TIMELESS TALENT – THE 10 NOMINEES TO BECOME RUGBY LEAGUE’S NEXT IMMORTAL
Nominees:
DALLY MESSENGER
– 48 games for Eastern Suburbs (1908-1913), two Tests for New Zealand (1908), nine Tests for Australia (1908-1910)
– 1911 premiership with Roosters
MAL MENINGA
– 166 games for Canberra (1986-1994), 32 State of Origins for Queensland (1980-1994), 46 Tests for Australia (1982-1994)
– three premierships with Canberra (1989-90, 1994), won 1989 Golden Boot
NORM PROVAN
– 256 games for St George (1951-1965), 14 Tests for Australia (1954-1960)
– 10 straight premierships with Dragons (1956-1965)
RON COOTE
– 148 games for South Sydney (1964-1971), 109 games for Eastern Suburbs (1972-1978), 23 Tests for Australia (1967-1975)
– four premierships with South Sydney (1967-68, 1970-71), two premierships with Sydney Roosters (1974 and 1975)
KEN IRVINE
– 176 games for North Sydney (1958-1970), 60 games for Manly (1971-1973), 31 Tests for Australia (1959-1968)
– two premierships with Manly (1972, 1973)
DAVE BROWN
– 94 games for Eastern Suburbs (1930-1941), nine Tests for Australia (1933-1936)
– two premierships with the Roosters (1936, 1940)
FRANK BURGE
– 149 games for Glebe (1911-1926), 18 games for St George (1927), 13 Tests for Australia (1914-1922)
BRIAN BEVAN
– eight games for Eastern Suburbs (1942-1946), 620 games for Warrington (1946-1962)
– three-time Challenge Cup final winner with Warrington
DUNCAN HALL
– 23 Tests for Australia (1948-1955)
DARREN LOCKYER
– 355 games for Brisbane (1995-2011), 36 Origins for Queensland (1998-2011), 59 Tests for Australia (1998-2011)
– four premierships with Brisbane (1997, 1998, 2000, 2006).