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 in 1951 (Souths won 42–14)
Most Tries in a Grand Final
8 tries versus Manly Sea Eagles in 1951
Most Goals in a Grand Final
9 goals versus Manly Sea Eagles in 1951
Most Tries in a Grand Final by an Individual Player
4 tries by Johnny Graves (rugby league) versus Manly Sea Eagles in 1951
Most Field Goals in a Grand Final by an Individual Player
4 field goals by Eric Simms versus Manly Sea Eagles 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 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
- 1971 – Denis Pittard
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
- 1972 and 1973 – Denis Pittard
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
- 2008 – Chris Sandow
- 2012 – Adam Reynolds
- 2013 – George Burgess
ARL Hall of Fame inductees
- Harold Horder
- Clive Churchill
- Ron Coote
- George Treweek
Clive Churchill Medal
- 2014 – Sam Burgess
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 - 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 (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 (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.
