List of South Sydney Rabbitohs records

The following is a list of the South Sydney Rabbitohs club records. The list encompasses the first-grade honours won by South Sydney, records set by the club, their coaches and their players.

Club records

These are NRL records which relate to the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Grand Finals

Most First Grade Premierships

Most Reserve Grade Premierships

Highest Score in a Grand Final

42 points versus Manly Sea Eagles in 1951 (Souths won 42–14)

Most Tries in a Grand Final

8 tries versus Manly Sea Eagles in 1951

Most Goals in a Grand Final

9 goals versus Manly Sea Eagles in 1951

Most Tries in a Grand Final by an Individual Player

4 tries by Johnny Graves versus Manly Sea Eagles in 1951

Most Field Goals in a Grand Final by an Individual Player

4 field goals by Eric Simms versus Manly Sea Eagles in 1970 (Souths won 23–12)

Most Points in all Grand Final Appearances

42 points by Eric Simms (1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971)

Most Grand Final successes as a Captain

5 by Jack Rayner (1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955)

Most Grand Final successes as a Coach

5 by Jack Rayner (1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955)

Premiership

Most goals in a season by an individual player

131 by Eric Simms in 1969

Most Career Field Goals by an Individual Player

86 by Eric Simms between 1965 and 1975

Most Career Points scored by a Forward

1,128 by Bernie Purcell between 1949–1952 and 1954–1960

Most Field Goals in a Game by an Individual Player

5 by Eric Simms versus Penrith, Penrith Park, 27 July 1969 (Souths won 40–18)

World Club Challenge

Wins

Highest Score in a WCC

39 points versus St Helens in 2015 (Souths won 39–0)

Individual awards

Rothmans Medal winners

The Rothmans Medal was previously awarded to the player of the year.

1969 – Denis Pittard
1971 – Denis Pittard

Dally M Medal winners

The Dally M Medal is currently awarded to the player of the year.

1980 – Rocky Laurie

Harry Sunderland Medal winners

1970 – Ron Coote

NSW Player of the Year

1949, 1950 and 1952 – Clive Churchill
1953 – Jack Rayner
1968 and 1969 – Ron Coote

Sun-Herald Best and Fairest Player

1952 – Clive Churchill
1958 – Fred Nelson
1964 – Richie Powell
1972 and 1973 – Denis Pittard

E E Christensen Player of the Year (1946–1977)

1949, 1950 and 1952 – Clive Churchill
1953 – Jack Rayner
1968 and 1969 – Ron Coote

Claude Corbett Memorial Trophy

1950 and 1954 – Clive Churchill

Rugby League Week Player of the Year

1971 – Bob Grant

Dally M Rookie of the Year

1989 – Jim Serdaris
2008 – Chris Sandow
2012 – Adam Reynolds
2013 - George Burgess

ARL Hall of Fame inductees

Clive Churchill Medal

2014 - Sam Burgess

Individual records

Most First Grade Games for the Club

Games played	Player	Years Played
250	John Sutton	2004 – present
218	Nathan Merritt	2002 – 2003, 2006 – 2014
211	Bob McCarthy	1963 – 1975, 1978
208	Craig Coleman	1982–1992
206	Eric Simms	1965–1975
195	John Sattler	1963–1972
194	Jack Rayner	1946–1957
190	Luke Stuart	2002–2011
188	Isaac Luke	2007–2015
182	Michael Andrews	1984–1993
181	Mario Fenech	1981–1990

Most Points for the club

Points	Player	Games played
1,841 (23 tries, 803 goals, 86 field goals)	Eric Simms	206
1,128 (36 tries, 510 goals)	Bernie Purcell	173
872 (17 tries, 397 goals, 10 field goals)	Adam Reynolds	116
836 (144 tries, 202 goals)	Benny Wearing	172
653 (146 tries, 34 goals, 1 field goal)	Nathan Merritt	218

Most points in a season

Points	Player	Games played	Season
265 (1 try, 112 goals, 19 field goals)	Eric Simms	24	1969
241 (3 tries, 96 goals, 20 field goals)	Eric Simms	22	1970
233 (3 tries, 100 goals, 12 field goals)	Eric Simms	24	1967
221 (7 tries, 95 goals, 3 field goals)	Adam Reynolds	26	2014

Most Points in a Match

Points	Player	Opponent	Venue	Date	Match score
29 (3 tries, 10 goals)	Johnny Graves	Eastern Suburbs	Sports Ground	Round 8, 1952	Souths won 50–0
27 (5 tries, 6 goals)	Johnny Graves	Eastern Suburbs	Redfern Oval	Round 14, 1949	Souths won 48–6
24 (4 tries, 6 goals)	Terry Fahey	Penrith	Redfern Oval	Round 5, 1979	Souths won 39–9
23 (3 tries, 7 goals)	Johnny Graves	Parramatta	Redfern Oval	Round 10, 1948	Souths won 38–5
23 (1 try, 10 goals)	Johnny Graves	Newtown	Redfern Oval	Round 18, 1952	Souths won 41–2
22 (11 goals)	Eric Simms	Cronulla	Redfern Oval	Round 3, 1969	Souths won 43–4
22 (6 goals, 5 field goals)	Eric Simms	Penrith	Penrith Park	Round 18, 1969	Souths won 40–18
22 (2 tries, 8 goals)	Mark Ross	St George Dragons	Redfern Oval	Round 13, 1981	Souths won 34–17
22 (1 try, 9 goals)	Tony Melrose	Cronulla	Redfern Oval	Round 9, 1983	Souths won 46–10
21 (1 try, 9 goals)	Eric Simms	Canterbury Bankstown	Redfern Oval	Round 6, 1971	Souths won 36–19

Most Tries for the Club

Tries scores	Player	Games played
146	Nathan Merritt	218
144	Benny Wearing	172
105	Ian Moir	110
100	Bob McCarthy	211
88	Michael Cleary	140

Most Tries in a season

Tries	Player	Games played	Season
29	Les Brennan	19	1954
28	Johnny Graves	17	1951
23	Ian Moir	19	1953
23	Nathan Merritt	22	2011
22	Nathan Merritt	24	2006

Most Tries in a Match

Tries	Player	Opponent	Venue	Date
5	Harold Horder	North Sydney	Sydney Showground	4 June 1917
5	Harold Horder	North Sydney	Sydney Showground	14 June 1917
5	Alan Quinlivan	University	Earl Park	11 July 1936
5	Don Manson	University	Sports Ground	17 April 1937
5	Johnny Graves	Eastern Suburbs	Redfern Oval	16 July 1949
5	Ian Moir	Parramatta	Redfern Oval	6 June 1957
5	Eric Sladden	Parramatta	Cumberland Oval	10 August 1957
5	Nathan Merritt	Parramatta	ANZ Stadium	8 August 2011

Most Goals for the Club

Goals	Player	Games played
889¹	Eric Simms	206
510	Bernie Purcell	173
388	Adam Reynolds	113
237³	Neil Baker	87

¹ includes 86 field goals

² includes 8 field goals

³ includes 31 field goals

Most goals in a season

Goals	Player	Games played	Season
131¹	Eric Simms	24	1969
116²	Eric Simms	22	1970
112³	Eric Simms	24	1967
100⁴	Adam Reynolds	26	2013

¹ includes 19 field goals

² includes 20 field goals

³ includes 12 field goals

⁴ includes 2 field goals

Most Goals in a Match

Goals	Player	Opponent	Venue	Date	Match score
11	Eric Simms	Cronulla	Redfern Oval	11 April 1969	Souths won 43 – 4
11¹	Eric Simms	Penrith	Penrith Park	27 July 1969	Souths won 40 – 18
10	Arthur Oxford	University	Marrickville Oval	1 September 1920	Souths won 47 – 5
10	Johnny Graves	Eastern Suburbs	Sydney Sports Ground	7 July 1952	Souths won 50 – 0
10	Johnny Graves	Newtown	Redfern Oval	23 August 1952	Souths won 41 – 2

¹ includes 5 field goals

Team records

Biggest winning margins

Margin	Score	Opponent	Venue	Date
67	67–0	Western Suburbs	Sydney Showground	23 July 1910
63	63–0	University	Sports Ground	17 April 1937
54	59–5	Penrith	Redfern Oval	11 May 1980
53	53–0	North Sydney	Sports Ground	12 August 1939
50	50–0	Eastern Suburbs	Sports Ground	7 June 1952
50	56–6	Parramatta Eels	ANZ Stadium	8 August 2011
49	53–4	North Sydney	Sydney Showground	30 July 1910

Biggest Losing Margins

Margin	Score	Opponent	Venue	Date
66	0–66	New Zealand Warriors	Telstra Stadium	25 June 2006
62	0–62	Sydney City Roosters	Sydney Football Stadium	25 April 1996
60	0–60	Newcastle Knights	EnergyAustralia Stadium	8 August 1999
50	4-54	Canberra Raiders	ANZ Stadium	31 July 2016

Longest Winning Streak

16 (2 May 1925 – 8 May 1926)

Longest Losing Streak

22 (23 June 1945 – 12 April 1947)

Golden point games

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost
13	6	4	3

Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Date
New Zealand Warriors	Loss	30–31	Aussie Stadium	19 June 2003
Wests Tigers	Win	17–16	Aussie Stadium	21 March 2004
North Queensland Cowboys	Draw	20–20	Express Advocate Stadium	15 May 2004
Brisbane Broncos	Draw	34–34	Aussie Stadium	28 August 2004
Canterbury Bulldogs	Draw	21–21	Sydney Showground	4 June 2005
Parramatta Eels	Draw	16–16	ANZ Stadium	22 May 2009
Gold Coast Titans	Loss	18–19	ANZ Stadium	20 Mar 2010
Wests Tigers	Win	34–30	ANZ Stadium	7 Aug 2010
Sydney Roosters	Win	21–20	ANZ Stadium	16 Jul 2011
North Queensland Cowboys	Win	26–24	ANZ Stadium	19 August 2011
Wests Tigers	Win	17–16	Allianz Stadium	1 Apr 2012
St. George Illawarra Dragons	Win	19–18	Jubilee Oval	20 May 2012
St. George Illawarra Dragons	Loss	18-22	ANZ Stadium	22 July 2013

Attendance records

Sydney Football Stadium (1988–2005)

40,000 – South Sydney Rabbitohs v Balmain Tigers (Major semi-final, 10 September 1989)

Redfern Oval (1948–1987)

23,257 – South Sydney Rabbitohs v Manly Sea Eagles (Round 20, 19 July 1987). A crowd of over 25,000 watched Souths take on the USA team, the "Tomahawks", while Souths were excluded from the NRL.

ANZ Stadium (2006 – present)

83,833 – South Sydney Rabbitohs v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (Grand Final, 5 October 2014)

Sydney Cricket Ground (1908 – present)

78,056 – South Sydney Rabbitohs v St George Dragons (Grand Final, 18 September 1965)

References

External links

Rugby League Tables & Statistics The World of Rugby League.
Rabbitohs Club Records National Rugby League.
South Sydney Rabbitohs South Sydney Rabbitohs official website.
Andrews, Malcolm. The ABC of Rugby League. Australia: ABC Books, 2006.
Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson, The Encyclopaedia of Rugby League Players – South Sydney Rabbitohs, Bas Publishing, 2005.

South Sydney Rabbitohs

Est. 1908 at Redfern Town Hall, Sydney, New South Wales

The club	History Honours Players Coaches Records Representatives Results

Home grounds	Current ANZ Stadium Past Sydney Sports Ground Redfern Oval Sydney Football Stadium

Culture	Charity Shield South Side Story Book of Feuds Ron Coote Cup Rivalries Return to Redfern South Sydney Leagues Club Red and Green Ball George Piggins Medal Souths Cares Rabbitohs Hall Of Fame

Important figures	Arthur Hennessy Benny Wearing George Treweek Jack Rayner Clive Churchill John Sattler Bob McCarthy George Piggins Russell Crowe

League	Current NRL Past NSWRL ARL

Titles	Premierships – 21 1908 1909 1914 1918 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1931 1932 1950 1951 1953 1954 1955 1967 1968 1970 1971 2014

Seasons (105)	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Other competitions	Current Auckland Nines National Youth Competition S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Past Amco Cup New South Wales Cup Jersey Flegg Cup

Affiliations	South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League North Sydney Bears

Related articles	The Burrow Reggie the Rabbit South Sydney Central

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