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There are four ways to score in rugby league: tries, conversions, penalty goals, and drop goals. The try is worth four points and is the primary means of scoring. To score a try, the ball must be placed with controlled downward pressure on the goal line (also called the try line ) or in the in-goal area between the goal line and the dead ball ...
A try is a way of scoring points in rugby union and rugby league football. A try is scored by grounding the ball in the opposition's in-goal area (on or behind the goal line). Rugby union and league differ slightly in defining "grounding the ball" and the "in-goal" area. In rugby union a try is worth 5 points, and in rugby league a try is worth ...
There have been 5 players who have scored 100 or more tries and kicked 500 or more goals in the National Rugby League and its predecessors, the NSWRL, ARL and Super League premierships. Players still currently active are listed in bold.
As of 7 February 2025, there have been 44 players who have scored 5 or more tries in a game in the National Rugby League and its predecessors, the NSWRL, ARL and Super League premierships. Five players have managed the feat more than once, two of whom did so in a single season, with Dave Brown the only one to accomplish it on three occasions.
There have been 24 players who have kicked 20 or more field goals in the National Rugby League and its predecessors, the NSWRL, ARL and Super League premierships. Players still currently active are listed in bold.
The rules of football as played at Rugby School in the 19th century were decided regularly and informally by the pupils. For many years the rules were unwritten. [7] In 1845 three pupils at the school, William Delafield Arnold, Walter Waddington Shirley and Frederick Leigh Hutchins were tasked with writing a codified set of rules by the then Head Schoolboy and football captain Isaac Gregory ...
A report in the League Express noted seven try-scorers for a combined ten tries, but goal-kickers were not mentioned. [5] 2009 vs France (First Test), 24 of 28 points are known. A brief match report in the Bradford Telegraph and Argus notes five try-scorers, scoring a combined six tries, but goal-kickers were not mentioned. [31]
The following is a list of rugby league footballers who have scored at least 100 tries in the Super League competition. Tries scored in regular season, playoffs, and Super 8's are included. Tries scored in other competitions such as the Challenge Cup or The Qualifiers are excluded.