I know I say this about every position, but the lock forward role may be my favourite in rugby league.
These blokes are required to do the defensive work of a front rower, while often being asked to play bigger minutes.
The instructions for our 13s are simple: Make your 40 tackles a game, oh and we need some try assists too. Easy, right?
Truthfully, this may have been the most difficult position to rank.
There were some genuine standout performances that were hard to split, while filling the final two spots was a bit of a chore.
As always, the below list is compiled using only 2025 performances and it not a flat chat top ten locks in the game.
Below are the top ten locks from the 2025 season:
6. Corey Horsburgh
This time last year it looked as though Corey Horsburgh's days in Canberra were done. His days as a first-grade footballer looked shaky.
"Big Red" spent the year proving why Ricky Stewart's choice to keep him in the capital was the right one, producing a career-best year.
His 25 games saw him cross for two tries, break 48 tackles, produce 35 offloads, run for over 130 metres per game and tackle at almost 96%.
His 1292 post-contact metres show just how hard he is to bring down. What a season from the Raiders firebrand.
