Australian Rugby League’s 100 Greatest Players
In 2008, the Australian Rugby League named the 100 greatest Australian rugby league players of the past century. The list was selected by a panel of 130 experts. All 100 players are listed below in alphabetical order:
Keith Barnes (Balmain)
Harry Bath (Brisbane Souths, Balmain, Barrow, Warrington, St George)
Arthur Beetson (Balmain, Eastern Suburbs, Parramatta, Hull KR)
Jack Beaton (Eastern Suburbs)
Brian Bevan (Eastern Suburbs, Warrington, Blackpool Borough)
Cec Blinkhorn (North Sydney, South Sydney)
Kerry Boustead (Eastern Suburbs, Manly, North Sydney, Hull KR)
Dave Brown (Eastern Suburbs, Warrington)
Roy Bull (Manly)
Frank Burge (Glebe, St George)
Joe Busch (Eastern Suburbs, Balmain)
Billy Cann (South Sydney)
Brian Carlson (Newcastle, North Sydney)
Clive Churchill (South Sydney)
Brian Clay (Newtown, St George)
Arthur Clues (Western Suburbs, Leeds, Hunslet)
Bradley Clyde (Canberra, Bulldogs, Leeds)
Ron Coote (South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs)
Ted Courtney (Newtown, Western Suburbs, North Sydney)
Jimmy Craig (Balmain, University, Western Suburbs)
Michael Cronin (Parramatta)
Les Cubitt (Glebe, Eastern Suburbs)
Laurie Daley (Canberra)
Brian Davies (Brisbane Brothers, Canterbury)
Dan Dempsey (Ipswich)
Graham Eadie (Manly, Halifax)
Andrew Ettingshausen (Cronulla, Leeds)
Viv Farnsworth (Newtown, Western Suburbs)
Brad Fittler (Penrith, Sydney Roosters)
Charles Fraser (Balmain)
Dan Frawley (Eastern Suburbs)
Bob Fulton (Manly, Eastern Suburbs, Warrington)
Peter Gallagher (Brisbane Brothers)
Reg Gasnier (St George)
Herb Gilbert (South Sydney, Western Suburbs, Hull FC)
Tom Gorman (Toowoomba, Brisbane Brothers)
Eric Grothe Sr (Parramatta, Leeds)
Duncan Hall (Brisbane Valleys, Toowoomba, Brisbane Wests)
Howard Hallett (South Sydney)
Arthur Halloway (Glebe, Eastern Suburbs, Balmain)
Brian Hambly (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, Warrington)
Les Johns (Canterbury)
Ken Kearney (St George)
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)
Bob McCarthy (South Sydney, Canterbury)
Chris McKivat (Glebe)
Frank McMillan (Western Suburbs, Balmain)
Peter Madsen (Toowoomba)
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 (South Sydney, Manly)
Kel O’Shea (Western Suburbs)
Joe Pearce (Eastern Suburbs)
Sandy Pearce (Eastern Suburbs)
Wayne Pearce (Balmain)
Ray Price (Parramatta, Wakefield Trinity)
Wally Prigg (Newcastle)
Norm Provan (St George)
Johnny Raper (Newtown, St George)
Tom Raudonikis (Western Suburbs, Newtown)
Steve Roach (Balmain, Warrington)
Steve Rogers (Cronulla-Sutherland, St. George, Widnes)
Albert Rosenfeld (Eastern Suburbs)
John Sattler (South Sydney)
Billy Smith (St George)
Herb Steinohrt (Toowoomba)
Ray Stehr (Eastern Suburbs)
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 (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 (Wollongong, South Sydney, Western Suburbs)
Latest Comments
Val definitely shouldnt be in the conversation anyone can catch a ball run 10 meters and put it down
I agree he was least effective out of the 4 wingers in the final
I was prepared to write a full essay if Holmes was ahead of Mcgillvary.