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
3. Tino Fa'asuamaleaui
Although there were some incredible efforts that lead to the previous players being named, 2023 was a case of the top three, then some distance to the rest.
Tino signed an eye watering, lucrative contract earlier in the season. For the Titans, early on at least, it looks to be tremendous value.
In his 19 games this season he averaged 168 run metres per game, made over 1215 post contact metres, broke 52 tackles, had 32 offloads, scores six tries and tackled at over 92%.
In any other season Tino would have walked into the Dally M Team of the Year and landed a top two, or higher, spot on this list.
