Australian Rugby League's Team of the Century

In late 2007, the Australian Rugby League and National Rugby League commissioned a college of 130 experts to select the 100 best rugby league players in the game's 100-year history in Australia. The list was released in February 2008.

From this list a "Team of the Century" was selected – a team of 17 Australian players considered to be the best of all time in each position (plus four interchange/reserves and a coach). This illustrious line-up was announced in Sydney on 17 April 2008. ^{[1] [2]}

Team of the Century

No.	Name		Position	Clubs	State	Era	Highest representative honours
1.	Clive Churchill		Fullback	Central Newcastle, South Sydney, Brisbane Norths	NSW	1946–61	37 Test & World Cup matches 24 as captain
2.	Brian Bevan		Wing	Eastern Suburbs, Warrington, Blackpool Borough	NSW	1942-1964	16 Int'ls for Other Nationalities
3.	Reg Gasnier		Centre	St George	NSW	1957–69	39 Test & World Cup matches 8 as captain
4.	Mal Meninga		Centre	Souths Brisbane, St. Helens, Canberra Raiders	QLD	1978–94	46 Test & World Cup matches 23 as captain
5.	Ken Irvine		Wing	North Sydney, Manly-Warringah	NSW	1958–73	35 Test matches
6.	Wally Lewis		Five-eighth	Brisbane Valleys, Wakefield Trinity, Wynnum-Manly, Brisbane Broncos, Gold Coast Seagulls	QLD	1978–92	34 Test & World Cup matches 24 as captain
7.	Andrew Johns		Halfback	Newcastle, Warrington	NSW	1993–2007	27 Test & World Cup matches 2 as captain
8.	Arthur Beetson		Prop	Roma Cities, Redcliffe, Balmain, Eastern Suburbs, Parramatta, Hull Kingston Rovers	QLD	1963–80	28 Test & World Cup matches 8 as captain
9.	Noel Kelly		Hooker	Ipswich Brothers, Ayr Western Suburbs, Wollongong	QLD	1958–70	25 Test & World Cup matches
10.	Duncan Hall		Prop	Brisbane Valleys, Newtown Toowoomba Home Hill, Brisbane Wests	QLD	1948–57	22 Test matches
11.	Norm Provan		Second-row	St George	NSW	1951–65	25 Test & World Cup matches
12.	Ron Coote		Second-row	South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs	NSW	1964–78	23 Test & World Cup matches 3 as captain
13.	Johnny Raper		Lock	Newtown, St George, Wests Newcastle, Kurri Kurri	NSW	1957–69	39 Test & World Cup matches 8 as captain
14.	Graeme Langlands		Interchange	Wollongong, St George	NSW	1959–76	45 Test & World Cup matches 15 as captain
15.	Dally Messenger		Interchange	Eastern Suburbs	NSW	1908–13	7 Test matches 3 as captain
16.	Bob Fulton		Interchange	Wests Wollongong, Manly-Warringah, Eastern Suburbs	NSW	1966–79	35 Test & World Cup matches 7 as captain
17.	Frank Burge		Interchange	Glebe, Grenfell, St George	NSW	1911–27	13 Test matches
–	Jack Gibson		Coach	Eastern Suburbs, St George, Newtown South Sydney, Parramatta, Cronulla-Sutherland	NSW	1967–87	6 State of Origin matches

See also

• Australian rugby league's 100 greatest players
• List of Australia national rugby league team players

References

1. Todd Balym (2008-04-17). "Johns, Meninga among Immortals". Fox Sports Australia. Retrieved 2008-04-17.^{[ dead link ‍]}
2. "Johns named in Team of the Century". ABC News. 17 April 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2025.