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Top 100 Players of the Century - 1908-1945
1. Dally Messenger (HOF) Eastern Suburbs 2. Chris McKivat (HOF) Glebe 3. Arthur "Pony Halloway (HOF) Glebe, Eastern Suburbs, Balmain 4. Albert Rosenfeld Eastern Suburbs 5. Howard Hallett South Sydney 6. Billy Cann South Sydney 7. Dan Frawley Eastern Suburbs 8. Sid "Sandy" Pearce (HOF) Eastern Suburbs 9. Frank Burge (HOF) Glebe, St George 10. Herb Gilbert South Sydney, Western Suburbs 11. Cec Blinkhorn North Sydney, South Sydney 12. Les Cubitt Glebe, Eastern Suburbs 13. Viv Farnsworth Newtown, Western Suburbs	14. Harold Horder (HOF) South Sydney, North Sydney 15. Jimmy Craig (HOF) Balmain, University, Western Suburbs 16. Duncan Thompson (HOF) North Sydney, Toowoomba 17. Ted Courtney Newtown, Western Suburbs, North Sydney 18. Charles "Chook" Fraser (HOF) Balmain 19. Tom Gorman (HOF) Toowoomba, Brisbane Brothers 20. Herb Steinohrt Toowoomba 21. George Treweek (HOF) South Sydney 22. Eric Weissel Temora 23. Benny Wearing South Sydney 24. Vic Armbruster Toowoomba, Brisbane Grammars, Brisbane Valleys 25. Dan Dempsey Ipswich 26. Wally Prigg (HOF) Newcastle	27. Frank McMillan Western Suburbs, Balmain 28. Chimpy Busch Eastern Suburbs, Balmain 29. Viv Thicknesse Eastern Suburbs 30. Mick Madsen Toowoomba 31. Jack Beaton Eastern Suburbs 32. Ernie Norman Eastern Suburbs 33. Dave Brown (HOF) Eastern Suburbs, Warrington 34. Andy Norval Eastern Suburbs 35. Sid "Joe" Pearce (HOF) Eastern Suburbs 36. Herb Narvo Newtown, St George 37. Vic Hey (HOF) Western Suburbs, Toowoomba, Parramatta 38. Ray Stehr Eastern Suburbs
Top 100 Players of the Century - 1946-2007
39. Arthur Clues Western Suburbs 40. Brian Bevan (HOF) Eastern Suburbs, Warrington, Blackpool Borough 41. Duncan Hall (HOF) Brisbane Valleys, Toowoomba, Brisbane Wests 42. Harry Bath (HOF) Balmain, St George 43. Clive Churchill (HOF) (Immortal) South Sydney 44. Brian Davies Brisbane Brothers, Canterbury 45. Brian Carlson (HOF) Newcastle, North Sydney 46. Keith Holman (HOF) Western Suburbs 47. Roy Bull Manly 48. Harry Wells (HOF) Woollongong, South Sydney, Western Suburbs 49. Ken Kearney (HOF) St George 50. Norm Provan (HOF) St George 51. Kel O'Shea Western Suburbs 52. Keith Barnes (HOF) Balmain 53. Brian Clay Newtown, St George 54. Brian Hambly Wagga Wagga, South Sydney, Parramatta 55. Arthur Summons Western Suburbs 56. Ken Thornett Parramatta 57. Peter Gallagher Brisbane Brothers 58. Ian Walsh Eugowra, St George 59. Eddie Lumsden Manly, St George	60. Reg Gasnier (HOF) (Immortal) St George 61. Johnny Raper (HOF) (Immortal) Newtown, St George 62. Noel Kelly Western Suburbs 63. Barry Muir Brisbane Wests 64. Les Johns Canterbury 65. Johnny King St George 66. Ken Irvine (HOF) North Sydney, Manly 67. John Sattler South Sydney 68. Graeme Langlands (HOF) (Immortal) St George 69. John O'Neill South Sydney, Manly 70. Billy Smith St George 71. Bob McCarthy South Sydney, Canterbury 72. Bob Fulton (HOF) (Immortal) Manly, Eastern Suburbs 73. Ron Coote (HOF) South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs 74. Arthur Beetson (HOF) (Immortal) Balmain, Eastern Suburbs, Parramatta 75. Tom Raudonikis Western Suburbs, Newtown 76. Graham Eadie Manly 77. Steve Rogers Cronulla 78. Michael Cronin (HOF) Parramatta 79. Ray Price Parramatta 80. Steve Mortimer Canterbury	81. Kerry Boustead Eastern Suburbs, Manly, North Sydney 82. Eric Grothe Parramatta 83. Peter Sterling (HOF) Parramatta 84. Wayne Pearce Balmain 85. Wally Lewis (HOF) (Immortal) Brisbane Valleys, Wynnum-Manly, Brisbane Broncos, Gold Coast 86. Steve Roach Balmain 87. Gene Miles Wynnum-Manly, Brisbane Broncos 88. Mal Meninga (HOF) Souths Brisbane, Canberra 89. Brett Kenny Parramatta 90. Terry Lamb Western Suburbs, Canterbury 91. Steve Walters Canberra, North Queensland Cowboys, Newcastle Knights 92. Glenn Lazarus Canberra, Brisbane Broncos, Melbourne 93. Laurie Daley Canberra 94. Andrew Ettingshausen Cronulla 95. Bradley Clyde Canberra, Bulldogs 96. Allan Langer Brisbane Broncos 97. Brad Fittler Penrith, Sydney Roosters 98. Andrew Johns Newcastle Knights 99. Shane Webcke Brisbane Broncos 100. Darren Lockyer Brisbane Broncos
(HOF) indicates member of the Rugby League Hall of Fame (Immortal) indicates member of the Immortals of Rugby League
Notable Omissions
Ricky Stuart Steve Menzies Gorden Tallis Les Boyd Benny Elias Centenary Committee chairman Colin Love claimed the calibre of players missing from the list showed just how exclusive the group was. "To narrow down all the champions of the past century to just 100 players was an enormous challenge," Love said. "Even a list of 200 wouldn't have satisfied the debate that will rage between the eras.

The List of Rugby League's Greatest Players of All Time

ALLAN, Trevor
ARMBRUSTER, Vic
AYNSLEY, Cec
BANKS, Bob
BARNES, Keith
BATH, Harry
BEATON, Jack
BEATTIE, Dud
BEETSON, Arthur
BELCHER, Gary
BENNETT, Jim
BEVAN, Brian
BLAIR, Alf
BLINKHORN, Cecil
BOUSTEAD, Kerry
BOYD, Les
BRANIGHAN, Ray
BROGAN, Bill
BROOMHAM, Albert
BROWN, Dave
BROWN, Edward
BUDERUS, Danny (current NRL player)
BULL, Roy
BURGE, Frank
BUSCH, Joe
CANN, Billy
CAPLES, Harry
CARLSON, Brian
CHURCHILL, CLive
CIVONICEVA, Petero (current NRL player)
CLAY, Brian
CLUES, Authur
CLYDE, Bradley
COLLINS, Eddie
COOPER, Lionel
COOTE, Ron
COURTNEY, Ted
COWRIE, Les
CRAIG, Jimmy
CRAIG, Robert
CROCKER, Harold
CRONIN, Michael
CUBITT, Les
CURRAN, Frank
DALEY, Laurie
DAVIES, Brian
DEANE, Sid
DEMPSEY, Dan
DEVEREUX, Jimmy
DEVERY, Pat
DIMOND, Peter
EADIE, Graham
ELIAS, Ben
ETTINGSHAUSEN, Andrew
FARNSWORTH, Bill
FARRELL, Frank
FIFIELD, Cec
FITTLER, Brad
FLANNERY, Denis
FRASER, Charles
FRAUENFELDER, Eric
FRAWLEY, Dan
FROOME, Keith
FULTON, Bob
GALLAGHER, Peter
GASNIER, Reg
GEE, Hec
GIBBS, Jim
GILBERT, Herb
GLEESON, Johnny
GORMAN, Tom
GRAVES, Johnny
GROTHE, Eric (Snr)
HALL, Duncan
HALLETT, Howard
HALLOWAY, Arthur
HAMBLY, Brian
HARRAGON, Paul
HARRIS, Eric
HAWICK, Greg
HAWKE, Johnny
HAZZARD, Noel
HEIDKE, Bill
HEIDKE, Les
HENNESSY, Arthur
HEY, Vic
HOLMAN, Keith
HORDER, Harold
HUNTER, Johnny
IRVINE, Ken
JACK, Garry
JOHNS, Les
JOHNS, Andrew
JOHNSTON, Albert
JORGENSON, Joe
KEARNEY, Ken
KELLY, Noel
KENNEDY, Ben
KENNY, Brett
KING, Johnny
KINGSTON, Jack
KRILICH, Max
LAMB, Terry
LANGER, Allan
LANGLANDS, Graeme
LATTA, Reg
LAWS, Fred
LAZARUS, Glenn
LEWIS, Wally
LINDNER, Bob
LOCKYER, Darren (current NRL player)
LUMSDEN, Eddie
LYNCH, Ron
LYONS, Cliff
MADSEN, Peter
MARCH, Bill
MENINGA, Mal
MENZIES, Steve (current NRL player)
MESSENGER, Herbert
MILES, Gene
MOIR, Ian
MOORES, Jeff
MORRIS, Rod
MORTIMER, Steve
MOSSOP, Rex
MUIR, Barry
MULLIGAN, Noel
McCAFFERY, Ken
McCARTHY, Bob
McCOY, Matt
McCUE, Paddy
McDONLAD, John
McKIVAT, Chris
McMILLAN, Frank
NARVO, Herb
NORMAN, Ernie
NORMAN, Ray
NORVAL, Andy
O'CONNELL, Wally
O'CONNER, Michael
O'NEILL, John
O'REILLY, Bob
O'SHEA, Kel
OXFORD, Arthur
PASKINS, Tony
PEARCE, Sid
PEARCE, Wayne
PEARCE, Sid
PEARCE, Cliff
PIDDING, Noel
PIERCE, Harry
POOLE, Dick
POTTER, Norm
PRICE, Ray
PRIGG, Wally
PROVAN, Norm
PURCELL, Bernie
RAPER, John
RASMUSSEN, Elton
RAUDONIKIS, Tom
RAYNER, Jack
REARDON, Jack
REDDY, Rod
RENOUF, Steve
RIDLEY, ALan
ROACH, Steve
ROBERTS, Ron
ROBINSON, Jack
ROGERS, Steve
ROOT, Eddie
ROSENFELD, Albert
RUSSELL, Charlie
RYAN, Kevin
SATTLER, John
SCHUBERT, Kevin
SCHULTZ, Bill
SHANKLAND, Bill
SHEARER, Dale
SIRONEN, Paul
SMITH, Cameron (current NRL player)
SMITH, Len
SMITH, Billy
STANMORE, Frank
STEHR, Ray
STEINOHRT, Herb
STERLING, Peter
STUART, Ricky
SULLIVAN, Con
SUMMONS, Arthur
TALLIS, Gorden
THICKNESSE, Viv
THOMPSON, Duncan
THORNETT, Dick
THORNETT, Ken
THURSTON, Johnathan (current NRL player)
TIDYMAN, Bob
TREWEEK, George
TYQUIN, Bill
WALSH, Ian
WALTERS, Steve
WATKINS, Jack
WATSON, Alex
WATT, George
WEARING, Benny
WEBCKE, Shane
WEISSEL, Eric
WELLS, Harry
WILLIAMS, Bob
WILSON, Billy
YOUNG, Craig