List of family relations in rugby league

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There have been several families from around the world of which two or more members have been involved in rugby league football at the highest levels since the sport's inception in 1895. Below is an incomplete list of families that have been involved in rugby league.

Contents

A

Abbott family

Ackland family

Adamson family of England

Adamson family of Australia

Agar family

Ah Mau brothers

Albert brothers

Alésina family

Alexander brothers & extended family

Anderson brothers

Anderson family

Apps family

Arkwright brothers

Armitt family

Arthur family

Asher brothers

Askin brothers

Aston family

Aubusson brothers

Ayshford family

B

Backo family

Bailey brothers of Australia

Bailey family of New Zealand

Baitieri family

Banks/Saxton family

Barclay brothers

Barchard family

Barlow brothers

Barnes family

Barba brothers

Barrow family

Barton brothers

Batchelor brothers

Batten family

Battye family

Beardmore brothers

Beaven brothers

Beckett brothers

Bella brothers

Belsham brothers

Bell/Friend family

Benausse family

Bennett brothers

Bennett / Metcalfe family

Bentley brothers

Berrigan brothers

Best family

Bevan family

Bischoff family

Bishop family

Blake brothers

Blan brothers

Blore brothers

Boas brothers

Bolewski brothers

Bolt brothers

Bowen family

Bonal brothers

Boudebza family

Boyle family

Bradshaw brothers

Bradstreet family

Brailey brothers

Branighan family

Brennan brothers

Bridge brothers

Bridges family

Brimble brothers

Briscoe brothers

Britt family

Broatch / Fiddes

Bromwich brothers

Broughton family

Brown brothers

Buchanan brothers

Buckler brothers

Bugden brothers

Burge brothers

Burgess family I

The Burgess' total of 30 Tests is a Great British record for a father and son combination. [2]

Burgess family II

Burke family

Butcher brothers

C

Caine brothers

Calder/Pongia family

Campbell family

Gold Coast titans legend

Campbell/Menzies family

Capewell family

Carlaw brothers

Carmichael family

Cartwright family

Casey family

Cayless brothers

Chan family

Chapelhow brothers

Chapman family

Cherrington family

Chester family

Chisholm family

Chisnall brothers

Clark brothers

Clarke brothers

Clarke family

Clarkson family

Clawson family

Cleal family

Cleary family

Cogger family

Connell family

Collins brothers

Cologni family

Cooper brothers

Coote family

Corbett brothers

Cordner brothers

Cornish brothers

Corvo brothers

Couchman twins

Courtney family

Cowan brothers

Coyle brothers

Coyne brothers

Cronin/Quinn cousins

Cross family

Cross brothers

Cubitt brothers

Cunningham brothers

Crichton Brothers

D

Dagger family

Delaney family

Daley family

Dalton brothers

Davidson brothers

Davies brothers (1)

Davies brothers (2)

Davis brothers

Davis family

The Davis family falls into the broader Dunghutti peoples family tree.

Dawson brothers

De Belin family

Deane brothers/Sullivan family

Dimond family

Divorty family

Dorahy family

Doyle brothers

Drake twins

Duane family

Dunemann brothers

Dunghutti relatives

The Dunghutti are an Indigenous Australian people native to the North-East of New South Wales, including the townships of Kempsey and Macksville. Many players with connections to the tribe are distantly related and refer to each other as cousins. This family tree includes:

Dwyer family

Dykes family

E

Eccles brothers

Eden family of Australia

Eden family of England

Edwards family (1)

Edwards family (2)

Edwards/Tamou family

Eisenhuth/Gallen family

Elias/Moses family

Ellis family

El Masri family

Endacott family

England family

Evans brothers

Evans brothers (inter-war period)

Evans/Cherry-Evans family

F

Fa'alogo brothers

Fa'asuamaleaui brothers

Fages family

Faifai Loa/Smith family

Fainu brothers

Fairbank family

Farnsworth brothers

Farrell family

Farrell/Elsegood family (1)

Farrell family (2)

Feagai brothers

Fearnley family

Fennell family

Fielden brothers

Fifita/Haumono family

Finch family

Fisher family

Fisher brothers

Fisiiahi brothers

Fitzgibbon family

Flanagan of England

Flanagan of Australia

Fleming family

Flynn brothers

Fogerty family

Folau family

Foran brothers

Fox family

French brothers

Frodsham family

Fry brothers

Fulton family

Furner family

G

Gaffey family

Galea brothers

Gannon family

Gardner brothers

Garlick family

Gartner family

Garvey brothers

Gasnier family

George family

Geyer family

Gidley brothers

Gilbert family

Gildart family

Gillies brothers

Giteau family

Gleeson family

Goldspink family

Goodwin family (1)

Goodwin family (2)

Gordon cousins

Gore family

Gorley brothers

Goulding family

Gourley family

Grace/Wellington

Graham family (1)

Graham family (2)

Gray brothers

Greenwood brothers

Grésèque family

Grey family

Griffin brothers

Griffiths family

Grix brothers

Grothe family

Gruppi brothers

H

Haas family

Hagan brothers

Haggerty family

Hale brothers

Hambly family

Hancock family

Hanley family

Hardgrave family

Hardy family

Harkin family

Harris family (1)

Harris family (2)

Harrison brothers

Harrison family

Hastings family

Hauraki family

Hayne/Thompson family

Hayward brothers

Hayward family

Heidke family

Hemingway/Slater family

Henderson brothers

Henry brothers

Hepi family

Sheffield Eagles & Gloucestershire All Golds, father of Tyla

Hetherington family

Higgins brothers

Higson family

Hill brothers

Hindmarsh brothers

Hodges family

Hodgson family

Hoffman family

Holliday family

Hopoate family

Horder family

Horne brothers

Horo brothers

Hosking family

Howard brothers

Huddart family

Hughes brothers (1)

Hughes brothers (2)

Hughes/Moore/Folkes family

Hulme family

Humphreys family

I

Iro brothers

Isemonger family

Ives brothers

Izzard brothers

J

Jacks brothers

James brothers

Jennings brothers

Johns family

Jones family

Jordan family

Junee family

K

Karalius brothers

Karpani sisters

Katoa brothers (1)

Katoa brothers (2)

Kaufusi brothers

Keating brothers

Keato brothers

Keinhorst brothers

Kellett family

Kelly brothers

Kennedy family

Kimmorley brothers

Khedimi family

King family (1)

King family (2)

King family (3)

Klein family (1)

Klein family (2)

Kirwan family

Kouparitsas brothers

Krewanty family

L

Laforgue brothers

Laing brothers

Lam family

Lane brothers

Lang family

Langley family

Lauaki / Vaikona family

Laulu-Togaga'e family

Laurie brothers

Law brothers

Lawton brothers

Laybutt brothers

Lazarus family

Lester brothers

Leuluai family

James and Phillip's parents were born in Samoa, though the family is now settled in South Auckland. [5] James and Thomas' combined total of 58 Tests (as of November 2011) is thought to be a world record for a father and son combination. [2]

Leyland brothers

Lindwall brothers

Litten brothers

Lomax brothers

Lord brothers

Lousi brothers

Lowe brothers

Lulia brothers

Lumsden brothers

Lussick brothers

M

MacDougall brothers

Maddison brothers

Malone/Renouf family

Maloney family

Mann family

Mannah brothers

Mara family

Maranta family

March twins

Marshall brothers

Martyn family

Mata'utia brothers

A cousin, Masada Iosefa (1988–2021), was a Samoan international who played for Penrith and the Wests Tigers.

Matterson family

May brothers

McCabe brothers

McCarthy family

McClennan family

McCormack family

McCracken family

McCaffery family

McGahan family

McGregor family

McGuinness brothers

1st McKinnon family

2nd McKinnon family

McLean family

McNamara family

McRitchie family

Mellars family

Messenger brothers

Metcalfe family

Millard family

Mills family

Mincham family

Minichiello brothers

Minto family

Mitchell brothers (1)

Mitchell brothers (2)

Moliner family

Molo family

Monaghan brothers

Morley brothers

Morris family (1)

The Morris family in 2009 after Josh and Brett had represented Australia together Josh brett and steve morris france vs australia 2009.JPG
The Morris family in 2009 after Josh and Brett had represented Australia together

Morris family (2)

Mortimer family

Mosby family

Moses brothers (1)

Moses brothers (2)

Mountford brothers

Mueller brothers

Mulitalo brothers

Mullane family

Mullen family

Mullins family

Mundine family

Myler family

N

Nable brothers

Naiqama brothers

Nakubuwai family

Narvo family

Naughton brothers

Newlove family

Nikorima brothers

Norman brothers

Nu'uausala siblings

O

O'Connell brothers

1st O'Connor brothers

2nd O'Connor family

O'Donnell brothers

O'Loughlin family

Okesene brothers

Orchard brothers

Oxford family

P

Paea brothers

Paki brothers

Papali'i family

Parcell family

Parker brothers

Parkinson brothers

Paul brothers

Pauli family

Paulo brothers

Peachey family

1st Pearce family

2nd Pearce family

Pearce-Paul family

Peats family

Pepperell brothers

Perenara family

Perrett brothers

Peters sisters

Pethybridge family

Pezet family

Phillips brothers

Pickup family

Pimblett family

Pollard family

Plath family

Platz brothers

Prentice brothers

Prescott family

Price family

Price/Diversi family

Pritchard brothers

Prosser brothers

Provan brothers

Pryce family

Puletua brothers

Q

Quinlivan brothers

R

Raftstrand-Smith sisters

Randall family

Rapana siblings

Raper family

Rapira brothers

Rayne twins

Reddy family

Redfearn brothers

Redmond family

Rennie brothers

Ricketson family

Risman family

Roberts family (1)

The Roberts family falls into the broader Dunghutti peoples family tree.

Roberts family (2)

Robertson brothers

Robinson/Merritt family

Robinson brothers (1)

Robinson brothers (2)

Robinson family (1)

Robinson family (2)

Rogers family

The Rogers' total of 35 Tests is an Australian record for a father and son combination. [2]

Rooney family

Root family

Ropati brothers

Rowles family

Rowley family

Russell brothers

Ryan brothers (1)

Ryan brothers (2)

S

Saifiti brothers

Sailor /Gagai family

Sampson family

Other relatives include: Olympic sprinter Denise Ramsden & TV presenter & model Kirsty Gallacher

Satherley family

Sattler family

Saxton brothers

Schirnack brothers

Schultz brothers and sons

Schuster brothers

Scott brothers and cousins

Sculthorpe brothers

Seagar brothers

Seeling family

Segeyaro family

Senior brothers

Seu Seu brothers

Seumanufagai family

Shead brothers

Sheens brothers

Shelford family

Shibasaki brothers

Shorrocks brothers

Sigsworth brothers

Silcock family

Simpkins family

Sims siblings

Born to an Australian father, Peter, and a Fijian mother, Jacqueline, all 5 of the Gerringong-raised Sims siblings have achieved national honours in their respective sports, with 4 having played rugby league professionally. [14] [15]

A cousin of the Sims siblings, Reagan Campbell-Gillard (born 1993), is an Australian and Fijian international who has played Penrith and Parramatta in the NRL. [17]

Sinfield family

Sing family

Sironen family

Smales family

Smith brothers of Australia

Smith brothers of England

Smith family of New Zealand

Smith family (1)

Smith family (2)

Smith family (3)

Sorensen family

In addition, New Zealand and Samoa international Leeson Ah Mau married Rose Sorensen Cann (granddaughter of Bill and cousin of Scott), while Chad Townsend married Marissa Sorensen (granddaughter of Bill and sister of Scott). [18]

Southernwood family

Southwell sisters

Spencer brothers of New Zealand

Spencer family of Australia

Spina family

St George brothers

Stanaway brothers

Steinohrt brothers

Stephenson family

Not related to: Mike Stephenson (Stevo)

Stewart brothers

Stewart family

Stirling family

Stone family

Stonestreet family

Strange family

Sullivan family of Australia

Sullivan family of Wales

Swann family

Smith family NZ. Dad Tyran Smith played forward for South's then became a journeyman played for amongst others for the NZ Warriors.Also Balmain Canberra West Tigers North Queensland and Hunter Mariners Son Reimis plays winger for the Melbourne Storm started at Canterbury Bulldogs

T

Tagive brothers

Takairangi family

Tago brothers

Talau family

Tamati family

Tasi brothers

Tassell brothers

Tatupu/Simona/Wright/Sene-Lafeo/Sauiluma/Liolevave family

Teitzel family

Temara sisters

Tennant family

Thaiday family

Thompson twins

Thomson family

Thornett brothers

Tittleton brothers

Tomkins brothers

Tonga brothers

Trbojevic brothers

Trevathan/Trevathen family

Trindall brothers

Tronc family

Trout brothers

Tuimavave/Winterstein family

Tupou brothers

Tuqiri family

Tyrer family

Tyquin brothers

Tuivasa-Sheck brothers

V

Vagana cousins

Valentine brothers of Scotland

Valentine brothers of England

Van Bellen brothers

Veivers family

W

Walker family (1)

Walker family (2)

Walker brothers of Britain

Walne brothers

Walters family

Ward brothers

Wardle brothers

Warren family

Watene family

Watene-Zelezniak family

Watt family

Webster brothers

West family

White brothers of Australia

White brothers of New Zealand

Why brothers

Willey/Don family

Williams brothers

Williams family

Williamson family

Wilson family

Wishart family

Witt brothers

Wittenberg family

Wolfgramm family

Wood family

Woodman sisters

Woolford family

Worrincy brothers

Wright brothers

Wynyard brothers

Wynn brothers

Y

Yakich brothers

Yates family

Yeo family

Young family (1)

Young family (2)

Yow Yeh family

Kevin is the first cousin of Jharal's grandfather, making them first cousins, twice removed.

See also

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