Vodafone Warriors loose forward Adam Blair will tonight become the second player this season – and one of up to five in all this year – to bring up the NRL’s 300-game milestone.
He follows Brisbane captain Darius Boyd who hit the 300 mark against South Sydney last month.
Close behind are North Queensland back rower Gavin Cooper (297) and Wests Tigers veterans Benji Marshall (296) and Robbie Farah (294).
Blair will be the 36th player to join the elite group, the third Kiwi to do so and the fifth player to reach 300 appearances while playing for the Vodafone Warriors.
When Ruben Wiki became the first Vodafone Warrior to play his 300th game in 2008 – and also the first New Zealander – he was just the 10th player on the list in the competition’s first 101 years.
With Blair graduating tonight it means no fewer than 26 players have achieved the 300-game milestone in the last 11 seasons starting with Vodafone Warriors captain Steve Price in the opening round of the 2009 season.
NRL 300 CLUB
396 Cameron Smith (Melbourne) 2002-2019
358 Cooper Cronk (Melbourne, Sydney Roosters) 2004-2019
355 Darren Lockyer (Brisbane) 1995-2011
350 Terry Lamb (Western Suburbs, Canterbury) 1980-1996
349 Steve Menzies (Manly, Northern Eagles) 1993-2008
347 Corey Parker (Brisbane) 2001-2016
338 Chris Heighington (Wests Tigers, Cronulla, Newcastle) 2003-2018
336 Brad Fittler (Penrith, Sydney Roosters) 1989-2004
336 Paul Gallen (Cronulla) 2001-2019
332 Cliff Lyons (North Sydney, Manly) 1985-1999
330 Nathan Hindmarsh (Parramatta) 1998-2012
328 Andrew Ettingshausen (Cronulla) 1983-2000
326 Ryan Hoffman (Melbourne, Vodafone Warriors) 2003-2018
325 Geoff Gerard (Parramatta, Manly, Penrith) 1974-1989
324 Luke Lewis (Penrith, Cronulla) 2001-2018
323 Johnathan Thurston (Bulldogs, North Queensland) 2002-2018
322 John Sutton (South Sydney) 2004-2019
319 Billy Slater (Melbourne) 2003-2018
318 Jason Croker (Canberra) 1991-2006
317 Hazem El Masri (Bulldogs) 1996-2009
315 Paul Langmack (Canterbury, Western Suburbs, Eastern Suburbs) 1983- 1999
315 Luke Priddis (Canberra, Brisbane, Penrith, St George Illawarra) 1997- 2010
313 Steve Price (Bulldogs, Vodafone Warriors) 1994-2009
313 Brent Kite (St George Illawarra, Manly, Penrith) 2002-2015
312 Ruben Wiki (Canberra, Vodafone Warriors) 1993-2008
309 Petero Civoniceva (Brisbane, Penrith) 1998-2012
307 Brett Kimmorley (Newcastle, Hunter, Melbourne, Northern Eagles, Cronulla, Canterbury) 1995-2010
304 Sam Thaiday (Brisbane) 2003-2018
304 Darius Boyd (Brisbane, St George Illawarra, Newcastle) 2006-2019
303 Anthony Watmough (Northern Eagles, Manly, Parramatta) 2002-2015
302 Anthony Minichiello (Sydney Roosters) 2000-2014
301 Luke Ricketson (Sydney Roosters) 1991-2005
301 Simon Mannering (Vodafone Warriors) 2005-2018
300 Scott Prince (North Queensland, Brisbane, Wests Tigers, Gold Coast) 1998-2013
300 John Morris (Newcastle, Parramatta, Wests Tigers, Cronulla) 2001-2014
Approaching
299 Adam Blair (Melbourne, Wests Tigers, Brisbane, Vodafone Warriors) 2006-2019
297 Gavin Cooper (North Queensland, Gold Coast, Penrith) 2006-2019
296 Benji Marshall (Wests Tigers, St George Illawarra, Brisbane) 2003-2019
294 Robbie Farah (Wests Tigers, South Sydney) 2003-2019
- Bold denotes active player
- List compiled by David Middleton, League Information Services
