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Birthdays - December

December 0th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Cecil Maunder 1889 1952 QLD Firsts, Ipswich, AIF; North Sydney
Edward Ireland 1892 1953 Glebe

December 1st

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Percy MacNamara 1873 1940 Sydney
Jack Tully 1885 1966 Western Suburbs
Gordon Hastie 1888 1974 Western Suburbs
Robert Rigby 1892 1938 Annandale
Harry Kadwell 1902 1999 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Metropolis, NSW City Possibles, NSW City Probables; South Sydney, St George
Charles Mathon 1905   120 years and 131 days France
Bernie Burford 1918 2000 NSW Group 7; NSW Group 7, Newtown
Jack Devery 1919 2015 South Sydney
Len Haskins 1926 2006 South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs
Reuben Hudson 1928 2017 Manly
José Guasch 1931 1993 Wakefield Trinity, Halifax
Noel Bissett 1937 2020 Gateshead
Roger Tait 1938 2023 New Zealand, Waikato, Auckland, North Island, Northern Zone (NZ)
Bob Fulton 1946 2021 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW Country Seconds, Illawarra Firsts, NSW City Seconds; Illawarra Firsts, Manly, Eastern Suburbs
Les Dyl 1952 2022 Great Britain, England; Leeds, Bramley
John Salter 1956   69 years and 130 days QLD Firsts, Brisbane Colts, Brisbane Firsts; Southern Suburbs, Brisbane Firsts
Terry Murphy 1957   68 years and 131 days Eastern Suburbs, Cronulla, South Sydney
Wally Lewis 1959   66 years and 131 days Australia, QLD Firsts, QLD, Brisbane Firsts, Oceania, QLD Resident Maroons; Fortitude Valley, Brisbane Firsts, Wakefield, Wynnum-Manly, Brisbane, Gold Coast
Ian Gormley 1963   62 years and 131 days Widnes, Salford, Rochdale
Tere Glassie 1977   48 years and 131 days Cook Islands; South Sydney, Oldham, Leigh, Castleford, Dewsbury
Richard Arrowsmith 1978   47 years and 131 days Dewsbury, Gateshead
Martin Carney 1978   47 years and 131 days Warrington
Andy Wallace 1981   44 years and 131 days Rochdale, Swinton, Oldham St Annes, Oldham, Blackpool
Adam Fletcher 1983   42 years and 131 days Greece; Castleford
Quentin Laulu-Togaga'e 1984   41 years and 130 days Samoa; Sheffield, Toronto Wolfpack, Castleford, Halifax, Newcastle, Keighley
Lloyd O'Connor 1986   39 years and 131 days Celtic, London, South Wales
Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski 1986   39 years and 131 days Gateshead
Chris Lawson 1987   38 years and 131 days Doncaster
Brett Turner 1987   38 years and 131 days Doncaster, York City, West Hull
Danny Barker 1988   37 years and 130 days Whitehaven, Gateshead
Chris Ward 1988   37 years and 130 days North QLD (W)
Ali Brigginshaw 1989   36 years and 131 days Australia (W), QLD (W); Brisbane (W)
Daniel Penese 1989   36 years and 131 days Penrith
Nathan Stapleton 1989   36 years and 131 days Aus PM XIII; Cronulla, London
Matthew Bailey 1991   34 years and 131 days Keighley, Hemel, Midlands
Onjeurlina Leiataua 1995   30 years and 131 days New Zealand (W), Samoa (W); Warriors (W)
Lamar Liolevave 1995   30 years and 131 days Fiji; Wests Tigers
Jamin Williams 1997   28 years and 131 days Jamaica
Iszac Fa'asuamaleaui 2001   24 years and 131 days Gold Coast, Catalans
George Orriss 2001   24 years and 131 days West Wales
Jon Bennison 2002   23 years and 131 days St Helens, Widnes, York
Hugo Nikhata 2004   21 years and 131 days Castleford

December 2nd

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Arthur O'Brien 1881 1972 Australia, QLD Firsts, Brisbane Firsts; Fortitude Valley, Ipswich, Ipswich A
Sam Parker 1888 1965 QLD Firsts; Annandale
Herbert Bawden 1893 1978 QLD Firsts; Eastern Suburbs
Jim Sullivan 1903 1977 England (GB), Wales, England, Other, English League, British Empire
Lew Fisher 1915 2009 Western Suburbs, Canterbury
Vic Mossman 1934   91 years and 130 days South Sydney
Garry Storch 1949 2017 Western Division
Kevin Kelly 1960   65 years and 129 days St George, Illawarra
Peter Stanford 1963   62 years and 130 days Illawarra
Shane Flanagan 1965   60 years and 130 days St George, Western Suburbs, Parramatta
Paul Lister 1969   56 years and 130 days Wakefield, Doncaster, Batley, Gateshead
Jason Timmins 1969   56 years and 130 days Wakefield, Doncaster
Damien Pickles 1970   55 years and 130 days Halifax, Huddersfield, Hunslet, Swinton, Bramley, Blackpool, Siddal
Darren Fleary 1972   53 years and 129 days Great Britain, England, Yorkshire; Dewsbury, Keighley, Leeds, Yorkshire, Huddersfield, Leigh
Toa Kohe-Love 1976   49 years and 129 days NZ Maori; Warrington, Hull FC, Bradford, Widnes, Leigh
Matt Salter 1976   49 years and 129 days London
Shaun Geritas 1977   48 years and 130 days Warrington, Leigh, Lancashire, Woolston
Alex Godfrey 1978   47 years and 130 days York, Dewsbury, Hull KR
Andrew Ryan 1978   47 years and 130 days Australia, NSW, NSW Country; Parramatta, Bulldogs
Craig Brown 1980   45 years and 129 days Keighley, Sheffield
Chris Campbell 1980   45 years and 129 days Warrington, Whitehaven, Oldham, Chorley, Rochdale
Laura Mariu 1980   45 years and 129 days New Zealand (W), Canada (W); Warriors (W)
Peter Green 1981   44 years and 130 days Rochdale, Doncaster, Sheffield
Mick Senior 1981   44 years and 130 days Dewsbury
Steve Cochrane 1982   43 years and 130 days Hull KR
Stephen Grundy 1985   40 years and 130 days York City
Ben Farrar 1986   39 years and 130 days North Qld, Manly, Catalans, London
Shaun Magennis 1989   36 years and 130 days St Helens
Glen Fisiiahi 1990   35 years and 130 days Tonga; Warriors
Darius Hamilton 1991   34 years and 130 days Coventry
Reece Lyne 1992   33 years and 129 days England; Hull FC, Wakefield Trinity, Doncaster
Charlie Martin 1992   33 years and 129 days Keighley, Castleford, Batley, Hunslet, Doncaster
James Glover 1993   32 years and 130 days Dewsbury, Hemel, Sheffield, York City, Featherstone, Doncaster
Fotukava Malu 1993   32 years and 130 days USA
Sam Bates 1995   30 years and 130 days Bradford, Dewsbury
Joe Hambley 1995   30 years and 130 days Barrow, Workington
Jeremy Marshall-King 1995   30 years and 130 days New Zealand, Maori; Wests Tigers, Canterbury, Dolphins
Joe Stimson 1995   30 years and 130 days Melbourne, Canterbury, Gold Coast, Castleford
Jake Knox 1997   28 years and 130 days North Wales
Payne Haas 1999   26 years and 130 days Australia, Samoa, NSW, Aus PM XIII; Brisbane
Jack Aiken 2001   24 years and 130 days Brisbane, Wests Tigers, Catalans
Dan McGrath 2001   24 years and 130 days Hunslet
Morgan Gannon 2003   22 years and 130 days Leeds, Warriors

December 3rd

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Albert Asher 1879 1965 New Zealand, NZ Maori, Auckland
William Eagle 1889 1957 Annandale
Jack Arkwright 1902 1990 England (GB), England, Lancashire
Hawea Mataira 1910 1979 New Zealand
Fred Bradstreet 1914 1986 North Sydney
Ron Fields 1914 1985 Western Suburbs
Trevor Foster 1914 2005 England (GB), Wales
Mick Dalton 1918 1943 Army Seconds; Eastern Suburbs
John Grice 1921 2008 Australia, QLD Firsts, Ipswich, Brisbane Firsts
John Bell 1929 2025 Eastern Suburbs
Peter Ryan 1933 2025 Newtown, Parramatta
Don Spence 1933   92 years and 129 days Southern Division; Eastern Suburbs, Southern Division
Georges Aillères 1934 2024 France
Colin Dixon 1943 1993 Great Britain, Wales; Hull KR
John Barber 1950 2009 NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, Brisbane Firsts; Manly, Redcliffe, Brisbane Firsts
Greg Perrett 1953   72 years and 129 days Wynnum-Manly
Chris Thorley 1953   72 years and 129 days Brisbane Firsts; Southern Suburbs
Bill Markou 1954 2026 Eastern Suburbs
Denis Corak 1956   69 years and 128 days South Sydney
David McKenzie 1956   69 years and 128 days Wests
David Stephenson 1958 2022 Great Britain, Great Britain U24; Salford, Wigan, Leeds, Leigh
Gary Howell 1959   66 years and 129 days Balmain, Parramatta, Penrith, Leigh
Steve Hardy 1961   64 years and 129 days Cronulla, Eastern Suburbs
Darryl Duncan 1962   63 years and 129 days North QLD; Illawarra, Norths, London
Karl Kirkpatrick 1964   61 years and 128 days Gateshead
Paul Eastwood 1965   60 years and 129 days Great Britain; Hull, Hull KR
Paul Darbyshire 1969 2011 Warrington
Jason Heptinstall 1969   56 years and 129 days Doncaster, Ryedale-York, Lock Lane
Sean Hoe 1970   55 years and 129 days Hull KR
Justin Hudson 1972   53 years and 128 days Doncaster
Glyn Davies 1974   51 years and 129 days Leigh
Deon Duell 1978   47 years and 129 days Blackpool
Craig Stevens 1978   47 years and 129 days Batley, Hunslet
Liam Harrison 1982   43 years and 129 days Ireland, Cumbria; Barrow
David Llewellyn 1982   43 years and 129 days Swinton, Blackpool, Rochdale
Bruno Ormeno 1982   43 years and 129 days Toulouse
Edisher Jamrulidze 1983   42 years and 129 days Georgia
Tom Wall 1988   37 years and 128 days Dewsbury
Jack Ely 1989   36 years and 129 days Hunslet, Doncaster, East Leeds
Mark Ioane 1990   35 years and 129 days Gold Coast, St Geo Illa, London, Leigh, Keighley, North Wales
Jake Scott 1991   34 years and 129 days Malta
Rob Hawthorne 1992   33 years and 128 days Keighley
Ali Bökeyhan Sürer 1993   32 years and 129 days Türkiye
Jacob Morgan 1993   32 years and 129 days South Wales, Batley
Solomone Kata 1994   31 years and 129 days New Zealand, Tonga; Warriors
Kristian Tyson 1994   31 years and 129 days Barrow, Askam
Ollie Greensmith 1999   26 years and 129 days Wakefield Trinity, Doncaster, Dewsbury, Batley
Luciano Bejanidze 2002   23 years and 129 days London
McKenzie Buckley 2003   22 years and 129 days St Helens, North Wales, Whitehaven, Thatto Heath

December 4th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Vic Harris 1878 1939 NSW Firsts, Metropolis; Glebe
Arthur Woodward 1893 1977 Western Suburbs
Roy Cloutier 1895 1986 University
Laidley Burge 1896 1990 Metropolis; Glebe
Oscar Quinlivan 1896 1949 NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, North Coast, NSW Seconds, NSW City Seconds; North Coast, South Sydney
Rick Bevan 1898 1980 Newtown, Eastern Suburbs
Arthur Connor 1905 1984 University
Harleigh Hanrahan 1906 1964 NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Firsts, South Coast, NSW City Seconds, Universities XIII, NSW Ctry. Possibles, NSW Country Seconds; South Coast, University, Eastern Suburbs, South Sydney
Peter Anderson 1912 1994 University
Peter Massey 1933   92 years and 128 days Gateshead
Frank Myler 1938 2020 Great Britain, England, Lancashire
Bob Hensby 1939 2021 NSW Country Firsts, Newcastle (AU); Balmain, Eastern Suburbs
Barry Phillis 1944   81 years and 127 days Canterbury
Stuart Davis 1961   64 years and 128 days Manly, Eastern Suburbs
Gary Freeman 1962   63 years and 128 days New Zealand, Central Districts, Auckland, New Zealand XIII; Castleford, Kent Invicta, Balmain, Eastern Suburbs, Penrith, Parramatta
Nigel Heslop 1963   62 years and 128 days Oldham
Terry Manning 1965   60 years and 128 days Keighley, Featherstone, Doncaster, Hull
Simon Gillies 1969   56 years and 128 days NSW City Firsts, NSW Country, NSW (SL); Canterbury, Warrington
Gerald Williams 1969   56 years and 128 days South Africa; Warrington, South Wales
Alan Pallister 1970   55 years and 128 days Ryedale-York
Steve Menzies 1973   52 years and 128 days Australia, NSW, NSW City, Exiles; Manly, Northern Eagles, Bradford, Catalans
Ben Barton 1974   51 years and 128 days Huddersfield
John Coumbe-Lilley 1975   50 years and 128 days Scotland
Jimmy Cowan 1975   50 years and 128 days Scotland; Oldham
Chris Leikvoll 1975   50 years and 128 days Illawarra, St Geo Illa, Warrington
Eddie Kilgannon 1977   48 years and 128 days Widnes, Chorley
John Tomes 1978   47 years and 128 days Gateshead
Mark Leafa 1980   45 years and 127 days Samoa; Sydney, South Sydney, Leigh, Whitehaven, Castleford
Chris Redfearn 1980   45 years and 127 days Hunslet, Dewsbury, Keighley
Chris Hull 1986   39 years and 128 days Swinton
Mark Flanagan 1987   38 years and 128 days England Knights; Halifax, Wigan, Wests Tigers, St Helens, Rochdale, Salford
Michael Stilwell 1987   38 years and 128 days Hunslet
Sam Blaney 1989   36 years and 128 days York City, Gloucestershire, Oxford
Nathan Chappell 1989   36 years and 128 days Featherstone, Sheffield, Hunslet, Underbank
Blake Leary 1990   35 years and 128 days North Qld, Northern, Manly, Burleigh
Peta Hiku 1992   33 years and 127 days New Zealand, Maori; Manly, Penrith, Warrington, Warriors, North Qld, Hull KR
James Elias 1993   32 years and 128 days Lebanon
AJ Tuimavave 1993   32 years and 128 days Norths
Sam Dunn 1994   31 years and 128 days Dewsbury
Patrick Mago 1994   31 years and 128 days North Qld, Brisbane, South Sydney, Wigan
Kieran Gill 1995   30 years and 128 days Oxford, Oldham, Castleford, Newcastle, Bradford, Batley, Sheffield
Ua Ravu 1996   29 years and 127 days Papua New Guinea (W), PNG PM XIII (W); Canberra (W)
Trent Kurnoth 2000   25 years and 128 days Philippines
Jaxson Rahme 2003   22 years and 128 days Lebanon; Souths (R)
Kian McGann 2006   19 years and 128 days Wakefield Trinity, Halifax

December 5th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
George Coffey 1876 1940 Newtown
Charlie Russell 1883 1957 Australia, NSW Firsts, Wallabies, Australasia II, Metropolis; Newtown
Arthur Northwood 1885 1955 Newtown
Vince Sheehan 1896 1926 NSW Firsts; South Sydney
John Hunt 1902 1984 Australia, QLD Firsts, Ipswich, QLD University; QLD University
Fred Nolan 1913 1978 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Possibles, NSW City Seconds; North Sydney
Jack Munn 1914 1947 South Sydney
Cyril Pyle 1919 2008 South Sydney
Tony Paskins 1927 2019 British Empire, Other, English League, NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, Western Division; Eastern Suburbs, Western Division, Manly, Northern Division
Patrick White 1939 1998 New Zealand, NZ Maori, New Zealand XIII, South Island, Canterbury
Marty Driscoll 1944   81 years and 126 days Canterbury
Ray Branighan 1947   78 years and 127 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts; South Sydney, Manly
Don Rogers 1947   78 years and 127 days Southern Division; Western Suburbs, Canterbury, Southern Division
Warren Snodgrass 1950   75 years and 127 days Newtown, Western Suburbs, Parramatta
Paul Coventry 1952   73 years and 126 days Featherstone, Wakefield, Bramley
Graeme West 1953   72 years and 127 days New Zealand, North Island, Central Districts, New Zealand XIII; Central Districts, Wigan
Greg Brentnall 1956   69 years and 126 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Riverina, NSW City Seconds; Riverina, Canterbury, NSW Country Firsts
Brian Juliff 1956   69 years and 126 days Wales; Wakefield, Wigan, Halifax, Castleford
Dave Brown 1957   68 years and 127 days Australia, QLD Firsts, QLD, NSW City Firsts, Brisbane Firsts, WA Firsts; Southern Suburbs, Brisbane Firsts, Eastern Suburbs, Manly, Hull, Blackpool, Redcliffe, Whitehaven
Paul Elliott 1960   65 years and 126 days Illawarra, Canberra
Shane Hansen 1960   65 years and 126 days Auckland, New Zealand XIII; Salford, Swinton
Paul Gearey 1961   64 years and 127 days Wakefield, Featherstone, Batley, Hunslet
Steven Turner 1961   64 years and 127 days Rochdale
Sam Stewart 1962   63 years and 127 days New Zealand, Rest Of The World, Central Districts, New Zealand XIII; Newcastle, London, Hull KR
Brent Todd 1964   61 years and 126 days New Zealand; Canberra, Wakefield, Gold Coast
Marquis Charles 1966   59 years and 127 days Dewsbury, Hull, Bramley
Martin Hall 1968   57 years and 126 days Wales; Oldham, Rochdale, Wigan, Halifax, Castleford, Hull
David Bailey 1969   56 years and 127 days Lion Red XIII; Wakefield, Rochdale, Auckland
Ken Jackson 1969   56 years and 127 days QLD Residents; Gold Coast
Richard Liles 1969   56 years and 127 days Hunslet
Brett Scriven 1978   47 years and 127 days Gloucestershire
Allan Dunham 1980   45 years and 126 days Hull KR, Doncaster
Andy Lee 1980   45 years and 126 days York, York Acorn
Ilisoni Vonomateiratu 1981   44 years and 127 days Fiji
Alex Bretherton 1982   43 years and 127 days Dewsbury, Batley, Hunslet
Cooper Cronk 1983   42 years and 127 days Australia, QLD, NRL; Melbourne, Sydney
Mick Butterfield 1984   41 years and 126 days Normanton, Doncaster, Gateshead
Danny Speakman 1985   40 years and 127 days Leigh, Batley, Widnes
Danny Wicks 1985   40 years and 127 days St Geo Illa, Newcastle, Parramatta
Gary North 1986   39 years and 127 days Dewsbury
Martin Keavney 1987   38 years and 127 days Workington, Leigh, Blackpool, Rochdale
Jonathan Dawes 1989   36 years and 127 days Workington
Jodie Cunningham 1991   34 years and 127 days England (W); St Helens (W)
Vlado Kušić 1993   32 years and 127 days Serbia
Nick Taylor 1993   32 years and 127 days Coventry
Madison Bartlett 1994   31 years and 127 days New Zealand (W); Warriors (W), St Geo Illa (W), Gold Coast (W), Canberra (W)
Danny Levi 1995   30 years and 127 days New Zealand, Samoa, Maori; Newcastle (R), Newcastle, Manly, Brisbane, Huddersfield, Canberra, Leeds
Daniel Russell 1995   30 years and 127 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII; St Geo Illa, Warrington, Salford, Bradford
Lauren Dam 1996   29 years and 126 days Gold Coast (W), Brisbane (W)
Joe Gibbons 2002   23 years and 127 days Cornwall, Leeds, Keighley, Batley, Newcastle, Hunslet
Connor Grainey 2002   23 years and 127 days North Wales
Joe Howe 2002   23 years and 127 days Rochdale
Will Pryce 2002   23 years and 127 days England Knights; Huddersfield, Newcastle, Hull FC

December 6th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Joe Allen 1866 1953 St Helens
Bill Spence 1882 1948 Australia, Australasia, NSW Firsts, Metropolis; South Sydney
Reg Fusedale 1890 1990 South Sydney, St George
Jack Wright 1901 1936 New Zealand
Cyril Bellamy 1902 1947 Metropolis, Probables (AU); Western Suburbs
Bob Andrews 1919 1979 Western Suburbs, Parramatta
Bruce Hopkins 1924 2013 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW City Seconds; Canterbury, Balmain, St George
Dave Kerrigan 1928   97 years and 125 days Southern Division; Canterbury, Southern Division
Paul Charlton 1941   84 years and 126 days Great Britain, England, Cumberland; Blackpool, Workington
Robert Paul 1942   83 years and 126 days New Zealand
Graeme Hughes 1955   70 years and 126 days NSW Firsts; Canterbury
Billy McGinty 1964   61 years and 125 days Great Britain; Warrington, Wigan, Workington
Phil Thomas 1967   58 years and 126 days Carlisle
Chris Hopcutt 1969   56 years and 126 days Ryedale-York
Nick Pinkney 1970   55 years and 126 days England, GB Select; York, Keighley, Sheffield, Halifax, Salford, Hull KR
Arnaud Cervello 1971   54 years and 126 days France; Paris St Germain
Andy Ireland 1971   54 years and 126 days Widnes, Bradford, Hull, Rochdale
Wade Horder 1975   50 years and 126 days North Sydney
Matt Mahoney 1975   50 years and 126 days Swinton
Jake Johnstone 1977   48 years and 126 days Carlisle, Swinton, London, Chorley, Eccles & Salford Jrs
Ben Cross 1978   47 years and 126 days NSW, NSW Country, Aus PM XIII; Canberra, Melbourne, Newcastle, Leeds, Wigan, Widnes
Danny McGuire 1982   43 years and 126 days Great Britain, England, English League, Northern Union; Leeds, Hull KR
David Simmons 1984   41 years and 125 days NSW City; Cronulla, Penrith
Pavel Kardakov 1985   40 years and 126 days Ukraine
Tom Hemingway 1986   39 years and 126 days Huddersfield, Batley, Halifax, Leigh, Blackpool, Featherstone, Whitehaven, Dewsbury
Luther Burrell 1987   38 years and 126 days Warrington
Lee Gittins 1987   38 years and 126 days Leigh, Leigh Miners R.
Will Bate 1989   36 years and 126 days Gateshead
Chris Holroyde 1989   36 years and 126 days Oldham
Lameck Juma 1990   35 years and 126 days London, London, Rochdale
Tom Rigby 1990   35 years and 126 days Oldham
Ben Karalius 1991   34 years and 126 days Whitehaven, Hunslet, Barrow
Itaru Matsuo 1991   34 years and 126 days Japan
Dave Thornton 1991   34 years and 126 days Oxford
Iliess Macani 1993   32 years and 126 days London, London, Bradford, Sheffield, Wests Warriors
Tautau Moga 1993   32 years and 126 days Samoa; Sydney, North Qld, Brisbane, Newcastle, South Sydney, St Geo Illa
Ben Moores 1993   32 years and 126 days South Wales, Rochdale, North Wales
Jamie Stringer 1996   29 years and 125 days South Wales, Underbank
Bailey Biondi-Odo 2001   24 years and 126 days Indigenous; Canterbury
Sandon Smith 2002   23 years and 126 days Sydney, Newcastle
Savelio Tamale 2004   21 years and 126 days St Geo Illa, Canberra

December 7th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Ian Smith 0   60 years and 125 days Gateshead
Albert Casson 1884 1954 Cumberland (AUS)
Tom Wright 1900 1938 QLD Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Toowoomba, QLD Colts, NSW Country Seconds, Western Division, NSW City Possibles; Western Division, North Sydney, Junee
Ken Foster 1918 1985 Army Seconds, Fighting Services II; St George, Eastern Suburbs, Cessnock
Ralph Ross 1920 2000 Balmain
Jim Haig 1924 1996 New Zealand, South Island, Canterbury
Martin Gallagher 1929 1990 NSW Firsts, Probables (AU); North Sydney, South Sydney, Parramatta
Bobby Whitton 1932 2008 NSW Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Probables (AU), Possibles (AU); Newtown
Bruce Burnett 1933 2013 Western Suburbs
Len Wadling 1936 2024 Riverina; Riverina, Parramatta, Manly
Laurie Freier 1948   77 years and 124 days Eastern Suburbs, Manly
David Treasure 1950   75 years and 125 days Wales
Ross Henrick 1954 2005 QLD Firsts, QLD, Brisbane Firsts, QLD Residents; Redcliffe, Brisbane Firsts
Dave Seelin 1955   70 years and 125 days South Sydney
Richie Eyres 1966   59 years and 125 days Great Britain, England, Wales; Widnes, Leeds, Warrington, Sheffield, Rochdale, Swinton
John Allanson 1967   58 years and 125 days NSW Country; Western Suburbs, Newcastle
Mark Geyer 1967   58 years and 125 days Australia, NSW, NSW City Firsts, NSW City, NSW City Seconds, Aus Presidents XIII; Penrith, Sheffield, Balmain, Western Reds
David Jones 1967   58 years and 125 days Blackpool, Wakefield, Oldham, Rochdale, Leigh, Wigan St Pats
Ivan Stansfield 1967   58 years and 125 days Workington, Trafford, Bramley
Jason Critchley 1970   55 years and 125 days Great Britain, England, Wales; Widnes, Salford, Keighley, Castleford, Wakefield Trinity, Whitehaven
Chris Joynt 1971   54 years and 125 days Great Britain, England, Ireland, Lancashire; Oldham, St Helens, Newcastle, Lancashire
Kieran Meyer 1971   54 years and 125 days Brisbane, Penrith, London, Gold Coast
Adam Muir 1971   54 years and 125 days Australia, NSW, NSW Country; Newcastle, North Sydney, Northern Eagles, South Sydney
Gerald Symonds 1976   49 years and 124 days South Sydney
Pavel Mejstřík 1979   46 years and 125 days Czech Republic
Gary Smith 1980   45 years and 124 days Doncaster, Workington, Castleford, Batley
Chris Feather 1981   44 years and 125 days Wakefield Trinity, Leeds, Bradford, Castleford
Craig Hayne 1981   44 years and 125 days Manly
Stuart Jones 1981   44 years and 125 days England; Wigan, St Helens, Huddersfield, Castleford
Georgy Vinogradov 1981   44 years and 125 days Russia; Dinamo, Lokomotiv
Andy Crabtree 1982   43 years and 125 days Swinton, Oldham
Garret Crossman 1982   43 years and 125 days Penrith, Melbourne, Hull KR, South Sydney
Paul White 1982   43 years and 125 days Jamaica; Huddersfield, Wakefield Trinity, Halifax, Salford, Keighley
Matt Pitman 1983   42 years and 125 days London
Richard Dobson 1984   41 years and 124 days Featherstone, Normanton
Chris Elliot 1984   41 years and 124 days Dewsbury
Kyle Briggs 1987   38 years and 125 days Doncaster, Hunslet, Featherstone, Bradford, Harlequins, Sheffield, Dewsbury
Joe Picker 1987   38 years and 125 days Aus PM XIII; Canberra, South Sydney
Francis Leger 1988   37 years and 124 days Warriors, Burleigh
Liam Watton 1990   35 years and 125 days South Wales, Sth Wales Jets
Jonny Griffiths 1994   31 years and 125 days Cornwall, Navy
Eze Harper 1994   31 years and 125 days Cumbria; Leigh, Barrow, Sheffield
Moses Noovao-McGreal 1996   29 years and 124 days Cook Islands
Luke Collins 1997   28 years and 125 days Cornwall, Whitehaven
Patrick Jennings 1997   28 years and 125 days West Wales
Briton Nikora 1997   28 years and 125 days New Zealand, Maori; Cronulla
Tenika Willison 1997   28 years and 125 days Maori (W); Newcastle (W)
Reiss Butterworth 1998   27 years and 125 days Bradford, Batley, Workington, York City, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, London, Hull KR, Featherstone, Sheffield, Rochdale
Thomas Lacans 2000   25 years and 125 days France; Newcastle, Featherstone, Toulouse
Charley Bodman 2001   24 years and 125 days West Wales, Hunslet, Cornwall
Ben Lovett 2001   24 years and 125 days South Sydney

December 8th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Steve Lowe 0   68 years and 124 days Gateshead
Lance Abbott 1889 1972 Eastern Suburbs
Horrie Logan 1891 1916 Glebe
Roger Bradley 1892 1965 North Sydney
Bill Cameron 1894 1983 South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs
Frank Chevell 1900 1973 Newtown, North Sydney
Arthur Justice 1902 1977 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Possibles (AU), Metropolis, NSW City Seconds, NSW Seconds, Kangaroos, NSW City Possibles; St George
Jerry Brien 1904 1981 NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Metropolis, NSW XII; Western Suburbs, St George
Anthony McFadden 1905 1959 Southern Division; Balmain, Southern Division, Cootamundra
Jim McCormack 1909 1969 South Sydney, Canterbury
Jack Caplice 1912 1985 Newtown, Balmain
Roy Westaway 1917 1975 Australia, QLD Firsts, Brisbane Firsts
Jack McPherson 1922 1985 Sydney Firsts, Probables (AU), Possibles (AU); St George, Eastern Suburbs
Horrie Toole 1931 2023 North Sydney
Malcolm Price 1937 2024 Great Britain
Doug Ricketson 1939 2019 NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Sydney Firsts, Northern Division; Eastern Suburbs, Northern Division, Penrith
Gerry Edser 1945 2021 Newcastle (AU), NSW Colts; Newcastle (AU), Parramatta
Denis Pittard 1945   80 years and 124 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Sydney Firsts; Western Suburbs, South Sydney, Parramatta
Lee Pomfret 1957   68 years and 124 days St George, Canterbury, Illawarra
Mark Bugden 1961   64 years and 124 days Newtown, Canterbury, Parramatta
Graham Steadman 1961   64 years and 124 days Great Britain; York, Featherstone, Castleford, Gold Coast
Greg Matterson 1962   63 years and 124 days London
Glenn Ryan 1962   63 years and 124 days NSW City, NSW City Seconds; Manly, Hull KR, Canberra
Ricky Walford 1963   62 years and 124 days NSW, NSW Country, NSW City Firsts; Eastern Suburbs, North Sydney, St George
Matthew Elliott 1964   61 years and 123 days St George
Steve McCoy 1964   61 years and 123 days NSW Country Firsts, NSW Country Seconds; NSW Country Firsts, Western Suburbs
Shaun Irwin 1968   57 years and 123 days Great Britain; Castleford, Oldham, Hunslet, Featherstone
Darren Smith 1968   57 years and 123 days Australia, Australia (SL), QLD, QLD (SL), Combined Brisbane; Combined Brisbane, Canterbury, Brisbane, St Helens
Shaun Mahony 1973   52 years and 124 days Canberra, Paris St Germain
Steve Barrow 1975   50 years and 124 days Widnes, Wigan, Hull, Swinton, London
Shane Laloata 1977   48 years and 124 days Samoa; St Geo Illa
Jim Elston 1979   46 years and 124 days Dewsbury, York City, Rochdale
Daniel Fitzhenry 1979   46 years and 124 days Wests Tigers, Hull KR
Joel Clinton 1981   44 years and 124 days Australia, NSW City; Penrith, Brisbane, Hull KR
Simon Finnigan 1981   44 years and 124 days Ireland; Widnes, Salford, Bradford, Huddersfield, Leigh
Bob Beswick 1984   41 years and 123 days Ireland; Wigan, Widnes, Halifax, Leigh, Toronto Wolfpack, Newcastle
Ian Hardman 1984   41 years and 123 days St Helens, Hull KR, Widnes, Featherstone
Tommy Griffiths 1986   39 years and 124 days Oulton, Doncaster
Jeremy Latimore 1986   39 years and 124 days Aus PM XIII; Parramatta, Warriors, St Geo Illa, Penrith, Cronulla
Sam Tagataese 1986   39 years and 124 days Samoa; Melbourne, Gold Coast, Cronulla, Brisbane
Jesse Sene-Lefao 1989   36 years and 124 days Samoa; Manly, Cronulla, Castleford, Featherstone, Sheffield
Billy Sheen 1989   36 years and 124 days Warrington Wizards, North Wales, South Wales, Coventry
Rhys Williams 1989   36 years and 124 days Wales; Warrington, Crusaders, Castleford, Salford, Swinton, London, Widnes
Craig Briscoe 1992   33 years and 123 days Leigh, Barrow, Oldham
Jamie Doran 1994   31 years and 124 days Cumbria; Wigan, Workington, Whitehaven
Ashleigh Quinlan 1994   31 years and 124 days Maori (W), New Zealand (W); Parramatta (W), Canberra (W), Canterbury (W)
Dominic Smallwood 1997   28 years and 124 days Workington
Koso Bandi 1999   26 years and 124 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII
Nathan Clemmit 2002   23 years and 124 days Newcastle

December 9th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
George Drevesen 1883   142 years and 123 days Fortitude Valley
Oliver Duckworth 1914 1968 Barmedman, Grenfell, Balmain
Ross Jones 1917 1985 New Zealand
Brian Wedgewood 1941   84 years and 123 days WA Firsts; Canterbury
Fred Jones 1942 2021 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Riverina, NSW City Seconds; Manly, Riverina
Spencer Dunn 1944   81 years and 122 days New Zealand, Southern Zone (NZ), Canterbury
Ray McCarron 1944 2011 QLD Firsts
Ken Stirling 1949   76 years and 123 days New Zealand, Auckland; Auckland
Chris Spooner 1963   62 years and 123 days Dewsbury, Batley
Tony Chalmers 1964   61 years and 122 days Parramatta, Balmain
Alan Davidson 1964   61 years and 122 days Whitehaven
Ross Harrington 1964   61 years and 122 days NSW City Firsts; South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs
Les Kiss 1964   61 years and 122 days Australia, QLD, Wide Bay; North Sydney
Trevor Kissell 1964   61 years and 122 days NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Seconds; Illawarra
Peter Dover 1965   60 years and 123 days Whitehaven
John Wild 1969   56 years and 123 days Barrow
Simon Booth 1971   54 years and 123 days Bramley, Leigh, St Helens, Hull, Hull KR
Sean Casey 1971   54 years and 123 days St Helens, Whitehaven, Swinton
Steve Wynne 1971   54 years and 123 days Widnes, Salford, Leigh
Gary Ruddy 1973   52 years and 123 days Barrow, Carlisle, Whitehaven
Davide Longo 1975   50 years and 123 days Dewsbury, Bradford, Swinton, Keighley, Batley, Hunslet
Karl Lovell 1977   48 years and 123 days Combined 1st Div; Parramatta, Sheffield, Huddersfield Sheffield, Northern Eagles, Sharks
Leon Felton 1979   46 years and 123 days St Helens, Warrington, Leigh
Paul Wilcock 1979   46 years and 123 days Chorley, Barrow
Mark Riddell 1980   45 years and 122 days NSW City; St Geo Illa, Parramatta, Wigan, Sydney
Brad McFarland 1981   44 years and 123 days London
Paul Steele 1981   44 years and 123 days Dewsbury
Anthony Henderson 1982   43 years and 123 days Hunslet, Dewsbury, Batley
Danny Aboushakra 1986   39 years and 123 days Swinton
Simon Kalafusz 1987   38 years and 123 days Hungary
Enock Maki 1989   36 years and 123 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII; PNG
Jay Pitts 1989   36 years and 123 days Wakefield Trinity, Leeds, Hull FC, Doncaster, Bradford, London
Josh Veivers 1989   36 years and 123 days Whitehaven, Wakefield Trinity, Salford
Ryan Jones 1997   28 years and 123 days Doncaster
Liam Silver 1997   28 years and 123 days West Wales
Max Anderson-Moore 2001   24 years and 123 days Scotland; Workington, Barrow, Whitehaven
Harmony Crichton 2004   21 years and 123 days Wests Tigers (W)
Finn McMillan 2005   20 years and 123 days Barrow, Wigan

December 10th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Dan Stuart 1891 1925 Annandale
Ern Willmott 1898 1988 NSW Seconds, Metropolis, Possibles (AU); South Sydney
Vernie Schiemer 1900 1987 Western Division; Western Division
Herbert Edwards 1902 1975 Metropolis, Probables (AU); Newtown
Sid Malcolm 1903 1987 QLD Firsts, Newcastle (AU), Ipswich
Stanley Sharp 1905 1991 Eastern Suburbs, Balmain
Mick Phelan 1927 2013 Eastern Suburbs
John Bond 1931 2024 New Zealand, Canterbury, South Island
Danny Shepherd 1960   65 years and 121 days Eastern Suburbs
Kelvin Eirth 1963   62 years and 122 days South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs
John Elias 1963   62 years and 122 days Lebanon; Newtown, South Sydney, Canterbury, Western Suburbs, Eastern Suburbs, Balmain, Leigh
Jason Hoogerwerf 1966   59 years and 122 days St George, Newcastle
Rod Silva 1967   58 years and 122 days NSW City Firsts; Eastern Suburbs, Canterbury
Jamie Corcoran 1968   57 years and 121 days Canterbury, Balmain, South Sydney, Wakefield
Dean Callaway 1970   55 years and 122 days Illawarra, London
Nick Rushton 1971   54 years and 122 days Hull, Hull KR, Hunslet
Kakhaber Alania 1973   52 years and 122 days Georgia
Kevin Gray 1975   50 years and 122 days Hull, Wakefield, Hunslet, Rochdale, Hull KR, York
Nick Hyde 1975   50 years and 122 days Paris St Germain, Gateshead
Logan Swann 1975   50 years and 122 days New Zealand, New Zealand XIII; Auckland, Bradford, Warrington
Alan Barker 1978   47 years and 122 days Netherlands; London
Phillip Hewitt 1978   47 years and 122 days Workington
Mark Applegarth 1984   41 years and 121 days Wakefield Trinity, York City, Batley
Rhys Godwin 1984   41 years and 121 days South Wales
Michael Sykes 1986   39 years and 122 days Leeds Met Uni, London
Ben Gilbert 1989   36 years and 122 days South Wales
Callum Mulkeen 1990   35 years and 122 days Ireland; Gloucestershire, Oxford, North Wales, Rochdale, West Wales
Scott Woods 1990   35 years and 122 days York City, Gateshead
Sam Pridgeon 1993   32 years and 122 days West Wales, Sth Wales Jets
Richard Kennar 1994   31 years and 122 days Melbourne, South Sydney, Brisbane
Calvin Wellington 1994   31 years and 122 days St Helens, Sheffield, Workington, Oldham
Ben Thomas 1997   28 years and 122 days Sydney
Sareka Mooka 1999   26 years and 122 days Aus PM XIII (W), Indigenous (W), Papua New Guinea (W), PNG PM XIII (W); North QLD (W)
Tuku Hau Tapuha 2001   24 years and 122 days Maori; Sydney, Cronulla, Newtown (R)

December 11th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Clarrie Stevenson 1909 1984 NSW City Firsts; Newtown
Harry Allen 1914 1993 AIF; Western Suburbs
Ken Hunter 1926 2002 Eastern Suburbs
George Brewis 1928 2003 Eastern Suburbs
Tom Hadfield 1934 2018 New Zealand, Rest Of The World, Auckland
Barry O'Connell 1935 2021 NSW Country Seconds, NSW City Seconds; Eastern Suburbs, Manly
Eric Carson 1940   85 years and 120 days New Zealand, Auckland, Northern Zone (NZ), Northern XIII, Wellington
Allan McKean 1942   83 years and 121 days Australia, NSW City Seconds; St George, Eastern Suburbs
Mick Pattison 1958   67 years and 121 days NSW City Firsts; Parramatta, South Sydney, Illawarra
Terry Donnellan 1963   62 years and 121 days Western Suburbs
Simon Kenworthy 1963   62 years and 121 days Huddersfield
Kiniviliame Koroibuleka 1963   62 years and 121 days Fiji
Gavin Hill 1965   60 years and 121 days New Zealand, NZ Maori; Canterbury, Featherstone, Warriors
Glenn Lazarus 1965   60 years and 121 days Australia, Australia (SL), NSW, NSW City, NSW Country, NSW (SL), Aus Presidents XIII; Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne
Daniel Divet 1966   59 years and 121 days France; Hull, Featherstone
James Pickering 1966   59 years and 121 days Fiji, Auckland; Workington, Canterbury, Sydney City, Castleford
Augustine O'Donnell 1970   55 years and 121 days Wigan, St Helens, Keighley, Workington, Chorley Borough, Huddersfield
Leigh Groves 1973   52 years and 121 days Gold Coast, North Qld, Dewsbury
Michael De Vere 1976   49 years and 120 days Australia, NSW, NSW City; Brisbane, Huddersfield
Dallas Hood 1977   48 years and 121 days Sydney City, Wakefield Trinity
Craig Lingard 1977   48 years and 121 days Batley
Lee Addison 1978   47 years and 121 days Philippines
Warren Ayres 1978   47 years and 121 days Salford, Rochdale, Swinton, Warrington Wizards
Adam Hughes 1978   47 years and 121 days Swinton
Dominic Peters 1978   47 years and 121 days Lancashire, West Indies; London, Lancashire, London
Paddy Flynn 1987   38 years and 121 days Widnes, Workington, Castleford, Sheffield, Rochdale
Nathan Kitson 1988   37 years and 120 days England Lions; Dudley Hill, Oxford, Keighley
Dominic Crosby 1990   35 years and 121 days Widnes, Wigan, South Wales, Leigh, Warrington, Leeds
Kristian Hawkes 1990   35 years and 121 days South Wales
Stewart Mills 1991   34 years and 121 days Cronulla
Adam Jackson 1992   33 years and 120 days Askam, Barrow
Dean Zammit 1992   33 years and 120 days Malta; Whitehaven
Ozil Tela 1993   32 years and 121 days Solomon Is
Ieuan Jones 1994   31 years and 121 days West Wales
Andrew Kazzi 1994   31 years and 121 days Lebanon
Blake Broadbent 1998   27 years and 121 days Sheffield, Hemel, Midlands
Joshua Johnson 1999   26 years and 121 days Canterbury (R), Melbourne, South Sydney
Shan Lacey 1999   26 years and 121 days England (W); Leeds (W)
Aaron Willis 2003   22 years and 121 days Castleford, Midlands, Swinton

December 12th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Bert Nalder 1883 1944 QLD Firsts; South Brisbane, West End, Bulimba, Fortitude Valley
Fred Fry 1884 1963 Sydney
Clarrie Tye 1892 1936 NSW Firsts, NSW Seconds, Sydney Firsts, Australasia II, Metropolis, Probables (AU); Western Suburbs, St George
Abe Clarke 1894 1973 St George
Archibald Wardley 1898 1971 Annandale, Newtown
Claude List 1902 1959 New Zealand, Auckland Province, Auckland
Bob Marjoribanks 1903 1972 Newcastle (AU); Newcastle (AU), Tumut
James Connolly 1909 1996 University
Geoff Laidlaw 1910 1978 Newcastle (AU)
John Daly 1917 1988 British Empire, Other
Ritchie Burke 1926 2017 Manly
Jim Evans 1928 2013 NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Newcastle (AU), Probables (AU), Sydney Firsts, North Coast; South Sydney, Newtown, North Coast
Ern Gillon 1942 2024 Parramatta, Penrith, Ryde-Eastwood
John Delaney 1952   73 years and 119 days Canterbury, South Sydney
Chris Phelan 1955   70 years and 120 days QLD Firsts, QLD, Brisbane Firsts; Brisbane Firsts, Parramatta, Oldham
Robin Alfeld 1956   69 years and 119 days New Zealand, South Island, Oceania
Tony James 1962   63 years and 120 days Mansfield, Keighley
Brett Gale 1963   62 years and 120 days Western Suburbs, Eastern Suburbs, North Sydney
John Scourfield 1967   58 years and 120 days London
Bill Greentree 1969   56 years and 120 days Bramley, Parramatta, York
Robbie Kearns 1971   54 years and 120 days Australia, Australia (SL), NSW, NSW (SL), NSW City; Cronulla, Western Reds, Melbourne
Craig Field 1972   53 years and 119 days NSW City; South Sydney, Manly, Balmain, Wests Tigers, Pia
Peter Ellis 1976   49 years and 119 days Aborigines; Sydney City, St Geo Illa
Jamie Field 1976   49 years and 119 days Leeds, Huddersfield, Wakefield Trinity, Featherstone
Milan Raković 1978   47 years and 120 days Serbia
James King 1980   45 years and 119 days Ireland; Barrow, Leigh
Chris Hall 1982   43 years and 120 days Ireland; Dewsbury, Hunslet
John Cookson 1984   41 years and 119 days Leigh, Rochdale, North Wales
Lee Kerr 1984   41 years and 119 days Batley
Etuate Uaisele 1984   41 years and 119 days Tonga; Parramatta, Penrith, Featherstone, Sheffield, Bradford, Dewsbury
Iain Lane 1985   40 years and 120 days London
Shannan McPherson 1985   40 years and 120 days South Sydney, Salford
Ayden Faal 1986   39 years and 120 days Doncaster, Hunslet, Dewsbury, Batley
Rob Foxen 1987   38 years and 120 days Swinton, Oldham
Isaac John 1988   37 years and 119 days New Zealand, Cook Islands; Warriors, Wakefield Trinity, Penrith
Tony Williams 1988   37 years and 119 days Australia, Tonga, NSW, NSW City, Aus PM XIII; Parramatta, Manly, Canterbury, Cronulla
Noel Zeming 1989   36 years and 120 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII
Joey Leilua 1991   34 years and 120 days Samoa, NSW City; Sydney, Newcastle, Canberra, Wests Tigers, Featherstone
Josh Halliday 1993   32 years and 120 days Hemel
Matty Gee 1994   31 years and 120 days North Wales, Hunslet, Salford, Workington, London, London, Hull KR, Dewsbury, Leigh, Halifax, Bradford
Christian Hazard 1994   31 years and 120 days Canterbury (R), Melbourne, South Sydney
Anthony Worot 1995   30 years and 120 days Brisbane, Wests Tigers, Catalans
Lachlan Croker 1996   29 years and 119 days Canberra, Manly
Regan Grace 1996   29 years and 119 days Wales; St Helens
Matt Jones 2000   25 years and 120 days West Wales
Jack Stringer 2001   24 years and 120 days Whitehaven
Toni Mataele 2002   23 years and 120 days Parramatta
Corey Ross 2002   23 years and 120 days Workington
Daniel Hoyes 2003   22 years and 120 days London
Joe Ward 2005   20 years and 120 days Hunslet, Hull FC

December 13th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Percy Franks 1885 1952 Western Suburbs
Charlie McElwee 1900 1987 New Zealand, West Coast
Jack Dawson 1902 1985 NSW Firsts; Eastern Suburbs, Temora, Balmain
Raoul Bonamy 1905 1993 France
Jackie Fisher 1915 1993 North Sydney
Neville Smith 1915 1997 QLD Firsts, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Brisbane Firsts, Thompson's Team; St George, South Sydney
Rod Chapman 1926 1991 Eastern Suburbs
Jim Daniher 1928 2019 Riverina; Riverina
Dick Rowe 1933 2006 Eastern Suburbs
Arthur Summons 1935 2020 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Sydney Firsts; Western Suburbs
Ross Quirk 1939   86 years and 119 days Eastern Suburbs
John Mowbray 1940 2009 NSW City Seconds, Sydney Colts; Western Suburbs
Roger Owen 1953   72 years and 119 days Wales; St Helens
Graham Quinn 1953   72 years and 119 days Australia, QLD Firsts, NSW Firsts, QLD, Brisbane Firsts, NSW City Seconds; Past Christian Bros, St George, Cronulla
Mick McTigue 1959   66 years and 119 days Leigh, Salford, Huddersfield, Chorley, Doncaster, New Earswick
Greg Henry 1962   63 years and 119 days Parramatta
Philip Eden 1963   62 years and 119 days Wakefield, Doncaster, Castleford, Halifax
Brett Patterson 1969   56 years and 119 days South Sydney, Canterbury, Dewsbury, Batley
Steve Wear 1970   55 years and 119 days Workington, Whitehaven
Scott Sattler 1971   54 years and 119 days QLD; Gold Coast, Eastern Suburbs, South Queensland, Penrith, Wests Tigers
Troy Stone 1971   54 years and 119 days NSW City; Cronulla, St George, Hunter, Canterbury, Huddersfield, Widnes
Jerome Azema 1972   53 years and 118 days Paris St Germain
Evan Cochrane 1972   53 years and 118 days Western Suburbs, South Sydney, London, Balmain, Newcastle, Workington
Matt Sturm 1972   53 years and 118 days NZ Maori; Huddersfield, Workington, Warrington, Whitehaven, Leigh, Rochdale
Lee Boulter 1973   52 years and 119 days Hull
Daniel Howard 1984   41 years and 118 days USA
Kevin Eadie 1988   37 years and 118 days Featherstone, Doncaster
Keegan Hirst 1988   37 years and 118 days Dewsbury, Hunslet, Batley, Featherstone, Wakefield Trinity, Halifax
Ben Mellor 1988   37 years and 118 days Oldham, RAF
James Tamou 1988   37 years and 118 days Australia, NZ Maori, NSW, NSW City, NRL, Aus PM XIII, Maori; North Qld, Penrith, Wests Tigers
Shane Grady 1989   36 years and 119 days Widnes, Hemel, London, Dewsbury, Halifax
Ben Ridge 1989   36 years and 119 days Gold Coast
Sam Wellings 1989   36 years and 119 days Ireland; South Wales, London
Aaron Booth 1991   34 years and 119 days Hemel
Jamal Fogarty 1993   32 years and 119 days Indigenous, Aus PM XIII; Burleigh, Gold Coast, Canberra, Manly
Brad Hargreaves 1993   32 years and 119 days Ireland; Wigan St Pats, Leigh Miners R., Rochdale, Gloucestershire
Sam Herron 1993   32 years and 119 days West Wales, Edinburgh
Fabian Goodall 1994   31 years and 119 days Fiji
Brayden McGrady 1996   29 years and 118 days Dolphins
Josh Woods 1997   28 years and 119 days Swinton, Wigan, Leigh, Newcastle, Batley
Riley Meyn 2001   24 years and 119 days Whitehaven
Esom Ioka 2002   23 years and 119 days Cook Islands
Tom Nicholson-Watton 2002   23 years and 119 days Leeds, Keighley, Halifax, York, Hunslet

December 14th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Harry Sandow 1881 1960 North Sydney
Bill Raymond 1887 1978 Eastern Suburbs
William McDonough 1898 1981 QLD Firsts
Frank McMillan 1899 1966 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Metropolis, Possibles (AU), Probables (AU), NSW XII, NSW City Seconds, Kangaroos, NSW City Probables, NSW City Possibles; Western Suburbs, Balmain
Frank Brogan 1903 1961 NSW Firsts, Probables (AU), Metropolis; South Sydney
Dave Hey 1905 1967 Western Suburbs, Cootamundra
Don Gulliver 1915 1958 NSW Firsts, Dubbo, Western Division, NSW City Seconds, Felsh's Team, NSW Police, Southern Division; Western Suburbs, Eastern Suburbs
Ron Hill 1921 2001 Western Suburbs
Harold Crocker 1927 2014 Australia, USA, QLD Firsts, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Brisbane Firsts, Possibles (AU), Australia XIII, Kangaroos, Sydney Firsts; Parramatta
Jean Foussat 1931 2015 France
Bill Miller 1932   93 years and 117 days Western Division; Canterbury, Western Division
Fred Strutt 1939 2025 NSW Country Firsts, NSW Country Seconds, Northern Division, Riverina, Southern Division; St George, Eastern Suburbs, Riverina
Geoff Starling 1952   73 years and 117 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW City Seconds; Balmain
Geoff Robinson 1957 2024 NSW City Seconds; Canterbury, Halifax
Peter Williams 1958   67 years and 118 days Great Britain, Wales; Salford
Gilles Dumas 1962   63 years and 118 days France, Midi-Pyrenees
Pierre Montgaillard 1963   62 years and 118 days France, France XIII
Peter Gill 1964   61 years and 117 days QLD Firsts, QLD Country, Toowoomba, Brisbane Firsts; QLD Country, Past Christian Bros, Brisbane Firsts, St George, Gold Coast, London
Troy McCarthy 1966   59 years and 118 days Gold Coast, Hull KR
Mark Walker 1973   52 years and 118 days Gateshead
Gary Fahey 1976   49 years and 117 days Dewsbury
Jamie Peacock 1977   48 years and 118 days Great Britain, England, Yorkshire; Featherstone, Bradford, Yorkshire, Leeds, Hull KR
Stuart Calvert 1979   46 years and 118 days Keighley
Dene Miller 1981   44 years and 118 days Scotland; St Albans, London
Michael Hook 1982   43 years and 118 days Celtic
James Aubusson 1986   39 years and 118 days Melbourne, Sydney
Sam Burgess 1988   37 years and 117 days Great Britain, England, Northern Union, NRL; Bradford, South Sydney
Michael Mark 1988   37 years and 117 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII; Hunslet
Chevy Penehoe 1988   37 years and 117 days North QLD (W)
Scott Hale 1991   34 years and 118 days St Helens, Swinton, Dewsbury
Ben Henry 1991   34 years and 118 days New Zealand; Warriors
Ash Little 1992   33 years and 117 days Gold Coast
Ross Price 1992   33 years and 117 days Gloucestershire, West Wales, Sth Wales Jets
Christyl Stowers 1992   33 years and 117 days New Zealand (W)
Panagiotis Lampousis 1994   31 years and 118 days Greece
Savannah Andrade 1999   26 years and 118 days England (W); York City (W)
Jordan Bull 1999   26 years and 118 days Lock Lane, Sheffield, Doncaster, Coventry, Cornwall, Hunslet
Zak Fellows 1999   26 years and 118 days Coventry
Denzel Samoa 2003   22 years and 118 days Brisbane, Wests Tigers, Catalans

December 15th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Peter Dale 1869 1903 St Helens
Dan Frawley 1882 1967 Australia, Australasia, NSW Firsts, Probables (AU), Metropolis, GB/Australasia, Kangaroos; Sydney
Harold Bains 1888 1957 Metropolis, Probables (AU); Newtown
Tom Molloy 1901 1979 Metropolis Seconds, Possibles (AU); St George, Eastern Suburbs
Hector McQuarrie 1902 1981 North Sydney
Harry Hamilton 1908 1976 Newtown, Harden-Murrumburrah
Jack Kirby 1910 2005 North Sydney
Jack Lynch 1913 2006 Northern Division; St George
Sid Morris 1915 2002 North Sydney
Ron Kelly 1917 2007 NSW Country Seconds, Western Division; Canterbury
Harry Wort 1923 2007 NSW City Seconds, Probables (AU); North Sydney
Harry Griffiths 1924   101 years and 116 days QLD Firsts, Ipswich
Alan Burwell 1942   83 years and 117 days Great Britain; Canterbury
Merv Hicks 1943   82 years and 117 days Great Britain; Canterbury, North Sydney
Sam Crotty 1946 2023 Eastern Suburbs
John Abbott 1953   72 years and 117 days Brisbane Colts; Fortitude Valley, Easts, South Sydney, Canterbury
Neil Holding 1960   65 years and 116 days Great Britain, England, Great Britain U24; St Helens, Rochdale, Widnes, Oldham, Bradford
Peter Cassar 1967   58 years and 117 days Malta; Whitehaven
Peter Beckett 1969   56 years and 117 days Runcorn
Wayne Reid 1969   56 years and 117 days USA; Salford, Rochdale
Stephen Holgate 1971   54 years and 117 days England, Cumbria; Workington, Wigan, Hull, Halifax, Widnes
Jason Eade 1972   53 years and 116 days Western Suburbs, Western Reds, Paris St Germain
Brendon Tunbridge 1975   50 years and 117 days Illawarra
Mark Hughes 1976   49 years and 116 days NSW, NSW Country; Newcastle, Catalans
Gareth Barber 1980   45 years and 116 days Oldham, Rochdale
Andy Taylor 1982   43 years and 117 days Hull KR, Hull Dockers, Doncaster
Andy Ellis 1984   41 years and 116 days Hull KR, Barrow, Harlequins, Wakefield Trinity, Featherstone, York City, Goole
Dave Ford 1984   41 years and 116 days Doncaster
Dale Harris 1986   39 years and 117 days Hunslet
Dayne Weston 1986   39 years and 117 days Cronulla, North Qld, Penrith, Melbourne, Leigh, Sheffield
Vincent Duport 1987   38 years and 117 days France; Catalans, Toulouse
Gary Warburton 1987   38 years and 117 days Bulldogs
Nikola Štrbac 1991   34 years and 117 days Serbia
Chris Murphy 1993   32 years and 117 days Leigh, Egremont, Oldham
Harry Boots 1996   29 years and 116 days West Wales, Cornwall
Nick Newman 1996   29 years and 116 days Coventry, Newcastle
Justin Bouscayrol 1997   28 years and 117 days France; Toulouse
Shatler Angikitasi 1998   27 years and 117 days Solomon Is
Rashaun Denny 1998   27 years and 117 days Norths
Eddie Blacker 1999   26 years and 117 days St Geo Illa, Penrith, Penrith (R)
Aaron Burns 1999   26 years and 117 days Workington, Whitehaven
Jake Sweeting 1999   26 years and 117 days Featherstone, Castleford, York City, Doncaster, Hunslet, Dewsbury, Keighley, Midlands
Eddie Ieremia-Toeava 2004   21 years and 117 days Warriors, Warriors (R)
Te Hurinui Twidle 2004   21 years and 117 days Parramatta

December 16th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Alfred Ferguson 1879 1952 North Sydney
Alex Stuart 1885 1968 Annandale
Wally Dymant 1888 1969 South Sydney
Dougie McGregor 1889 1963 New Zealand, Auckland Province
Marius Guiral 1904 1977 France
Tom McLachlan 1906 1986 NSW City Seconds, Combined 1st; South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs
Harold Buckland 1909 1989 University
André Delpoux 1927   98 years and 116 days France, Carcassonne/Lezignan
Brian Grant 1935 1984 Eastern Suburbs
Richie Twist 1948   77 years and 115 days QLD Firsts, Brisbane Firsts; Wests
Steve Anderson 1961 1984 Western Suburbs, Cronulla
John Kirwan 1964   61 years and 115 days Warriors
Michael Pechey 1968   57 years and 115 days Manly, Whitehaven, Widnes, Hunslet, Warrington
David Chrimes 1969   56 years and 116 days Mansfield, Rochdale, Swinton, Doncaster, Rochdale Mayfield
Danny Ellison 1972   53 years and 115 days Wigan, Workington, Castleford, Halifax
Andy Hill 1976   49 years and 115 days Parramatta, Castleford, York, Huddersfield
Chris Plume 1981   44 years and 116 days Huddersfield, Gateshead, Hunslet
Lee Sanderson 1981   44 years and 116 days Leigh, London, London, Rochdale, Oldham, Barrow
Paul Pickering 1982   43 years and 116 days Hull KR, Sheffield
Curtis Cunningham 1986   39 years and 116 days London, South Wales, Gloucestershire
James Hall 1988   37 years and 115 days Gateshead
Scott Mansfield 1990   35 years and 116 days Oldham, Rochdale
Stuart Biscomb 1991   34 years and 116 days Normanton, Oxford, Rochdale
James Mendeika 1991   34 years and 116 days Ireland; Leigh, London, Swinton, Featherstone, Bradford
Jack Smith 1991   34 years and 116 days Widnes, Gateshead, Oxford, Fryston
Josh Veacock 1994   31 years and 116 days Doncaster
Reece Chapman-Carry 1995   30 years and 116 days Coventry
William Calcott 1997   28 years and 116 days Halifax, West Wales, Rochdale, Hunslet
Alice Gregory 1997   28 years and 116 days St Geo Illa (W)
Sion Jones 1997   28 years and 116 days Wales; South Wales, Halifax, Hunslet, Rochdale
Romain Puso 1997   28 years and 116 days France
Jack Wray 1997   28 years and 116 days Hemel
Bradley Ho 2000   25 years and 116 days Jamaica; Bradford, Coventry, Keighley

December 17th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Tom Winstanley 1870 1976 St Helens
George Green 1883 1938 NSW Firsts, Reds, Metropolis; Sydney, North Sydney
Alick Bates 1892 1922 Annandale
Denis Comerford 1896 1975 Glebe, Annandale
Greg Sullivan 1910 1986 University
Hugh Campbell 1911 2002 University
Roy McCallum 1913 1979 Canterbury
Owen Campbell 1917 1993 NSW Country Firsts, Newcastle (AU), NSW Country Seconds, Possibles (AU), Army Seconds; Eastern Suburbs, St George
Wally Rees 1917 2004 Eastern Suburbs
Roger Guilhem 1925   100 years and 115 days France, France XIII
Ernie Wiggs 1941 2014 New Zealand, Auckland, North Island, Northern Zone (NZ), Northern XIII
Ross Birrell 1949   76 years and 115 days NSW Country Seconds; South Sydney
Eddie Muller 1961   64 years and 115 days North QLD, QLD Country, Brisbane Firsts, QLD Residents; QLD Country, Brisbane Firsts, Canterbury
Kevin Pape 1961   64 years and 115 days Cumbria; Carlisle, Workington
Tony Morrison 1965   60 years and 115 days Oldham, Swinton, Castleford, Rochdale
Chris Rudd 1969   56 years and 115 days Cumbria; Warrington
Hudson Smith 1972   53 years and 114 days Balmain, Salford, Bradford
Wade Glass 1975   50 years and 115 days Gateshead
Leroy Rivett 1976   49 years and 114 days Leeds, Bramley, Huddersfield Sheffield, Keighley, Doncaster, Chorley, Warrington, Leigh, Hull KR, Rochdale
Dane Dorahy 1977   48 years and 115 days Western Suburbs, Rochdale, Wakefield Trinity, Hull KR, Halifax
Craig Potter 1980   45 years and 114 days Castleford Panthers, Castleford, Doncaster, Batley, York City
Paul Atkins 1982   43 years and 115 days Warriors
Jaymes Chapman 1983   42 years and 115 days Halifax, Sheffield, London
Frank Winterstein 1986   39 years and 115 days Samoa; Bulldogs, Wakefield Trinity, Crusaders, Widnes, Manly, Penrith, Toulouse
Dennis Gordon 1987   38 years and 115 days Philippines
Steve Rapira 1988   37 years and 114 days North Qld, Warriors, Salford
Joe Connor 1990   35 years and 115 days North Wales, Leigh Miners R.
Grace Griffin 1990   35 years and 115 days Gold Coast (W), Brisbane (W)
Liam Kay 1991   34 years and 115 days Ireland; Wakefield Trinity, Doncaster, Leigh, Toronto Wolfpack
Jordan Rankin 1991   34 years and 115 days Gold Coast, Hull FC, Doncaster, Wests Tigers, Huddersfield, Castleford
Jack Francis 1992   33 years and 114 days Gloucestershire, Coventry, Rochdale, North Wales
Chad Redman 1992   33 years and 114 days Newcastle, Gold Coast
Brayden Wiliame 1992   33 years and 114 days Fiji; Parramatta, Manly, Catalans, St Geo Illa, Warriors
Lloyd Perrett 1994   31 years and 115 days Canterbury, Manly, Norths
Nick Gregson 1995   30 years and 115 days Wigan, Swinton, Leigh, Oldham, Workington, Widnes
Chris Randall 1995   30 years and 115 days Newcastle, Gold Coast
Mana Castillo-Sioni 1997   28 years and 115 days Chile
Eli Noovao 1998   27 years and 115 days Cook Islands
Leonard Skelton 2001   24 years and 115 days Souths (R)
Luke Broadbent 2002   23 years and 115 days Cumbria; Whitehaven, Workington, Barrow
Josiah Fesolai 2006   19 years and 115 days Wakefield Trinity, Halifax

December 18th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
George Price 1884 1925 Northern Division; Newcastle
Fred Robinson 1912 2002 Sydney Colts; Eastern Suburbs
Leo Tutty 1913 1971 Gundagai, Newtown
Harry Timms 1915 1986 Balmain
Paddy Bugden 1918 1993 North Coast, NSW Group 11, Rest of NSW Seconds, NSW City Seconds; NSW Group 11, Newtown, Western Suburbs
Norm Provan 1932 2021 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Probables (AU), NSW City Seconds, Sydney Firsts, Possibles (AU); St George
Hervé Mazard 1943   82 years and 114 days France, France XIII
Tony Branson 1947 2020 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW Country Seconds, Southern Division, NSW City Seconds, Illawarra Firsts; St George, Illawarra Firsts
Mick Fitzsimons 1961 2020 Eastern Suburbs
John Hirst 1970   55 years and 114 days Wakefield, York
Roger Middleton 1970   55 years and 114 days Nottingham, Bramley
Tony Fella 1971   54 years and 114 days Italy; Keighley, Bramley, Hunslet, Doncaster, Dewsbury
Gavin Johnson 1980   45 years and 113 days Oldham, Chorley
Gareth Naylor 1980   45 years and 113 days Hunslet
Andy Townend 1982   43 years and 114 days Doncaster
John Robinson 1983   42 years and 114 days Widnes
Elianna Walton 1984   41 years and 113 days Australia (W), NSW (W), Samoa (W), Cook Islands (W); Sydney (W)
Mark McLennan 1985   40 years and 114 days London
Luke Ambler 1989   36 years and 114 days Ireland; Salford, York City, Leeds, Harlequins, Halifax
Gareth Frodsham 1989   36 years and 114 days St Helens, Widnes, Batley, North Wales, Rochdale
Nick Johnson 1990   35 years and 114 days Workington, Gateshead
Chris Lunt 1990   35 years and 114 days Widnes, North Wales
Matt Minto 1990   35 years and 114 days Newcastle
Mosese Pangai 1991   34 years and 114 days Tonga; North Qld
Ben Musolino 1992   33 years and 113 days Italy; Barrow, Sheffield, Doncaster
Taleena Simon 1992   33 years and 113 days NSW (W); Sydney (W)
Mikhail Burlutskiy 1994   31 years and 114 days Russia
Melino Fineanganofo 1998   27 years and 114 days Workington, Trafford, Bramley
Franklin Pele 2000   25 years and 114 days Cronulla, Canterbury, Hull FC, Bradford, York
Ben McNamara 2001   24 years and 114 days Hull FC, Leigh
Emma Davies 2003   22 years and 114 days Wigan (W)
Riley Lumb 2004   21 years and 114 days Leeds, Halifax, Salford, Huddersfield

December 19th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
David Atkin 0   61 years and 112 days Gateshead
Charles Mathieson 1884 1964 Metropolis; North Sydney
Martin McKeown 1896 1934 Universities XIII; University
Roderick Hodgins 1897 1959 NSW Firsts, NSW Seconds, Metropolis, Australasia II, Newcastle (AU), Probables (AU); North Sydney
Arthur Edwards 1901 1979 Australia, QLD Firsts, Brisbane Firsts, Kangaroos; Fortitude Valley, North Sydney
Fred Gilbert 1910 1972 Australia, QLD Firsts, Toowoomba
Harry Paul 1913 1980 South Sydney
Harry Wasson 1915   110 years and 113 days NSW Group 8; NSW Group 8, Balmain
Ray Reeves 1930 1984 North Sydney
Tommy Smales 1934 2017 Great Britain, England, Eastern Division, Yorkshire; North Sydney
Alan Ross 1945   80 years and 113 days NSW City Seconds; Canterbury
Warren Collicoat 1950   75 years and 113 days New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand XIII, Wellington, Central Districts; Auckland, Wellington, Central Districts
Steve Martin 1958   67 years and 113 days Penrith
Arnold Hema 1959   66 years and 113 days Central Districts; Central Districts, Sheffield, Mansfield, Bramley
Paul Beaven 1964   61 years and 112 days Western Suburbs, Balmain, North Sydney
Bennett King 1964   61 years and 112 days QLD Firsts, QLD Resident Maroons; Seagulls-Diehards, Gold Coast
Mark Cameron 1967   58 years and 113 days Batley
Jon Neill 1968   57 years and 112 days Scotland, Cumbria; St Helens, Huddersfield, Swinton
Adam Partington 1970   55 years and 113 days Highfield
Darren Anderson 1973   52 years and 113 days Sydney Tigers, Gold Coast
Christian Tyrer 1973   52 years and 113 days Widnes, Keighley
Dean Treister 1975   50 years and 113 days Cronulla, Hull FC
Vadim Fedchuk 1978   47 years and 113 days Russia; Dinamo
Hugh Thorpe 1978   47 years and 113 days Swinton
Gareth Brain 1981   44 years and 113 days Hunslet
Hywel Davies 1981   44 years and 113 days Wales; Celtic, South Wales
Casey Mayberry 1981   44 years and 113 days Halifax, Rochdale, Hull KR, Blackpool
Kevin Wilson 1981   44 years and 113 days Workington
John Connaughton 1982   43 years and 113 days Oxford
Ryan Blair 1983   42 years and 113 days Workington
Carl Ablett 1985   40 years and 113 days England; Leeds, London
Richard Johnson 1985   40 years and 113 days Wales; Celtic, Bradford
Kyle Danns 1987   38 years and 113 days Oxford
Martin Luckwell 1987   38 years and 113 days South Wales
Ben Kaye 1988   37 years and 112 days Leeds, Harlequins, Featherstone, London, Halifax, Batley
Lee Williams 1988   37 years and 112 days Wales; Celtic, South Wales, West Hull
Ben Sagar 1989   36 years and 113 days Keighley
Sam Bremner 1991   34 years and 113 days Australia (W), NSW (W); St Geo Illa (W), Sydney (W)
Adam Milner 1991   34 years and 113 days England; Castleford, Huddersfield, Oldham
Jack Lee 1992   33 years and 112 days Featherstone
Bronson Garlick 1995   30 years and 113 days Canterbury (R), Melbourne, South Sydney
Aaron Levy 1995   30 years and 113 days Keighley, Midlands, Hunslet
Tom Amone 1996   29 years and 112 days South Sydney, Wests Tigers, Leigh, Canterbury, Castleford, Hull KR
Stefano Totidis 1997   28 years and 113 days Greece
Bradley Jinks 2000   25 years and 113 days Oldham, North Wales
Sione Vaenuku 2002   23 years and 113 days Canberra (W)
Jazmon Tupou-Witchman 2003   22 years and 113 days Cook Islands (W); Cronulla (W), North QLD (W)

December 20th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Maxwell Coxon 1882 1948 NSW Firsts, Metropolis; South Sydney
Fred Saunders 1894 1916 Glebe
Arthur Spillane 1902 1983 NSW Firsts, NSW City Possibles, Metropolis, Sydney Firsts; South Sydney
Vic Hill 1904 1990 North Sydney
Jack Pratt 1915 1972 Canterbury
Jack Kadwell 1918 2007 NSW Group 7, Fighting Services II; South Sydney, Newtown, NSW Group 7
Jack Lindwall 1918 2000 Felsh's Team, NSW City Seconds, Sydney Seconds, Army Firsts; St George
Jack Spencer 1920 1998 NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Possibles (AU); Balmain
Matt McCoy 1923 2007 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Fighting Services II, NSW XII, Central QLD; Eastern Suburbs, St George
Ross Nixon 1926 2022 Eastern Suburbs
Ron Snell 1942 2021 Eastern Suburbs
Pat Hannan 1954   71 years and 112 days Past Christian Bros
Neil Kellett 1961   64 years and 112 days Castleford, Kent Invicta, Nottingham, Sheffield, Batley, Hunslet
Tony Walton 1963   62 years and 112 days Doncaster, Batley
Keith Beauchamp 1967   58 years and 112 days Illawarra, Newcastle, Hunter, Hull KR
David Fraisse 1968   57 years and 111 days France, Fr. Presidents XIII; Sheffield, Bradford, Workington
Paul Donaghy 1970   55 years and 112 days Combined Brisbane; Cronulla
Richard McKell 1970 2024 South Sydney, Castleford, Wakefield
Josh Stuart 1972   53 years and 111 days NSW City; North Sydney, Northern Eagles
Craig Weston 1973   52 years and 112 days Gold Coast, Eastern Suburbs, South Queensland, Huddersfield, Doncaster, Widnes, Leigh, Keighley
George Wilson 1975   50 years and 112 days Paris St Germain, North Qld
Neil Lowe 1978   47 years and 112 days Scotland; Featherstone, Salford, Doncaster, York City, Keighley, Hunslet
Dean Fitzgerald 1981   44 years and 112 days Celtic
Yusef Sozi 1981   44 years and 112 days London, Batley, Gateshead, York City, Doncaster, Sheffield, Rochdale
Fridon Udessiani 1982   43 years and 112 days Georgia
Ray Moujalli 1984   41 years and 111 days Lebanon; Sydney
Richard Whiting 1984   41 years and 111 days England; Featherstone, Hull FC, Doncaster, Leigh, Toronto Wolfpack
Neil Cherryholme 1986   39 years and 112 days Keighley, Leeds Met Uni, Halifax, Swinton
Craig Kopczak 1986   39 years and 112 days Wales; Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Salford, Wakefield Trinity, Featherstone, Oldham
Mark Ward 1988   37 years and 111 days Doncaster
Leeson Ah Mau 1989   36 years and 112 days New Zealand, Samoa; Warriors, North Qld, St Geo Illa
David Cash 1989   36 years and 112 days Gateshead
Craig Holt 1990   35 years and 112 days Doncaster
Harry Kaufman 1991   34 years and 112 days Workington, Oxford, Coventry, London
James Newton 1991   34 years and 112 days Workington, Whitehaven, Egremont
Danny Cowling 1992   33 years and 111 days Doncaster, Wakefield Trinity, Halifax, Batley, Hunslet
Jacob Gagai 1995   30 years and 112 days Souths (R), South Sydney, Huddersfield
Ben Steele 1995   30 years and 112 days London, Crosfields
Gavin Rodden 1996   29 years and 111 days Wigan St Judes, North Wales, Swinton
Rima Butler 1997   28 years and 112 days Maori (W), Australia (W); Parramatta (W), Newcastle (W), Sydney (W)
Tyler Walton 2000   25 years and 112 days Rochdale, Midlands, Newcastle, Hunslet, Cornwall, Workington
William Tate 2001   24 years and 112 days Hull KR, Rochdale, Dewsbury, Workington, Castleford, Wakefield Trinity
Joe Phillips 2005   20 years and 112 days Goole, Hull FC, Hunslet
Logan Spinks 2005   20 years and 112 days Wests Tigers (W)

December 21st

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Ted McGuinness 1884 1931 NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, Newcastle (AU), Northern Division, Combined 1st, Hunter & Northern; Newcastle, Newcastle (AU), Glebe
George Wheatley 1889 1972 Balmain, North Sydney
Hubert Finn 1900 1952 NSW Firsts, Universities XIII, Metropolis; University
Frank Cottle 1920 1992 NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Probables (AU); North Sydney
Neville Watt 1930 2019 Balmain
Terry Hollindrake 1934 2015 Great Britain, Yorkshire, Hull/Hull KR
Shaun McRae 1959   66 years and 111 days NSW City, Indigenous; South Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Parramatta
Chris Squires 1960   65 years and 110 days Dewsbury
Glenn Coleman 1965   60 years and 111 days NSW City Firsts; Cronulla
Mikhail Piskunov 1967 2002 France, Russia, Soviet Union, Moldova; Paris St Germain
David Webber 1970   55 years and 111 days NSW Metro Cup; South Sydney, Hull, Hull KR
Justin Bryant 1971   54 years and 111 days London, Paris St Germain
Noel Solomon 1971 2025 North Sydney, North Qld
Danny McAllister 1974   51 years and 111 days Sheffield, Gold Coast, Bramley, Gateshead, South Sydney
Jean-Christophe Borlin 1976   49 years and 110 days France; St Gaudens, Doncaster, Toulouse
Marvin Golden 1976   49 years and 110 days Leeds, Bramley, Halifax, London, Doncaster, Widnes, Hull KR
Nicolas Piquemal 1981   44 years and 111 days France; Pia, Lézignan
Craig Milnthorpe 1982   43 years and 111 days Featherstone
Jamie Langley 1983   42 years and 111 days Great Britain, England; Bradford, Hull KR, Sheffield
Danny Thomas 1983   42 years and 111 days Jamaica; Batley, Dewsbury, Hunslet, Gloucestershire, Oxford
Danny Flintoff 1984   41 years and 110 days Doncaster
Pita Godinet 1987   38 years and 111 days Samoa; Warriors, Wakefield Trinity, Featherstone, Manly, Wests Tigers
Jack Spencer 1990   35 years and 111 days Salford, Barrow, Halifax, Oldham, Swinton
Rhadley Brawa 1991   34 years and 111 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII; PNG
Tom Hopkins 1992   33 years and 110 days Wales; Askam, Barrow
Lewis Foster 1993   32 years and 111 days Leigh, Oldham, London, Sheffield, Rochdale, Whitehaven, Thatto Heath
Andy Gabriel 1993   32 years and 111 days Keighley, Dewsbury, Oldham
Ryan Wilson 1993   32 years and 111 days Doncaster, West Hull, Workington
Luke Brooks 1994   31 years and 111 days NRL, Aus PM XIII; Wests Tigers, Manly
Toby Everett 1995   30 years and 111 days London, London, Hemel, Dewsbury, Toronto Wolfpack, Batley, Keighley, Hunslet
Brad Howe 1995   30 years and 111 days Cornwall
Rodrick Tai 1998   27 years and 111 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII; Warrington
Jack Croft 2000   25 years and 111 days Wakefield Trinity, Oldham, Barrow, Newcastle, Salford, London
Jasmin Strange 2002   23 years and 111 days Maori (W); Sydney (W), Newcastle (W)
Kulikefu Finefeuiaki 2003   22 years and 111 days Tonga; North Qld, Dolphins
Liam Ison 2004   21 years and 111 days Cronulla, Newtown (R)
Harry Robertson 2005   20 years and 111 days St Helens

December 22nd

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
James Gleeson 1882 1947 New Zealand
Bob Williams 1886 1969 Australia, NSW Firsts, Metropolis, Australasia II, Kangaroos, Probables (AU); Eastern Suburbs
Joe Thompson 1902 1983 England (GB), Wales, Other
Jimmy Duncan 1903 1961 North Sydney
Harold Jones 1907 1955 England (GB), Wales
Don Milton 1923 1974 NSW City Firsts; Western Suburbs
Jean Jammes 1931   94 years and 110 days France
Noel Dolton 1936 2021 Possibles (AU); Newtown, Parramatta, Western Suburbs
Neil Bertoli 1940 2016 Manly
Bill Bryant 1940   85 years and 109 days Great Britain
Laurie Moraschi 1942 2018 NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW Country Seconds, Riverina, NSW Colts; Riverina, Balmain, North Sydney
Noel Hurford 1946   79 years and 110 days Western Division; Western Suburbs
Manfred Moore 1950 2020 Newtown
Steve Norton 1951   74 years and 110 days Great Britain, England; Manly, Hull, Wakefield
Geoff Smith 1952   73 years and 109 days Western Suburbs, North Sydney, South Sydney
Peter Mortimer 1957   68 years and 110 days NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Riverina, NSW City Seconds; Riverina, Canterbury, Hull KR
Nathan Gibbs 1959   66 years and 110 days NSW City Seconds; South Sydney, Parramatta
Tony Marchant 1962   63 years and 110 days Great Britain; Castleford, Bradford, Dewsbury
Paul Lord 1967   58 years and 110 days Oldham, Doncaster, Wakefield, Swinton, Dewsbury
Karl Randall 1971   54 years and 110 days Sheffield, Batley
Jack Elsegood 1973   52 years and 110 days Manly, Sydney City, Canterbury
Nicky Ruane 1973   52 years and 110 days Widnes
Alex Chan 1974   51 years and 110 days New Zealand, NZ Maori, ANZACs; Northern Eagles, Parramatta, Melbourne, Catalans
Scott Teare 1978   47 years and 110 days Wath Brow Hornets, Whitehaven
Dan Reeds 1980   45 years and 109 days London
Dave Newton 1981   44 years and 110 days Oldham, Chorley, Rochdale, Swinton
Joel Osborn 1981   44 years and 110 days London, Barrow
Chris Saab 1981   44 years and 110 days Lebanon
Zebastian Luisi 1984   41 years and 109 days Niue; London, Doncaster, Barrow
Dean Martin 1984   41 years and 109 days London
Puna Rasaubale 1986   39 years and 110 days Fiji; London
Marc Bainbridge 1987   38 years and 110 days Whitehaven, Workington
Danny Whitmore 1988   37 years and 109 days Oldham, Batley
Josh Scott 1989   36 years and 110 days Oxford
Jharal Yow Yeh 1989   36 years and 110 days Australia, QLD, Indigenous; Brisbane
Rhiannion Marshall 1992   33 years and 109 days England (W); York City (W), St Helens (W)
Jordan Sigismeau 1992   33 years and 109 days France; Catalans, Whitehaven
Stefanos Bastas 1993   32 years and 110 days Greece; Hemel, Doncaster, Coventry
Ben Garner 1993   32 years and 110 days Barrow
David Klemmer 1993   32 years and 110 days Australia, NSW, NSW City, Aus PM XIII; Canterbury, Newcastle, Wests Tigers, St Geo Illa, St Helens
Greg Wilde 1993   32 years and 110 days North Wales, South Wales, Whitehaven, Swinton
Will Cooke 1996   29 years and 109 days Oxford, Hunslet, Keighley, Oldham, Rochdale
Bailey Hartwig 1997   28 years and 110 days Burleigh
Pavel Smirnov 1997   28 years and 110 days Russia

December 23rd

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Joshua Bailey 1879 1948 North Sydney
Stan Carr 1885 1969 Western Suburbs
Angus Lennon 1888 1888 Annandale, Balmain
Arthur Houlahan 1889   136 years and 109 days QLD Firsts
Jim Duncombe 1906 1996 NSW Group 1; Canterbury
Des Barchard 1922 1987 New Zealand, USA, Auckland
Bill Albans 1925 1990 USA
Kevin Hansen 1928 1971 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, Rest of NSW Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Western Division, Probables (AU), Western NSW; Western Suburbs, Western Division, Eastern Suburbs
Ray French 1939 2025 Great Britain, Rest Of The World
Kevin Longbottom 1940 1986 NSW City Seconds; South Sydney
Max Brown 1946   79 years and 109 days Canterbury, Manly
Peter Wynn 1957   68 years and 109 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW, NSW Country Firsts, Illawarra Firsts, NSW City Seconds; Illawarra Firsts, Parramatta
Nick Halafihi 1967   58 years and 109 days Sheffield, Hunslet, Fulham, Hull KR
Grant Harris 1967   58 years and 109 days Carlisle
Joe Naidole 1967   58 years and 109 days Huddersfield, Featherstone, Wakefield, Oldham, Doncaster, Hunslet, Workington, Batley, Dewsbury
Junior Paul 1971   54 years and 109 days London
Blake Cannova 1974   51 years and 109 days Widnes
Sam Bibb 1980   45 years and 108 days Featherstone, Sheffield
Lee Doran 1981   44 years and 109 days Ireland; Oldham, Rochdale, Widnes, Leigh, Whitehaven
Josh Miller 1982   43 years and 109 days Canberra, St Geo Illa
Ibrahim Korana 1984   41 years and 108 days Türkiye
Chris Buttery 1985   40 years and 109 days Doncaster, Batley, Hunslet
Beau Champion 1986   39 years and 109 days NSW City, Indigenous; South Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Parramatta
Luke Kell 1993   32 years and 109 days South Wales, Gloucestershire
Justin Olam 1993   32 years and 109 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII; Melbourne, Wests Tigers
Sam Wood 1993   32 years and 109 days England; Bradford, Dewsbury, Huddersfield, Hull KR, Castleford, York
Josh Walters 1994   31 years and 109 days Leeds, Hunslet, Featherstone, London
Bayley Sironen 1996   29 years and 108 days Wests Tigers, South Sydney, Warriors, Catalans
Gabi Leigh 1997   28 years and 109 days Wigan (W), Leigh (W)
Jasmine Earnshaw-Cudjoe 1998   27 years and 109 days Leeds (W)
Adam Carr 1999   26 years and 109 days Rochdale, Thatto Heath
Anthony Dyne 1999   26 years and 109 days Keighley, West Wales, Swinton
Herbie Farnworth 1999   26 years and 109 days England; Brisbane, Dolphins
Denis Ivanov 2000   25 years and 109 days Bulgaria
Matty Turton 2001   24 years and 109 days Cornwall
Mac Walsh 2003   22 years and 109 days Newcastle, Whitehaven, Toulouse, York

December 24th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Os Clutton 1889 1962 Annandale, North Sydney
Tom McGuinness 1893 1964 Annandale, Balmain
Antoine Blain 1911 1973 France
Bert Cook 1923 1986 Other
Jim Edwards 1926 2015 New Zealand, Auckland
Bruce Smith 1926 2018 NSW Country Firsts, NSW Country Seconds, Southern Division, Possibles (AU), Monaro/S.Division; Balmain
Brian Watts 1930 1971 Eastern Suburbs
Mick Shoebottom 1943 2002 Great Britain, England
Phil Johnson 1963   62 years and 108 days Castleford, Featherstone, Huddersfield, Bramley, Trafford
Shane Tupaea 1963   62 years and 108 days Central QLD; Mansfield, Rochdale, Swinton, Oldham, Keighley
Iefata Sini 1966   59 years and 108 days Salford, York, Doncaster, Workington
Danny Russell 1969   56 years and 108 days Scotland; Manly, Carlisle, Huddersfield
Paul Smith 1969   56 years and 108 days NSW City, NSW City Firsts; Penrith, Western Suburbs
Boycie Nelson 1974   51 years and 108 days NZ Maori, Lion Red XIII; Widnes, Auckland, Limoux
Steven Crouch 1977   48 years and 108 days Parramatta, Manly, Wests Tigers, Castleford, Sydney, Featherstone
Chris Hemmings 1983   42 years and 108 days Doncaster
Isaac De Gois 1984   41 years and 107 days Wests Tigers, Cronulla, Newcastle, Parramatta
Nick Scruton 1984   41 years and 107 days England; Leeds, Hull FC, Bradford, Wakefield Trinity, Hull KR
Emmanuel Rodriguez 1988   37 years and 107 days Philippines
Cayci Pearson 1989   36 years and 108 days Featherstone
Alex Anthony 1991   34 years and 108 days London, Hemel
Chris Davies 1991   34 years and 108 days Wales; South Wales
Mahe Fonua 1992   33 years and 107 days Tonga, Combined; Melbourne, Hull FC, Wests Tigers, Castleford, Halifax, Doncaster
Dominic Newton 1992   33 years and 107 days Underbank, Oldham, Rochdale
Fa'amanu Brown 1994   31 years and 108 days New Zealand, Samoa; Cronulla, Canterbury (R), Canterbury, Featherstone, Wests Tigers, Newcastle, St Geo Illa, Hull FC
Matt Frawley 1994   31 years and 108 days Canterbury, Huddersfield, Canberra, Leeds
Chris Leyshon 1994   31 years and 108 days South Wales
Oliver Roberts 1995   30 years and 108 days Ireland; Bradford, Sheffield, Oldham, Huddersfield, Salford, Halifax, Newcastle, Midlands
Lewis Fairhurst 1996   29 years and 107 days Dewsbury, Hemel, Keighley, North Wales
Justin Frain 1998   27 years and 108 days Brisbane, Wests Tigers, Catalans
Jules Hobbs 1998   27 years and 108 days London
Kea Pere 1999   26 years and 108 days Burleigh
Tukimihia Simpkins 2001   24 years and 108 days Maori; Wests Tigers, Gold Coast
Tony Francis 2002   23 years and 108 days Gold Coast
Tom Inman 2002   23 years and 108 days York City, Halifax, Newcastle
George Flanagan Jr 2004   21 years and 108 days Bradford, Hunslet, Huddersfield
Javon Andrews 2006   19 years and 108 days Jamaica

December 25th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Charlie Tidball 0   77 years and 106 days Gateshead
Billy Ewan 1869 1928 St Helens
Joe Apolony 1880 1952 NSW Firsts, Metropolis, Whites (AU); Balmain
George Sewell 1903 1933 NSW City Firsts, Metropolis Seconds, Metropolis, NSW XII, NSW Seconds, Combined City; North Sydney
Dick Davis 1909 2000 Western Suburbs
Stan Callaghan 1916 1989 Eastern Suburbs
Sid Raffo 1925 2000 Manly
Jack Jacobsen 1927 1989 Gateshead
Peter Long 1929 2018 Western Suburbs
Jean Pambrun 1929 2006 France, Provence
Reese Griffiths 1937 2016 New Zealand, West Coast
Neil Ryan 1937 2019 Eastern Suburbs
Dave Grimmond 1943 2024 NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, Monaro
John Sellar 1956   69 years and 106 days Riverina; South Sydney
Steve Branthwaite 1961   64 years and 107 days Whitehaven
Tony Currie 1962   63 years and 107 days Australia, QLD Firsts, QLD, Brisbane Firsts, QLD Residents, Sydney Maroons; Brisbane Firsts, Leeds, Canterbury, Brisbane
Mark Elia 1962   63 years and 107 days New Zealand, Western Samoa, Auckland; Kent Invicta, St Helens, Canterbury, Halifax, Widnes
Brendan Carlyle 1968   57 years and 106 days York, Hunslet, Scarborough, Hull, Doncaster, Heworth
Jason Mackie 1968   57 years and 106 days New Zealand, Kiwi Colts; Warriors
Kava Utoikamanu 1968   57 years and 106 days Tonga; Paris St Germain
Noel Goldthorpe 1969   56 years and 107 days NSW City Firsts, NSW (SL); Western Suburbs, St George, Hunter, Adelaide, North Qld
Paul Koloi 1972   53 years and 106 days Tonga; Wigan, London
Chris Percival 1979 2010 Widnes, Oldham, Leigh
Paul Bamber 1981   44 years and 107 days Chorley
Jon Hepworth 1982   43 years and 107 days London, Leeds, Castleford, Featherstone
Simon Bissell 1985   40 years and 107 days Batley, Keighley, Blackpool
Kaine Manihera 1986   39 years and 107 days NZ Maori; Brisbane
Joe Walsh 1988   37 years and 106 days Harlequins, Halifax, Huddersfield, Sheffield
Kimberley Hunt 1992   33 years and 106 days Aus PM XIII (W), Indigenous (W); Parramatta (W), St Geo Illa (W)
Andy Ackers 1993   32 years and 107 days England; Swinton, London, Toronto Wolfpack, Salford, Leeds, Bradford
Tom Walker 1994   31 years and 107 days Cumbria; Workington, Barrow, Whitehaven
Solomona Faataape 2000   25 years and 107 days Brisbane, Wests Tigers, Catalans
Sam Walters 2000   25 years and 107 days Batley, Leeds, Bradford, Wigan
Joeli Morris 2001   24 years and 107 days Sydney (W), Newcastle (W)
Samuel Loizou 2002   23 years and 107 days Parramatta
Levi Edwards 2003   22 years and 107 days Batley, York City, Leeds, Dewsbury Moor

December 26th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Fred Poeppel 1887   138 years and 106 days Toombul
James McCosh 1897   128 years and 106 days QLD Firsts, Rest of QLD, Ipswich
Jack Kelly 1908 1995 Western Suburbs
Louis Brané 1911   114 years and 106 days France
Cliff Mee 1913 1995 Eastern Suburbs
Arthur Gillman 1918 1989 New Zealand, South Island
Antranick Apelian 1929 2017 France, Rest Of The World, Nthn Hemisphere, France B, Roanne XIII
Don Furner 1931 2020 Australia, QLD Firsts, Toowoomba, Probables (AU)
Barry Nelson 1931 2021 NSW Firsts, Probables (AU); Canterbury, Newtown
Peter Swanson 1946 2003 North Coast; Penrith, North Coast
Sam Vucago 1952   73 years and 105 days NSW Country Firsts, Monaro; Monaro, NSW Country Firsts, Canberra
Craig Teitzel 1963   62 years and 106 days North QLD; Southern Suburbs, Western Suburbs, Illawarra, Warrington, North Qld
Steve Prescott 1973 2013 Great Britain, England, Ireland, Great Britain U21, Lancashire; St Helens, Hull, Wakefield Trinity, Lancashire
Lusi Sione 1974   51 years and 106 days NZ Residents, ANZACs; Workington
Andy Hobson 1978   47 years and 106 days Halifax, Widnes, Dewsbury, Leigh, Blackpool
Joe McNicholas 1978   47 years and 106 days Oldham
David Norman 1979   46 years and 106 days Gateshead
Martin Roden 1979   46 years and 106 days Blackpool, Leigh, Oldham, Oxford
Craig Wing 1979   46 years and 106 days Australia, NSW, NSW City, Aus PM XIII; South Sydney, Sydney
Ian Kirke 1980   45 years and 105 days Hull KR, York, Dewsbury, Leeds, Wakefield Trinity
Fabrice Estebanez 1981   44 years and 106 days France; Limoux, Toulouse
Chris Giles 1981   44 years and 106 days St Helens, Widnes, Rochdale, Leigh
Lelauloto Tagaloa 1986   39 years and 106 days USA; Sheffield, Doncaster
Ase Boas 1988   37 years and 105 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII; PNG, Featherstone
Kevin Gordon 1989   36 years and 106 days NSW Country, Philippines, Aus PM XIII; Gold Coast
Charlie Eccleston 1990   35 years and 106 days Keighley
Jan Heininger 1992   33 years and 105 days Czech Republic
Tommaya Kelly-Sines 1994   31 years and 106 days Indigenous (W); Parramatta (W), Canberra (W)
Jas Bell 1998   27 years and 106 days York City (W)
Fletcher Baker 1999   26 years and 106 days Sydney, Brisbane, Burleigh
Lily Dick 1999   26 years and 106 days North QLD (W)
Jayden Sharp 2000   25 years and 106 days Burleigh
Oliver Waite 2000   25 years and 106 days Halifax
Kurtis Farr 2002   23 years and 106 days Brisbane, Wests Tigers, Catalans
Tyrone Munro 2004   21 years and 106 days Indigenous; South Sydney, Souths (R)
Fletcher Hunt 2005   20 years and 106 days Aus PM XIII; Newcastle

December 27th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Thierry Alibert 0   55 years and 105 days Gateshead
Ian McGregor 0   72 years and 105 days Gateshead
Charles Barker 1890 1959 Rest of QLD; Eastern Suburbs
William Davies 1890 1967 Northern Union, Wales, Other
Frank Daley 1899 1984 Far North Coast, Lismore; Far North Coast
Joe Baird 1902 1965 NSW Firsts, NSW City Seconds; North Sydney
Jim Wearmouth 1908 1989 St George
Jack Dempsey 1912 2007 University
Mick Smith 1913 1980 Western Suburbs
Alf Gibbs 1920 1981 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, Newcastle (AU), NSW City Seconds; Souths Newcastle, Newtown
Dave Hodgson 1927 1997 Eastern Suburbs
Kevin Price 1928 1992 North Sydney
Ron Ackland 1934 2013 New Zealand, NSW Country Firsts, Auckland, Monaro; Monaro
Trevor Heiler 1938 2017 South Sydney
Brian Norton 1942 2018 NSW Country Firsts, NSW Country Seconds, Northern Division, NSW City Seconds; North Sydney, St George
Bill Walsh 1942 1981 Canterbury
Simon Brockwell 1956   69 years and 104 days NSW Country Firsts, Monaro, NSW Country Seconds; Monaro, NSW Country Firsts, North Sydney, Leigh
Mal Creevey 1956 1993 Canterbury, Balmain, Illawarra
Johnny Walker 1968   57 years and 104 days Keighley, Barrow, Batley, Hunslet
Jason Moore 1970   55 years and 105 days Workington, Ellenborough
Leigh Deakin 1972   53 years and 104 days Ryedale-York, Leeds, Hull, Dewsbury, Hunslet
Craig Hodges 1973   52 years and 105 days Wests Tigers, South Sydney, Warriors, Catalans
Rebecca Young 1981   44 years and 105 days Australia (W), NSW (W), Aus PM XIII (W); Sydney (W)
Dave Byrne 1982   43 years and 105 days Barrow, Chorley
Merab Kvirikashvili 1983   42 years and 105 days Georgia
Steve McDermott 1985   40 years and 105 days Rochdale, North Wales, Widnes W Bank
Yuta Oba 1985   40 years and 105 days Japan
Tom Wandless 1986   39 years and 105 days Sharlston Rovers, Dewsbury, Featherstone Lions
Tim Browne 1987   38 years and 105 days Canterbury, Penrith
Dean Hatton 1987   38 years and 105 days Leigh, Rochdale, Blackpool
Drake Muyodi 1988   37 years and 104 days Italy
Tony Gigot 1990   35 years and 105 days France; Catalans, Toulouse, London, London, Toronto Wolfpack, Wakefield Trinity
Sam Egerton 1991   34 years and 105 days Oxford
Michael Morgan 1991   34 years and 105 days Australia, QLD, Aus PM XIII; North Qld
Stefan Nedeljković 1991   34 years and 105 days Serbia; Red Star Belgrade
Chris Palser-Thorne 1993   32 years and 105 days Oxford
Henry Angikimua 1994   31 years and 105 days Solomon Is
Decarlo Trerise 1994   31 years and 105 days Cornwall
Solomon Alaimalo 1995   30 years and 105 days Wests Tigers
Gideon Gela-Mosby 1996   29 years and 104 days North Qld
Ben Forster 2000   25 years and 105 days Rochdale, Oldham, Halifax
Callum Eggerling 2001   24 years and 105 days Canterbury (R), Melbourne, South Sydney

December 28th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Augustus Veness 1882 1960 Glebe
Robert Gough 1894 1984 Annandale
Otto Beegling 1897 1953 Tumut
Bill Maizey 1903 1971 NSW Firsts, South West NSW, NSW Group 9; Balmain, Cowra
Kevin Gleeson 1913 2004 Eastern Suburbs
Clyde Tierney 1913 2004 NSW Police
Hylton Davies 1915 1945 NSW City Probables, Metropolis, Sydney Firsts; Newtown
Ron Madden 1923 2012 Northern Division; Newtown
Chris Rothery 1953   72 years and 104 days Central QLD, QLD Country; QLD Country
Ian French 1960   65 years and 103 days QLD, Brisbane Firsts, Sydney Maroons; Brisbane Firsts, Castleford, North Sydney, Doncaster
Glen Burgess 1963   62 years and 104 days Workington
Ricky Cowan 1963   62 years and 104 days New Zealand, NZ Maori, Auckland, Canterbury; Auckland, St Helens
Clarry Iti 1963   62 years and 104 days Featherstone, Doncaster
John Higgins 1965   60 years and 104 days Rochdale, Oldham
Simon Davison 1967   58 years and 104 days Doncaster
Peers Bent 1970   55 years and 104 days Trafford, Barrow, Leigh
Alex Stewart 1974   51 years and 104 days London
Martin Sykes 1976   49 years and 103 days Doncaster, Hunslet
Shane Elford 1977   48 years and 104 days Penrith, Wests Tigers, Huddersfield
Beau Mundine 1980   45 years and 103 days South Sydney
Richard Coatalen 1981   44 years and 104 days London
James Houston 1982   43 years and 104 days Scotland; Featherstone, Hunslet, York City
Paul Hughes 1984   41 years and 103 days Featherstone, York City, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Hunslet
Carlos Mendes Varela 1984   41 years and 103 days Toulouse
James Coyle 1985   40 years and 104 days Ireland; Wigan, Widnes, Oldham, Barrow, Workington, Hunslet
Dylan Nash 1986   39 years and 104 days Gateshead, Halifax
Chris Mugan 1988   37 years and 103 days Blackpool
Joe Mellor 1990   35 years and 104 days Harlequins, Widnes, Wigan, Toronto Wolfpack, Leigh, Salford, Bradford
Samir Tahraoui 1990   35 years and 104 days South Wales, Swinton, Whitehaven, Bradford, Keighley, Rochdale, North Wales
Ant Walker 1991   34 years and 104 days Wales; Whitehaven, St Helens, Rochdale, Wakefield Trinity, Dewsbury, Bradford, Widnes, Swinton, North Wales
Andy Lea 1992   33 years and 103 days Thatto Heath, Rochdale
Jordan Walne 1992   33 years and 103 days Oldham, Workington, Salford, North Wales, Halifax, Hull KR, Leigh, York City, Barrow
Christopher Chard 1993   32 years and 104 days Cornwall
Will Martin 1993   32 years and 104 days Wath Brow Hornets, London, British Police
Zach Clark 1995   30 years and 104 days Newcastle
Joey Lussick 1995   30 years and 104 days Manly, Salford, Parramatta, St Helens
Miodrag Tomić 1995   30 years and 104 days Serbia
Josiah Afu 1997   28 years and 104 days Burleigh
Luke Million 1997   28 years and 104 days Hunslet, Keighley
Reuben Cotter 1998   27 years and 104 days Australia, QLD, Indigenous, Aus PM XIII; North Qld
Christian Gale 1999   26 years and 104 days London
Georgia Hannaway 2000   25 years and 104 days QLD (W), Aus PM XIII (W); Cronulla (W)
Josh Slingsbury 2000   25 years and 104 days West Wales
Josh Slingsby 2000   25 years and 104 days Keighley
Ata Mariota 2001   24 years and 104 days Samoa; Canberra
Alanna Dummett 2003   22 years and 104 days Canberra (W)
Ethan Alaia 2005   20 years and 104 days University
Jared Haywood 2006   19 years and 104 days Parramatta

December 29th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Kevin Allatt 0   83 years and 103 days Gateshead
Ernest Anlezark 1882 1961 Australia, QLD Firsts
Adam Lile 1884 1954 New Zealand
Billy Williams 1905 1973 England (GB), Wales, Other, English League
Bert Little 1911 1952 Balmain
Clarrie Rowsell 1915 2001 Newtown
Dennis Tutty 1945   80 years and 103 days Australia; Balmain, Penrith, Eastern Suburbs
John Ryan 1948 1982 Penrith
David Topliss 1949 2008 Great Britain, England; Penrith, Balmain, Wakefield, Hull, Oldham
Pascal Fournioux 1955   70 years and 103 days Wests Tigers, South Sydney, Warriors, Catalans
Des Foy 1963   62 years and 103 days Great Britain, Ireland, Europe, Ireland A; Widnes, Oldham, Huddersfield
Martin Quinn 1964   61 years and 102 days Eastern Suburbs
Martin Offiah 1965   60 years and 103 days Great Britain, England, GB Chairman's ; Widnes, Eastern Suburbs, Wigan, St George, London, Salford
Steve Ashcroft 1969   56 years and 103 days Chorley, Barrow
Peter Atherton 1970   55 years and 103 days St Helens, Whitehaven
Sean Cooper 1970   55 years and 103 days Oldham, Rochdale
Richard Picksley 1970   55 years and 103 days Sheffield, Doncaster, Batley
Scott Martin 1974   51 years and 103 days Great Britain U21; Leigh, Salford, Sheffield, Rochdale, Widnes
Daniel Gaić 1978   47 years and 103 days Serbia
Brenton Lawrence 1984   41 years and 102 days Aus PM XIII; Gold Coast, Manly
Louis Richards 1987   38 years and 103 days Oxford
Brandon Anderson 1988   37 years and 102 days USA; Red Star Belgrade
Jamie Murphy 1989   36 years and 103 days Wales; South Wales, Crusaders, Gloucestershire
Yannic Parker 1990   35 years and 103 days Wales; South Wales, Gloucestershire, Oxford
Connor Dwyer 1993   32 years and 103 days Barrow, Rochdale, Swinton, Thatto Heath, Widnes
Sonny Esslemont 1993   32 years and 103 days Scotland; Hull KR, Gateshead, Keighley, Hemel, Sheffield, Dewsbury
Ryan Hampshire 1994   31 years and 103 days Wigan, Workington, Castleford, Leigh, Wakefield Trinity, Featherstone, York
Michaela Brake 1995   30 years and 103 days Warriors (W)
Harry Tyson-Wilson 1996   29 years and 102 days Hull FC, Doncaster, York City, Hunslet, West Hull, Sheffield
Jamilee McGrgeor 1997   28 years and 103 days Lebanon (W); St Geo Illa (W)
Callum Abbott 1998   27 years and 103 days Cornwall
Paul Roache 1998   27 years and 103 days Warriors, Burleigh
Nathan Wilde 1999   26 years and 103 days Newcastle, Leigh, Rochdale, Widnes, Doncaster, Featherstone, Salford
Felila Kia 2003   22 years and 103 days Newcastle (W), Warriors (W)

December 30th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
William Budgen 1879 1964 Brisbane Firsts; Southern Suburbs
Michael Brown 1886 1954 Combined 2nd, Combined 1st; Eastern Suburbs, South Sydney, Glebe
Frank Gwynne 1895 1969 University
Ernest Ogg 1905 1969 NSW City Firsts, Metropolis, Universities XIII; University
Noel Walpole 1908 1976 NSW City Firsts, NSW City Possibles; North Sydney, Cootamundra
Henry Bowers 1915 1989 QLD Firsts, Ipswich; South Sydney, North Sydney
Noel White 1923 2019 Australia, NSW Firsts, QLD Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, Newcastle (AU); Kurri Kurri
Dudley Beger 1928 1994 Western Suburbs
Tom Payne 1934 2023 Australia, QLD Firsts, Toowoomba, Probables (AU), Northern Division
John Gleeson 1938 2021 Australia, QLD Firsts, Toowoomba, Brisbane Firsts, South QLD Firsts
Roger Biffi 1942 2004 France
Rod McDougall 1952   73 years and 101 days Southern Suburbs, Wynnum-Manly
John Crow 1954   71 years and 102 days Western Suburbs, Newtown
Paul McDermott 1956   69 years and 101 days York, Wakefield, Sheffield, Rochdale
Iain Wood 1963   62 years and 102 days Gold Coast
Neville McLellan 1965   60 years and 102 days Trafford
Gavin Manclark 1967   58 years and 102 days Scotland
Paul Rees 1967   58 years and 102 days Batley, Hunslet
Tom Oldroyd 1969   56 years and 102 days Hunslet, Batley
Kevin Carmichael 1970   55 years and 102 days Toowoomba; South Queensland, Melbourne
Makali Aizue 1977   48 years and 102 days Papua New Guinea; Hull KR, Halifax, Dewsbury, Doncaster
Jovan Vujošević 1978   47 years and 102 days Serbia
Chad Randall 1980   45 years and 101 days Northern Eagles, Manly, London
Jake Kerr 1982   43 years and 102 days London
John Lebbon 1984   41 years and 101 days Whitehaven, Barrow, Workington
Gary McClelland 1984   41 years and 101 days Hunslet, Hunslet Warriors
Bryson Goodwin 1985   40 years and 102 days New Zealand, Maori; Cronulla, Bulldogs, South Sydney, Warrington
Ben Titoko 1986   39 years and 102 days Vanuatu
Dan Belcher 1988   37 years and 101 days Keighley
Jamie Cording 1989   36 years and 102 days Gateshead, Sheffield, Huddersfield, Featherstone
Chad Sharp 1989   36 years and 102 days Hemel
Ben Crane 1991   34 years and 102 days York City, Hunslet
Johnny Shields 1992   33 years and 101 days Gateshead
Jake Shoel 1993   32 years and 102 days Rochdale
Brent Naden 1995   30 years and 102 days Indigenous; Penrith, Canterbury, Wests Tigers
Brad Abbey 1996   29 years and 101 days Canterbury, Canberra, Sydney
Alfie Seeley 1996   29 years and 101 days Keighley
Luc Franco 1998   27 years and 102 days Spain
Lee Turner 1998   27 years and 102 days Gold Coast
Harlen Smith 2006   19 years and 102 days Jamaica; Salford

December 31st

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Jim Abercrombie 1880 1948 Australia, NSW Firsts, Metropolis; Western Suburbs
Jack Leveson 1882 1949 Australia, NSW Firsts, Metropolis, Whites (AU); South Sydney
Roy Algie 1888 1946 NSW Firsts; Glebe, Balmain
Ted Taplin 1893 1968 NSW Firsts, Tamworth, Western Division, Orange, Western NSW; North Sydney, Western Division, Young
Noel Ferrier 1913 2001 NSW City Possibles, Combined 1st, Metropolis, Sydney Firsts, NSW Country Seconds; North Sydney
Bill Wheeler 1914 1997 NSW City Possibles, Metropolis; Western Suburbs
Percy Dermond 1918 2012 Eastern Suburbs
Ron McKay 1931 2013 New Zealand, Australasia, Taranaki, North Island, Auckland
Terry Gibson 1954   71 years and 101 days South Sydney
Peter McWhirter 1955   70 years and 101 days QLD Firsts, Brisbane Firsts; Fortitude Valley, Brisbane Firsts
Kurt Sherlock 1961   64 years and 101 days New Zealand; Eastern Suburbs
Shaun Morrow 1963   62 years and 101 days Barrow
Michael Koellner 1965   60 years and 101 days NSW Country Firsts; South Sydney
Steve Morrison 1966   59 years and 101 days Barrow
Paul McGregor 1967   58 years and 101 days Australia, NSW, NSW City Firsts, NSW Country; Illawarra, St Geo Illa
Scott Barnes 1971   54 years and 101 days Batley
Leroy Joe 1974   51 years and 101 days Cook Islands; Whitehaven, Hull KR
Nathan McAvoy 1976   49 years and 100 days Great Britain, England, Great Britain U21; Salford, Bradford, Wigan, Leeds, Leigh
Steve Dooler 1977   48 years and 101 days Featherstone, Hunslet
Gareth Dobson 1978   47 years and 101 days York, Castleford, Sheffield, East Hull
Will Cowell 1979   46 years and 101 days Warrington, Oldham
Lee Wilson 1979   46 years and 101 days Rochdale
Ben Hannant 1984   41 years and 100 days Australia, QLD, NRL, Aus PM XIII; Sydney, Brisbane, Bulldogs, North Qld
Diego Del Nevo 1986   39 years and 101 days Italy
Kade Snowden 1986   39 years and 101 days Australia, NSW, NSW Country, Aus PM XIII, NRL, Italy; Newcastle, Cronulla
Gavin Bennion 1993   32 years and 101 days Wales; Swinton, Featherstone, Halifax, Rochdale, Oldham, Salford, Widnes
Ethan Kelly 1994   31 years and 101 days Millom, Whitehaven, North Wales, Barrow
Aliti Namoce 1997   28 years and 101 days Fiji (W); Sydney (W), St Geo Illa (W)
Hung Yip 1998   27 years and 101 days Hong Kong
Jenson Monk 2003   22 years and 101 days London