In late 2007, the

Australian Rugby League The Australian Rugby League Commission (ARL), formerly the Australian Rugby Football League known as the Australian Rugby League is an Australian rugby league football competition operator. It was founded in 1986 as the Australian Rugby Footbal ...

and

National Rugby League The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...

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 "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 In late 2007, the Australian Rugby League and National Rugby League commissioned a college of 130 experts to select the 100 best rugby league players in the game's 100-year history in Australia. The list was released in February 2008. From this li ...

Rugby League's 100 Greatest Players

Players are listed in alphabetical order. #

Vic Armbruster Louis Victor Armbruster (born 12 July 1902 – 11 October 1984) was an Australian rugby league footballer for New South Wales state rugby league team, New South Wales, Queensland state rugby league team, Queensland and Australia national rugby ...

, Mullumbimby, Toowoomba Valleys, Brisbane Grammars, Fortitude Valley, Bundaberg, Rochdale Hornets #

Keith Barnes William Keith Barnes AM (born 30 October 1934), also known by the nickname of "Golden Boots", is a Welsh-born Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He was a for ...

, Balmain #

Harry Bath Harry Bath (28 November 1924 – 4 October 2008), born Alfred Henry Bath, also known by the nickname of "The Old Fox", was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach who was prominent and influential in the mid-20th century. A state and i ...

, Brisbane Souths, Balmain, Barrow, Warrington, St George # Jack Beaton, Eastern Suburbs #

Arthur Beetson Arthur Henry "Artie" Beetson OAM (21 January 1945 – 1 December 2011

, Balmain, Eastern Suburbs, Parramatta, Hull KR #

Brian Bevan Brian Eyrl Bevan (24 January 1924 – 3 June 1991), also known by the nickname of "Wing Wizard", was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s who became the only player ever to have been induc ...

, Eastern Suburbs, Warrington, Blackpool Borough #

Cec Blinkhorn Cyril "Cec" Blinkhorn (18 April 1892 – 8 April 1977) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played in the NSWRFL premiership for the North Sydney and South Sydney clubs, and also represented New Sout ...

, North Sydney, South Sydney #

Kerry Boustead Kerry Boustead (born 12 August 1959) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. A talented representative for Queensland and Australia, at the time he was picked for the national team he was the younges ...

, Eastern Suburbs, Manly, North Sydney, Hull KR # Dave Brown, Eastern Suburbs, Warrington #

Roy Bull Roy Bull (12 June 1929 – 29 June 2004) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s and spent his whole career - as player, coach & administrator - with the Manly-Warringah club in Sydney. In addition to pl ...

, Manly #

Frank Burge Frank Burge (14 August 1894 – 5 July 1958) was one of the greatest forwards in the history of rugby league in Australia. Later Burge became one of the game’s finest coaches. His club career was with Glebe and the St. George Dragons. He repr ...

, Glebe, St George # Joe "Chimpy" Busch, Eastern Suburbs, Balmain #

Billy Cann Wiliam A. Cann (1882–1958) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s who later wrote for ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. A New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales state and Australia national rugby league tea ...

, South Sydney #

Brian Carlson Brian Patrick Carlson (12 February 1933 – 14 April 1987) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a & utility back for the Australia national team. He played in 17 Tests and 6 World C ...

, Newcastle, North Sydney #

Clive Churchill Clive Bernard Churchill AM (21 January 1927 – 9 August 1985) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer and coach in the mid-20th century. An Australian international and New South Wales and Queensland interstate representative ...

, South Sydney #

Brian Clay Brian Joseph 'Poppa' Clay (1935 – 1987) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a with the St. George Dragons during their 11-year consecutive premiership winning run from 1956 to 1966. He was ...

, Newtown, St George #

Arthur Clues Arthur Clues (2 May 1924 – 3 October 1998) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. An Australian international and New South Wales interstate representative second-row forward, he played his c ...

, Western Suburbs, Leeds, Hunslet #

Bradley Clyde Bradley Clyde (born 27 January 1970) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s who, at the peak of his playing career was widely acknowledged as the best in the game. He represented b ...

, Canberra, Bulldogs, Leeds #

Ron Coote Ron Coote AM (born 1944) is an Australian former representative rugby league player whose club career was played with South Sydney and the Eastern Suburbs Roosters, with both of whom he won premierships. He is considered one of the nation's fi ...

, 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 Laurie William Daley AM (born 20 October 1969), also known by the nicknames of "Lozza" and "Loz", is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and a former player who played as a and in the 1980s and 1990s. He represented Aus ...

, Canberra # Brian Davies, Brisbane Brothers, Canterbury #

Dan Dempsey Dan Dempsey (15 January 1902 – 9 January 1960) was an Australian rugby league Australian Kangaroos, national and Queensland Maroons, Queensland state representative player. He played his career at and is considered one of the nation's finest f ...

, Ipswich #

Graham Eadie Graham "Wombat" Eadie (born 25 November 1953), is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He has been named amongst Australia's finest of the 20th century. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian ...

, Manly, Halifax #

Andrew Ettingshausen Andrew "ET" Ettingshausen (born 29 October 1965) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s. He played his first grade Australian club football for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks ...

, Cronulla, Leeds #

Viv Farnsworth Viv Farnsworth (1889–1953) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played for Newtown Jets, Newtown, Western Suburbs Magpies, Wests, New South Wales state rugby league team, New South Wales a ...

, Newtown, Western Suburbs #

Brad Fittler Bradley Scott Fittler (born 5 February 1972), also known by the nickname of "Freddy", is the head coach of the New South Wales State of Origin team, a commentator and a television presenter. Fittler has previously coached the Sydney Roosters in ...

, Penrith, Sydney Roosters # Charles "Chook" Fraser, Balmain #

Dan Frawley Dan Frawley (1882–1967) was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer, a national representative player. He played his career as a with the Eastern Suburbs club in Sydney and is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of t ...

, Eastern Suburbs #

Bob Fulton Robert Fulton (1 December 1947 – 23 May 2021), also nicknamed "Bozo", was an Australian international rugby league footballer, coach and later commentator. Fulton played, coached, selected for and has commentated on the game with great succe ...

, Manly, Eastern Suburbs, Warrington #

Peter Gallagher Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19, 1955) is an American actor. Since 1980, he has played roles in numerous Hollywood films. He is best known for starring as Sandy Cohen in the television drama series ''The O.C.'' from 2003 to 2007, recurr ...

, Brisbane Brothers #

Reg Gasnier Reginald William "Reg" Gasnier (12 May 1939 – 11 May 2014) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach. He played for the St. George Dragons from 1959 to 1967 and represented Australian national rugby league team, Australia in a then ...

, St George #

Herb Gilbert Herbert R. Gilbert (18 September 1888 – 5 January 1972) was an Australian rugby league and rugby union player – a dual-code international. He represented the Wallabies in three Tests in 1910 and the Kangaroos in seven Tests from 1911 to 19 ...

, South Sydney, Western Suburbs, Hull FC # Tom Gorman, Toowoomba, Brisbane Brothers #

Eric Grothe Sr Eric Grothe Sr. (born 6 January 1960), also known by the nickname "Guru", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. A New South Wales and Australian representative , he played club footbal ...

, Parramatta, Leeds #

Duncan Hall Duncan Hall (24 August 192518 January 2011) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, singled out as having been amongst the greatest of the 20th century. He played in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership f ...

, Brisbane Valleys, Toowoomba, Brisbane Wests # Howard Hallett, South Sydney # Arthur "Pony" Halloway, Glebe, Eastern Suburbs, Balmain #

Brian Hambly Brian Clinton Hambly (31 October 1937 – 30 August 2008) was an Australian rugby league player, a representative forward for the Australia national team between 1959 and 1965. His club career was played with South Sydney and Parramatta. He w ...

, 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 # Les Johns, Canterbury # Ken Kearney, St George # Noel Kelly (rugby league), Noel Kelly, Ipswich, Western Suburbs # Brett Kenny, Parramatta, Wigan # Johnny King, St George # Terry Lamb, Western Suburbs, Canterbury # Allan Langer, Ipswich, Brisbane Broncos, Warrington # Graeme Langlands, St George # Glenn Lazarus, Canberra, Brisbane Broncos, Melbourne # Wally Lewis, Brisbane Valleys, Wynnum-Manly, Wakefield Trinity, Brisbane Broncos, Gold Coast # Darren Lockyer, Brisbane Broncos # Eddie Lumsden, Manly, St George # Mick Madsen, Toowoomba # Bob McCarthy, South Sydney, Canterbury # Chris McKivat, Glebe # Frank McMillan, Western Suburbs, Balmain # Mal Meninga, Souths Brisbane, St. Helens, Canberra # Dally Messenger, Eastern Suburbs # Gene Miles, Wynnum-Manly, Brisbane Broncos, Wigan # Steve Mortimer, Canterbury # Barry Muir, Brisbane Wests # Herb Narvo, Newtown, St George # Ernie Norman, Eastern Suburbs # Andy Norval, Eastern Suburbs # John O'Neill (rugby league), John O'Neill, South Sydney, Manly # Kel O'Shea, Western Suburbs # Joe Pearce (Australian rugby league), Joe Pearce, Eastern Suburbs # Sandy Pearce, Eastern Suburbs # Wayne Pearce, Balmain # Ray Price (rugby), Ray Price, Parramatta, Wakefield Trinity # Wally Prigg, St George # Norm Provan, St George # Johnny Raper, Newtown, St George # Tom Raudonikis, Western Suburbs, Newtown # Steve Roach (rugby league), Steve Roach, Balmain, Warrington # Steve Rogers (rugby league), Steve Rogers, Cronulla-Sutherland, St. George, Widnes # Albert Rosenfeld, Eastern Suburbs, Huddersfield, Wakefield Trinity, Bradford Northern # John Sattler, South Sydney # Billy Smith (rugby league, born 1942), Billy Smith, St George # Ray Stehr, Eastern Suburbs # Herb Steinohrt, Toowoomba # Peter Sterling (rugby league commentator), Peter Sterling, Parramatta, Hull FC # Arthur Summons, Western Suburbs # Viv Thicknesse, Eastern Suburbs # Duncan Thompson, North Sydney, Toowoomba # Ken Thornett, Parramatta, Leeds # George Treweek, South Sydney # Ian Walsh (rugby league), Ian Walsh, Eugowra, St George # Steve Walters, Canberra, North Queensland Cowboys, Newcastle Knights # Benny Wearing, South Sydney # Shane Webcke, Brisbane Broncos # Eric Weissel, Cootamundra, Temora, Barmedman, Narrandera, Wagga Wagga # Harry Wells (rugby league), Harry Wells, Wollongong, South Sydney, Western Suburbs

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