Straight off the bat, I'm going to admit that ranking the second rowers in 2022 was the most difficult of all lists.
There were so many good performers this season which made narrowing it down to just the ten very difficult.
Ranking them was even more difficult. I very much look forward to the comments, which again I expect only to be complimentary.
Here are the top 10 NRL backrowers from 2022. Only performances this year are taken into account and only players who were named in the back row more often than they were in other positions are eligible.
For the record Liam Martin, Briton Nikora and Jai Arrow were all shortlisted but missed the final cut.
9. Jaydn Su'A
Jaydn Su'A was an absolute monster in 2022 for the Dragons. If it weren't for Ben Hunt's near flawless season, Su'A would have swept the Dragons awards.
In his 18 games this year he scored four tries, made five line breaks, had 16 offloads, 51 tackle breaks, 122 run metres run per game & 25 tackles per game at almost 90%.
With the greatest of respects to the other forwards wearing the Red V this year, Su'A often played a near lone role up front.
I simply can't wrap the efforts of the four-time Maroon rep. A rare, brilliant singing during a rough era at the club.
Koloamatangi for me, for consistency.
I was surprised you gave Briton Nikora a place in the shortlist. I don’t rate him as highly as Cronulla compatriots Williams and Wilton (but you’re probably a better judge of Sharks personnel than I am).