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New South Wales Rugby League's Team of the Century

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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 was initiated in 1908 with the New South Wales Rugby Football League competition, which evolved into the New South Wales Rugby League 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.[1]

The team

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No. Name Position[A] Clubs[B] New South Wales[C] Australia[D] Source
1. Clive Churchill (c) born
21 January 1927
died
9 August 1985
Fullback Central Newcastle, South Sydney, Brisbane Norths 36 matches (1948-1957)
27 Interstate matches
9 City vs Country matches (with City)
37 matches (1948–1956)
34 Test matches
3 World Cup matches
2. Ken Irvine born
5 March 1940
died
22 December 1990
Wing North Sydney, Manly Warringah 32 matches (1959–1967)
24 Interstate matches
8 City vs Country matches (with City)
35 matches (1959–1968)
33 Test matches
2 World Cup matches
3. Reg Gasnier born
12 May 1939
died
11 May 2014
Centre St. George 16 matches (1959–1967)
16 Interstate matches
39 matches (1959–1967)
36 Test matches
3 World Cup matches
4. Graeme Langlands born
1 September 1941
died
20 January 2018
Centre Wollongong, St. George 34 matches (1962–1975)
33 Interstate matches
1 City vs Country match (with Country)
45 matches (1963–1975)
34 Test matches
11 World Cup matches
5. Dally Messenger born
12 April 1883
died
24 November 1959
Wing Eastern Suburbs 32 matches (1907–1912)
3 Tour matches
23 Interstate matches
6 City vs Country matches (with City)
7 matches (1908–1910)
7 Test matches
6. Bob Fulton born
1 December 1947
died
23 May 2021
Five-eighth Wests Wollongong, Manly-Warringah, Eastern Suburbs 16 matches (1967-1978)
16 Interstate matches
35 matches (1968-1978)
20 Test matches
15 World Cup matches
1 regular match
7. Andrew Johns born
19 May 1974
Halfback Newcastle, Warrington 26 matches (1995–2005)
23 State of Origin matches

3 City vs Country matches (with Country)
27 matches (1995–2006)
18 Test matches
9 World Cup matches
8. Frank Burge born
14 August 1894
died
5 July 1958
Prop Glebe, Grenfell, St. George 6 matches (1912–1926)
6 Interstate matches
13 matches (1914–1922)
13 Test matches
9. Sandy Pearce born
1883
died
1930
Hooker Eastern Suburbs 6 matches (1910-1920)
6 Interstate matches
14 matches (1908-1922)
14 Test matches
10. Glenn Lazarus born
11 December 1965
Prop Canberra Raiders, Brisbane Broncos, Melbourne Storm 22 matches (1989–1999)
19 State of Origin matches
3 Super League matches
22 matches (1990–1999)
15 Test matches
6 World Cup matches
1 Super League match
11. Ron Coote born
25 October 1944
Second-row South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs 13 matches (1965–1975)
13 Interstate matches
23 matches (1967–1975)
13 Test matches
10 World Cup matches
12. Norm Provan born
18 December 1932
died
13 October 2021
Second-row St. George 19 matches (1954–1961)
19 Interstate matches
25 matches (1954–1960)
21 Test matches
4 World Cup matches
13. Johnny Raper born
12 April 1939
died
9 February 2022
Lock Newtown, St. George, Wests Newcastle, Kurri Kurri 24 matches (1959–1970)
24 Interstate matches
39 matches (1959–1968)
33 Test matches
6 World Cup matches
14. Wally Prigg born
17 October 1908
died
8 September 1980
Reserve Wests Newcastle, Centrals Newcastle 35 matches (1929–1939)
35 Interstate matches
19 matches (1929–1938)
19 Test matches
15. Dave Brown born
4 April 1913
died
23 February 1974
Reserve Eastern Suburbs, Warrington 19 matches (1930-1936)
19 Interstate matches
9 matches (1933-1936)
9 Test matches
16. Steve Rogers born
29 November 1954
died
3 January 2006
Reserve Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, St. George Dragons, Widnes 21 matches (1973–1982)
17 Interstate matches
4 State of Origin matches
24 matches (1973–1982)
21 Test matches
3 World Cup matches
17. Roy Bull born
12 June 1929
died
29 June 2004
Reserve Manly-Warringah 26 matches (1949–1956)
26 Interstate matches
23 matches (1949–1957)
20 Test matches
3 World Cup matches
Coach[E] Jack Gibson born
27 February 1929
died
9 May 2008
Eastern Suburbs, St. George, Newtown, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Parramatta Eels, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 6 matches (1989–1990)
as coach
2 wins
4 losses

Notes

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A The position the player were chosen in the Team of the Century.
B The Australian clubs/teams the player played for during his career.
C The number of games he played at state level for New South Wales during his career.
D The number of games he played at national level for Australia during his career.
E The Clubs, New South Wales and Australia columns are in terms of his coaching career, not his playing career.

References

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  1. ^ Archived 9 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine[dead link]