The 2017 All Stars match was the seventh annual representative exhibition All Stars match of Australian rugby. The match was played between the Indigenous All Stars and the

World All Stars 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 Aus ...

and for the first time, the match was played outside of

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. Mal Meninga took over as coach of the World All Stars from Wayne Bennett. The Indigenous All Stars were selected through public vote from 7 November to 2 December 2016. Both sides were announced on 14 December.

Teams

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Will Chambers William Chambers (born 26 May 1988) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer who previously played for the LA Giltinis in Major League Rugby (MLR) in the United States. After winning two titles with the Melbourne Storm, he retired ...

was originally selected to play but withdrew for the birth of his first child.

Jack Bird Jack Bird (born 20 March 1995) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and forward for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL. Bird previously played for the Brisbane Broncos and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sha ...

was moved from the bench to Centre and Chambers was replaced by

Bevan French Bevan French (born 4 January 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er and for the Wigan Warriors in the Super League. He has played for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL and the Indigenous All Stars side. ...

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² - Sam Thaiday was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Kyle Turner was moved from the bench to Lock and Thaiday was replaced by

Tyrone Roberts Tyrone Roberts (born 1 June 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Burleigh Bears in the Queensland Cup as a or . He previously played for the Brisbane Broncos, Newcastle Knights and the Gold Coast Titan ...

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³ - Adam Elliott was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Chris Smith.
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Konrad Hurrell Konileti "Konrad" Hurrell (born 5 August 1991) is a Tongan professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for St Helens in the Super League and Tonga at international level. He previously played for the New Zealand Warriors and the Gold ...

was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Gerard Beale.
⁵ - Adam Reynolds was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury.

Moses Mbye Moses Mbye (born 13 August 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL. Over the course of his career he has played as a and . He previously played for the Canterbury ...

was moved from the bench to Halfback and Reynolds was replaced by

Damien Cook Damien Cook (born 23 June 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL and Australia at international level. He previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons a ...

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⁶ - Nate Myles was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury.

Reagan Campbell-Gillard Reagan Campbell-Gillard (born 27 July 1993), also known by the nicknames of "Reggie" or "RCG", is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL. He has also represented both Fiji and Australia at i ...

was moved from the bench to Prop and Myles was replaced by

Paul Vaughan Paul William Vaughan (24 October 1925 – 14 November 2014) was a British journalist, radio presenter (of art and science programmes) throughout the 1970s and 1990s, semi-professional jazz and classical musician and a narrator of many BBC Telev ...

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Jake Trbojevic Jake Trbojevic (born 18 February 1994) also known as “Jurbo” is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL and Australia at international level. Trbojevic has playe ...

was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Tepai Moeroa was moved from the bench to Lock and Trbojevic was replaced by

Mitchell Aubusson Mitchell Aubusson (born 1 October 1987) is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who played as a and , spending his entire career with the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League, National Rugby League (NRL). He won thr ...

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⁸ - Joseph Leilua was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by

Jarrod Croker Jarrod Keith Croker (born 11 September 1990) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who is the captain and goal-kicking for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL. He has played his entire career to date with Canberra, with whom he be ...

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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 Da ...

was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. David Mead was moved from Wing to Fullback and Hayne was replaced by Akuila Uate.
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Sosaia Feki Sosaia Feki (born 9 May 1991), anglicised Josiah Feki, also known by the nickname of "The PM" is a Tonga national rugby league team, Tonga international rugby league footballer who plays on the for Western Suburbs Red Devils in the Illawarra R ...

was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Chris McQueen.

Result

Women's All Stars match

For the sixth time, a Women's match was held as part of the fixture.

Women's Teams

References

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