List of South Sydney Rabbitohs players

Following are lists of Australian representative, State representative and other notable players who have played first grade rugby league for the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Football Club.

Club Internationals - Australia

The following players have represented Australia whilst playing for South Sydney.

* Tommy Anderson
* Jim Armstrong
* Alf Blair
* Cecil Blinkhorn
* Ray Branighan
* Tim Brasher
* Arthur Butler
* Bill Cann
* Mark Carroll
* Clive Churchill
* Michael Cleary
* Ron Coote
* Les Cowie
* Frank Curran
* Steve Darmody
* Les Davidson
* Jim Davis
* Denis Donoghue
* Terry Fahey
* Harry Finch
* Bryan Fletcher
* Herb Gilbert
* Bob Grant
* John Graves
* Howard Hallett
* Ernie Hammerton
* Greg Hawick
* Arthur Hennessy
* Bob Honan
* Harold Horder
* Brian James
* Harry Kadwell
* Clem Kennedy
* John Kerwick
* Jack Leveson
* Eric Lewis
* Jim Lisle
* Bob McCarthy
* Eddie McGrath
* Paddy Maher
* Ian Moir
* Ray Norman
* Alf O'Connor
* Frank O'Connor
* John O'Neill
* Arthur Oxford
* George Piggins
* Denis Pittard
* Bernie Purcell
* Jack Rayner
* Eddie Root
* Johnny Rosewell
* Paul Sait
* John Sattler
* Eric Simms
* Bill Spence
* Gary Stevens
* George Treweek
* Elwyn Walters
* Benny Wearing
* Jack Why
* Percy Williams

Note that Jim Morgan was selected as a reserve for Australia whilst as a player for South Sydney but did not actually take the field in the representative match.

Represented Australia before or after playing with South Sydney

The following players have represented Australia either before or after they played for South Sydney.

*Braith Anasta
*Royce Ayliffe
*Peter Burge
*Hugh Byrne
*Darrell Chapman
*Ron Crowe
*Col Donohoe
*Jim Dymock
*Percy Fairall
*Bob Gehrke
*Brian Hambly
*Shannon Hegarty
*Terry Hill
*Ray Hines
*Johnny Hutchinson
*Adam McDougall
*Ian Mackay
*Mark McGaw
*Keith Middleton
*Jim Morgan
*Webby Neill
*Rex Norman
*Claude O'Donnell
*Bryan Orrock
*Bill Owen
*David Peachey
*Russell Richardson
*Ian Roberts
*Craig Salvatori
*Jim Serdaris
*Billy Thompson
*Peter Tunks
*Harry Wells
*Graham Wilson
*Craig Wing

Club Internationals - New Zealand

The following players have represented New Zealand whilst playing for South Sydney.

* Roy Asotasi
* David Kidwell¹
* David Fa'alogo
* Terry Hermansson
* Issac Luke
* Gene Ngamu
* Jeremy Smith
* Tyran Smith
* Nigel Vagana¹
* Jason Williams

¹ Represented New Zealand All Golds in 2007

Club Internationals - Other Countries

The following players have represented other rugby league playing nations (i.e. other than Australia or New Zealand) whilst playing for South Sydney.

* Angelo Dymock (Tonga)
* Joe Falemaka (Tonga)
* Terrie Glassie (Cook Islands)
* Manase Manuokafoa (Tonga)
* Alan Skene (South Africa)
* Fetuli Talanoa (Tonga)
* Nigel Vagana (Samoa)

Represented other countries before or after playing with South Sydney

The following players have represented other rugby league playing nations (i.e. other than Australia) either before or after they played for South Sydney.

* Fred Anderson (South Africa)
* Bobby Banham (New Zealand)
* John Burke (Great Britain)
* Joe Galuvao (New Zealand)
* Henderson Gill (Great Britain)
* Phil Howlett (Tonga)
* Lee Jackson (Great Britain)
* Filimone Lolohea (Tonga)
* Bernie Lowther (New Zealand)
* Willie Manu (Tonga)
* Darren Maroon (Lebanon)
* Martin Masella (Tonga)
* Gary Price (Great Britain)
* Frank Puletua (Samoa)
* Ian Rubin (Russia)
* Sean Skelton (South Africa)
* Craig Smith (New Zealand)

Australian Test Captains

*Arthur Hennessy (1908)
*Clive Churchill (1950-1955)
*John Sattler (1969-1970)
*Bob McCarthy (1973)

New Zealand Test Captains

*Roy Asotasi (2007)

Australian World Cup Captains

*Clive Churchill (1954)
*Ron Coote (1970)

State of Origin Representatives

The following players have represented either New South Wales or Queensland in State of Origin rugby league whilst playing for South Sydney.

New South Wales

*David Boyle
*Tim Brasher
*Mark Carroll
*Les Davidson
*Mario Fenech
*Gary Hambly
*Graham Lyons
*Tony Melrose
*Ziggy Niszczot
*Tony Rampling
*Peter Tunks

Queensland

*Mitch Brennan
*Ashley Harrison
*Julian O'Neill

Captains (since 1946)

*Howard Hallett jnr (1946)
*Jack Rayner (1947-1956)
*Clive Churchill (1957-1958)
*Bernie Purcell (1959-1960)
*Darrell Chapman (1961-1964)
*Jim Lisle (1963-1966)
*John Sattler (1967-1972)
*Bob McCarthy (1973-1975)
*Denis Pittard (1973)
*Bob Grant (1974)
*Gary Stevens (1974, 1976)
*George Piggins (1977)
*Paul Sait (1977-1978)
*Darryl Bampton (1978)
*Nathan Gibbs (1979-1982)
*Ken Stewart (1978-1981)
*Mitch Brennan (1981)
*Ziggy Niszczot (1983-1984)
*Mario Fenech (1985-1990)
*Craig Coleman (1991)
*Michael Andrews (1992-1993)
*Dean Schifilliti (1994)
*Lee Jackson (1995)
*Craig Field (1995-1996)
*Craig Salvatori (1996)
*Sean Garlick (1997-1999)
*Adam Muir (2002)
*Bryan Fletcher (2003-2005)
*Ashley Harrison (2005)
*Peter Cusack (2006-2007)
*David Kidwell (2007-2008)
*Roy Asotasi (2007-present)
*John Sutton (2008)

Coaches (since 1949)

*Jack Rayner (1949-1957)
*Clive Churchill (1958, 1967-1975)
*Denis Donoghue (1959-1961)
*Bernie Purcell (1962-1966)
*Bob McCarthy (1975, 1994)
*Johnny King (1976)
*John O'Neill (1977)
*Jack Gibson (1978-1979)
*Bill Anderson (1980-1982)
*Ron Willey (1983-1985)
*George Piggins (1986-1990)
*Frank Curry (1990-1993)
*Ken Shine (1994-1997)
*Steve Martin (1998)
*Craig Coleman (1998-1999, 2002-2003)
*Paul Langmack (2003-2004)
*Arthur Kitinas (2004)
*Shaun McRae (2005-2006)
*Jason Taylor (2007-present)

South Sydney "Dream Team"

The South Sydney Rabbitohs' greatest club side in history, the "South Sydney Dream Team", was announced in Sydney on 29 July, 2004. The team consists of 17 players and a coach representing the South Sydney Rabbitohs Football Club from 1908 through to 2004.

The team spans the history of the code of rugby league in Australia and has collectively played 2,135 first grade games for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, 158 games for New South Wales, 3 games for Queensland and 158 Tests for Australia.

The "South Sydney Dream Team" is:

*"Fullback" – Clive Churchill (164 games for Souths between 1947-58, 27 games for NSW, 34 Tests for Australia. Coached Souths to four premierships in 1967, 1968, 1970 and 1971).

*"Winger" – Harold Horder (86 games for Souths between 1912-19 & 1924, 9 games for NSW, 13 Tests for Australia).

*"Centre" – Herb Gilbert (23 games for Souths between 1911-12 & 1915, 3 games for NSW, 7 Tests for Australia).

*"Centre" – Paul Sait (163 games for Souths between 1968-78, 5 games for NSW, 7 Tests for Australia).

*"Winger" – Ian Moir (118 games for Souths between 1952-58, 10 games for NSW, 8 Tests for Australia).

*"Five-eighth" – Jim Lisle (102 games for Souths between 1962-68, 8 games for NSW, 6 Tests for Australia).

*"Halfback" – Bob Grant (136 games for Souths between 1966-75, 2 games for NSW, 1 Test for Australia).

*"Lock" – Ron Coote (151 games for Souths between 1964-71, 13 games for NSW, 13 Tests for Australia).

*"Second Row" – Bob McCarthy (211 games for Souths between 1963-75 & 1978, 10 games for NSW, 10 Tests for Australia).

*"Second Row" – George Treweek (120 games for Souths between 1926-34, 7 games for NSW, 18 Tests for Australia).

*"Prop" – John O'Neill (150 games for Souths between 1965-71 & 1975-76, 5 games for NSW, 2 Tests for Australia).

*"Hooker" – Elwyn Walters (129 games for Souths between 1967-73, 11 games for NSW, 12 Tests for Australia).

*"Prop" – John Sattler (Captain, 195 games for Souths between 1963-72, 4 games for NSW, 3 games for Queensland, 4 Tests for Australia).

*"Reserve" – Greg Hawick (84 games for Souths between 1950-56, 8 games for NSW, 6 Tests for Australia).

*"Reserve" – Ray Branighan (52 games for Souths between 1968-71, 5 games for NSW, 8 Tests for Australia).

*"Reserve" – Ian Roberts (65 games for Souths between 1986-89, 11 games for NSW, 13 Tests for Australia).

*"Reserve" – Les Cowie (176 games for Souths between 1947-57, 10 games for NSW, 6 Tests for Australia).

*"Coach" – Jack Rayner (Played 194 games for Souths between 1946-57, 11 games for NSW, 5 Tests for Australia. Coached Souths to five premierships in 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954 and 1955).

"The Magnificent XIII"

In 2002 on the Rabbitohs readmission to the competition, "The Magnificent XIII", [See "The Magnificent XIII" in the article "Hall of Fame" in "Souths The People's Team", edited by Angus Fontaine, League Week, ACP Publishing, 2002.] a team consisting of great South Sydney players over the years was selected by a panel of rugby league journalists and former Souths players and coaches. The team consists of 17 players (four being reserves) and a coach representing the South Sydney Rabbitohs Football Club from 1908 through to 2002.

References

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