With the off-season comes the usual troupes.
Talk of expansion, the divisions talk, player movements and of course post-season rankings.
Today we're here to focus on the rankings. More specifically, the NRL prop rankings from 2023.
Please keep in mind that these rankings are based only on 2023. Both NRL and Origin performances will be taken into account. Not specifically who is the best front rower outright.
If you're looking for Cotter, he played more games as a lock and thus qualifies there.
Before we start, I'm going to take a moment to answer some of the usual questions to appear in the comments to any sort of rankings.
Do I even watch football? Yes, every game.
Are my eyes painted on? No. That would be funny though.
Who am I? Just a fan.
With that said, below are the top 10 NRL props based purely and totally on 2023:
Honourable mentions: Taniela Paseka, Toafofoa Sipley, Junior Paulo
9. David Klemmer
The NRL community is absolutely asleep when it comes to David Klemmer. How he was overlooked for Origin for TPJ is beyond comprehension.
Klemmer missed seven tackles in 24 games this season. Seven! That is a 98.9% tackle efficiency. For the Tigers no less.
He also ran for almost 140 metres per game, had over 1270 post contact metres, 21 offloads and even crossed for a try.
I'm not sure what Klemmer has done to put the entire fan base off side but you give me 140 metres per game and almost 99% tackles made and you're worth every cent of your contract.
