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National Rugby League Hall of Fame

The National Rugby League Hall of Fame was first established as the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame in 2002, before being reestablished in 2018 in its current form. The hall of fame honours 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.

When relaunched in 2018 there were 100 inductees, while a major expansion in 2024 included a number of players, coaches, referees, and contributors.

National Rugby League Hall of Fame
Former name
Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame
Established2002 (reestablished 2018)
LocationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
TypeProfessional sports hall of fame
Websitewww.nrl.com/hall-of-fame/

Background

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The Hall of Fame was officially established in 2002, to honour the many past greats of the game, who have played in the New South Wales/Sydney league competition, Australian rugby league competition, Super League competition and the National Rugby League.

The first batch of players were inducted to the hall of fame in 2002 including legends of the sport such as Reg Gasnier, Johnny Raper and Wally Lewis. In 2003 another six members were added to the elite club, with six more added in 2004, 2005 and 2006. In 2007 there were three more inductees: three from pre-1940 and three from post World War II.[1]

There were thirty-five members of the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame up to the end of 2007.

In 2018 the ARL took control of the concept of The Immortals, an accolade till that point administered by Rugby League Week. The ARL clarified the protocols of Immortal induction and the interplay with the Hall of Fame. It was confirmed that Immortals would continue to be inducted rarely & occasionally and would be selected from the overall pool of the Rugby League Hall of Fame. Inductees for the Hall of Fame would occur regularly — perhaps every year —- with six new inductees in 2018. It was also confirmed that the 65 members of the NRL's Team of the Century (selected during the 2008 century celebrations) who were not in the Hall of Fame as at 2007, were all to be entered to the Hall of Fame. Effectively 65 players who had been selected for honour in 2008 were added to the Hall of Fame in March 2018; with a further new six added in July 2018.

Further expansion of the criteria for inclusion have been established since 2023, with categories for coaches, referees, and contributors.

Selection Process

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Categories

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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

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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 three years[a] 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

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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

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  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 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 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

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  1. Provisional Ballot presented to the Screening Committee for initial evaluation.
  2. Screening Committee to reduce the Provisional Ballot to 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.
Screening Process - Hall of Fame
Component Output
Screening Overview and Briefing
Provisional Ballot Presentation of Provisional Ballot List
Deliberation Stage 1 Provisional Ballot reduced to 50
Intermission and Review
Discussion Points Key Discussion Points tabled for 50
Deliberation Stage 2 50 Nominated reduced to final 25
Review Awards Sub-Committee to finalise Final Ballot (25)

Induction Determinant

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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.

Component Points Description
Nominees 25 Final Ballot
Judges 25 Voting College
Points Per Judge 5 Top Selection
4 Second Selection
3 Third Selection
2 Fourth Selection
1 Fifth & Final Selection
Total Points Per Judge 15 Individual Aggregate
Total Points Available 375 Total Aggregate
Total Points Required for Inclusion 38 10% of Total Votes

Induction Parameters

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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

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Players

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Men's players

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Key to list
Named as an Immortal
No. Inductee Active Achievements Inducted[b] Ref
1 Billy Cann 1908–1916 2× Kangaroo Tours (1908–1909, 1911–1912)

3× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1908–1909, 1914)

2008 [1]
2 Tedda Courtney 1908–1924 2× Kangaroo Tours (1908–1909, 1911–1912) 2008 [2]
3 Dally Messenger 1907–1917 Kangaroo Tour (1908–1909)

Australian Captain (3 Tests)

2× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1908–1909)

Australian Rugby League Team of the Century (2008)

New South Wales Team of the Century (2008)

No. 4 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

Most Points in an Interstate Match (32)

2003 [3]
4 Sandy Pearce 1907–1922 2× Kangaroo Tours (1908–1909, 1921–1922)

3× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1911–1913)

New South Wales Team of the Century (2008)

No. 43 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2006 [4]
5 Albert Rosenfeld 1908–1924 Kangaroo Tour (1908–1909)

5× RFL Championship Winner (1911–1915)

2× Challenge Cup Winner (1913, 1915)

No. 64 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

All-Time Record for Most Tries in a Season (80) (1913–1914)

2008 [5]
6 Arthur Halloway 1908–1921 2× Kangaroo Tours (1908–1909, 1911–1912)

Australian Captain (3 Tests)

7× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1912–1913, 1915–1917, 1919–1920)

No. 60 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2007 [6]
7 Dan Frawley 1908–1915 2× Kangaroo Tours (1908–1909, 1911–1912)

3× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1911–1913)

2008 [7]
8 Howard Hallett 1908–1924 Kangaroo Tour (1911–1912)

3× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1909, 1914, 1918)

No. 40 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [8]
9 Chris McKivat 1910–1917 Kangaroo Tour (1911–1912)

Kangaroo Tour Captain (1911–1912)

Australian Captain (3 Tests)

No. 42 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2005 [9]
10 Viv Farnsworth 1910–1921 Kangaroo Tour (1911–1912)

NSWRL Premiership Winner (1910)

No. 84 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [10]
11 Charles Fraser 1910–1927 2× Kangaroo Tours (1911–1912, 1921–1922)

Australian Captain (3 Tests)

6× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1915–1917, 1919–1920, 1924)

No. 51 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2006 [11]
12 Frank Burge 1911–1927 Kangaroo Tour (1921–1922)

Australian Rugby League Team of the Century (2008)

New South Wales Team of the Century (2008)

No. 17 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NSWRL Record for Most Tries in a Match (8)

2004 [12]
13 Les Cubitt 1911–1922 Kangaroo Tour (1921–1922)

Kangaroo Tour Captain (1921–1922)

No. 94 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [13]
14 Herb Gilbert 1911–1921 Kangaroo Tour (1911–1912)

Australian Captain (2 Tests)

Challenge Cup Winner (1914)

No. 70 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [14]
15 Harold Horder 1912–1926 Kangaroo Tour (1921–1922)

4× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1914, 1918, 1921–1922)

No. 12 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2004 [15]
16 Cec Blinkhorn 1914–1924 Kangaroo Tour (1921–1922)

2× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1921–1922)

No. 44 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [16]
17 Duncan Thompson 1911–1925 Kangaroo Tour (1921–1922)

2× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1921–1922)

Queensland Team of the Century (2008)

No. 10 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2005 [17]
18 Jim Craig 1915–1930 Kangaroo Tour (1921–1922)

Australian Captain (3 Tests)

6× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1915–1917, 1919–1920, 1930)

Queensland Team of the Century (2008)

No. 34 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2005 [18]
19 Frank McMillan 1921–1935 Kangaroo Tour (1929–1930)

Australian Captain (2 Tests)

2× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1929–1930)

No. 76 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [19]
20 Benny Wearing 1921–1933 7× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1925–1929, 1931–1932)

No. 88 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [20]
21 Tom Gorman 1920–1930 Kangaroo Tour (1929–1930)

Kangaroo Tour Captain (1929–1930)

Australian Captain (7 Tests)

BRL Premiership Winner (1926)

Queensland Team of the Century (2008)

2007 [21]
22 Vic Armbruster 1926–1935 Kangaroo Tour (1929–1930)

BRL Premiership Winner (1927)

No. 85 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [22]
23 Eric Weissel 1921–1939 Kangaroo Tour (1929–1930)

No. 32 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [23]
24 Dan Dempsey 1922–1934 2× Kangaroo Tours (1929–1930, 1933–1934) 2008 [24]
25 Herb Steinohrt 1919–1938 Kangaroo Tour (1929–1930)

Australian Captain (3 Tests)

Queensland Team of the Century (2008)

No. 56 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [25]
26 Mick Madsen 1921–1937 2× Kangaroo Tours (1929–1930, 1933–1934)

Australian Captain (1 Test)

Queensland Team of the Century (2008)

No. 61 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [26]
27 George Treweek 1926–1934 Kangaroo Tour (1929–1930)

6× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1926–1929, 1931–1932)

No. 35 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2006 [27]
28 Joe Busch 1926–1936 Kangaroo Tour (1929–1930)

No. 20 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [28]
29 Wally Prigg 1927–1938 2× Kangaroo Tours (1929–1930, 1933–1934)

Australian Captain (7 Tests)

New South Wales Team of the Century (2008)

NSW Country Team of the Century (2008)

No. 18 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2003 [29]
30 Ray Stehr 1927–1946 2× Kangaroo Tours (1933–1934, 1937–1938)

4× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1935–1937, 1940)

No. 66 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NSWRL Record as Youngest Player in a Game (16)

2008 [30]
31 Joe Pearce 1929–1942 2× Kangaroo Tours (1933–1934, 1937–1938)

4× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1935–1937, 1940)

No. 45 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2007 [31]
32 Dave Brown 1930–1941 Kangaroo Tour (1933–1934)

Australian Captain (6 Tests)

4× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1935–1937, 1940)

New South Wales Team of the Century (2008)

No. 9 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NSWRL Record for Most Points in a Game (45)

NSWRL Record for Most Tries in a Season (38) (1935)

2003 [32]
33 Ernie Norman 1931–1939 Kangaroo Tour (1937–1938)

3× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1935–1937)

No. 81 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [33]
34 Viv Thicknesse 1932–1937 Kangaroo Tour (1933–1934)

3× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1935–1937)

2008 [34]
35 Vic Hey 1933–1949 Kangaroo Tour (1933–1934)

NSWRL Premiership Winner (1934)

2× Challenge Cup Winner (1941–1942)

No. 8 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2004 [35]
36 Jack Beaton 1933–1938 Kangaroo Tour (1937–1938)

3× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1935–1937)

No. 89 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [36]
37 Andy Norval 1932–1941 Kangaroo Tour (1937–1938)

4× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1935–1937, 1940)

2008 [37]
38 Herb Narvo 1932–1949 Kangaroo Tour (1937–38)

NSWRL Premiership Winner (1943)

NSW Country Team of the Century (2008)

No. 28 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [38]
39 Brian Bevan 1942–1964 3× RFL Championship Winner (1948, 1954–1955)

2× Challenge Cup Winner (1950, 1954)

Australian Rugby League Team of the Century (2008)

No. 22 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2005 [39]
40 Harry Bath 1942–1959 5× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1946–1947, 1957–1959)

3× RFL Championship Winner (1948, 1954–1955)

2× Challenge Cup Winner (1950, 1954)

BRL Premiership Winner (1945)

No. 30 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2004 [40]
41 Arthur Clues 1943–1957 No. 58 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992) 2008 [41]
42 Roy Bull 1947–1959 2× Kangaroo Tours (1952–1953, 1956–1957)

2× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1957, 1959)

NSWRL Player of the Year (1955)

New South Wales Team of the Century (2008)

No. 65 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1950s (2007)

2008 [42]
43 Clive Churchill 1946–1961 3× Kangaroo Tours (1948–1949, 1952–1953, 1956–1957)

Kangaroo Tour Captain (1952–1953)

Australian Captain (27 Tests)

4× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1950–1951, 1953, 1955)

3× NSWRL Player of the Year (1950–1951, 1953)

Sun-Herald Best and Fairest (1952)

NSWRL Grand Final Man of the Match (1954)

Australian Rugby League Team of the Century (2008)

New South Wales Team of the Century (2008)

NSW Country Team of the Century (2008)

No. 1 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1950s (2007)

2002 [43]
44 Duncan Hall 1945–1957 2× Kangaroo Tours (1948–1949, 1952–1953)

BRL Premiership Winner (1954)

BRL Best and Fairest (1954)

JG Stephenson Trophy (1951)

Australian Rugby League Team of the Century (2008)

Queensland Team of the Century (2008)

No. 25 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2006 [44]
45 Keith Holman 1946–1961 2× Kangaroo Tours (1952–1953, 1956–1957)

2× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1948, 1952)

3× NSWRL Player of the Year (1952, 1957, 1959)

5× Sun-Herald Best and Fairest (1950–1951, 1953, 1956, 1958)

No. 19 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1950s (2007)

2003 [45]
46 Ken Kearney 1948–1961 2× Kangaroo Tours (1952–1953, 1956–1957)

Kangaroo Tour Captain (1956–1957)

Australian Captain (9 Tests)

5× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1956–1960)

NSWRL Player of the Year (1956)

No. 75 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2006 [46]
47 Brian Davies 1949–1963 2× Kangaroo Tours (1952–1953, 1956–1957)

Australian Captain (3 Tests)

2× BRL Premiership Winner (1956, 1958)

4× BRL Best and Fairest (1955–1958)

JG Stephenson Trophy (1955)

Queensland Team of the Century (2008)

No. 41 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [47]
48 Norm Provan 1951–1965 Kangaroo Tour (1956–1957)

10× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1956–1965)

NSWRL Player of the Year (1958)

Sun-Herald Best and Fairest (1954)

3× NSWRL Grand Final Man of the Match (1957–1958, 1963)

Australian Rugby League Team of the Century (2008)

New South Wales Team of the Century (2008)

No. 26 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1950s (2007)

2004 [48]
49 Harry Wells 1951–1972 2× Kangaroo Tours (1952–1953, 1959–1960)

NSWRL Premiership Winner (1951)

Sun-Herald Best and Fairest (1957)

No. 57 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1950s (2007)

2007 [49]
50 Brian Carlson 1951–1962 2× Kangaroo Tours (1952–1953, 1959–1960)

Australian Captain (2 Tests)

Sun-Herald Best and Fairest (1961)

NSW Country Team of the Century (2008)

No. 14 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1950s (2007)

2005 [50]
51 Ian Walsh 1950–1967 2× Kangaroo Tours (1959–1960, 1963–1964)

Australian Captain (10 Tests)

5× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1962–1966)

NSWRL Player of the Year (1964)

NSWRL Grand Final Man of the Match (1962)

NSW Country Team of the Century (2008)

No. 24 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1960s (2006)

2008 [51]
52 Kel O'Shea 1951–1965 Kangaroo Tour (1956–1957)

JG Stephenson Trophy (1954)

No. 24 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1950s (2007)

2008 [52]
53 Brian Clay 1953–1967 Kangaroo Tour (1959–1960)

8× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1957–1961, 1964–1966)

NSWRL Grand Final Man of the Match (1961)

No. 68 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [53]
54 Keith Barnes 1954–1968 Kangaroo Tour (1959–1960)

Kangaroo Tour Captain (1959–1960)

Australian Captain (14 Tests)

No. 67 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2007 [54]
55 Eddie Lumsden 1954–1966 Kangaroo Tour (1959–1960)

9× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1957–1959, 1961–1966)

NSW Country Team of the Century (2008)

No. 69 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [55]
56 Brian Hambly 1956–1967 2× Kangaroo Tours (1959–1960, 1963–1964)

No. 74 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [56]
57 Johnny Raper 1957–1968 3× Kangaroo Tours (1959–1960, 1963–1964, 1967–1968)

Australian Captain (8 Tests)

8× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1959–1966)

2× NSWRL Player of the Year (1961, 1965)

3× Sun-Herald Best and Fairest (1960, 1963, 1967)

NSWRL Grand Final Man of the Match (1966)

Harry Sunderland Medal (1964)

Australian Rugby League Team of the Century (2008)

New South Wales Team of the Century (2008)

No. 2 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1950s (2007)

NRL Team of the 1960s (2006)

2002 [57]
58 Peter Gallagher 1957–1967 2× Kangaroo Tours (1963–1964, 1967–1968)

Australian Captain (1 Test)

2× BRL Premiership Winner (1958, 1967)

2× JG Stephenson Trophy (1963, 1967)

No. 98 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [58]
59 Noel Kelly 1957–1970 3× Kangaroo Tours (1959–1960, 1963–1964, 1967–1968)

Australian Rugby League Team of the Century (2008)

Queensland Team of the Century (2008)

No. 59 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1960s (2006)

2008 [59]
60 Barry Muir 1956–1971 2× Kangaroo Tours (1959–1960, 1963–1964)

Australian Captain (2 Tests)

2× BRL Best and Fairest (1959, 1961)

No. 55 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [60]
61 Ken Irvine 1958–1973 3× Kangaroo Tours (1959–1960, 1963–1964, 1967–1968)

2× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1972–1973)

Australian Rugby League Team of the Century (2008)

New South Wales Team of the Century (2008)

No. 15 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1950s (2007)

NRL Team of the 1960s (2006)

NSWRL Record For the Most Tries in Premiership History (212)

2004 [61]
62 Reg Gasnier 1959–1967 3× Kangaroo Tours (1959–1960, 1963–1964, 1967–1968)

Kangaroo Tour Captain (1967–1968)

Australian Captain (8 Tests)

6× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1960–1965)

3× NSWRL Player of the Year (1960, 1962, 1965)

Australian Rugby League Team of the Century (2008)

New South Wales Team of the Century (2008)

No. 3 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1950s (2007)

NRL Team of the 1960s (2006)

2002 [62]
63 Ken Thornett 1960–1971 Kangaroo Tour (1963–1964)

NSWRL Player of the Year (1966)

Sun-Herald Best and Fairest (1965)

No. 29 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [63]
64 Arthur Summons 1960–1967 Kangaroo Tour (1963–1964)

Kangaroo Tour Captain (1963–1964)

Australian Captain (5 Tests)

NSWRL Player of the Year (1963)

2008 [64]
65 Johnny King 1960–1974 Kangaroo Tour (1967–1968)

7× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1960–1966)

NRL Team of the 1960s (2006)

2008 [65]
66 Les Johns 1961–1971 2× Kangaroo Tours (1963–1964, 1967–1968)

NSWRL Player of the Year (1968)

Sun-Herald Best and Fairest (1969)

NSWRL Grand Final Man of the Match (1967)

No. 39 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1960s (2006)

2008 [66]
67 Billy Smith 1961–1977 Kangaroo Tour (1967–1968)

4× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1963–1966)

Australian Captain (1 Test)

NSWRL Player of the Year (1967)

Sun-Herald Best and Fairest (1966)

2× Harry Sunderland Medal (1966–1967)

No. 46 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1960s (2006)

2008 [67]
68 Graeme Langlands 1961–1976 2× Kangaroo Tours (1963–1964, 1967–1968)

Australian Captain (15 Tests)

4× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1963–1966)

2× NSWRL Player of the Year (1971–1972)

Sun-Herald Best and Fairest (1970)

NSWRL Grand Final Man of the Match (1964)

Australian Rugby League Team of the Century (2008)

New South Wales Team of the Century (2008)

NSW Country Team of the Century (2008)

No. 5 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1960s (2006)

NRL Team of the 1970s (2005)

2002 [68]
69 John Sattler 1961–1975 Kangaroo Tour (1967–1968)

Australian Captain (3 Tests)

4× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1967–1968, 1970–1971)

2008 [69]
70 Bob McCarthy 1963–1978 Kangaroo Tour (1973)

Australian Captain (1 Test)

4× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1967–1968, 1970–1971)

No. 37 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1970s (2005)

2008 [70]
71 Ron Coote 1964–1978 Kangaroo Tour (1967–1968)

Australian Captain (3 Tests)

6× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1967–1968, 1970–1971, 1974–1975)

4× NSWRL Player of the Year (1969–1970, 1975, 1977)

NSWRL Grand Final Man of the Match (1971)

2× Harry Sunderland Medal (1970, 1974)

Australian Rugby League Team of the Century (2008)

New South Wales Team of the Century (2008)

No. 23 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1960s (2006)

NRL Team of the 1970s (2005)

2005 [71]
72 Arthur Beetson 1963–1981 Kangaroo Tour (1973)

Australian Captain (8 Tests)

2× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1974–1975)

BRL Premiership Winner (1965)

NSWRL Player of the Year (1976)

Rugby League Week Player of the Year (1974)

Courier-Mail BRL Best and Fairest (1965)

NSWRL Grand Final Man of the Match (1974)

Australian Rugby League Team of the Century (2008)

Queensland Team of the Century (2008)

No. 16 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1960s (2006)

NRL Team of the 1970s (2005)

2003 [72]
73 John O'Neill 1964–1976 Kangaroo Tour (1973)

6× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1967–1968, 1970–1973)

No. 77 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1970s (2005)

2008 [73]
74 Bob Fulton 1965–1979 Australian Captain (7 Tests)

3× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1972–1973, 1976)

2× NSWRL Player of the Year (1973–1974)

Rugby League Week Player of the Year (1975)

NSWRL Grand Final Man of the Match (1973)

Australian Rugby League Team of the Century (2008)

New South Wales Team of the Century (2008)

NSW Country Team of the Century (2008)

No. 6 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1960s (2006)

NRL Team of the 1970s (2005)

2002 [74]
75 Tommy Raudonikis 1969–1983 2× Kangaroo Tours (1973, 1978)

Australian Captain (2 Tests)

Rothmans Medal (1972)

Sun-Herald Best and Fairest (1974)

No. 63 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1970s (2005)

2008 [75]
76 Mick Cronin 1969–1986 2× Kangaroo Tours (1973, 1978)

4× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1981–1983, 1986)

2× Rothmans Medal (1977–1978)

NSWRL Player of the Year (1978)

3× Dally M Centre of the Year (1980–1981, 1983)

NSW Country Team of the Century (2008)

No. 38 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1970s (2005)

2008 [76]
77 Graham Eadie 1971–1989 2× Kangaroo Tours (1973, 1978)

4× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1972–1973, 1976, 1978)

Challenge Cup Winner (1987)

Rothmans Medal (1974)

Dally M Fullback of the Year (1983)

2× NSWRL Grand Final Man of the Match (1976, 1978)

Lance Todd Trophy (1987)

No. 36 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [77]
78 Steve Rogers 1971–1986 3× Kangaroo Tours (1973, 1978, 1982)

Australian Captain (2 Tests)

Rothmans Medal (1975)

Dally M Medal (1981)

Dally M Lock of the Year (1981)

New South Wales Team of the Century (2008)

No. 31 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1970s (2005)

2008 [78]
79 Steve Mortimer 1975–1988 Kangaroo Tour (1982)

4× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1980, 1984–1985, 1988)

NSWRL Grand Final Man of the Match (1985)

No. 73 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [79]
80 Ray Price 1976–1986 2× Kangaroo Tours (1978, 1982)

4× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1981–1983, 1986)

Rothmans Medal (1979)

Dally M Medal (1982)

2× Rugby League Week Player of the Year (1979, 1985)

5× Dally M Lock of the Year (1982–1986)

Harry Sunderland Medal (1979)

No. 52 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1980s (2004)

2008 [80]
81 Mal Meninga 1979–1994 4× Kangaroo Tours (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994)

2× Kangaroo Tour Captain (1990, 1994)

Australian Captain (24 Tests)

3× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1989–1990, 1994)

2× BRL Premiership Winner (1981, 1985)

Golden Boot Award (1989)

Rugby League Week Player of the Year (1990)

2× Dally M Centre of the Year (1990–1991)

Australian Rugby League Team of the Century (2008)

Queensland Team of the Century (2008)

No. 13 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1980s (2004)

NRL Team of the 1990s (2003)

2003 [81]
82 Kerry Boustead 1977–1990 2× Kangaroo Tours (1978, 1982)

Dally M Winger of the Year (1983)

No. 83 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1970s (2005)

NRL Team of the 1980s (2004)

2008 [82]
83 Wally Lewis 1978–1992 2× Kangaroo Tours (1982, 1986)

Kangaroo Tour Captain (1986)

Australian Captain (24 Tests)

3× BRL Premiership Winner (1979, 1984, 1986)

Golden Boot Award (1984)

Dally M Five-Eighth of the Year (1988)

Harry Sunderland Medal (1988)

Australian Rugby League Team of the Century (2008)

Queensland Team of the Century (2008)

No. 7 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1980s (2004)

2002 [83]
84 Peter Sterling 1978–1992 2× Kangaroo Tours (1982, 1986)

4× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1981–1983, 1986)

Golden Boot Award (1987)

2× Rothmans Medal (1987, 1990)

2× Dally M Medal (1986–1987)

3× Rugby League Week Player of the Year (1984, 1986–1987)

4× Dally M Halfback of the Year (1983–1984, 1986–1987)

Clive Churchill Medal (1986)

No. 11 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1980s (2004)

2006 [84]
85 Eric Grothe Sr. 1979–1989 Kangaroo Tour (1982)

4× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1981–1983, 1986)

No. 54 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1980s (2004)

2008 [85]
86 Wayne Pearce 1980–1990 Kangaroo Tour (1982)

Rothmans Medal (1985)

2× Dally M Lock of the Year (1987–1988)

Harry Sunderland Medal (1984)

No. 99 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

2008 [86]
87 Terry Lamb 1980–1996 Kangaroo Tour (1986)

ARL Premiership Winner (1995)

2× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1984, 1988)

Rothmans Medal (1984)

Dally M Medal (1983)

7× Dally M Five-Eighth of the Year (1983–1984, 1986–1987, 1991–1993)

2008 [87]
88 Brett Kenny 1980–1993 2× Kangaroo Tours (1982, 1986)

4× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1981–1983, 1986)

Challenge Cup Winner (1985)

Golden Boot Award (1985)

2× NSWRL Grand Final Man of the Match (1982–1983)

Lance Todd Trophy (1985)

No. 27 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1980s (2004)

2008 [88]
89 Gene Miles 1980–1992 2× Kangaroo Tours (1982, 1986)

3× BRL Premiership Winner (1982, 1984, 1986)

BRL Rothmans Medal (1987)

Queensland Team of the Century (2008)

2008 [89]
90 Steve Roach 1982–1992 2× Kangaroo Tours (1986, 1990)

3× Dally M Prop of the Year (1984, 1986, 1989)

NSW Country Team of the Century (2008)

NRL Team of the 1980s (2004)

2008 [90]
91 Andrew Ettingshausen 1983–2000 2× Kangaroo Tours (1990, 1994)

2× Dally M Centre of the Year (1994, 1996)

2008 [91]
92 Steve Walters 1984–1999 Kangaroo Tours (1994)

3× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1989–1990, 1994)

Rugby League Week Player of the Year (1993)

3× Dally M Hooker of the Year (1991, 1993, 1995)

NRL Team of the 1990s (2003)

2008 [92]
93 Allan Langer 1984–1902 2× Kangaroo Tours (1990, 1994)

Australian Captain (2 Tests)

NRL Premiership Winner (1998)

2× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1992–1993)

ASL Premiership Winner (1997)

Rothmans Medal (1992)

Dally M Medal (1996)

Rugby League Week Player of the Year (1996)

3× Dally M Halfback of the Year (1988, 1994, 1996)

Clive Churchill Medal (1992)

No. 80 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1990s (2003)

2008 [93]
94 Laurie Daley 1986–2000 2× Kangaroo Tours (1990, 1994)

Australian Captain (2 Tests)

3× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1989–1990, 1994)

Dally M Medal (1995)

Rugby League Week Player of the Year (1995)

2× Dally M Five-Eighth of the Year (1995–1996)

No. 49 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1990s (2003)

2008 [94]
95 Glenn Lazarus 1987–1999 2× Kangaroo Tours (1990, 1994)

NRL Premiership Winner (1999)

4× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1989–1990, 1992–1993)

Dally M Prop of the Year (1992)

New South Wales Team of the Century (2008)

NSW Country Team of the Century (2008)

NRL Team of the 1990s (2003)

2008 [95]
96 Bradley Clyde 1988–2001 Kangaroo Tour (1994)

2× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1989, 1994)

2× Dally M Lock of the Year (1989–1990)

Harry Sunderland Medal (1992)

2× Clive Churchill Medal (1989, 1991)

NSW Country Team of the Century (2008)

No. 33 In Rugby League Week's Top 100 Players (1992)

NRL Team of the 1990s (2003)

2008 [96]
97 Brad Fittler 1989–2004 3× Kangaroo Tours (1990, 1994, 2001)

Australian Captain (25 Tests)

NRL Premiership Winner (2002)

NSWRL Premiership Winner (1991)

Golden Boot Award (2000)

Rugby League Week Player of the Year (1997)

Provan-Summons Medal (1997)

2× Dally M Centre of the Year (1992–1993)

Dally M Lock of the Year (1994)

3× Dally M Five-Eighth of the Year (1998–1999, 2002)

NRL Team of the 1990s (2003)

2008 [97]
98 Andrew Johns 1993–2007 Kangaroo Tour (2001)

Australian Captain (2 Tests)

NRL Premiership Winner (2001)

ARL Premiership Winner (1997)

2× Golden Boot Award (1999, 2001)

3× Dally M Medal (1998–1999, 2002)

3× Rugby League Week Player of the Year (1998–1999, 2002)

4× Dally M Halfback of the Year (1995, 1998–1999, 2002)

Australian Rugby League Team of the Century (2008)

New South Wales Team of the Century (2008)

NSW Country Team of the Century (2008)

2008 [98]
99 Shane Webcke 1995–2006 Kangaroo Tour (2003)

3× NRL Premiership Winner (1998, 2000, 2006)

ASL Premiership Winner (1997)

Rugby League Week Player of the Year (2001)

3× Dally M Prop of the Year (2000–2002)

NRL Team of the 1990s (2003)

2008 [99]
100 Darren Lockyer 1995–2011 2× Kangaroo Tours (2001, 2003)

Australian Captain (38 Tests)

3× NRL Premiership Winner (1998, 2000, 2006)

ASL Premiership Winner (1997)

2× Golden Boot Award (2003, 2006)

3× Dally M Fullback of the Year (1998, 2001–2002)

3× Dally M Five-Eighth of the Year (2004, 2006–2007)

Wally Lewis Medal (2006)

Harry Sunderland Medal (2008)

Clive Churchill Medal (2000)

Queensland Team of the Century (2008)

NRL Team of the 1990s (2003)

2008 [100]
101 Mark Graham 1975–1989 New Zealand Captain (18 Tests)

2× Dally M Second-Rower of the Year (1981–1982)

New Zealand Team of the Century (2007)

2018 [101]
102 Cliff Lyons 1982–2001 Kangaroo Tour (1990)

ARL Premiership Winner (1996)

NSWRL Premiership Winner (1987)

2× Dally M Medal (1990, 1994)

Rugby League Week Player of the Year (1994)

2× Dally M Five-Eighth of the Year (1990, 1994)

Clive Churchill Medal (1987)

2018 [102]
103 Ricky Stuart 1988–2000 2× Kangaroo Tours (1990, 1994)

3× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1989–1990, 1994)

Dally M Medal (1993)

Rothmans Medal (1993)

2× Dally M Halfback of the Year (1990, 1993)

Clive Churchill Medal (1990)

2018 [103]
104 Gorden Tallis 1992–2004 Australian Captain (2 Tests)

2× NRL Premiership Winner (1998, 2000)

ASL Premiership Winner (1997)

Dally M Second-Rower of the Year (1999)

Clive Churchill Medal (1998)

NRL Team of the 1990s (2003)

2018 [104]
105 Steve Menzies 1993–2013 Kangaroo Tour (1994)

NRL Premiership Winner (2008)

ARL Premiership Winner (1996)

3× Dally M Second-Rower of the Year (1994–1995, 1998)

Dally M Second-Rower of the Year (2002)

2018 [105]
106 Petero Civoniceva 1998–2012 2× Kangaroo Tours (2001, 2003)

2× NRL Premiership Winner (1998, 2000)

Dally M Prop of the Year (2008)

Harry Sunderland Medal (2006)

RLPA Players Champion (2008)

2018 [106]
107 Craig Young 1977–1988 2× Kangaroo Tours (1978, 1982)

2× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1977, 1979)

2× Dally M Prop of the Year (1980, 1985)

NRL Team of the 1980s (2004)

2019 [107]
108 Ruben Wiki 1993–2008 New Zealand Captain (18 Tests)

NSWRL Premiership Winner (1994)

NZRL Player of the Year (2003)

New Zealand Team of the Century (2007)

2019 [108]
109 Stacey Jones 1995–2009 New Zealand Captain (7 Tests)

Golden Boot Award (2002)

3× NZRL Player of the Year (1999, 2001–2002)

New Zealand Team of the Century (2007)

2019 [109]
110 Danny Buderus 1997–2013 2× Kangaroo Tours (2001, 2003)

NRL Premiership Winner (2001)

Dally M Medal (2004)

3× Dally M Hooker of the Year (2002, 2004–2005)

Brad Fittler Medal (2008)

2019 [110]
116 Lionel Morgan 1959–1963 First Indigenous Australia to play with Kangaroos

Indigenous Team of the Century (2008)

2024 [111]
117 Les Boyd 1976–1989 2x Kangaroo Tours (1978, 1982)

Harry Sunderland Trophy (1986)

2024 [112]
118 Benny Elias 1982–1994 2× Kangaroo Tours (1986, 1990)

2× National Panasonic Cup titles with Balmain Tigers (1985, 1987)

3× Dally M Hooker of the Year (1985, 1988, 1992)

2024 [113]
119 Steve Renouf 1988–2001 Rugby League World Cup (1992)

Kangaroo Tour (1994)

2× NSWRL Premiership Winner (1992–1993)

ASL Premiership Winner (1997)

World Club Championship Winner (1997)

NRL Premiership Winner (1998)

2024 [114]
120 Cameron Smith 2002–2020 3x NRL Premiership Winner (2012, 2017, 2020)

3× World Club Challenge Winner (2010, 2013, 2018)

2× Rugby League World Cup Winner (2013, 2017)

2× Dally M Medal (2006, 2017)

9× Dally M Hooker of the Year (2006, 2008, 2011–2013, 2016–2017, 2019–2020)

2× Clive Churchill Medal (2009, 2017)

4× Wally Lewis Medal (2007, 2011, 2013, 2016)

2× Rugby League World Golden Boot Award (2007, 2017)

2× Harry Sunderland Medal (2014, 2017)

2024 [115]
121 Johnathan Thurston 2003–2018 2× NRL Premiership Winner (2004, 2015)

World Club Challenge Winner (2016)

Clive Churchill Medal (2015)

4× Dally M Medal (2005, 2007, 2014, 2015)

4× Dally M Halfback of the Year (2005, 2007, 2009, 2015)

3× Dally M Five-Eighth of the Year (2012, 2013, 2014)

3× Rugby League World Golden Boot Award (2011, 2013, 2015)

Wally Lewis Medal (2008)

Ken Stephen Memorial Award Winner (2012)

2024 [116]
122 Billy Slater 2003–2018 2x NRL Premiership Winner (2012, 2017)

3× World Club Challenge Winner (2010, 2013, 2018)

Dally M Medal (2011)

3× Dally M Fullback of the Year (2008, 2011, 2017)

2× Clive Churchill Medal (2009, 2017)

2× Wally Lewis Medal (2010, 2018)

Rugby League World Golden Boot Award (2008)

2024 [117]
123 Benji Marshall 2003–2021 NRL Premiership Winner (2005)

Dally M Five-Eighth of the Year (2011)

Rugby League World Cup Winner (2008)

Rugby League World Golden Boot Award (2010)

2024 [118]
124 Cooper Cronk 2004–2019 4x NRL Premiership Winner (2012, 2017, 2018, 2019)

2× World Club Challenge Winner (2013, 2019)

2× Dally M Medal (2013, 2016)

5× Dally M Halfback of the Year (2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016)

Clive Churchill Medal (2012)

Rugby League World Golden Boot Award (2016)

2024 [119]
125 Greg Inglis 2005–2021 NRL Premiership Winner (2014)

2× World Club Challenge Winner (2010, 2015)

Clive Churchill Medal (2007)

IRL Golden Boot Award (2009)

Dally M Fullback of the Year (2013)

2× Dally M Representative Player of the Year (2008, 2009)

Dally M Five-Eighth of the Year (2008)

Harry Sunderland Medal (2009)

Wally Lewis Medal (2009)

2× George Piggins Medal (2013, 2015)

2024 [120]
126 Sam Burgess 2006–2019 NRL Premiership Winner (2014)

Clive Churchill Medal (2014)

RLIF Player of the Year (2014)

Dally M Lock of the Year (2014)

3× George Piggins Medal (2014, 2016–2017)

2024 [121]

Women's players

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No. Inductee Active Achievements Inducted Ref
127 Natalie Dwyer 1993–2013 Played 26 Tests for the Jillaroos

Inaugural Jillaroos Captain

2024 [122]
128 Katrina Fanning 1995–2006 Played 24 Tests for the Jillaroos

ACT Australian of the Year (2020)

2024 [123]
129 Tarsha Gale 1995–2000 Played 15 Tests for the Jillaroos

NSW Captain (1999)

2024 [124]
130 Veronica White 1995–2004 Played 17 Tests for the Jillaroos


2024 [125]
131 Karyn Murphy 1998–2013 Played 28 Tests for the Jillaroos

Captain Jillaroos to win 2013 Rugby League World Cup

2024 [126]
132 Tahnee Norris 1998–2013 Played 33 Tests for the Jillaroos


2024 [127]

Coaches

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No. Inductee Active Achievements Inducted Ref
135 Jack Gibson 1967–1990 Won five premiership titles Eastern Suburbs Roosters (1974–1975), Parramatta Eels (1981–1983)

Coached New South Wales in 1989–1990

Dally M Coach of the Year 1982

2024 [128]
136 Wayne Bennett 1977–present Longest serving coach in history

Won seven premiership titles Brisbane Broncos (1992–1993, 1997–1998, 2006), St. George Illawarra Dragons (2010)

Won BRL premiership with Southern Suburbs Magpies (1985)

Coached Queensland to seven State of Origin series victories (1986–1988, 1998, 2001–2003, and 2020)

16 Tests as Australia coach (1998, 2004–2005)

Coached England and Great Britain

2024 [129]

Contributors

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No. Inductee Active Achievements Inducted Ref
111 J J Giltinan 1907–1950 Established the NSWRL (1907)

Helped Establish Interstate Rugby League in Brisbane

Organised and Underwrote the First Kangaroo Tour of England (1908–1909)

Honoured Posthumously with the Naming of the JJ Giltinan Shield awarded to the NRL Minor Premiers

2019 [130]
112 Peter Frilingos 1964–2004 Covered Every Grand Final from 1964 to 2003

Covered Four Kangaroo Tours of Great Britain and France

Member of 2UE's Continuous Call Team from 1987 to 2004

Naming of the Peter Frilingos Headline Moment Award at the Annual Dally M Awards

2019 [131]
113 Ray Warren 1974–2021 Commentator of the Amco Cup Competition from 1974

State of Origin Commentary Team from 1989

Head Commentator for Nine from 1992

Order of Australia Medal

Sydney Cricket Ground Media Hall of Honour

2019 [132]
114 Ian Heads Journalist and author

Covered the game for over five decades, writing over 40 rugby league biographies and histories

2023[2] [133]
115 George Piggins 1967–2002 Player with South Sydney Rabbitohs 1967–1978

Coach of South Sydney Rabbitohs 1986–1990

Led the fight to reinstate South Sydney to the NRL 1999–2002

2023[2] [134]
137 Frank Hyde 1953–1990 Player with Newtown, Balmain, and North Sydney 1936–1944

Coach of North Sydney in 1943–1944 and 1950.

Broadcaster with 2SM, called 31 consecutive grand finals 1953–1983

2024 [135]
138 Ken Arthurson 1962–2004 Player with Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 1950–1952

Coach of Manly 1957–1961

Administrator at Manly 1963–1983, Australian Rugby League chairman 1983–1997, New South Wales Rugby League chairman 1987–1997

Order of Australia (1988) for services to rugby league

2024 [136]
139 John Quayle 1983–1996 Player with Eastern Suburbs and Parramatta 1968–1976

General Manager New South Wales Rugby League 1983–1997

2024 [137]
140 David Morrow 1980–2024 Broadcaster with Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Macquarie Radio Network 2024 [138]

Referees

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No. Inductee Active Achievements Inducted Ref
133 Col Pearce 1947–1967 Refereed 340 first grade matches

Officiated in nine Tests, three World Cup matches and nine interstate matches

Controlled 513 matches at grade and representative level

2024 [139]
134 Bill Harrigan 1986–2003 Refereed 393 first grade matches

Controlled 10 grand finals, 21 State of Origin series matches, and 24 Test and World Cup matches

2024 [140]

Immortals

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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.

Immortals
Inductee Year inducted Games Points Premierships Highlights
Player Coach
Clive Churchill 1981 157 games 13 tries

77 goals

193 points

5 premierships
  1. 1950
  2. 1951
  3. 1952
  4. 1954
  5. 1955
 4 premierships
  1. 1967
  2. 1968
  3. 1970
  4. 1971

Representative honours:

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:

Representative Coaching record:

John Raper 1981 215 games 57 tries

4 field goals

179 points

8 premierships
  1. 1959
  2. 1960
  3. 1961
  4. 1962
  5. 1963
  6. 1964
  7. 1965
  8. 1966

Representative honours:

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:

Reg Gasnier 1981 125 Games 127 tries

20 field goals

421 points

6 premierships
  1. 1960
  2. 1961
  3. 1962
  4. 1963
  5. 1964
  6. 1965

Representative honours:

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:

Bob Fulton 1981 263 Games 147 tries

26 goals

58 field goals

598 points

3 premierships
  1. 1972
  2. 1973
  3. 1976
 2 premierships
  1. 1987
  2. 1996
 Representative honours:

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:

Representative Coaching record:

Graeme Langlands 1991 227 Games 86 tries

648 goals

1,554 points

4 premierships
  1. 1963
  2. 1964
  3. 1965
  4. 1966
 Representative honours:

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:

Representative Coaching record:

Wally Lewis 1999 241 Games 122 tries

34 goals

7 field goals

503 points

3 premierships
  1. 1979
  1. 1984
  2. 1986

Representative honours:

League honours:

Club Coaching record:

Representative Coaching record:

Arthur Beetson 1999 280 Games 37 tries

1 goal

113 points

3 premierships
  1. 1965
  1. 1974
  2. 1975

Representative honours:

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:

Representative Coaching record:

Andrew Johns 2012 249 Games 80 tries

917 goals

22 field goals

2,179 points

2 premierships
  1. 1997
  2. 2001

Representative honours:

League honours:

Dally Messenger 2018 48 Games 20 tries

159 goals

381 points

3 premierships
  1. 1911
  2. 1912
  3. 1913

Representative honours:

Frank Burge 2018 154 Games 146 tries

49 goals

536 points

Representative honours:

Club Coaching record:

Dave Brown 2018 94 Games 93 tries

194 goals

667 points

4 premierships
  1. 1935
  2. 1936
  3. 1937
  4. 1940
 1 premiership
  1. 1940

Representative honours:

Club Coaching record:

Norm Provan 2018 256 Games 63 tries

1 goal

193 points

10 premierships
  1. 1956
  2. 1957
  3. 1958
  4. 1959
  5. 1960
  6. 1961
  7. 1962
  8. 1963
  9. 1964
  10. 1965
 4 premierships
  1. 1962
  2. 1963
  3. 1964
  4. 1965

Representative honours:

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:

Mal Meninga 2018 276 Games 151 tries

596 goals

2 field goals

1,753 points

5 premierships
  1. 1981
  2. 1985
  1. 1989
  2. 1990
  3. 1994

Representative honours:

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:

Representative Coaching record:

Ron Coote 2024 257 Games 88 tries

264 points

6 premierships
  1. 1967
  2. 1968
  3. 1970
  4. 1971
  1. 1974
  2. 1975

Representative honours:

League honours:

  • NSWRL Grand Final Player of the Match (1971)
  • NRL Team of the 1960s (2006)
  • NRL Team of the 1970s (2005)


See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Originally five, changed to three in 2024
  2. ^ Year inducted into previous (ARL) or current (NRL) iteration of Hall of Fame

References

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  1. ^ Carr, Geoff (2007). "Australian Rugby Football League Annual Report 2007" (PDF). Australian Rugby League Limited. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  2. ^ a b Walter, Brad (20 July 2023). "Integrity and respect: How Piggins and Heads earned their places in history". NRL.com. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
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