Michael Joseph Dore (1 July 1883 – 13 August 1910) was an Australian representative

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and

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footballer - a dual-code international. He was one of the founding fathers of

in Queensland. Along with

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, Doug McLean snr and

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he was one of the inaugural five Australian dual code rugby internationals who having earlier represented at rugby union, debuted in international rugby league in Sydney on 9 May 1908 in the first ever Australian league Test against

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Rugby union career

Dore was selected as scrum-half for the

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against New Zealand, at Dunedin, on 2 September 1905. His elder brother Edmund had also represented Australia against the 1904 British Isles tourists.

Rugby league career

Dore's decision to switch codes in 1907 influenced many other Queensland union players including his brother, to join the Rugby League ranks. He was a member of the inaugural committee of the Queensland Rugby Football Association and was a foundation Australian selector. Along with two other of the five inaugural selectors (

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& Lutge) Dore picked himself in 1908 for the first two rugby league internationals against New Zealand. He played in the first ever trans-Tasman test, which was the debut match of the Australia national rugby league team. He is listed on the ''Australian Players Register'' as Kangaroo No.5.ARL Annual Report 2005, page 52 Dore was unable to get leave of absence from his job to attend the 1908–09

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tour of England and made his 3rd and final rugby league Test appearance against New Zealand in Sydney in 1909. Altogether he played three Tests for the Australian national team as Half-Back.

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* Whiticker, Alan (2004) ''Captaining the Kangaroos'', New Holland, Sydney * Andrews, Malcolm (2006) ''The ABC of Rugby League'', Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney {{DEFAULTSORT:Dore, Micky 1883 births Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players Dual-code rugby internationals Australian rugby league players Australia national rugby league team players Queensland rugby league team players Burials at Nudgee Cemetery 1910 deaths Rugby union players from Brisbane Rugby union scrum-halves