The New South Wales Rugby League Team of the Century is a hypothetical team comprising the best players who have played for New South Wales to form a team for 1908 until 2007.
Rugby league in New South Wales
Rugby league in New South Wales is the most popular spectator sport in the state
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was initiated in 1908 with the
New South Wales Rugby Football League
The New South Wales Rugby League Ltd (NSWRL) is an Australian rugby league football competition operator in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission.It was registered on 21 ...
competition, which evolved into the
New South Wales Rugby League
The New South Wales Rugby League Ltd (NSWRL) is an Australian rugby league football competition operator in rugby league in New South Wales, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and is a member of the Australian Rugby League Co ...
in 1984. Today, ten New South Wales clubs participate in the national competition while thirteen formerly did so.
The team was announced on 19 May 2008, ahead of the first State of Origin game in Sydney.
The team
Notes
: The position the player were chosen in the Team of the Century.
: The Australian clubs/teams the player played for during his career.
: The number of games he played at state level for New South Wales during his career.
: The number of games he played at national level for Australia during his career.
: The Clubs, New South Wales and Australia columns are in terms of his coaching career, not his playing career.
References
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Century
A century is a period of 100 years or 10 decades. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages. The word ''century'' comes from the Latin ''centum'', meaning ''one hundred''. ''Century'' is sometimes abbreviated as c.
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