NRL All Stars team

The NRL All Stars team is a rugby league football team formed by professional players in the National Rugby League. These players are selected by fans in a vote on NRL.com. However, fans are only allowed to select one player from every team to join the Australian rugby league team captain and the New Zealand national rugby league team captain. Two other players are selected by the NRL All Stars coach. This team plays in the annual NRL All Stars Game against the Indigenous All Stars.

History

The first NRL All Stars team was assembled in 2010 All Stars Match to play against the Indigenous All Stars on 13 February. After a tight game the Indigenous All Stars won due to a last minute try from Indigenous All Stars reserve Jamie Soward. The final score was 16-12.

During the voting in 2010, the Australian rugby league team and New Zealand national rugby league team vice-captains, Cameron Smith and Adam Blair were selected by default but this rule was dropped the following year. So far, the NRL All Stars have only been led by Darren Lockyer.

For voting, there are two stages. First fans nominate for two forwards and two backs from each club from the NRL to take part in stage 2. For stage 2, the coach selects a position for each of the selected players and it is the fans' job to form a team, with one player from each club only.

2010 NRL All Stars Squad

NRL All Stars
2010 squad								Coaching staff
1 Jarryd Hayne - FB  2 Israel Folau - WG  3 Michael Jennings - CE  4 Matt Cooper - CE  5 Manu Vatuvei - WG  6 Darren Lockyer (c) - FE  7 Benji Marshall - HB  8 Adam Blair - PR  9 Cameron Smith - HK 10 Sam Burgess - PR 11 Anthony Watmough - SR 12 David Shillington - SR 13 Luke O'Donnell - LK		14 Kurt Gidley - FB 15 Anthony Tupou - SR 16 Nate Myles - PR 17 Robbie Farah - HK 18 Luke Bailey - PR 19 Josh Morris - CE 20 Brett Finch - FE						Head coach Wayne Bennett Legend: (c) Captain (vc) Vice captain

2011 NRL All Stars Squad

NRL All Stars
2011 squad						Did not play		Coaching staff
1 Josh Dugan - FB  2 Akuila Uate - WG  3 Michael Jennings - CE  4 Jamie Lyon - CE  5 Brett Morris - WG  6 Darren Lockyer (c) - FE  7 Benji Marshall - HB  8 Ben Hannant - PR  9 Cameron Smith - HK 10 Matthew Scott - PR 11 Nathan Hindmarsh - SR 12 Liam Fulton [1] - SR 13 Paul Gallen - LK		14 David Taylor - SR 15 Ashley Harrison - LK 16 Feleti Mateo - LK 17 Shaun Kenny-Dowall - CE 18 Michael Ennis - HK 19 Petero Civoniceva - PR 20 Kurt Gidley - FB				Gareth Ellis ()		Head coach Wayne Bennett Legend: (c) Captain (vc) Vice captain Injured Updated: 30 May 2011 Source(s): Half Time Live Scores, 2011 All Stars match, Team list

References

1. ^ Gareth Ellis was originally selected but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Liam Fulton