South Sydney Rabbitohs - Statistics and Records

Statistics and Records

South Sydney are the most successful club in terms of honours and individual player achievements in the history of Australian rugby league.

The club achievements include:

• The Rabbitohs have won the most first grade premierships (20) during the history of elite rugby league competition in Australia.

• Souths have also won the most reserve grade premierships (20).

• The club has the distinction of scoring the most points (42), most tries (8) and most goals (9) in a grand final, all achieved against Manly in 1951.

• Souths' 1925 first grade side is one of six New South Wales sides to ever go through a season undefeated. The club won the premiership in all three grades in 1925, a feat only repeated on three other occasions (Balmain Tigers in 1915 and 1916 and St George Dragons in 1963).

• In 2008, the Rabbitohs equalled the second biggest comeback in Australian Rugby League history. After being down 28–4 after 53 minutes against the North Queensland Cowboys, the Rabbitohs won the match 29–28.

The club's players have also achieved some notable individual game and point scoring milestones:

• Bob McCarthy holds the record for the most first grade games for the club, having played 211 matches between 1963 and 1978. Craig Coleman and Eric Simms are the only other two players to have played over 200 matches, having taken to the field in 208 and 206 games respectively.

• Jack Rayner holds the individual record of the most grand final successes as a captain (5) and coach (5) achieved between 1950 and 1955.

• Eric Simms holds the club record for the most points, tallying 1841 points between 1965 and 1975.

• Eric Simms scored 265 points on his own for South Sydney in 1969 and this tally along with ones achieved in 1970 and 1967 remain unsurpassed by any other player at the club. The 1969 tally was once a league record, and has since been broken by a number of players at other clubs.

• Eric Simms still holds a club and competition record for the most number of goals (112 goals and 19 field goals) in a season, most career field goals (86) and most field goals in a game (5).

• Johnny Graves' tally of 29 points in a match against Eastern Suburbs in 1952 remains the club record for the most individual points in a match. Had this feat been scored as it is today it would have stood at 32 points.

• Between 1921 and 1933 Benny Wearing scored 144 tries in his 172 games for the club, which is an exceptional proportion of tries per games played.

• Les Brennan's 29 tries in 19 games in 1954 remains a club record, having broken Johnny Graves' tally of 28 in 17 games set just three years earlier.

• During his career Bob McCarthy scored 100 tries for the club, the most by a forward.

• In 2011 Nathan Merritt equalled the Rabbitohs record for most tries in a game with 5 in a 56–6 demolition of the Parramatta Eels.

• As of game 2 in the 2012 finals series Adam Reynolds became the second player in Souths history to score 200 points in one season after Eric Simms