{"id":19726,"date":"2025-07-24T23:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T23:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/19726\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T23:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T23:43:07","slug":"the-most-error-prone-star-in-the-nrl-and-he-doesnt-play-for-the-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/19726\/","title":{"rendered":"The most error-prone star in the NRL (and he doesn’t play for the Cowboys)"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, Cowboys fans, it isn\u2019t Robert Derby.<\/p>\n

This NRL season the somewhat dubious honour of most errors per game is currently held by NSW Blues and Parramatta outside back Zac Lomax, who also took out the title in 2024.<\/p>\n

In a classic case of \u2018nothing ventured, nothing gained\u2019 the Eels winger is one of the more dynamic players in the NRL\u2014but he also continues to be one of the most errant.<\/p>\n

According to NRL.com<\/a> Lomax has registered 32 errors in just 12 games so far in 2025, at an average of more than 2.6 every time he runs out for Jason Ryles and the Eels.<\/p>\n

MORE: How to watch Broncos vs. Eels NRL Round 21 match<\/a><\/p>\n

Second on the list is Brisbane Broncos custodian Reece Walsh with 23 errors in 11 games at an average of just over two per game, ahead of injured Rabbitohs star Latrell Mitchell with 20 errors in 10 games.<\/p>\n

Roosters flyer Mark Nawaqanitawase<\/a> sits equal top on the overall list with 32 errors after making two in the Round 21 loss to the Storm, but falls to fourth on averages having played 17 games.<\/p>\n

Todd Payten\u2019s Cowboys are the most error-prone team this season with 237 in their 18 matches, ahead of the Roosters (232) and Knights (229).<\/p>\n

NRL error leaders in 2025<\/p>\n

Zac Lomax<\/p>\n

32 errors (12 games)<\/p>\n

2.66 av<\/p>\n

Reece Walsh<\/p>\n

23 errors (11 games)2.1 av<\/p>\n

Latrell Mitchell<\/p>\n

20\u00a0errors (10\u00a0games)2.0 av<\/p>\n

Mark Nawaqanitawase<\/p>\n

32 errors (17\u00a0games)1.88 av<\/p>\n

Robert Derby<\/p>\n

30 errors (16 games)1.87 av<\/p>\n

Minimum 10 games played. Source:\u00a0NRL.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No, Cowboys fans, it isn\u2019t Robert Derby. This NRL season the somewhat dubious honour of most errors per…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-19726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}