According to the Cambridge Dictionary, the definition of overrated is: "If something or someone is overrated, that person or thing is considered to be better or more important than they really are."
Hence, this list is not necessarily looking at bad players, but rather, the players who just aren't as good as the rugby league community makes them out to be.
In a league where reputation can outweigh performance, it is always important to recognise players who might be getting a little more credit than they deserve.
So, here is the most overrated player at each NRL club.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Lachlan Galvin is the obvious choice.
Phil Gould touted him as the "best teenage footballer" he'd ever seen, an overexaggeration that will live long in the memory of the rugby league community.
Many NRL, let alone Bulldogs fans, point to Galvin's mid-season arrival as the start of their season unravelling, and for good reason.
Before his signing, the Bulldogs had won nine games and lost two, averaging 25 points a game.
After that, they only won six games from their next fourteen, and in matches where Galvin played the full 80 minutes, they averaged only 21 points a game.
Not to mention, he registered a mere five try assists for the Bulldogs and visibly failed to lead the side's attack after his arrival.
If your saying Adam Reynolds is over rated you clearly have no idea what your talking about..
“this list is not necessarily looking at bad players, but rather, the players who just aren’t as good as the rugby league community makes them out to be.”
Adam, Nicho, Latrell – agree with them being in the list
For Manly, I’d be picking Turbo
For Wests, hmmm it’s hard for Luai to shine behind a pack that’s not generating much go-forward.
Brown at Newcastle? He hasn’t even played a game there, yet (Apart from which, precious few people rate him as being any good, so it’s hard to call him “over-rated”). I’d nominate KP
Why does it feel like zero tackle is now a far cry from the great website it once was. It’s all click bait and opinions that are crazy. Naming some of the players in this list shows you hardly watch the games and pick stats over everything. Guys like Liam Martin, Fisher-Harris have a presence that can’t be measured. Also some of the picks are straight up wild. Dylan Brown? The bloke who is about to be named Golden boot is over rated? You also mentioned pay a lot, if you were doing that should of said most over paid not over rated. Latrell was another poor choice because he is super talented and has a presence with and without the ball and everyone says he’s average so he’s under rated.