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List of Australia national rugby league team players

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List of Australia national rugby league team players
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There have been over 830 rugby league footballers who have been selected to represent Australia since the nation first started playing international matches in 1908. The Australian Rugby League administered the team and maintained the Australian national rugby league team or "The Kangaroos" players register, assigning each player an individual cap number[1] until 2012 when this was taken over by the Australian Rugby League Commission.[2]

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Australian captain Darren Lockyer, kicks off a Kangaroos match in 2009.

The first Kangaroo was Arthur Hennessey, as he was the original captain of the side. The rest were added in alphabetical order, then in order of selection. Inclusion in the Kangaroos register denotes a player's selection for a Kangaroos squad and does not necessarily mean an actual full international appearance was made. The year selected represents the first year in which they were called up for international duties and the appearances represent full international matches. New Zealand players who were selected to play for 'Australasian' representative teams are also included.

Super League test appearances, although counted as such by their overseas counterparts, have been disregarded by the sport's Australian governing body so are excluded from their register.

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Kangaroos register

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#1 Arthur Hennessy, Australia's first test captain
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#10 Dally Messenger, league's 1st drawcard star
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#17 Sandy Pearce, rowing & footballing family
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#21 Arthur Halloway, a player and coach
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#35 Pat Walsh, a devotion to duty
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#67 Chris McKivat, Olympian & dual code int'l
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#72 Peter Burge, from a footballing family
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#76 Chook Fraser youngest Kangaroo
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#77 Herb Gilbert
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#88 Frank Burge Kangaroo brother
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#89 Harold Horder, speedy winger
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#106 Duncan Thompson Western front veteran
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#113 Mucka Fewin (l) & # 111 Norm Potter (r) Queenslanders
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#116 Cec Blinkhorn, tour try-scoring record holder
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#118 Jim Craig, captain & veteran coach
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#130 Tom Gorman 1st Queenslander as captain
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#141 Herb Steinohrt, hard Queensland leader
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#142 George Treweek, tryscoring forward
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#159 Mick Madsen, Queenslander & captain
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#185 Vic Hey
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#176 Dave Brown record holding try scorer
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#274 Keith Holman half-back & top-grade referee
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Super League representatives

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During the split season of 1997, the Australian Super League organisation held internationals with New Zealand and Great Britain. These are considered bona fide test matches by the British Rugby Football League, the New Zealand Rugby League and Rugby League International Federation but are excluded from the Australian Rugby League's records.

  • Also played for The Australian Kangaroos.
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