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2026 NRL Centre Metres per Hit-Up leaders

Hit-up metres divided by hit-up carries. Against set defence, nine metres is a good carry and anything over ten is dominant: this is the front-rower's efficiency number. This page ranks Centre players for the 2026 season. Current leaders include Herbie Farnworth, Simi Sasagi, Moses Suli.

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Showing players 1 to 47 of 47 with at least 5 games listed as Centre.

RankPlayerTeamMetres per Hit-Up
1Herbie FarnworthDolphins10.17
2Simi SasagiRaiders9.66
3Moses SuliDragons9.55
4Luke GarnerPanthers9.41
5Will PenisiniEels9.34
6Paul AlamotiPanthers9.25
7Bradman BestKnights9.17
8Fetalaiga PaugaRoosters9.14
9Mawene HirotiSharks9.09
10Ali LeiatauaWarriors9.06
11Tolutau KoulaSea Eagles8.96
12Leka HalasimaWarriors8.82
13Taylan MayWests Tigers8.79
14Latrell MitchellRabbitohs8.76
15Tom ChesterCowboys8.65
16Jesse RamienSharks8.63
17Matt TimokoRaiders8.62
18Deine MarinerBroncos8.53
19Jojo FifitaTitans8.41
20AJ BrimsonTitans8.39
21Jack BostockDolphins8.38
22Tallis DuncanRabbitohs8.31
23Adam PompeyWarriors8.28
24Jack HowarthStorm8.28
25Valentine HolmesDragons8.28
26Patrick HerbertWests Tigers8.27
27Riley JonesSharks8.25
28Izack TagoPanthers8.21
29Kotoni StaggsBroncos8.16
30Robert ToiaRoosters8.07
31Josh FeledySea Eagles8.00
32Dane GagaiKnights7.90
33Roger Tuivasa-SheckWarriors7.75
34Tommy TalauRoosters7.75
35Casey McLeanPanthers7.70
36Jaxon PurdueCowboys7.67
37Nick MeaneyStorm7.64
38Jordan SamraniEels7.61
39Beau FermorTitans7.56
40Heamasi MakasiniWests Tigers7.54
41Reuben GarrickSea Eagles7.52
42Tyran WishartStorm7.48
43Jack WightonRabbitohs7.47
44Matt BurtonBulldogs7.44
45Bronson XerriBulldogs7.33
46Jaylan De GrootTitans7.31
47Hugo SavalaRoosters6.89

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Season totals

Run MetresMetres GainedPost-Contact MetresKick MetresRunsHit-Up RunsHit-Up MetresNormal RunsNormal Run MetresDummy-Half RunsDummy-Half MetresKick ReturnsKick Return MetresTimes Tackled

Per-game averages

Run Metres per GameMetres Gained per GamePost-Contact Metres per GameKick Metres per GameRuns per GameHit-Ups per GameHit-Up Metres per GameNormal Runs per GameNormal Run Metres per GameDummy-Half Runs per GameDummy-Half Metres per GameKick Returns per GameKick Return Metres per GameTimes Tackled per Game

Ratios and efficiency

Metres per RunMetres per Normal RunMetres per Kick ReturnPost-Contact Metres per RunPost-Contact Share of Run MetresHit-Up Share of Runs