National Rugby League Hall Of Fame

The National Rugby League Hall of Fame was established in 2018, to help recognise the contributions made to the National Rugby League, Australian Rugby League, Super League and New South Wales Rugby League since 1908 by players, referees, media personalities, coaches and administrators. It was initially established with 100 inductees.

Selection Process

Categories

Player

Individuals who have competed in the elite premiership rugby league competition in Australia and achieved outstanding feats on and off the field throughout a professional playing career.

Coach

People who have coached in the elite premiership rugby league competition in Australia and consistently achieved outstanding results throughout a professional coaching career.

Referee

People who have officiated in the elite premiership rugby league competition in Australia and displayed fairness and integrity consistently throughout a career as a match official.

Contributor

People who have contributed significantly to the growth, popularity and prosperity of the elite premiership rugby league competition in Australia.

Eligibility Criteria

Player

1. Individual must have competed in the elite premiership rugby league competition in Australia

2. Individual must have played the majority of their elite rugby league career in Australia

3. Individual must be retired five years from competing in a professional sporting competition

Coach

1. Individual must have coached at a first-grade level in the elite premiership rugby league competition in Australia

2. Individual may be nominated and inducted at any stage of professional or post-career

Referee

1. Individual must have officiated at a first-grade level in the elite premiership rugby league competition in Australia

2. Individual must be retired three years from officiating in the elite rugby league competition in Australia

Contributor

1. Individual must have contributed significantly to the elite premiership rugby league competition in Australia in fields other than Player, Coach or Referee.

2. Individual may be nominated and inducted at any stage of professional or post-career

Metrics of Excellence

The Metrics of Excellence, or simply Metrics, is a tailored weighting system applied to specific accolades and areas of achievement at the elite level of the game (i.e. Premiership games played; State of Origin games played; Dally M Medal; Clive Churchill Medal, Grand Finals played, etc.).

The Metrics application automatically compiles players based on the aggregate of points achieved through their collective career achievements. A purely objective function, the application effectively acts as a filtering mechanism.

Equalisation functions are built into the Metrics application to ensure parity for players from different eras of the game (i.e. Pre-War, Wartime period, Super League, etc.) and competitions (i.e. Brisbane Rugby League, Country Rugby League, etc.)

Voting Process - Player

1. Metrics of Excellence applied to all individuals that have competed in the elite premiership rugby league competition in Australia from 1908 through to the designated qualification year

2. Complete list of qualified players recompiled based on Metrics results.

3. Top one-hundred (100) players to achieve the highest aggregate of points through the Metrics process, extracted from complete list and populated on to the Hall of Fame Provisional Ballot.

4. Provisional Ballot advanced to Screening Committee for screening process.

5. Top twenty-five (25) players selected via screening process populated on to the Hall of Fame Final Ballot.

6. Final Ballot advanced to Voting College for final selection.

Screening Process

1. Provisional Ballot presented to the Screening Committee for initial evaluation.

2. Screening Committee to reduce the Provisional Ballot to fifty (50) by the end of the first deliberation stage.

3. Screening Committee then tasked with reducing the list from 50 to the final 25 players by the conclusion of the second deliberation stage.

4. Final Ballot (25) confirmed and documented by the Awards Sub-Committee.

Induction Determinant

Individuals that achieve an aggregate of 10% or greater of the total points available (375) will qualify for induction into the NRL Hall of Fame.

Induction Parameters

Player

Minimum two inductions – Maximum four inductions per annual cycle In the event players, outside of the top four tally the same number of votes as those within the top four – a countback mechanism will be executed to determine who received the higher number of five point votes, four point votes, three point votes, etc.

Coach & Referee

Minimum of one induction – Maximum two inductions per four-year cycle

Contributor

Minimum of one induction – Maximum three inductions per two-year cycle

Hall of Fame Inductees

Players

Contributors

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Immortals

The ''Immortals'' category is reserved for those who are deemed to have had a significant impact on the game of Rugby League. Being named as an "Immortal" of the National Rugby League Hall of Fame is the highest honour which one can receive in the NRL.

Originally Australian sports magazine Rugby League Week named the immortals. In 2017 Rugby League Week closed down and the concept was taken over by the Australian Rugby League Commission.

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! data-sort-value="Baldock, Darrel" style="text-align:center" , Clive Churchill
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, data-sort-value="119" , 157 games
* South Sydney (157)
, 13 tries
77 goals

193 points

* South Sydney (193)
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* South Sydney (NSWRL)

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#1951
#1952
#1954
#1955
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* South Sydney (NSWRL)

# 1967
# 1968
#1970
#1971
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Representative honours:
* Australia (37 matches)
* Australian captain (27 matches)
*3× Kangaroo Tours (1948–49, 1952–53, 1956–57)
*Kangaroo Tour captain (1952–53)
* Australian coach (29 matches)
*New South Wales (27 matches)
* Queensland coach (4 matches)
* Australian team of the Century (2008)
* New South Wales team of the Century (2008)
* NSW Country team of the Century (2008)

League honours:
* 3× NSWRL Player of the Year (1950–51, 1953)
*Sun-Herald Best and Fairest (1952)
* Grand Final Man of the Match (1954)
*NRL Team of the 1950s (2007)

Club Coaching record:
* South Sydney 1958, 1967–75 (141–80–3)
*Canterbury-Bankstown 1963–64 (7–27–2)

Representative Coaching record:

* Australia 1952–53, 1959–60, 1963 (14–9–1)
* Queensland 1959 (3–1–0)
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! data-sort-value="Barassi, Ron" style="text-align:center" , John Raper
! style="text-align:center" , 1981
, data-sort-value="253" , 215 games
* Newtown (35)
* St George (180)
, 57 tries
4 field goals

179 points

* Newtown (30)
* St George (149)
, data-sort-value="6" , 8 premierships
* St George (NSWRL)

# 1959
# 1960
# 1961
# 1962
# 1963
# 1964
#1965
#1966
, data-sort-value="4" ,
, ,
Representative honours:
* Australia (39 matches)
* Australian captain (8 matches)
*3× Kangaroo Tours (1959–60, 1963–64, 1967–68)
*New South Wales (24 matches)
* Australian team of the Century (2008)
* New South Wales team of the Century (2008)
* Harry Sunderland Medal (1964)

League honours:

* 2× NSWRL Player of the Year (1961, 1965)
*3× Sun-Herald Best and Fairest (1960, 1963, 1967)
* Grand Final Man of the Match (1966)
*NRL Team of the 1950s (2007)
*NRL Team of the 1960s (2006)

Club Coaching record:

* St George 1969 (14–9–0)
* Cronulla-Sutherland 1975–76 (18–24–2)
* Newtown 1978 (2–7–0)
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! data-sort-value="Bartlett, Kevin" style="text-align:center" , Reg Gasnier
! style="text-align:center" , 1981
, data-sort-value="403" , 125 Games
* St George (125)
, 127 tries
20 field goals

421 points

* St George (421)
, data-sort-value="5" , 6 premierships
* St George (NSWRL)

# 1960
# 1961
# 1962
# 1963
# 1964
#1965
, data-sort-value="0" ,
, ,
Representative honours:
* Australia (39 matches)
* Australian captain (8 matches)
*3× Kangaroo Tours (1959–60, 1963–64, 1967–68)
*Kangaroo Tour captain (1967–68)
* Australian coach (12 matches)
*New South Wales (16 matches)
* New South Wales coach (2 matches)
* Australian team of the Century (2008)
* New South Wales team of the Century (2008)

League honours:
* 3× NSWRL Player of the Year (1960, 1962, 1965)
*NRL Team of the 1950s (2007)
*NRL Team of the 1960s (2006)

Representative Coaching record:

* Australia 1964, 1967–68 (8–3–1)
* New South Wales 1967 (1–1–0)
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!data-sort-value="Blight, Malcolm" style="text-align:center" , Bob Fulton
!style="text-align:center" , 1981
, data-sort-value="342" , 263 Games
* Manly-Warringah (213)
*Eastern Suburbs (50)
, 147 tries
26 goals

58 field goals

598 points

* Manly-Warringah (510)
*Eastern Suburbs (88)
, data-sort-value="1" , 3 premierships
* Manly-Warringah (NSWRL)

# 1972
# 1973
# 1976
, data-sort-value="2" , 2 premierships
* Manly-Warringah (NSWRL/ARL)

# 1987
#1996
, Representative honours:
* Australia (35 matches)
* Australian captain (7 matches)
* Australian coach (51 matches)
*New South Wales (17 matches)
* Australian team of the Century (2008)
* New South Wales team of the Century (2008)
* NSW Country team of the Century (2008)

League honours:
* 2× NSWRL Player of the Year (1973–74)
*Rugby League Week Player of the Year (1975)
* Grand Final Man of the Match (1973)
*NRL Team of the 1960s (2006)
*NRL Team of the 1970s (2005)

Club Coaching record:
*Eastern Suburbs 1979–82 (57–38–5)
* Manly-Warringah 1983–88, 1993–99 (204–95–6)

Representative Coaching record:

* Australia 1989–95, 1998 (43–7–1)
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! data-sort-value="Bunton, Haydn" style="text-align:center" , Graeme Langlands
! style="text-align:center" , 1991
, data-sort-value="208" , 227 Games
* St George (227)
, 86 tries
648 goals

1,554 points

* St George (1,554)
, data-sort-value="0" , 4 premierships
* St George (NSWRL)

# 1963
# 1964
# 1965
# 1966
, data-sort-value="0" ,
, Representative honours:
* Australia (45 matches)
* Australian captain (15 matches)
*2× Kangaroo Tours (1963–64, 1967–68)
* Australian coach (24 matches)
*New South Wales (33 matches)
* New South Wales coach (12 matches)
* Australian team of the Century (2008)
* New South Wales team of the Century (2008)
* NSW Country team of the Century (2008)

League honours:
* 2× NSWRL Player of the Year (1971–72)
*Sun-Herald Best and Fairest (1970)
* Grand Final Man of the Match (1964)
*NRL Team of the 1960s (2006)
*NRL Team of the 1970s (2005)

Club Coaching record:
* St George 1972–76 (70–44–5)

Representative Coaching record:

* Australia 1973–75 (18–4–2)
* New South Wales 1973–76 (9–1–2)
, - style="font-size: 87%; vertical-align: top;"
! data-sort-value="Cable, Barry" style="text-align:center" , Wally Lewis
! style="text-align:center" , 1999
, data-sort-value="382" , 241 Games
*Valleys (109)
*Wynnum (52)
*Brisbane (46)
*Gold Coast (34)
, 122 tries
34 goals

7 field goals

503 points

*Valleys (244)
*Wynnum (127)
*Brisbane (102)
*Gold Coast (30)
, data-sort-value="6" , 3 premierships
*Valleys (BRL)

# 1979

* Wynnum (BRL)

# 1984
# 1986
, data-sort-value="1" ,
, ,
Representative honours:
* Australia (34 matches)
* Australian captain (24 matches)
*2× Kangaroo Tours (1982, 1986)
*Kangaroo Tour captain (1986)
*Queensland (35 matches)
* Queensland coach (6 matches)
* Australian team of the Century (2008)
* Queensland team of the Century (2008)
*Golden Boot Award (1984)
* Harry Sunderland Medal (1988)

League honours:
* Dally M Five-eighth of the Year (1988)
*NRL Team of the 1980s (2004)

Club Coaching record:
*Wynnum 1987 (3–1–0)
*Gold Coast 1992–93 (7–36–1)

Representative Coaching record:

* Queensland 1993–94 (2–4–0)
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! data-sort-value="Cazaly, Roy" style="text-align:center" , Arthur Beetson
! style="text-align:center" , 1999
, data-sort-value="198" , 280 Games
* Redcliffe (56)
* Balmain (74)
*Eastern Suburbs (131)
*Parramatta (18)
, 37 tries
1 goal

113 points

* Redcliffe (39)
* Balmain (20)
*Eastern Suburbs (51)
*Parramatta (3)
, data-sort-value="0" , 3 premierships
* Redcliffe (BRL)

# 1965

* Eastern Suburbs (NSWRL)

# 1974
# 1975
, data-sort-value="0" ,
, ,
Representative honours:
* Australia (28 matches)
* Australian captain (8 matches)
* Kangaroo Tour (1973)
* Australian coach (2 matches)
*New South Wales (17 matches)
*Queensland (3 matches)
* Queensland coach (22 matches)
* Australian team of the Century (2008)
* Queensland Wales team of the Century (2008)

League honours:
* NSWRL Player of the Year (1976)
*Rugby League Week Player of the Year (1974)
*Courier-Mail Best and Fairest (1965)
* Grand Final Man of the Match (1974)
*NRL Team of the 1960s (2006)
*NRL Team of the 1970s (2005)

Club Coaching record:
*Eastern Suburbs 1977–78, 1985–88, 1994 (74–70–8)
* Cronulla-Sutherland 1992–93 (17–27–0)

Representative Coaching record:

* Australia 1983 (1–1–0)
* Queensland 1981–84, 1989–90 (14–8–0)
, - style="font-size: 87%; vertical-align: top;"
! data-sort-value="Coleman, John" style="text-align:center" , Andrew Johns
! style="text-align:center" , 2012
, data-sort-value="98" , 249 Games
*Newcastle (249)
, 80 tries
917 goals

22 field goals

2,179 points

*Newcastle (2,179)
, data-sort-value="2" , 2 premierships
*Newcastle (ARL/NRL)

# 1997
# 2001
, data-sort-value="2" ,
, ,
Representative honours:
* Australia (26 matches)
* Australian captain (2 matches)
* Kangaroo Tour (2001)
*New South Wales (23 matches)
* Australian team of the Century (2008)
* New South Wales team of the Century (2008)
* NSW Country team of the Century (2008)
*2× Golden Boot Award (1999, 2001)

League honours:
* 3× Dally M Medal (1998–99, 2002)
*3× Rugby League Week Player of the Year (1998–99, 2002)
*4× Dally M Halfback of the Year (1995, 1998–99, 2002)
*Clive Churchill Medal (2001)
, - style="font-size: 87%; vertical-align: top;"
! data-sort-value="Coventry, Gordon" style="text-align:center" , Dally Messenger
! style="text-align:center" , 2018
, data-sort-value="306" , 48 Games
*Eastern Suburbs (48)
, 20 tries
159 goals

381 points

*Eastern Suburbs (381)
, data-sort-value="5" , 3 premierships
*Eastern Suburbs (NSWRL)

# 1911
# 1912
# 1913
, data-sort-value="0" ,
, ,
Representative honours:
* Australia (8 matches)
* Australian captain (3 matches)
* Kangaroo Tour (1908–09)
*New Zealand (4 matches)
*New South Wales (6 matches)
* Australian team of the Century (2008)
* New South Wales team of the Century (2008)
, - style="font-size: 87%; vertical-align: top;"
! data-sort-value="Dyer, Jack" style="text-align:center" , Frank Burge
! style="text-align:center" , 2018
, data-sort-value="312" , 154 Games
*Glebe (138)
* St George (16)
, 146 tries
49 goals

536 points

*Glebe (509)
* St George (27)
, data-sort-value="2" ,
, data-sort-value="1" ,
, ,
Representative honours:
* Australia (13 matches)
* Kangaroo Tour (1921–22)
*New South Wales (6 matches)
* Australian team of the Century (2008)
* New South Wales team of the Century (2008)

Club Coaching record:
* St George 1927–30, 1937 (49–20–5)
*Eastern Suburbs 1932 (9–6–0)
* North Sydney 1935, 1945 (17–14–1)
*Canterbury 1936 (9–4–2)
* Newtown 1940 (9–6–0)
* Western Suburbs 1947 (12–8–0)
, - style="font-size: 87%; vertical-align: top;"
! data-sort-value="Farmer, Graham" style="text-align:center" , Dave Brown
! style="text-align:center" , 2018
, data-sort-value="356" , 94 Games
*Eastern Suburbs (94)
, 93 tries
194 goals

667 points

*Eastern Suburbs (667)
, data-sort-value="6" , 4 premierships
*Eastern Suburbs (NSWRL)

# 1935
# 1936
# 1937
# 1940
, data-sort-value="2" , 1 premiership
*Eastern Suburbs (NSWRL)

# 1940
, ,
Representative honours:
* Australia (9 matches)
* Australian captain (6 matches)
* Kangaroo Tour (1933–34)
*New South Wales (19 matches)
* New South Wales team of the Century (2008)

Club Coaching record:
*Eastern Suburbs 1940, 1943, 1957–59 (38–45–1)
, - style="font-size: 87%; vertical-align: top;"
! data-sort-value="Hart, Royce" style="text-align:center" , Norm Provan
! style="text-align:center" , 2018
, data-sort-value="188" , 256 Games
* St George (256)
, 63 tries
1 goal

193 points

* St George (191)
, data-sort-value="4" , 10 premierships
* St George (NSWRL)

# 1956
# 1957
# 1958
# 1959
# 1960
# 1961
# 1962
# 1963
# 1964
# 1965
, data-sort-value="0" , 4 premierships
* St George (NSWRL)

# 1962
# 1963
# 1964
# 1965
, ,
Representative honours:
* Australia (18 matches)
* Australian captain (27 matches)
* Kangaroo Tour (1956–57)
*New South Wales (20 matches)
* Australian team of the Century (2008)
* New South Wales team of the Century (2008)

League honours:
* NSWRL Player of the Year (1958)
*Sun-Herald Best and Fairest (1954)
*3× Grand Final Man of the Match (1957–58, 1963)
*NRL Team of the 1950s (2007)

Club Coaching record:

* St George 1962–65, 1968 (80–20–5)
*Parramatta 1975 (13–12–1)
* Cronulla-Sutherland 1978–79 (31–17–2)
, - style="font-size: 87%; vertical-align: top;"
! data-sort-value="Hudson, Peter" style="text-align:center" , Mal Meninga
! style="text-align:center" , 2018
, data-sort-value="288" , 276 Games
* Souths (108)
* Canberra (166)
, 151 tries
596 goals

2 field goals

1,753 points

* Souths (889)
* Canberra (864)
, data-sort-value="1" , 5 premierships
* Souths (BRL)

# 1981
# 1985

* Canberra (NSWRL)

# 1989
# 1990
# 1994
, data-sort-value="0" ,
, ,
Representative honours:
* Australia (46 matches)
* Australian captain (24 matches)
*4× Kangaroo Tours (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994)
* Australian coach (17 matches)
* Papua New Guinea coach (2 matches)
*Queensland (38 matches)
* Queensland coach (30 matches)
* Australian team of the Century (2008)
* Queensland team of the Century (2008)
*Golden Boot Award (1989)

League honours:
* Rugby League Week Player of the Year (1990)
*2× Dally M Centre of the Year (1990–91)
*NRL Team of the 1980s (2004)
*NRL Team of the 1990s (2003)

Club Coaching record:
* Canberra 1997–01 (66–57–2)

Representative Coaching record:

* Papua New Guinea 2014–15 (1–1–0)
* Australia 2016–19 (15–2–0)
* Queensland 2006–15 (20–10–0)

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