Most Games For Souths Without Ever Scoring a Try

[Squidge]

I was looking up the longest streak without scoring a try and I came up with:

List of South Sydney Rabbitohs players - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Here are the 'top' players - I worry a little about how accurate the records are for the top 2 being so long ago and I removed some players who were lower down the list from many years ago.

Player No.	Name	Career Years	Appearances
52	Owen McCarthy	1912–1917	78
115	Ern Wilmot	1921–1924	49
661	Gary Metcalfe	1981–1983	46
881	Ian Rubin	1996–1999	45
929	Jason Death	2002–2004	44
872	Paul McNicholas	1996–1999, 2002	34
848	Jason Tassell	1995–1997	31
736	Lindsay Johnston	1986–1989	27
1094	Zane Musgrove	2016–2018	27
709	Paul Akkary	1984–1985	25
759	Blake Butcher	1989–1993	23
934	Duncan MacGillivray	2002–2003	23
1136	Patrick Mago	2020–2021	23

 

[bigbopper]

That's interesting, thanks for posting it. I notice Zane Musgrove is now up to two tries - I guess Wests area more attacking club.

Cheers

 

[ASH1908]

Thanks for including the first half of our life. Many of these polls and studies only ever mention souths from about the 50s onwards. I find that first 50 years as intriguing as the last. Its not a fair dinkum poll or study without our whole lifespan taken into account and should be ignored if treated like that.

 

[yobbo84]

I don't think that list is 100% accurate.

Owen McCarthy only played 65 games for Souths and 13 for Balmain. I do think he still holds the record though.

Lindsay Johnston was 28 games.

Frank Puletua (26 games from 2002-03) and Frank Bonner (24 games from 1944-47) should also be on the list.

There's probably a couple of others.

 

[VIP]

I don't think that list is 100% accurate.

Owen McCarthy only played 65 games for Souths and 13 for Balmain. I do think he still holds the record though.

Lindsay Johnston was 28 games.

Frank Puletua (26 games from 2002-03) and Frank Bonner (24 games from 1944-47) should also be on the list.

There's probably a couple of others.

Is that all from the memory banks @yobbo84?

 

[yobbo84]

Thanks for including the first half of our life. Many of these polls and studies only ever mention souths from about the 50s onwards. I find that first 50 years as intriguing as the last. Its not a fair dinkum poll or study without our whole lifespan taken into account and should be ignored if treated like that.

The interesting part about the early days was City Cup - sometimes the NSWRFL competition would end, and the same teams would play a City Cup competition - of almost equal length, yet this is never counted towards any records. I'm sure some of the history buffs on here could add some more info!

 

[bunnytragic]

The interesting part about the early days was City Cup - sometimes the NSWRFL competition would end, and the same teams would play a City Cup competition - of almost equal length, yet this is never counted towards any records. I'm sure some of the history buffs on here could add some more info!

Don't rely on history buffs...Bigbopper was there in person at the first game in 1908!

 

[Squidge]

I don't think that list is 100% accurate.

Owen McCarthy only played 65 games for Souths and 13 for Balmain. I do think he still holds the record though.

Lindsay Johnston was 28 games.

Frank Puletua (26 games from 2002-03) and Frank Bonner (24 games from 1944-47) should also be on the list.

There's probably a couple of others.

Good pickups Yobbo!!

 

[rebrab]

Was going to say me…..feel like I played every game

 

[brend]

Thanks for including the first half of our life. Many of these polls and studies only ever mention souths from about the 50s onwards. I find that first 50 years as intriguing as the last. Its not a fair dinkum poll or study without our whole lifespan taken into account and should be ignored if treated like that.

Especially for fans like yourself who really appreciate the first half because after that you’ve usually switched off.

 

[ASH1908]

Who is this brend clown?

 

[daRque]

Who is this brend clown?

Someone who can sit out the 80 minutes.