Australian rugby league's 100 greatest players

Australian rugby league's 100 greatest players

In late 2007, the Australian Rugby League and National Rugby League commissioned 130 experts to select the 100 best rugby league players in the game's 100-year history in Australia. From this list , a limited panel of experts picked a the "Team of the Century" - a team of 17 players considered to be the best Australian players of all time. This team was announced in Sydney on 17 April 2008, see Australian Rugby League's Team of the Century.

Rugby League's 100 Greatest Players

Players are listed in alphabetical order.
* Vic Armbruster, Toowoomba, Brisbane Grammars, Brisbane Valleys
* Keith Barnes, Balmain
* Harry Bath, Brisbane Souths, Balmain, Barrow, Warrington, St George
* Arthur Beetson, Balmain, Eastern Suburbs, Parramatta
* Roy Bull, Manly
* Jack Beaton, Eastern Suburbs
* Brian Bevan, Eastern Suburbs, Warrington, Blackpool Borough
* Cec Blinkhorn, North Sydney, South Sydney
* Kerry Boustead, Eastern Suburbs, Manly, North Sydney
* Dave Brown, Eastern Suburbs, Warrington
* Frank Burge, Glebe, St George
* Joe "Chimpy" Busch, Eastern Suburbs, Balmain
* Billy Cann, South Sydney
* Brian Carlson, Newcastle, North Sydney
* Clive Churchill, South Sydney
* Brian Clay, Newtown, St George
* Arthur Clues, Western Suburbs
* Bradley Clyde, Canberra, Bulldogs
* Ron Coote, South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs
* Ted "Tedda" Courtney, Newtown, Western Suburbs, North Sydney
* Jimmy Craig, Balmain, University, Western Suburbs
* Michael Cronin, Parramatta
* Les Cubitt, Glebe, Eastern Suburbs
* Laurie Daley, Canberra
* Brian Davies, Brisbane Brothers, Canterbury
* Dan Dempsey, Ipswich
* Graham Eadie, Manly
* Andrew Ettingshausen, Cronulla
* Viv Farnsworth, Newtown, Western Suburbs
* Brad Fittler, Penrith, Sydney Roosters
* Charles "Chook" Fraser, Balmain
* Dan Frawley, Eastern Suburbs
* Bob Fulton, Manly, Eastern Suburbs,Warrington
* Peter Gallagher, Brisbane Brothers
* Reg Gasnier, St George
* Herb Gilbert, South Sydney, Western Suburbs
* Tom Gorman, Toowoomba, Brisbane Brothers
* Eric Grothe, Parramatta
* Duncan Hall, Brisbane Valleys, Toowoomba, Brisbane Wests
* Howard Hallett, South Sydney
* Arthur "Pony" Halloway, Glebe, Eastern Suburbs, Balmain
* Brian Hambly, Wagga Wagga, South Sydney, Parramatta
* Vic Hey, Western Suburbs, Toowoomba, Parramatta
* Keith Holman, Western Suburbs
* Harold Horder, South Sydney, North Sydney
* Ken Irvine, North Sydney, Manly
* Andrew Johns, Newcastle Knights,Warrington
* Les Johns, Canterbury
* Ken Kearney, St George
* Noel Kelly, Ipswich, Western Suburbs
* Brett Kenny, Parramatta
* Johnny King, St George
* Terry Lamb, Western Suburbs, Canterbury
* Allan Langer, Brisbane Broncos, Warrington
* Graeme Langlands, St George
* Glenn Lazarus, Canberra, Brisbane Broncos, Melbourne
* Wally Lewis, Brisbane Valleys, Wynnum-Manly, Brisbane Broncos, Gold Coast
* Darren Lockyer, Brisbane Broncos
* Eddie Lumsden, Manly, St George
* Bob McCarthy, South Sydney, Canterbury
* Chris McKivat, Glebe
* Frank McMillan, Western Suburbs, Balmain
* Peter "Mick" Madsen, Toowoomba
* Mal Meninga, Souths Brisbane, Canberra
* Dally Messenger, Eastern Suburbs
* Gene Miles, Wynnum-Manly, Brisbane Broncos
* Steve Mortimer, Canterbury
* Barry Muir, Brisbane Wests
* Herb Narvo, Newtown, St George
* Ernie Norman, Eastern Suburbs
* Andy Norval, Eastern Suburbs
* John O'Neill, South Sydney, Manly
* Kel O'Shea, Western Suburbs
* Joe Pearce, Eastern Suburbs
* Sandy Pearce, Eastern Suburbs
* Wayne Pearce, Balmain
* Ray Price, Parramatta
* Wally Prigg, Newcastle
* Norm Provan, St George
* Johnny Raper, Newtown, St George
* Tom Raudonikis, Western Suburbs, Newtown
* Steve Roach, Balmain
* Steve Rogers, Cronulla
* Albert Rosenfeld, Eastern Suburbs
* John Sattler, South Sydney
* Billy Smith, St George
* Herb Steinohrt, Toowoomba
* Ray Stehr, Eastern Suburbs
* Peter Sterling, Parramatta
* Arthur Summons, Western Suburbs
* Viv Thicknesse, Eastern Suburbs
* Duncan Thompson, North Sydney, Toowoomba
* Ken Thornett, Parramatta
* George Treweek, South Sydney
* Ian Walsh, Eugowra, St George
* Steve Walters, Canberra, North Queensland Cowboys, Newcastle Knights
* Benny Wearing, South Sydney
* Shane Webcke, Brisbane Broncos
* Eric Weissel, Temora
* Harry Wells, Wollongong, South Sydney, Western Suburbs

Players by club

NSWRL/ARL/NRL

External links

* [http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/home.aspx Centenary of Rugby League]
* [http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/news--reviews/news/rugby-league%27s-greatest-players-announced.aspx "Rugby League's Greatest Players Announced"] Centenary of Rugby League, accessed 23 February 2008
* [http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,23257869-23214,00.html "League's 100 greatest players"] Fox Sports, accessed 23 February 2008
* [http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/08/02/22/RUGBYL_Greats.html "UK Stars Make Aussie Greats List"] Sporting Life, accessed 23 February 2008


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