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Bryson Goodwin | Goodwin played the rest of the 2011 season in Reserve Grade which included playing for Canterbury in their 30-28 NSW Cup Grand Final win over the Auckland Vulcans, where he kicked 3 goals which helped the Canterbury Reserve Grade side win their 3rd successive Reserve Grade premiership in a row. |
George Gatis | During the 2008 season he signed with the North Queensland Cowboys and played one NRL match for the club, starting at hooker. |
Brad Mackay | Mackay debuted for the New South Wales Blues as a reserve in game II of the 1989 State of Origin series. |
Rodney Howe | Howe played at prop forward for Melbourne in their victory in the 1999 NRL Grand Final. |
Steele Retchless | In 1998 against Bradford Bulls, he made a Super League record of 66 tackles in a game. |
Wayne Bartrim | Bartrim's 176 points scored in 1996 with St George are the most ever scored by a lock in a New South Wales Rugby League season. |
Brett Hodgson | In Round 12 of the 2007 NRL season, Hodgson fractured his cheekbone in the match against the Parramatta Eels. |
David Fairleigh | This was followed by a season at the Newcastle Knights, and another in England at St Helens, with whom he won the 2001 Challenge Cup final before retiring. |
Bruce Astill | He was selected on the bench for the first ever State of Origin match in 1980, becoming Queensland State of Origin player No. 15, but did not take the field. |
Bryce Gibbs (rugby league) | Gibbs scored a try in the Wests Tigers' victory in the 2005 NRL Grand Final, but has not scored another since. |
Chris McKenna (rugby league) | McKenna played for the Leeds Rhinos at second-row forward in their 2004 Super League Grand Final victory against the Bradford Bulls. |
Danny Buderus | An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative hooker, he played in the National Rugby League for Australian club, the Newcastle Knights, with whom he won a Dally M Medal and the 2001 NRL Premiership before setting a new record for most games with the club. |
Chris Houston (rugby league) | In Round 13 of the 2008 NRL season, Houston made his first appearance as a captain due to Knights regular captain Kurt Gidley and vice-captain Steve Simpson being unavailable for the match. |
Shaun Berrigan | Berrigan scored his first try for new club Hull in Round 2 of 2008's Super League XIII. |
Jonathan Davies (rugby player born 1962) | As he learned the game and tried to bulk up, during the 1989 -- 90 Rugby Football League season, he played for defending champions Widnes at centre in their 1989 World Club Challenge victory against the visiting Canberra Raiders. |
Paul Deacon | Deacon played for the Bradford Bulls at dcrum half back, kicking three goal from five attempts in their 2005 Super League Grand Final victory against Leeds Rhinos He played in the 2005 Tri Nations against Australia and New Zealand (2 matches). |
Corey Hughes | Hughes played for the Canterbury Bulldogs at five-eighth in their loss at the 1998 NRL grand final to the Brisbane Broncos. |
Matt Cooper (rugby league) | The following February Cooper travelled with the Dragons to England to play the Super League champions, Wigan in the 2011 World Club Challenge. |
John Skandalis | Skandalis was a member of the Wests Tigers team which won the 2005 NRL Grand Final against the Cowboys. |
Craig Wing | He played at halfback in the Roosters team which won the 2002 NRL Grand Final against the New Zealand Warriors, scoring a try. |
Brett Stewart (rugby league) | After an injury-interrupted start to the 2012 NRL season with the Sea Eagles, Stewart returned to the field and his usual top form in time to be regain his position at fullback for New South Wales in the first game of the 2012 State of Origin series against Queensland at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne. |
Luke Patten | Patten played at fullback for the Bulldogs in their 2004 NRL grand final victory over cross-city rivals, the Sydney Roosters. |
Braith Anasta | The 2004 season saw Anasta claim his first premiership ring as the Bulldogs beat his future club, the Sydney Roosters, 16 -- 13 in the 2004 NRL Grand Final to win their 8th title. |
Lee Mossop | Lee started 2010 brightly in Wigan colours and was attracting interest from Australian NRL side Canterbury Bulldogs. |
Marvin Filipo | In 2012, Filipo was selected at second-row for the NSW Residents team to play the QLD Residents at Suncorp Stadium as a curtain raiser to the Game 3, State of Origin decider. |
Jharal Yow Yeh | He saw playing time for Queensland in the 2011 State of Origin series, scoring his first State of Origin try in his Game I debut. |
Luke Bailey (rugby league) | After playing a sole season of lower grade rugby with the Dragons, Bailey had impressed the club's top tier coaches enough to earn a spot on the bench for the Dragons 2000 season opener against local rivals the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks ; a game they would eventually lose twenty-eight to twelve. |
Luke Bailey (rugby league) | After missing the Australian tour and having his first full off-season of training under his belt since 2002 meant that Bailey would play in the Dragons trial matches that year including their 34 -- 8 victory in Charity Shield against the Rabbitohs. |
Mark Hohn | Hohn played in the Broncos' grand final winning team again 1993. |
Brad Tessmann | In 1984 Tessmann played a major role in an Oceania team's 54-4 win against an Anglo-French selection in an exhibition match Paris, returning to Brisbane after the match to continue playing for Redcliffe. |
Tim Pickup | He would play a single 1st Grade game in 1979, finishing his career at Belmore as Captain of the 2nd Grade side in a Grand Final loss to Parramatta (who was Captained by former Australian team-mate Arthur Beetson). |
Sean Long | Long played for St Helens at scrum half back and scored a try in their 2006 Challenge Cup Final victory against the Huddersfield Giants. |
Michael Crocker | Having played in the Queensland Cup for the Redcliffe Dolphins, Crocker made his NRL debut in 2001 for the Sydney Roosters. |
Karmichael Hunt | The performance of the 2004 NRL rookies, including Hunt, had been much anticipated. |
Cliff Lyons | Despite being born and bred in the country, Lyons made the first of three appearances for City Origin in 1988 in the annual City vs Country Origin game. |
Sam Anderson (rugby league) | On 17 July 2013, Anderson was chosen in the NSW Cup Representative team to play against Queensland residents in the curtain raiser to State Of Origin 3. |
Allan Langer | Coached by Bennett and captained under Wally Lewis at the Broncos, Langer developed further skill with the ball and learnt much from his mentors, and his two tries in Game I of the 1988 State of Origin series saw him named Man of the Match again. |
Kallum Watkins | Later that year he played at centre for Leeds in the 2011 Challenge Cup final which was lost to Wigan. |
Brett Hodgson | Hodgson was instrumental as he led Warrington to the 2012 Challenge Cup final victory, their 3rd in 4 years (Hodgson's first Challenge Cup winners medal) on 25 August, beating Leeds 35-18 in the final, Hodgson scoring a try and kicking 5 goals as he also he became only the 4th Australian to win the Lance Todd Trophy man of the match award. |
Gorden Tallis | He played his last official match in the 2004 semi-final for the Brisbane Broncos, fittingly in his hometown of Townsville, against the Cowboys, which the Broncos lost. |
Ali Lauitiiti | He had appeared in 115 games for the Warriors and scored 33 tries by the time he left the club after the 2003 NRL season. |
Tariq Sims | Sims made his NRL debut in the second round of the 2011 season, against the Newcastle Knights. |
Herb Narvo | In 1945 he joined the St. George Dragons and the following year as captain-coach steered the club to a Grand final appearance in which they were defeated by the Balmain Tigers. |
Matt Duffie | He scored two tries in his NRL debut in round seven of the 2010 season. |
Krisnan Inu | Inu helped the Warriors into the 2011 NRL Grand Final against the Manly Sea Eagles and had a mixed game. |
Garry Schofield | Schofield played for Hull in the 1985 Challenge Cup final against Wigan. |
Mark Geyer | During the 1991 season, he received a five-match suspension for an incident in the second State of Origin game, which preceded an infamous confrontation with Queensland captain Wally Lewis, and had to battle continuing injuries. |
Michael Weyman | A New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he previously played for the Canberra Raiders before moving to the Dragons with whom he won the 2010 NRL Premiership. |
Antonio Winterstein | Winterstein was awarded for his second season with the Cowboys club with a spot in New Zealand's one off test squad to play against Australia on 13 October 2012. |
Billy Slater | In April 2009, he was named in the preliminary 25-man squad to represent Queensland in the opening State of Origin match for 2009, and was subsequently picked at fullback for the opening State of Origin match. |
Michael Oldfield (rugby league) | Oldfield traveled with the Sea Eagles to England and played in their 2012 World Club Challenge loss to the Leeds Rhinos before the start of the 2012 NRL season. |
Jamie Soward | He set a new record for most points by an individual in a game for the Dragons with 22, achieved when they defeated the Canberra Raiders in 2007. |
Jamie Peacock | Peacock played for the Bradford Bulls at second-row forward in their 2001 Super League Grand Final victory against the Wigan Warriors. |
Dean Bell | During the 1992 -- 93 Rugby Football League season Bell played at centre for defending RFL champions Wigan in the 1992 World Club Challenge against the visiting Brisbane Broncos. |
Jesse Bromwich | He played in Storm's 2013 World Club Challenge victory over Leeds, scoring a try. |
Michael Jennings (rugby league) | In 2008, Jennings played for the Prime Minister's XIII team against Papua New Guinea and scored a try on debut. |
Henry Holloway | In 1959 Holloway played in the Queensland victory over New South Wales that attracted 35,261 spectators, smashing Brisbane's previous record for an interstate match of 22,817. |
Ali Lauitiiti | He played for the Leeds Rhinos at second-row forward in their 2004 Super League Grand Final victory against the Bradford Bulls. |
Cooper Cronk | He also played at half-back for Melbourne in the 2006 NRL Grand Final loss to Brisbane. |
Michael Hancock (rugby league) | His form also saw him regain his place on the wing for Queensland, playing from the bench in a 14-6 loss at Lang Park, though he was dropped for the rest of the 1996 Origin series which was won 3-0 by NSW. |
Cameron Smith | He then captained them to victory in the 2013 World Club Challenge over Leeds earning the title of world champions. |
Kevin Locke (rugby league) | On Sunday, 16 October 2011, Locke made his debut for the Kiwis against the Kangaroos at Hunter Stadium (formerly Ausgrid Stadium), playing in the fullback position. |
Trevor Gillmeister | To start the 1995 ARL season, Gillmeister had the honour of scoring the club's first ever try in the 6-24 season opening loss at Suncorp Stadium against the Canberra Raiders. |
Pat Richards | He scored 12 tries and kicked 12 goals in 25 appearance during the 2006 season but there was some criticism of Wigan coach Ian Millward for playing him out of position as it was clear that Richards was not suited to playing at centre. |
Luke Douglas | In 2010, he was picked as 18th man for the New South Wales State of Origin team for the third match but he did n't play. |
Mark Gasnier | He went on to play for the Dragons' in the 2010 NRL Grand Final, scoring the first try of the match to help the joint-venture club beat the Sydney Roosters and claim its first premiership. |
Jamie Peacock | Later that year he played at prop forward for Leeds in the 2011 Challenge Cup final which was lost to Wigan. |
Paul Johnson (rugby league) | Johnson played for the Wigan Warriors from the interchange bench in their 2001 Super League Grand Final loss to the Bradford Bulls. |
Daniel Fepuleai | He made his NRL debut for Sydney Roosters against the Penrith Panthers in round 5 of the competition in 2010. |
Isaac Liu | In Round 4 of the 2013 NRL season Liu made his NRL debut for the Roosters against the Parramatta Eels. |
Anthony Laffranchi | After further solid performance in 2008, he was selected to play for the City vs Country Origin game, representing Country, in which he was awarded Man of the Match. |
Billy Slater | Billy was the first try scorer in the 2009 State of Origin Series. |
Ben Hornby | On 3 October 2010, Hornby captained the Dragons to their first Premiership in 31 years, when they defeated the Sydney Roosters 32-8 in the 2010 NRL Grand Final. |
Scott Anderson (rugby league) | Anderson played from the interchange bench in Melbourne's 2008 NRL Grand Final loss to Manly. |
Anthony Milford | Milford made his first grade debut for the Raiders in 2013, coming off the bench against the Sydney Roosters in Round 5. |
Joline Henry | Henry remains with the Mystics, which contested their first ANZ Championship grand final in 2011. |
Wally Lewis | Lewis won another man-of-the-match award in the second game of the 1989 State of Origin series. |
Wally Lewis | Lewis was man-of-the-match for Game II of the 1985 State of Origin series, becoming the first player from the losing team to win the award. |
Jamie Goddard | Goddard's contribution is perhaps best remembered for a fight he had with Andrew Johns during the third match of the 1997 series, when he knocked Johns to the ground and Johns required 27 stitches. |
Luke Kelly (rugby league) | He made his NRL debut against the Parramatta Eels in 2009 in round 17 of the 2009 NRL season. |
Neville Costigan | 13, almost three times the legal limit As a result, he missed the Broncos' 2006 NRL Grand Final victory. |
Josh Reynolds | He also played in the 2012 NRL Grand Final loss to the Melbourne Storm. |
Terry Campese | In May 2009, Campese was named in the 17 man squad to represent New South Wales in the opening State of Origin match on 3 June 2009, in Melbourne. |
Jorge Taufua | In Round 4 of the 2012 NRL season, Sea Eagles coach Geoff Toovey selected Taufua to make his NRL debut from the bench for the Sea Eagles, a 6-17 loss to the St. George Illawarra Dragons at Kogarah Oval. |
Brett Kenny | Bert (to his fans) debuted at the State of Origin level in 1982 as a replacement in game II before being selected in the run-on side for game III. |
Anthony Mundine | Mundine was selected to play for New South Wales state rugby league team in each of the three matches of the 1999 State of Origin series, scoring a try in Game I. |
Chris Flannery (rugby league) | He was first selected to play for Queensland in Game II of the 2002 State of Origin series at ANZ Stadium on 5 June. |
Jharal Yow Yeh | Yow Yeh started strong in the 2012 NRL season, scoring a crucial try in the second half against the Parramatta Eels, the Broncos winning 18 -- 6. |
Griffin McMaster | Following an injury (broken thumb) to keeper Liam Reddy, McMaster made his A-League debut on 5 January 2008 against Melbourne Victory and was man of the match. |
Willie Talau | He played in 2008's Super League XIII Grand Final defeat to the Leeds Rhinos. |
Phil Blake | Blake made his debut for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in 1982 and made an immediate impact. |
Mike Forshaw | Forshaw played for the Bradford Bulls at in their 2002 Super League Grand Final loss against St Helens RFC. |
Brady Malam | He made 25 appearances and played for the Wigan Warriors from the interchange bench in their 2000 Super League Grand Final loss against St Helens RLFC. |
Luke Ricketson | Ricketson played for the Roosters at lock forward in their 2002 NRL Grand Final victory against the New Zealand Warriors. |
Mal Meninga | At the end of the 1990 NSWRL season Meninga led the Raiders to another grand final victory against the Penrith Panthers. |
Antonio Winterstein | In 2012 Winterstein edged out fellow Kiwi international Kalifa FaifaiLoa for the Cowboys final wing spot, as the club signed talented Grand Final Centre Kane Linnett from the Roosters, Winterstein stayed injury-free in season 2012 and played in all 26 games for the Cowboys ; scoring 8 tries. |
Trent Barrett | Following a Round 12, 2006 game against the Newcastle Knights, Barrett was charged with a grade five striking charge on Newcastle's Brian Carney. |
Kris Radlinski | Radlinski played for the Wigan Warriors at fullback in the 2003 Super League Grand Final which they lost to the Bradford Bulls. |
Craig Hancock | A New South Wales State of Origin winger, he played his club football for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and Balmain Tigers Hancock was selected to represent New South Wales as a winger for game I of the 1995 State of Origin series. |
Sam Thaiday | In the 2007 NRL season Thaiday suffered an injury to the bone around his eye socket and missed all three games of the 2007 State of Origin series for the Queensland Maroons while waiting to recover. |