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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 21 Most Reserve Grade Premierships 21 Highest Score in a Grand Final 42 points versus
Manly Sea Eagles The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rugb ...
in 1951 (Souths won 42–14) Most Tries in a Grand Final 8 tries versus
Manly Sea Eagles The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rugb ...
in 1951 Most Goals in a Grand Final 9 goals versus
Manly Sea Eagles The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rugb ...
in 1951 Most Tries in a Grand Final by an Individual Player 4 tries by Johnny Graves (rugby league) versus
Manly Sea Eagles The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rugb ...
in 1951 Most Field Goals in a Grand Final by an Individual Player 4 field goals by Eric Simms versus
Manly Sea Eagles The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rugb ...
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 Bernie Purcell (1928–2001) was an Australian rugby league premiership winning footballer and coach. He was a goal-kicking second-row forward of the 1950s for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, the Australian national representative and the New S ...
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 Records

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 Denis John Pittard (born 8 December 1945) is an Australian rugby league footballer, an attacking who played in the 1960s and 1970s for the Western Suburbs, South Sydney and Parramatta as well as the Australian national representative side. ...
*1971 –
Denis Pittard Denis John Pittard (born 8 December 1945) is an Australian rugby league footballer, an attacking who played in the 1960s and 1970s for the Western Suburbs, South Sydney and Parramatta as well as the Australian national representative side. ...


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 Richard Powell (September 5, 1931 – June 26, 1956) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He was not assisted in his musical development by Bud, his older and better known brother, but both played predominantly in the bebop style. ...
*1972 and 1973 –
Denis Pittard Denis John Pittard (born 8 December 1945) is an Australian rugby league footballer, an attacking who played in the 1960s and 1970s for the Western Suburbs, South Sydney and Parramatta as well as the Australian national representative side. ...


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 Jim Serdaris (born 1 October 1971) is an Australian former professional rugby league. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Western Suburbs Magpies, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. He also represented New South Wa ...
*2008 – Chris Sandow *2012 –
Adam Reynolds Adam Reynolds (born 10 July 1990), is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who captains and plays as a for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL. Reynolds played at representative level for the NRL All Stars, City New South Wales, ...
*2013 – George Burgess


ARL Hall of Fame inductees

*
Harold Horder Harold Norman Horder (23 February 1894 – 21 August 1978) was an Australian rugby league player. He was a national and state representative player whose club career was with South Sydney and North Sydney between 1912 and 1924. Regarded as on ...
* Clive Churchill * Ron Coote * George Treweek


Clive Churchill Medal

* 2014 –
Sam Burgess Samuel Burgess (born 14 December 1988) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a or forward in the 2000s and 2010s. He played in England for the Bradford Bulls in the Super League and in Australia for the Sout ...


Individual records


Most First Grade Games for the Club


Most Points for the club


Most points in a season


Most Points in a Match


Most Tries for the Club


Most Tries in a season


Most Tries in a Match


Most Goals for the Club

1 includes 86 field goals 2 includes 22 field goals 3 includes 31 field goals


Most goals in a season

1 includes 19 field goals 2 includes 2 field goals 3 includes 20 field goals 4 includes 12 field goals 5 includes 2 field goals


Most Goals in a Match

1 includes 5 field goals


Team records


Biggest winning margins


Biggest Losing Margins


Biggest Wins vs Active Teams


Biggest Losses vs Active Teams


Biggest Wins vs Discontinued Teams


Biggest Losses vs Discontinued Teams


Longest Winning Streak

16 (2 May 1925 – 8 May 1926)


Longest Losing Streak

22 (23 June 1945 – 12 April 1947)


Golden point games


Premiership Finals Losses


Attendance records

Sydney Football Stadium The Sydney Football Stadium, commercially known as Allianz Stadium and previously Aussie Stadium, was a football stadium in Moore Park, Sydney, Australia. Built in 1988 next to the Sydney Cricket Ground, the stadium was Sydney's premier rect ...
- Currently known as Allianz Stadium (1988–2005, 2022) 40,000 – South Sydney Rabbitohs v Balmain Tigers (Major semi-final, 10 September 1989) 39,816 - South Sydney Rabbitohs v Sydney Roosters (Elimination Final, 11 September 2022) 39,733 - South Sydney Rabbitohs v Cronulla Sharks (Preliminary Final, 17 September 2022) Redfern Oval (1948–1987) 23,257 – South Sydney Rabbitohs v
Manly Sea Eagles The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rugb ...
(Round 20, 19 July 1987). A crowd of over 25,000 watched Souths take on the US team, the " Tomahawks", while Souths were excluded from the NRL. ANZ Stadium - ''Currently known as Accor Stadium'' (2006 – present) 83,833 – South Sydney Rabbitohs v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (Grand Final, 5 October 2014)
Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is a sports stadium in Sydney, Australia. It is used for Test cricket, Test, One Day International and Twenty20 cricket, as well as, Australian rules football and occasionally for rugby league, rugby union and as ...
(1908 – present) 78,056 – South Sydney Rabbitohs v St George Dragons (Grand Final, 18 September 1965)


See also

* List of NRL records


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. {{DEFAULTSORT:South Sydney Rabbitohs records Records Sydney-sport-related lists National Rugby League lists Australian records Rugby league records and statistics