- Other Nationalities rugby league team
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Other Nationalities First game 
England 3–9 Other Nationalities
(Wigan, England; 5 April 1904)Biggest win England 10–35 Other Nationalities
(Wigan, England; 11 April 1951)
Other Nationalities 30–5 Wales
(Bradford, England; 7 October 1953)Biggest defeat 
Lancashire 36–7 Other Nationalities
(St Helens, England; 25 November 1975)The Other Nationalities rugby league team regularly played international, and also county, rugby league football teams in Europe from 1904 to 1975. The team, created in 1904 to play England in the first ever rugby league international match, was at first made up of Welsh and Scottish players. However as rugby league in England grew, and more players from other countries were brought over to England to play in the domestic competitions, Other Nationalities were later represented by players from Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
England were the most regular opponents for the Other Nationalities team, having played them 15 times. But in the 1950s, on entry to the European Nations Cup, they also played Wales and France. In 1964 Other Nationalities played their only match in the Southern Hemisphere in a one-off match vs Sydney Colts at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The match was played as a curtain-raiser to the Australia vs France 3rd Test and was arranged in order to boost the attendance due to France's poor form on tour. The team was made up of foreign players from the NSWRL competition that year plus two Frenchmen that missed selection in France's 3rd Test team. In 1965, Other Nationalities also played New Zealand in a Kiwi tour match at Crystal Palance, London. In 1974 and 1975 the team competed in the County Championship, facing Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Cumbria, twice each over both years.
Since 1975 the team became redundant, with Wales, Scotland and Ireland now having their own separate national teams and European-based New Zealanders now able to play for their country too. However due to the success of the All Stars match in Australia between the Indigenous All Stars and the NRL All Stars, new England head coach Steve McNamara proposed a plan to revive the team in 2011 in a hope of providing England with a more challenging opposition in preparation of playing and staying competitive against nations like Australia and New Zealand after the 2010 thrashing of France 60-6 followed by England's poor results in the 2010 Four Nations Tournament. The match - branded by the Rugby Football League as as 'Internationa Origin' - took place on 10 June 2011, replacing the Gillet Fusion mid-season test against France, who in turn will meet England at the end of the Super League season as part of England's build-up to the Four Nations. All Super League clubs have agreed to the concept with a maximum of two players per club to be selected for the squad by public vote from Rugby League fans and coach Brian McLennan. The revived team under the 'Exiles' banner defeated England 16-12 with a try in the dying stages of the match at Headingley, Leeds.
Other Nationalities wore green shirts. In 2011, the 'Exiles' team made up of Australians, New Zealanders, and Pacific Islanders, sported a black jersey with green & gold 'V'. Each player also had a small flag of their origin nation on their shirts.
Contents
2011 Squad
2011 Exiles Rugby League side First team squad Coaching staff - 1
Brett Hodgson - FB - 2
Francis Meli - WG - 3 Matt King - CE, WG
- 4
George Carmont - CE - 5 Pat Richards - WG, FB
- 6
Rangi Chase - SO - 7 Thomas Leuluai (vc) - SH, HK
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Kylie Leuluai - PR - 9 Danny Buderus (c) - HK
- 10
Mark O'Meley - PR - 11 Tony Puletua - SR, PR
- 12
David Fa'alogo - SR - 13 Craig Fitzgibbon - LF
- 14 David Faiumu - HK, LF
- 15
Louis Anderson - SR - 16 Willie Manu - SR
- 17
Glenn Morrison - SR - 18 Iosia Soliola - CE
- 19 Steve Menzies - SR
- 20 Michael Monaghan - HK
- 21 Brent Webb - FB
- 22 Josh Perry - PR
- 23 Joel Monaghan - WG
- 24 Amos Roberts - WG, FB
- 25 Jeff Lima - PR
- 26
Ben Galea - SR
- 27 Brett Finch - SH
- 28 Clint Newton - SR
- 29 Ryan Hoffman - SR
- 30 Michael Vella - PR
- 31
Brett Kearney - FB, SO - 32 Jarrod Sammut - SH
- 33 Luke O'Donnell - LF, SR
- 34
David Howell - CE - 35
Ray Cashmere - PR
Head coach
Assistant coach
- Legend:
- (c) Captain
- (vc) Vice captain
- Willie Mason was included in the Initial Squad but has since switched to rugby union to join Toulon.
Results (Incomplete)
Date Result Competition Venue Attendance 5 April 1904 England 3-9 Other NationalitiesFriendly Wigan 6,000 2 January 1905 England 26-11 Other NationalitiesFriendly Bradford 6,000 1 January 1906 England 3-3 Other NationalitiesFriendly Wigan 8,000 5 February 1921 England 33-16 Other NationalitiesFriendly Workington 15 October 1924 England 17-23 Other NationalitiesFriendly Leeds 3,000 4 February 1926 England 37-11 Other NationalitiesFriendly Whitehaven 7,000 20 March 1929 England 27-20 Other NationalitiesFriendly Leeds 5,000 7 April 1930 England 19-35 Other NationalitiesFriendly Halifax 2,000 1 October 1930 England 31-18 Other NationalitiesFriendly St Helens 10,000 30 March 1933 England 34-27 Other NationalitiesFriendly Workington 11,000 19 September 1949 England 7-13 Other Nationalities1949–50 European Rugby League Championship Workington 18,000 22 October 1949 Wales 5-6 Other Nationalities1949–50 European Rugby League Championship Abertillery 2,000 10 January 1950 
France 8-3 Other Nationalities1949–50 European Rugby League Championship Marseille 23,000 10 December 1950 France 16-3 Other Nationalities1950–51 European Rugby League Championship Bordeaux 28,000 31 March 1951 Wales 21-27 Other Nationalities1950–51 European Rugby League Championship Swansea 5,000 11 April 1951 England 10-35 Other Nationalities1950–51 European Rugby League Championship Wigan 17,000 3 November 1951 Other Nationalities 17-14 France 1951–52 European Rugby League Championship Hull 18,000 1 December 1951 Wales 11-22 Other Nationalities1951–52 European Rugby League Championship Abertillery 3,000 23 April 1952 England 31-18 Other Nationalities1951–52 European Rugby League Championship Wigan 20,000 18 October 1952 England 12-31 Other Nationalities1952–53 European Rugby League Championship Huddersfield 20,000 23 November 1952 France 10-29 Other Nationalities1952–53 European Rugby League Championship Marseille 18,000 15 April 1953 Other Nationalities 16-18 Wales 1952–53 European Rugby League Championship Warrington 8,000 7 October 1953 Other Nationalities 30-5 Wales 1953–54 European Rugby League Championship Bradford 15,000 18 October 1953 France 15-10 Other Nationalities1953–54 European Rugby League Championship Bordeaux 12,000 28 November 1953 England 30-22 Other Nationalities1953–54 European Rugby League Championship Wigan 19,000 12 September 1955 England 33-16 Other Nationalities1955–56 European Rugby League Championship Wigan 18,000 19 October 1955 Other Nationalities 32-19 France1955–56 European Rugby League Championship Leigh 18 July 1964 Sydney Colts 25-16 Other Nationalities Curtain-raiser to Australia vs France 3rd Test Sydney Cricket Ground 16,731 18 August 1965 Other Nationalities 7-15 
New ZealandKiwi Tour Match Crystal Palace, London 11 September 1974 Lancashire 14-13 Other NationalitiesCounty Championship Salford 2,000 18 September 1974 
Yorkshire ?-? Other NationalitiesCounty Championship Hull 25 September 1974 
Cumbria ?-? Other NationalitiesCounty Championship Whitehaven 25 November 1975 Lancashire 36-7 Other NationalitiesCounty Championship St Helens 2,000 6 December 1975 Yorkshire ?-? Other NationalitiesCounty Championship Bradford 20 December 1975 Cumbria ?-? Other NationalitiesCounty Championship Barrow 10 June 2011 England 12-16 ExilesInternational Origin Leeds 14,174 Player Statistics (incomplete)
Name Surname Club Nationality Games Tries Goals Drops Points Trevor Allan Allan Leigh 
AUS3 0 0 12 Andrews 1 0 0 4 Vic Armbruster Armbruster Rochdale Hornets AUS1 0 0 3 Ambrose Baker 1924 Baker Oldham WAL1 David "Dave" Barends †† Barends Bradford Northern 
SAF2 0 0 8 Robert "Bob" Bartlett Bartlett AUS1 0 0 4 Harry Bath Bath Warrington AUS10 1 20 0 44 John "Jack" R. Beames (#11/#12) circa-1913…22 Beames Halifax WAL1 Beattie 1 0 0 4 Brian Bevan (#2) circa-1951 Bevan Warrington AUS15 26 0 0 104 Black 1 0 0 4 David Booysen Booysen Wigan SAF1 0 0 4 Billy Boston Boston Wigan WAL3 0 0 12 P. J. Brady (#7) circa-1904 † Brady Huddersfield WALLou Brown Brown Wigan NZ5 0 0 20 H. Buckler (#12) circa-1904 † Buckler Salford WALJeffrey "Jeff" Burke (#12) circa-1951 Burke Leigh Joe Busch Busch Leeds AUS1 1 0 0 4 T. Cheshire Cheshire Bramley Arthur Clues (#11) circa-1951 Clues Leeds / Hunslet AUS14 2 0 0 8 Percy Coldrick circa-1921 Coldrick Wigan WAL1 0 0 0 0 Bert Cook Cook Leeds/Keighley/Dewsbury NZ0 3 0 6 Lionel Cooper (#5) circa-1951 Cooper Huddersfield AUS14 11 0 0 44 Kel Coslett Coslett St. Helens WAL1 0 2 0 4 John Christopher Daly [1] Daly Huddersfield / Featherstone 
IRE7 1 0 0 4 Daniel "Dan" Davies Davies Swinton WAL1 2 0 0 8 Eli Davies circa-1904 † Davies Wigan WALWilliam Davies circa-1921 Davies Leeds WAL1 0 0 0 James "Jim" Dechan circa-1905 Dechan Bradford 
SCO?1 0 0 4 Pat Devery (#4) circa-1951 Devery Huddersfield AUS11 3 19 0 50 Wyndham Emery Emery Leigh WAL1 0 0 0 0 Frank Evans Evans Swinton WAL2 1 0 0 4 Fielding Fielding Salford WAL1 0 0 4 C. Forster Forster Bramley Ike J. Fowler circa-1921 Fowler Batley WALGeorge Frater (#10) (Captain) circa-1904 † Frater Oldham SCOBruce Gibbs circa-1975 Gibbs Workington Town AUSBryn Goldswain 1955 Goldswain Oldham WAL1 Bernard Gould circa-1921 Gould Leeds WAL1 0 0 0 0 Gordon Gray Gray Huddersfield SCO1 0 0 4 Benjamin Gronow circa-1921 Gronow Huddersfield WAL1 1 5 0 13 Gomer Gunn circa-1905 Gunn Bradford WAL0 1 0 2 Trevor Hall [2] Hall St. Helens / Rochdale Hornets NZ1 0 0 4 Roy Hardgrave [3] Hardgrave St. Helens / York NZ1 0 0 4 David "Dai" Harris circa-1904 † Harris Wigan WAL1 0 0 4 Harrison [4]? 2 0 0 8 Peter Henderson (#6) circa-1951 Henderson Huddersfield NZ4 0 0 16 Andrew Hogg Hogg Broughton SCOJohnny Hunter (#1) circa-1951 Hunter Huddersfield AUS8 0 0 0 0 Lou Hutt [5] Hutt St. Helens NZ1 0 0 4 James [6]? 1 0 0 4 Francis Jarvis Jarvis Bradford Northern Jenkins [7]? WAL?1 0 0 4 Sidney Jerram circa-1921 Jerram Wigan WAL1 0 0 0 0 Jones [8]? [9]? [10]? WAL?0 6 0 12 Jones [11]? [12]? [13]? WAL?1 0 0 4 Cec Kelly (#7) circa-1951 Kelly Rochdale Hornets 6 1 0 0 4 Robert "Bob" Kelly (#10/#11) circa-1955…56 Kelly Wakefield Trinity IREBill Kilpatrick 1930 Kilpatrick Oldham 1 Roy Muir Kinnear Kinnear Wigan SCO3 3 0 0 12 Alex Laidlaw circa-1905 Laidlaw Bradford SCODavid J. Lewis (#5) circa-1904 † Lewis Oldham WALSteve Llewellyn Llewellyn St. Helens WAL1 0 0 4 T. D. Llewellyn (#3) circa-1904 † Llewellyn Leeds WALTommy Lynch Lynch Halifax NZ4 Leonard "Len" Mason [14] Mason Wigan NZ4 1 0 0 4 Thomas "Tom" McKinney (#9) circa-1951 McKinney Salford IRE7 0 0 0 0 Bob McMaster [15] (#8) circa-1951 McMaster Leeds AUS6 0 0 0 0 James "Jim" Mills Mills WAL1 0 0 4 James "Jim" G. Moffatt (#9) circa-1904 † Moffatt Leeds SCOGlyn Moses [16] Moses Salford / St. Helens WALRex Mossop Mossop Leigh AUSCecil Mountford Mountford Wigan NZLJohn "Johnny" 'Rupert' Mudge (#10) circa-1951 Mudge Workington Town AUS13 1 0 0 4 Andrew Murdison [17] Murdison Halifax SCO1 0 0 4 Tony Paskins (#3) circa-1951 Paskins Workington Town AUS11 2 0 0 8 Joseph "Joe" Phillips? Phillips Bradford Northern NZ0 13 0 26 Raymond "Ray" Price Price Warrington WAL2 R. Pomering Pomering Bramley Wickham "Wick" Powell circa-1921 Powell Rochdale Hornets WAL1 0 0 0 0 Proctor 1 0 0 4 Rees circa-1905 Bradford WAL?David "Dai" Rees Rees Halifax WAL1 Jack Rhapps (#8) circa-1904 † Rhapps Salford WALRobinson 3 0 0 12 John "Johnny" H. Rogers circa-1921 Rogers Huddersfield WAL1 1 0 0 4 Dai Smith (#1) circa-1904 † Smith Salford WALJim Sullivan Sullivan Wigan WAL6 0 22 0 44 Dai Thomas (#11) circa-1904 † Thomas Oldham WAL1 0 0 4 D. Thomas (#2) circa-1904 † Thomas Salford WAL1 0 0 4 P. Thomas Thomas WAL1 0 0 4 W. Gwyn Thomas circa-1921 Thomas Huddersfield WAL1 0 0 0 0 Joseph "Joe" Thompson Thompson Leeds WAL5 1 0 0 4 G. M. John Thorley Thorley Halifax WAL2 Dave Valentine (#13) circa-1951 Valentine Huddersfield SCO16 2 0 0 8 Rob Valentine Valentine Keighley SCOAttie van Heerden van Heerden Wigan SAF2 0 0 8 Wallace SCO?0 0 1 1 White 1 0 0 4 H. Whitney circa-1921 Whitney Salford WAL1 0 0 0 0 Bryn Williams circa-1921 Williams Batley WAL1 0 0 0 0 Frederick "Fred" Willis circa-1921 Willis Batley WALGeorge 'Happy' Wilson Wilson Workington Town SCO1 0 0 4 † The 5th of April 1904 match, against England, was a 12-a-side game without a Loose forward/Lock.
†† Although originally from South Africa, David "Dave" Barends also represented Great Britain.
Harry Bath, born in Brisbane, Queensland, played for the Other Nationalities team whilst playing for Warrington. He kicked 20 goals, a tally that is second only to Jim Sullivan. He also scored 1 try to score 44 points overall. On returning to Australia he played for St George Dragons and coached the Australian national team, despite never playing for them.
See also
- British Empire XIII
- Rugby League XIII
References
External links
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