Gerringong's Reuben Garrick etched his name into the Manly-Warringah record books on Saturday night, as he became the club's highest-ever single-season point-scorer.
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The 24-year-old winger scored three tries and converted eight goals on his way to 28 points, in the Sea Eagles' 56-10 demolition of Eels at Sunshine Coast Stadium.
This tally takes the Kiama High School alumnus to 268 points, leapfrogging previous record holder Matthew Ridge (257 points in 1995), as well as Graham Eadie (242 in 1975) and Jamie Lyon (242 in 2013).
That 28-point showing also saw the Group Seven product, who's contracted to the 4 Pines Park-based club until the end of 2023, joins Graham Eadie (1973), Ridge (1995) and Matt Orford (2007) in second place for most points in a match.
The record of 30 points in a match is shared by Ron Rowles (1954), Ridge (1996) and Garrick, who scored two tries and 11 goals against Canterbury-Bankstown at Bankwest Stadium this season.
"Ridgey was also ultra-competitive. It's a great personal achievement for Reuben," Manly coach Des Hasler said.
"It's fantastic. Reuben works really hard at his game. So it's very deserving.
"But he will be the first to say he is on a fair backline and no doubt there are a lot of boys working hard on the inside setting up those assists."
This season alone, Garrick has scored 20 tries and kicked 94 goals in 21 matches to be the NRL's leading points scorer on 268 points with three rounds remaining before the finals.
Bulldogs legend Hazem El Masri holds the mark for the most points (294) in the regular season, which increased to 342 after four weeks of finals in 2004.
Garrick, who has totalled 560 points in his three seasons at Manly, is also in 12th position on the list of players to have scored more than 500 points for Manly - who are celebrating their 75th anniversary.
He has already passed Bob Fulton's tally of 510 points with Eadie holding the record of 1917 points.
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