Nathan Merritt is on the brink of becoming the greatest tryscorer to ever play for the Rabbitohs Nathan Merritt is on the brink of becoming the greatest tryscorer to ever play for the Rabbitohs. NATHAN Merritt goes about his business with a minimum of fuss - never beating his own drum, or blowing up about why he doesn't get picked for NSW. But there is one honour the 29-year-old is closing in on fast that will secure his place in rugby league history for years to come, with the flying winger on the verge of becoming the greatest tryscorer to ever pull on a South Sydney jumper. That record is currently held by Benny Wearing who scored 144 tries for the Rabbitohs back in the 1920s and 30s. Merritt's club career tally stands at 143 tries, although eight of those were scored while playing for Cronulla back in 2004-05. Still, if he gets one more try against the Bulldogs in the Good Friday blockbuster at ANZ Stadium, Merritt will be joining Wearing as equal 10th on the all-time club tryscoring list. And given he has two hat-tricks in just three rounds this season, it would take a brave fan to back him out when he runs out to tackle the Dogs. Asked yesterday if he ever gets sick of scoring tries, the freakish finisher just shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "I've got six this year but I'd love to score plenty more. Hopefully there is plenty more to come. That's what I'm here for, to finish off tries. He says the feeling he gets from it is hard to put into words. "When you put that ball down over the tryline it is just an amazing feeling," Merritt said. It is hard to describe but it is something that I want to do plenty more times so I can keep getting that great feeling. As for never winning a NSW State of Origin call-up, well, that's another dream Merritt refuses to give up on. Nathan Merritt celebrates celebrates a try against the Panthers. Earlier this year Blues coach Laurie Daley gave him an invite to the Emerging Blues camp that was held at his home training ground at Redfern Oval. And given Merritt reckons he is now playing the best football of his career he is hoping 2013 might be the year all of his footballing dreams finally come true. "Maybe it could be this year," he said. If we play well as a team and we keep competing and stay up near the top of the ladder, who knows. I would definitely put my hand up if I ever got the opportunity. I am just going to try and continue to play my best footy and we'll see what happens from there. But you're right, I am loving every bit of it at the moment. Like they say, when you are enjoying your footy you tend to play good football and the individual rewards come. So that's all I can keep doing, just giving it my best.