomes ineligible for the Rookie of the Year in any subsequent seasons.
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