The 2013
All Stars Match was the fourth of the annual representative exhibition matches played between the
Indigenous All Stars and the
NRL All Stars team
The NRL All Stars team was a rugby league football team made up of professional players in the National Rugby League. These players were selected by fan vote. However, fans were only allowed to select one player from each NRL team to join the Au ...
which was held on 9 February 2013. Once again the players were selected through a voting scheme which over 40,000 fans polled their selections over the two online voting stages. Final stage voting for both sides were closed on the midnight 14 January. After the success of the previous three events the match was moved from Gold Coast's
Skilled Park
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to the larger capacity
Suncorp Stadium
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in Brisbane. The Indigenous All Stars won the match 32–6 to even the ledger with two wins from the four games played so far. Both
Ben Barba
Ben Barba (born 13 June 1989) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for St Helens in the Super League. He primarily played as a or .
He was banned by both the NRL and Rugby Football League in February ...
and
Reece Robinson became the first players to score a hat-trick in an All Stars match. The preceding game included a Women's All Stars exhibition match which was won by the NRL Women's All Stars 22-6.
Teams
Benji Marshall
Benjamin Quentin Marshall (born 25 February 1985) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played at or .
He previously played for the Wests Tigers in two separate spells, St. George Illawarra Dragons, Brisbane Bro ...
(New Zealand captain) and
Cameron Smith Cameron Smith may refer to:
* Cameron Smith (rugby league, born 1983), Australian rugby league footballer
* Cameron Smith (rugby league, born 1998), English rugby league footballer
* Cameron Smith (golfer) (born 1993), Australian golfer
* Cammy Smi ...
(Australian captain) were automatic selections for the NRL All Stars side whilst
Johnathan Thurston
Johnathan Dean Thurston (born 25 April 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the National Rugby League (NRL). Thurston was an Australian international, Queensland State of Origin and Indigenous All ...
was made captain and an automatic pick for his Indigenous side. After the 16 best voted players for each side were selected by their respective coaches, the coaches were then allowed to personally pick further players to complete their 20-man squads. An asterisk(*) next to a player's name represents debutants for their respective sides.
1 -
Dave Taylor was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by
Ashley Harrison
Ashley Harrison (born 18 May 1981) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the 2000s and 2010s.
He played for the Gold Coast Titans of the NRL. A Queensland State of Origin representative lock forwar ...
.
2 -
Billy Slater
William Slater (born 18 June 1983), is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australian international and one-time captain of the Queensland State of Origin team, he played his entire ...
was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by
Jarryd Hayne
Jarryd Lee Hayne (born 15 February 1988) is a former professional rugby league footballer who also briefly played American football and rugby union sevens.
Hayne began his career in 2006 as a er for the Parramatta Eels, winning the NRL's Dal ...
whilst
Justin O'Neill
Justin O'Neill (born 4 April 1991) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Melbourne Storm and North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL and Australia at international level.
He represented the NRL All Stars ...
filled Hayne's spot on the bench.
3 -
Cooper Cronk
Cooper Patrick Cronk (born 5 December 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An n international and Queensland State of Origin representative , he played most of his club career fo ...
was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by
Shaun Johnson.
4 -
Anthony Watmough was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by
Kieran Foran
Kieran Foran (born 13 July 1990) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL and New Zealand at international level.
Foran previously played for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, ...
.
5 -
Paul Gallen
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was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by
Chris Heighington
Christopher Heighington (born 14 January 1982) is a former professional rugby league footballer. An English international, Country New South Wales and NRL All Stars representative, his positions were and . He played for the Wests Tigers and ...
.
Result
Women's All Stars match
The NRL announced the Women's and
Indigenous Women's All Stars teams to take the field as part of the Harvey Norman Rugby League All Stars match on Saturday 9 February in Brisbane.
This was the Second
Women's rugby league
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Australia, France, England and New Zealand co ...
match for the women as part of the fixture, with the level of competition stepping up again the following year, thanks to increased women's pathways nationally and female participation levels across the game at an all-time high.
Women's Teams
The two teams were selected and announced in November for the match in February.
Result
References
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All Stars Match
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