Halfback is the most important position in the NRL. I don't think anyone can dispute that statement.
We saw how drastically the Sharks' performances improved with the arrival of a class halfback. Meanwhile, those sides struggling to find a star number seven very rarely play finals footy.
Luckily for fans, there seems to be a plethora of talented number sevens in the game right now. Ranking them was very, very difficult and I'm sure will be met with nothing but positivity in the comments.
As with other lists, this is based purely on 2022. It's not necessarily the best players in this position overall.
To qualify a player must have played halfback more often than not. There will be one technical exception as we saw with the five-eights.
7. Daly Cherry-Evans
The Manly halfback was the most difficult to place here. He had to be on the list somewhere but on any given day you never knew what you were going to get.
The turmoil on the Northern Beaches absolutely did not help the Manly number seven, whilst losing his megastar fullback also made his job more difficult.
Five tries, 18 try assists, 11 line break assists, 24 forced dropouts, 442 metres kicked per game and 74 metres run per game are impressive stats considering he often played a lone hand.
For an unknown reason, DCE seems to attract criticism even when he plays well. Truthfully though he pretty much held Manly together until the final few rounds.
