List of National Rugby League players with five tries in a game

As of 1 April 2024, 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. Players still currently active are listed in bold.

# Player Tries Position Club Opponent Ground Round Season Notes
1 Frank Burge 6 Second-row Glebe North Sydney Wentworth 11 1916[1]
2 Harold Horder 5 Wing South Sydney North Sydney Royal Agricultural Society Ground 5 1917[2]
3 Harold Horder 5 Wing South Sydney North Sydney Royal Agricultural Society Ground 12 1917[3]
4 Frank Burge 8 Lock Glebe University Royal Agricultural Society Ground 7 1920[4]
5 Gordon Wright 5 Wing Eastern Suburbs Balmain Royal Agricultural Society Ground 10 1920[5]
6 Cec Blinkhorn 5 Wing North Sydney Annandale North Sydney Oval 14 1920[6]
7 Sid Goodwin 5 Wing Balmain University Leichhardt Oval 2 1935[7]
8 Rod O'Loan 7 Wing Eastern Suburbs University Sydney Sports Ground 5 1935[8]
9 Dave Brown 5 Centre Eastern Suburbs Canterbury Sydney Sports Ground 6 1935[9]
10 Dave Brown 6 Centre Eastern Suburbs Canterbury Pratten Park 15 1935[10]
11 Dave Brown 6 Centre Eastern Suburbs Balmain SCG 18 1935[11]
12 Alan Ridley 6 Wing Western Suburbs Newtown Pratten Park 9 1936[12] Two players achieved feat on same day, 11 July 1936, in just four NSWRFL matches.
Alan Quinlivan 5 Centre South Sydney University Earl Park
14 Don Manson 5 Wing South Sydney University Sydney Sports Ground 1 1937[13] Only instance in an opening round of season, and was player's NSWRFL debut.
15 Edgar Newham 5 Wing Canterbury Balmain SCG Play-Off 1942[14] First of only two instances outside the home-and-away season, in play-off for minor premiership.
16 Johnny Bliss 5 Wing North Sydney Eastern Suburbs North Sydney Oval 9 1944[15]
17 Arthur Patton 5 Wing Balmain Eastern Suburbs SCG 14 1944[16]
18 Jack Lindwall 6 Wing St. George Manly Hurstville Oval 4 1947[17]
19 Bobby Lulham 5 Wing Balmain Parramatta Leichhardt Oval 15 1947[18]
20 Norm Jacobson 5 Wing Newtown Parramatta Erskineville Oval 2 1948[19]
21 Johnny Graves 5 Wing South Sydney Eastern Suburbs Redfern Oval 14 1949[20]
22 Jack Troy 6 Wing Newtown Eastern Suburbs Sydney Sports Ground 13 1950[21]
23 Merv Lees 5 Centre St. George North Sydney SCG 14 1954[22]
24 Brian Allsop 5 Wing Eastern Suburbs Parramatta Sydney Sports Ground 10 1955[23]
25 Ian Moir 5 Wing South Sydney Parramatta Redfern Oval 7 1957[24]
26 Eric Sladden 5 Wing South Sydney Parramatta Cumberland Oval 16 1957[25]
27 Les Hanigan 5 Wing Manly Cronulla Brookvale Oval 8 1967[26]
28 Peter Langmack 5 Lock Penrith St. George Penrith Park 15 1974[27]
29 Dave Topliss 5 Five-eighth Balmain Newtown Henson Park 20 1977[28]
30 Andrew Ettingshausen 5 Centre Cronulla Illawarra Endeavour Field 22 1989[29]
31 Mal Meninga 5 Centre Canberra Eastern Suburbs Bruce Stadium 5 1990[30]
32 Alan McIndoe 5 Wing Illawarra Gold Coast Wollongong Showground 8 1991[31]
33 Andrew Ettingshausen 5 Centre Cronulla South Sydney Endeavour Field 22 1994[32]
34 Nigel Vagana 5 Centre Bulldogs South Sydney Sydney Football Stadium 4 2002[33]
35 Jamie Lyon 5 Centre Parramatta Cronulla Parramatta Stadium 24 2003[34]
36 Francis Meli 5 Wing New Zealand Bulldogs Sydney Showground Stadium QF 2003[35] First instance in a "mandatory" final, and only the second outside the home-and-away rounds.
37 Nathan Merritt 5 Fullback South Sydney Parramatta Stadium Australia 22 2011[36]
40 Alex Johnston 5 Wing South Sydney Penrith Stadium Australia 17 2017[37]
41 Matt Ikuvalu 5 Wing Sydney North Queensland North Queensland Stadium 9 2020[38]
42 Alex Johnston 5 Wing South Sydney Sydney Stadium Australia 20 2020[39]
43 Josh Addo-Carr 6 Wing Melbourne South Sydney Stadium Australia 9 2021[40]
44 Edrick Lee 5 Wing Newcastle Gold Coast MacDonald Jones Stadium 16 2022

References

  1. ^ "Round 11 Scorers, 1916". AFL Tables.
  2. ^ "Round 5 Scorers, 1917". AFL Tables.
  3. ^ "Round 12 Scorers, 1917". AFL Tables.
  4. ^ "Round 7 Scorers, 1920". AFL Tables.
  5. ^ "Round 10 Scorers, 1920". AFL Tables.
  6. ^ "Round 14 Scorers, 1920". AFL Tables.
  7. ^ "Round 2 Scorers, 1935". AFL Tables.
  8. ^ "Round 5 Scorers, 1935". AFL Tables.
  9. ^ "Round 6 Scorers, 1935". AFL Tables.
  10. ^ "Round 15 Scorers, 1935". AFL Tables.
  11. ^ "Round 18 Scorers, 1935". AFL Tables.
  12. ^ "Round 9 Scorers, 1936". AFL Tables.
  13. ^ "Round 1 Scorers, 1937". AFL Tables.
  14. ^ "Finals Scorers, 1942". AFL Tables.
  15. ^ "Round 9 Scorers, 1944". AFL Tables.
  16. ^ "Round 14 Scorers, 1944". AFL Tables.
  17. ^ "Round 4 Scorers, 1947". AFL Tables.
  18. ^ "Round 15 Scorers, 1947". AFL Tables.
  19. ^ "Round 2 Scorers, 1948". AFL Tables.
  20. ^ "Round 14 Scorers, 1949". AFL Tables.
  21. ^ "Round 13 Scorers, 1950". AFL Tables.
  22. ^ "Round 14 Scorers, 1954". AFL Tables.
  23. ^ "Round 10 Scorers, 1955". AFL Tables.
  24. ^ "Round 7 Scorers, 1957". AFL Tables.
  25. ^ "Round 16 Scorers, 1957". AFL Tables.
  26. ^ "Round 8 Scorers, 1967". AFL Tables.
  27. ^ "Penrith Panthers 22 def. St George Dragons 21". Rugby League Project.
  28. ^ "Newtown Jets 12 lost to Balmain Tigers 43". Rugby League Project.
  29. ^ "Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 46 def. Illawarra Steelers 14". Rugby League Project.
  30. ^ "Canberra Raiders 66 def. Eastern Suburbs Roosters 4". Rugby League Project.
  31. ^ "Illawarra Steelers 46 def. Gold Coast Seagulls 4". Rugby League Project.
  32. ^ "Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 42 def. South Sydney Rabbitohs 0". Rugby League Project.
  33. ^ "Souths 6 v Bulldogs 32 – Round 4, 2002". AFL Tables.
  34. ^ "Parramatta 74 v Cronulla 4 – Round 24, 2003". AFL Tables.
  35. ^ "New Zealand 48 v Bulldogs 22 – Qualifying Final, 2003". AFL Tables.
  36. ^ "Souths 56 v Parramatta 6 – Round 22, 2011". AFL Tables.
  37. ^ "Souths 42 v Penrith 14 – Round 17, 2017". AFL Tables.
  38. ^ "North Queensland 16 v Sydney Roosters 42 – Round 9, 2020". AFL Tables.
  39. ^ "Souths 60 v Sydney Roosters 8 – Round 20, 2020". AFL Tables.
  40. ^ "Souths 0 v Melbourne 50 – Round 9, 2021". AFL Tables.

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