The lowest score that's never happened

[OriginalMrC]

Saw an interesting question related to football (the answer was 8-6 or 7-7)

Anyone know what it is in RL? 

[welshmagpie]

RL Record Keepers Club on Twitter will tell you for sure 

[ivans82]

Wild guess   1-1 .   

[Sports Prophet]

Cracking question

[Farmduck]

13 minutes ago, ivans82 said:

Wild guess   1-1 .   

I think you might be right. NRL (actually NSWRL) had a 1-0 and a 0-0 but I'm not aware of a 1-1

This year's GF in the NSW Womens Comp was 1-0

[MZH]

Are we just talking about the top flight, professional, or all levels? I've seen a 1-0 in person in a SL academy game. I also know that 0-0 was reasonably common back when the sport was in its infancy.

I know that once upon a time in rugby a try wasn't actually worth any points at all. It was called a try because it allowed you to "try" to kick a goal. Although I believe that by the time of the Northern Union this had been dropped and tries were worth 3.

I'm going to go for 4-1, but it is purely a guess.

[Dunbar]

If we are talking modern scoring then I would suggest a scoreline like 5-3 would be very uncommon.

5 would either be 2 penalty goals and a drop or an unconverted try and a drop (yes, technically 5 or 3 drop goals but extremely unlikely).

While 3 is either a penalty and a drop or (more unlikely), 3 drop goals.

Edited November 15, 2023 by Dunbar

[Griff]

40 minutes ago, ivans82 said:

Wild guess   1-1 .   

No, that's happened.

Can't recall a 2-1, though.

Edited November 15, 2023 by Griff

[unapologetic pedant]

10 minutes ago, Farmduck said:

I think you might be right. NRL (actually NSWRL) had a 1-0 and a 0-0 but I'm not aware of a 1-1

This year's GF in the NSW Womens Comp was 1-0

Worth mentioning that the Mounties/Bulldogs women's GF was an enthralling high-quality game.

One of the best games I've ever seen live was 1-0 with 2 minutes to go. Whereupon the mighty Lions iced it with a converted (3-point) try.

Salford 0 Swinton 6. Glorious day, and we managed to dodge the yobs inside and outside the Willows. 

[Griff]

Leigh v Warrington, Premiership QF, 3 May 1982

https://stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/matchdetails.php?tselect=128816

[Farmduck]

If it was an OZ game you can bet Ken Wilson was involved. Here are the scores from 5 consecutive Newtown games in 1974:

9 - 11,  0-5,  7-3, 5-9, 3-4

Ken also played in the 1-0 and the 0-0

33 minutes ago, Dunbar said:

If we are talking modern scoring then I would suggest a scoreline like 5-3 would be very uncommon.

5 would either be 2 penalty goals and a drop or an unconverted try and a drop (yes, technically 5 or 3 drop goals but extremely unlikely).

While 3 is either a penalty and a drop or (more unlikely), 3 drop goals.

I've found 5-0, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7, 5-8, 5-9, 5-10,

No 5-1 yet. The 5-3 was in 1915: Newtown 5 Easts 3

Then another one in 1915 Wests beat Annandale 5-3 then Annandale beat Souths 3-2

 

[sam4731]

Surely it's a scoreline with a 2 point margin with the drop goal being available.

[JM2010]

I remember Halifax beating Hull KR 4 -3, I think, in the CC semi final. If my memory serves me correct Halifax scored a late try from a kick to win it

[Dunbar]

15 minutes ago, Farmduck said:

If it was an OZ game you can bet Ken Wilson was involved. Here are the scores from 5 consecutive Newtown games in 1974:

9 - 11,  0-5,  7-3, 5-9, 3-4

Ken also played in the 1-0 and the 0-0

I've found 5-0, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7, 5-8, 5-9, 5-10,

No 5-1 yet. The 5-3 was in 1915: Newtown 5 Easts 3

Then another one in 1915 Wests beat Annandale 5-3 then Annandale beat Souths 3-2

 

Yes, much more likely when it was a 3 point try.  As I say, under modern scoring this would be less likely.

[Gav Wilson]

17 minutes ago, Farmduck said:

If it was an OZ game you can bet Ken Wilson was involved. Here are the scores from 5 consecutive Newtown games in 1974:

9 - 11,  0-5,  7-3, 5-9, 3-4

Ken also played in the 1-0 and the 0-0

I've found 5-0, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7, 5-8, 5-9, 5-10,

No 5-1 yet. The 5-3 was in 1915: Newtown 5 Easts 3

Then another one in 1915 Wests beat Annandale 5-3 then Annandale beat Souths 3-2

 

I present to you... the NRL Scorigami chart!

Apparently there has never been at 2-1 down under...

[Farmduck]

7 minutes ago, sam4731 said:

Surely it's a scoreline with a 2 point margin with the drop goal being available.

Oddly enough, I looked through the earliest seasons of the NSWRL when there were some very low scores and fied goals were very rare. Some teams didn't kick any in a whole season.

[yanto]

1 hour ago, ivans82 said:

Wild guess   1-1 .   

Played in a 0-1 at Wilderspool ,played in a 2-2 at Widnes and im sure I played in a 1-1 v Hull KR.

Will check the records  

 

[Farmduck]

4 minutes ago, Gav Wilson said:

I present to you... the NRL Scorigami chart!

Apparently there has never been at 2-1 down under...

I remember the game that came close. St George v Parra 2006. 0-0 at HT then 2-1 with only a couple of minutes left then in the midst of some confusion over a ref call, Matt Cooper scored for St George. FT: 8 - 1

[Griff]

12 minutes ago, JM2010 said:

I remember Halifax beating Hull KR 4 -3, I think, in the CC semi final. If my memory serves me correct Halifax scored a late try from a kick to win it

I reckon 4-3 would be a common score in the first few years of the game.   It was a low scoring brand of game - Manningham scored less than 9 points a game on average yet won the Championship.

2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-2, 5-3 would be similarly common.

Most likely candidates are 2-1, 3-1, 4-1 and the like, because 1 was impossible until 1974, by which time the game was more open.

[JM2010]

Just now, Griff said:

I reckon 4-3 would be a common score in the first few years of the game.   It was a low scoring brand of game - Manningham scored less than 9 points a game on average yet won the Championship.

2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-2, 5-3 would be similarly common.

Most likely candidates are 2-1, 3-1, 4-1 and the like, because 1 was impossible until 1974, by which time the game was more open.

This wasn’t in the first few years of the game, it was 1988 I think

[Griff]

1 minute ago, JM2010 said:

This wasn’t in the first few years of the game, it was 1988 I think

It was indeed.  After a 0-0 draw.   I was there.

But we're talking about a score that never happened.

Ever.

[Midlands hobo]

Crusaders lost to saints 4-0

[Griff]

7 minutes ago, Midlands hobo said:

Crusaders lost to saints 4-0

Here's an earlier 4-0.  From 1896.

https://stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/matchdetails.php?tselect=82310

[Griff]

31 minutes ago, Gav Wilson said:

I present to you... the NRL Scorigami chart!

Apparently there has never been at 2-1 down under...

Indeed -  only three teams have scored one in a game. 1-0, 1-8, 1-14.

But this is just NRL games.

[Lowdesert]

1 hour ago, MZH said:

Are we just talking about the top flight, professional, or all levels? I've seen a 1-0 in person in a SL academy game. I also know that 0-0 was reasonably common back when the sport was in its infancy.

I know that once upon a time in rugby a try wasn't actually worth any points at all. It was called a try because it allowed you to "try" to kick a goal. Although I believe that by the time of the Northern Union this had been dropped and tries were worth 3.

I'm going to go for 4-1, but it is purely a guess.

I remember Hull playing Warrington in 1990 or 91 and winning 3-2