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Birthdays - August

August 1st
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Paul Crashley 0   73 years and 269 days Gateshead
Dave Holland 1887 1945 England (GB)
George Rowsell 1888 1959 QLD Firsts; Fortitude Valley, South Brisbane
Bert Gray 1890 1967 Australia, NSW Firsts, Metropolis, Sydney Firsts, Kangaroos; Glebe
Jim Dwyer 1902 1983 St George
John Alleyne 1908 1980 Glebe, Balmain, Newtown
Frank Vaughan 1918 2014 Eastern Suburbs
Gene Barakat 1923 1998 Balmain, Eastern Suburbs
Jack Troy 1927 1995 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts; Newtown, Eastern Suburbs
Don Hammond 1930 2022 New Zealand
Kevin Junee 1944   79 years and 269 days NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Sydney Colts, NSW City Seconds, Sydney Firsts; Eastern Suburbs, Manly
Dave Robinson 1944 2022 Great Britain, England
David Hall 1956   67 years and 269 days Penrith
Jon Hardy 1956   67 years and 269 days Monaro; Monaro, Canberra
Kerry Fraser 1957   66 years and 269 days Southern Suburbs, Past Christian Bros
Mark Lawson 1959   64 years and 269 days Balmain, Western Suburbs
Michael Cook 1961   62 years and 269 days Sheffield, Bramley
Gary Hughes 1966   57 years and 269 days Leigh
Paul Davidson 1969   54 years and 269 days England, BARLA; Widnes, Oldham, St Helens, London, Wath Brow Hornets, Halifax, Rochdale, Whitehaven
Dallas Mead 1975   48 years and 269 days Warrington
Chris Kitching 1977   46 years and 269 days Hull FC, Hull KR, Dewsbury
Allan Tito 1977   46 years and 269 days London
Nathan Fien 1979   44 years and 269 days New Zealand, QLD, NRL; North Qld, Warriors, St George Illawarra
Grant Wooden 1979   44 years and 269 days Northern Eagles, Manly
Jamie Jones-Buchanan 1981   42 years and 269 days Great Britain, England; Leeds
Jason Dubas-Fisher 1986   37 years and 269 days Italy; Keighley
Ashley Williams 1988   35 years and 269 days Gateshead, Doncaster
Mykhailo Troyan 1989   34 years and 269 days Ukraine
Logan Tomkins 1991   32 years and 269 days Widnes, Wigan, Salford, Workington
Sam Cook 1993   30 years and 269 days Warriors
Alex Beddows 1994   29 years and 269 days Coventry
Benjamin King 1996   27 years and 269 days Canterbury
Ben Morris 1997   26 years and 269 days Wales; Oldham, Sheffield, Keighley, Workington, Rochdale, Swinton, North Wales
Todd White 1997   26 years and 269 days Warriors
Luke Hooley 1998   25 years and 269 days Oldham, Dewsbury, Batley, Leeds, Castleford
Pasami Saulo 1998   25 years and 269 days Maori; Newcastle, Canberra
Shawn Blore 2000   23 years and 269 days Wests Tigers, Melbourne
Ben Trbojevic 2001   22 years and 269 days Manly
Jake Wingfield 2001   22 years and 269 days St Helens, Leigh
Joseph-Aukuso Sua'ali'i 2003   20 years and 269 days Samoa; Sydney

August 2nd
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
David Grundie 1883 1937 NSW Firsts, Metropolis; Newtown
Alby Why 1899 1969 NSW Firsts, Possibles (AU), Metropolis, Metropolis Seconds, NSW XII; Newtown, South Sydney
Max Whitehead 1922 2010 NSW City III, NSW City Seconds; North Sydney, Manly
Col Donohoe 1929 1986 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, Riverina, Probables (AU), NSW XII, NSW City Seconds, Possibles (AU), Sydney Firsts, Southern Division, NSW Country Seconds; Eastern Suburbs, Southern Division, South Sydney
Eric Simms 1945   78 years and 268 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW City Seconds; South Sydney
Harry Cameron 1947 2021 QLD Firsts, NSW Country Seconds, NSW Country, Brisbane Firsts; Eastern Suburbs, Wests
Peter Thompson 1949 2018 Riverina, Monaro; Monaro
John Ackland 1958   65 years and 268 days New Zealand; Hunslet
Paul Sterling 1964   59 years and 268 days England, Wales; Hull FC, Hunslet, Leeds
David Croft 1969   54 years and 268 days Bradford, Hunslet
Simon Forrest 1969   54 years and 268 days South Sydney
Wayne Richards 1970   53 years and 268 days NSW Country; Newcastle, Illawarra, South Sydney
Jason Bell 1971   52 years and 268 days Parramatta, North Sydney, South Sydney, Auckland
Adam Maher 1972 2020 Cronulla, Rochdale, Gateshead, Hull FC
Darren Porter 1972   51 years and 268 days Canberra
Nick Zisti 1972   51 years and 268 days South Sydney, St George, Hunter, Cronulla, Bradford
Phil Coussons 1973   50 years and 268 days Canada; Salford, Rochdale, Swinton, Widnes
Justin Morgan 1975   48 years and 268 days Wales; Parramatta, Canberra, Warriors, Toulouse
Grant Stuart 1975   48 years and 268 days Balmain, Newcastle
Tama Wakelin 1977   46 years and 268 days Barrow, Swinton
Ned Catic 1978   45 years and 268 days Penrith, Sydney, Wakefield Trinity, Castleford, Barrow
Dale Holdstock 1979   44 years and 268 days Swinton, Leigh, Hull KR, Halifax, Sheffield
Martin McLoughlin 1980   43 years and 268 days Ireland; Barrow, Oldham, Batley, Widnes, Rochdale
Junior Langi 1981   42 years and 268 days St George Illawarra, Melbourne, Parramatta, Salford
Andy Kirk 1982   41 years and 268 days Leeds, Salford, Halifax, Wakefield Trinity, Widnes, Featherstone
Clint Amos 1983   40 years and 268 days North Qld, Gold Coast
Eric Mellor 1983   40 years and 268 days Norway
Daine Laurie 1984   39 years and 268 days Wests Tigers, Penrith
Rhys Pritchard 1987   36 years and 268 days Sydney
Leon Panapa 1988   35 years and 268 days Cook Islands
Matt Bradley 1991   32 years and 268 days Italy; Gloucestershire, London, North Wales
Manaia Cherrington 1994   29 years and 268 days Wests Tigers
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 1995   28 years and 268 days New Zealand, Cook Islands, Maori; Warriors, Canberra
Ryan Sutton 1995   28 years and 268 days Wigan, Workington, Canberra, Canterbury
Tony Tumusa 1995   28 years and 268 days Canterbury
Matt Whitehead 1996   27 years and 268 days Rochdale
Phillip Sami 1997   26 years and 268 days QLD; Gold Coast
Xavier Willison 2002   21 years and 268 days Cook Islands, Maori; Brisbane

August 3rd
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Bert Laing 1893 1963 New Zealand, Australia, Combined NZ/QLD, Auckland, Auckland Province
Len Kenny 1925   98 years and 267 days QLD Firsts, Brisbane Firsts
George Ruebner 1942   81 years and 267 days NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts; Balmain
Shayne Day 1950   73 years and 267 days NSW Country Firsts, NSW Country Seconds; South Sydney, Western Suburbs
Greg Holben 1951   72 years and 267 days QLD, QLD Firsts, Brisbane Colts; Easts
Russell Mullins 1952   71 years and 267 days Western Suburbs, Penrith
Bill Kain 1961   62 years and 267 days Balmain
Frano Botica 1963   60 years and 267 days New Zealand; Wigan, Warriors, Castleford
Steve Worthington 1964   59 years and 267 days Illawarra
Nathan Hollingsworth 1978   45 years and 267 days Parramatta, Manly
Sylvain Houles 1981   42 years and 267 days France, France XIII; Huddersfield Sheffield, London, Dewsbury, Wakefield Trinity, Toulouse
Ryan Benjafield 1982   41 years and 267 days York City, Rochdale, Workington, Keighley, Hunslet
Tony Doherty 1983   40 years and 267 days Gateshead
James Fairbank 1984   39 years and 267 days Elland, Halifax
Adam Hartigan 1985   38 years and 267 days New Zealand (W); Warriors (W), Gold Coast (W), Leeds (W)
Sonny Bill Williams 1985   38 years and 267 days New Zealand; Bulldogs, Sydney, Toronto Wolfpack
Chris McQueen 1987   36 years and 267 days England, QLD, Aus PM XIII, NRL; South Sydney, Gold Coast, Wests Tigers, Huddersfield
Ryan Carr 1988   35 years and 267 days USA
Rhys Lenarduzzi 1990   33 years and 267 days Italy
Gareth Swift 1990   33 years and 267 days Featherstone
Dwaine McRae 1993   30 years and 267 days Oxford
Reece Grkinić 1994   29 years and 267 days Serbia
Charles Nies 1994   29 years and 267 days Gloucestershire
Callum Bradbury 1996   27 years and 267 days Gloucestershire, Coventry
Bayley Liu 1996   27 years and 267 days Scotland; West Wales, Dewsbury, Sheffield
Niall Sidney 1998   25 years and 267 days Scotland; Newcastle
Tyler Coburn 2000   23 years and 267 days Warriors
Ryan Johnson 2000   23 years and 267 days Sheffield, Midlands
Kaylen Miller 2000   23 years and 267 days Fiji
Aiden Burrell 2003   20 years and 267 days Hull FC

August 4th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
August Schatz 1882 1951 QLD Firsts, Kangaroos
Lou Jones 1884 1924 Australia, NSW Firsts; Sydney
Henry Bolewski 1890 1976 Australia, QLD Firsts, Rest of QLD; Glebe, Newtown
Selby McFarlane 1891 1976 NSW Firsts, Reds; North Sydney
Bill Richards 1896 1968 Australia, QLD Firsts, Combined NZ/QLD, Australasia II; QLD Firsts, Newtown, Eastern Suburbs
George Ward 1910 1991 St George
Geoff Pullen 1925 2008 St George
Ted Goodwin 1951   72 years and 266 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Combined Sydney; St George, Newtown, Western Suburbs
Don Price 1956   67 years and 266 days Penrith, Parramatta
Ross Windshuttle 1957   66 years and 266 days Manly, Brisbane Firsts, York
Paul McCabe 1959   64 years and 266 days Australia, NSW Firsts, QLD, NSW City Firsts, Brisbane Firsts; North Sydney, Eastern Suburbs, Manly, Balmain, Brisbane Firsts, Norths
Paul Conlon 1966   57 years and 266 days North Sydney
Andy Young 1966   57 years and 266 days Sheffield, Doncaster, Batley
Peter Dyer 1967   56 years and 266 days Nottingham
Luke Phillips 1975   48 years and 266 days Canberra, North Qld, Manly, Sydney
Ben Hodgson 1976   47 years and 266 days Gateshead
Donny Lam 1977   46 years and 266 days London
Mark Lawton 1981   42 years and 266 days Dewsbury
Michael Howell 1982   41 years and 266 days St George Illawarra, Toulouse
Andy Gould 1983   40 years and 266 days London
Terry Campese 1984   39 years and 266 days Australia, NSW, NSW Country, Aus PM XIII, Italy; Canberra, Hull KR
Iosia Soliola 1986   37 years and 266 days New Zealand, Samoa, Exiles; Sydney, St Helens, Canberra
David Williams 1986   37 years and 266 days Australia, NSW, NSW City, Aus PM XIII; Manly
Nikolaos Bosmos 1988   35 years and 266 days Greece
Vinny Finigan 1989   34 years and 266 days Bradford, Sheffield, Dewsbury, Batley, Hunslet, Hemel, Keighley, London
Romain Mencarini 1989   34 years and 266 days Italy; Toulouse
Jason Muranka 1989   34 years and 266 days Serbia; Dewsbury, Gloucestershire, Newcastle, Doncaster, Keighley, Oldham
Lucas Walshaw 1992   31 years and 266 days Wakefield Trinity, Doncaster, Dewsbury, Bradford, Batley
Ricky Williams 1992   31 years and 266 days Featherstone Lions, Hemel
Judd Greenhalgh 1994   29 years and 266 days Philippines; London
Michael Greenhalgh 1994   29 years and 266 days Philippines; London, London, Wests Warriors
Pauli Pauli 1994   29 years and 266 days NSW City, Combined; Parramatta, Newcastle, Wakefield Trinity, Salford, York City, Doncaster
Luke Warburton 1994   29 years and 266 days North Wales, Wigan St Pats
Tazmin Gray 1995   28 years and 266 days QLD (W); Sydney (W), Brisbane (W), Warriors (W), Gold Coast (W)
Jordie Hedges 1995   28 years and 266 days Doncaster
Kaide Ellis 1996   27 years and 266 days Penrith, St George Illawarra, Wigan
Sam Stone 1997   26 years and 266 days Malta; Newcastle, Gold Coast, Leigh, Salford
Brad Billsborough 1998   25 years and 266 days Germany; Whitehaven, Swinton, North Wales, Midlands
Onosai Auina 2000   23 years and 266 days Warriors
Ben Bernard 2002   21 years and 266 days York City, Heworth
Fenton Rogers 2003   20 years and 266 days Oldham, Halifax, Rochdale, Huddersfield, Bradford, London

August 5th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Sid Harris 1906 1965 NSW Firsts, South Coast, Metropolis, Metropolis Seconds, NSW City Possibles, NSW City Seconds; South Coast, South Sydney
Terry Gallagher 1942   81 years and 265 days Eastern Suburbs
Bob McCarthy 1946   77 years and 265 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW City Seconds, NSW Colts; South Sydney, Canterbury
Bob Farrugia 1953   70 years and 265 days Eastern Suburbs
Larry Corowa 1957   66 years and 265 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Monaro; Monaro, Balmain, Gold Coast
Kevin Ward 1957   66 years and 265 days Great Britain, Rest Of The World, Great Britain U24; Castleford, Manly, St Helens
Larry Brigginshaw 1959   64 years and 265 days QLD Firsts, QLD; QLD Country, Newtown
Brett Atkins 1964   59 years and 265 days Castleford, Manly, Canberra, Parramatta
Marc Tisseyre 1964   59 years and 265 days France
Norman Barrow 1965   58 years and 265 days Fulham, Runcorn
Terry Smirk 1966   57 years and 265 days Hull FC, Ryedale-York, Hull KR
Steve Reardon 1971   52 years and 265 days Canterbury
Paul Carige 1973   50 years and 265 days Illawarra, Parramatta, Salford
Alex Smits 1974   49 years and 265 days Netherlands; Keighley, London
Chris Yates 1974   49 years and 265 days Western Suburbs
Lionel Harbin 1976   47 years and 265 days Wakefield Trinity
Rob Kama 1976   47 years and 265 days York
Koben Katipa 1976   47 years and 265 days London
David Lolo 1976   47 years and 265 days Vanuatu
Salitasi Lolo 1976   47 years and 265 days Vanuatu
Deon McFadyen 1978   45 years and 265 days London
Lee Birdseye 1979   44 years and 265 days Widnes, Chorley, Rochdale
Jeff Robson 1982   41 years and 265 days Manly, Parramatta, Cronulla, Warriors
Thomas Bosc 1983   40 years and 265 days France; UTC
Jared Frymoyer 1984   39 years and 265 days USA
Eddie Mack 1984   39 years and 265 days Dewsbury, Hunslet
Steve Matai 1984   39 years and 265 days New Zealand; Manly
Zac Hill 1986   37 years and 265 days Sheffield, Keighley
Shannon McDonnell 1987   36 years and 265 days Ireland, Exiles; Wests Tigers, Newcastle, Hull KR, Hull FC, Rochdale, St Helens
Nick Newlin 1987   36 years and 265 days USA
Luke Gardiner 1991   32 years and 265 days Oxford
Konrad Hurrell 1991   32 years and 265 days Tonga, NRL, Tonga Invitational; Warriors, Gold Coast, Leeds, St Helens
Dean Hadley 1992   31 years and 265 days Hull FC, York City, Doncaster, Wakefield Trinity, Hull KR
Brenden Santi 1993   30 years and 265 days Italy; Wests Tigers, Toulouse, Newcastle, Keighley, York
Alper Karabork 1994   29 years and 265 days Türkiye
Owen Restall 1995   28 years and 265 days Underbank, Oldham, Dewsbury
Jack Cogger 1997   26 years and 265 days Newcastle, Canterbury, Huddersfield, Penrith
Adam Doueihi 1998   25 years and 265 days Lebanon; South Sydney, Wests Tigers
Sione Hopoate 1998   25 years and 265 days Leeds (W)
Tom Gilbert 2000   23 years and 265 days QLD; North Qld, Dolphins

August 6th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Harold Anderson 1904 1967 QLD Firsts, Toowoomba, QLD Colts
Neville Butler 1917 1944 NSW Firsts, NSW Country Seconds; North Sydney
Harold O'Brien 1922 1982 Army Seconds; Eastern Suburbs
Clarrie Jeffreys 1932 2020 Balmain, Newtown
Billy Boston 1934   89 years and 264 days Great Britain, Wales, Other, English League
Laurent Roldos 1937   86 years and 264 days France
David Sampson 1944   79 years and 264 days Castleford
Stan Cutler 1952   71 years and 264 days NSW City Seconds; Canterbury
Mark Hughes 1954   69 years and 264 days Canterbury
John Rheinberger 1954   69 years and 264 days Eastern Suburbs
Ray Downie 1957   66 years and 264 days Canterbury, Newtown, Cronulla
Ian Potter 1958   65 years and 264 days Great Britain, England; Warrington, Leigh, Wigan, Bramley, Highfield
Jim Walsh 1962   61 years and 264 days St George
Brad Burke 1963   60 years and 264 days Eastern Suburbs
Dave Nui 1967   56 years and 264 days Bramley
Sean Garlick 1969   54 years and 264 days South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs
Troy Slattery 1973   50 years and 264 days South Sydney, Huddersfield, Wakefield Trinity
Tane Manihera 1974   49 years and 264 days Carlisle, Widnes, Barrow, Workington, Whitehaven
Darren Callaghan 1976   47 years and 264 days York, Hull KR, Gateshead, Sheffield
Adam Ritson 1976   47 years and 264 days NSW City; Cronulla, Parramatta
Shaun Timmins 1976   47 years and 264 days Australia, NSW, NSW Country; Illawarra, St George Illawarra
Richard George 1984   39 years and 264 days Workington
Kevin Doyle 1985   38 years and 264 days Batley
Danny Grice 1985   38 years and 264 days York City
James Garmston 1986   37 years and 264 days Hull KR, Doncaster
Aleksandr Skorbach 1987   36 years and 264 days Ukraine
Jordan Aitchison 1993   30 years and 264 days Hemel, Keighley
Kieren Moss 1993   30 years and 264 days Bradford, Hull KR, Halifax, York City
Adam Clune 1995   28 years and 264 days St George Illawarra, Newcastle, Huddersfield
Oliver Gildart 1996   27 years and 264 days Great Britain, England; Workington, Salford, Wigan, Sydney, Wests Tigers, Leigh, Hull KR
Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly 1996   27 years and 264 days Maori (W), New Zealand (W); Newcastle (W), North QLD (W)
Luke Polselli 1998   25 years and 264 days Italy
Rueben Cherrington 2003   20 years and 264 days Aus PM XIII (W); Parramatta (W)
Leon Te Hau 2003   20 years and 264 days Canterbury

August 7th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Herb Brackenreg 1876 1939 Australia, Australasia, NSW Firsts, QLD Firsts, Probables (AU), Metropolis; Sydney, South Brisbane, North Brisbane
Stan Ridgway 1915 1985 NSW City Seconds, AIF, Army Firsts, Army Seconds; North Sydney, Cessnock
Tom Higham 1937 2009 Eastern Suburbs
Don McIntyre 1937   86 years and 263 days Canterbury
Tommy Cunningham 1956   67 years and 263 days Wales; Warrington
Steve Hanson 1961 2015 NSW; North Sydney, Eastern Suburbs
Paul Dunn 1963   60 years and 263 days Australia, NSW, NSW City Firsts, NSW Country, Aus Presidents XIII; Eastern Suburbs, Canterbury, Penrith, Parramatta
Mark Beckwith 1964   59 years and 263 days Cumbria; Whitehaven, Barrow, Egremont
Grant McKenzie 1967   56 years and 263 days London
David Maiden 1971   52 years and 263 days Scotland; North Qld, Gateshead, Hull FC
Gareth Davies 1973   50 years and 263 days Wales; Warrington
Kevin Dickens 1978   45 years and 263 days Gloucestershire
Radoslav Novaković 1978   45 years and 263 days Serbia
Adam Mitchell 1981   42 years and 263 days Keighley, Batley, York City
Glen Pennington 1984   39 years and 263 days Hunslet
Josh Warner 1987   36 years and 263 days Hungary
Andrew Hoggins 1988   35 years and 263 days Germany; Oxford
Kyle Scrivens 1988   35 years and 263 days Wales; South Wales
Alex Barnes 1990   33 years and 263 days Leeds (W)
Ross White 1990   33 years and 263 days Hemel
Oliver Holmes 1992   31 years and 263 days England; Castleford, Warrington, Leigh
Jesse Richardson 1993   30 years and 263 days Hemel
Jefferson Siria 1996   27 years and 263 days Solomon Is
Shenae Ciesiolka 1997   26 years and 263 days QLD (W), Aus PM XIII (W), Australia (W); Brisbane (W)
Jesse Arthars 1998   25 years and 263 days Maori; Gold Coast, Brisbane, Warriors
Samuel Kibula 1999   24 years and 263 days London, Wigan, Swinton, Dewsbury, Warrington, Bradford, Batley, Oldham, Castleford
Cameron Berry 2001   22 years and 263 days Bradford, North Wales, Hunslet, Rochdale
Corey Hall 2002   21 years and 263 days Leeds, York City, Wakefield Trinity, Hull KR, Featherstone

August 8th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Heathwood Curphey 1879 1933 North Sydney
Rex Norman 1891 1961 NSW Firsts, Metropolis, NSW Seconds, Kangaroos, Orange; Annandale, South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs
Tom Leggo 1892 1958 NSW Firsts, Metropolis; Newtown, Glebe
William Buckley 1906   117 years and 262 days Newtown
Frank Facer 1919 1978 Sydney Seconds, Sydney Firsts, NSW City Seconds; North Sydney, St George
Bert Holcroft 1925 2021 St George
Bill Robinson 1934 2005 Great Britain; Parramatta
Jean-Claude Marty 1943 2023 France
Gary Collins 1944 2018 NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW Country Seconds, Newcastle (AU)
Bob Taber 1955   68 years and 262 days Eastern Suburbs
Peter Cross 1958   65 years and 262 days North Sydney
Ken Ricketts 1958   65 years and 262 days Cronulla
Les Holliday 1962   61 years and 262 days Great Britain, Cumbria; Swinton, Halifax, Widnes, Dewsbury
Andrew Runciman 1962   61 years and 262 days Blackpool
Neigel Tait 1963   60 years and 262 days North Sydney
Kris Smith 1966   57 years and 262 days Fulham
Paul Doolan 1968   55 years and 262 days St George, Canterbury, Cronulla
Justin Brooker 1977   46 years and 262 days Sydney City, Western Suburbs, Bradford, Wakefield Trinity, South Sydney
Wes Doyle 1978   45 years and 262 days Manly
David Hodgson 1981   42 years and 262 days Great Britain, England; Halifax, Wigan, Salford, Huddersfield, Hull KR
Mike Callan 1983   40 years and 262 days Warrington, Leigh, Blackpool, Oldham, Rochdale
Callum Dinsdale 1983   40 years and 262 days York City
Willie Tonga 1983   40 years and 262 days Australia, QLD, Aus PM XIII, Indigenous; Parramatta, Bulldogs, North Qld, Catalans, Leigh, Bradford
Rob Brown 1984   39 years and 262 days Hunslet
Liam Fulton 1984   39 years and 262 days NSW City, NRL; Wests Tigers, Huddersfield
Marko Žebeljan 1984   39 years and 262 days Serbia
Danny Samuels 1985   38 years and 262 days Hunslet, Rochdale, Batley, Dewsbury, Oldham, Hemel
Darren Bamford 1986   37 years and 262 days Salford, Swinton, Navy
Richard Flooks 1986   37 years and 262 days Swinton
Lee Smith 1986   37 years and 262 days England; Leeds, Wakefield Trinity, Leigh, Bradford
Lasarusa Tabu 1989   34 years and 262 days Whitehaven
Tyrone Peachey 1991   32 years and 262 days NSW, NSW City, Indigenous; Cronulla, Penrith, Gold Coast, Wests Tigers
Noel Joel 1993   30 years and 262 days PNG PM XIII
Andrew Oakden 1993   30 years and 262 days North Wales, South Wales
Alex Williams 1993   30 years and 262 days Hemel, Keighley
Kurt Dillon 1994   29 years and 262 days Cronulla, South Sydney
Dominic Ayoub 1997   26 years and 262 days Lebanon
Daniel Hindmarsh 1998   25 years and 262 days Oxford, London, Sheffield, London, Coventry, Newcastle, Castleford
Jack Walker 1999   24 years and 262 days Leeds, Hull FC, Hull KR, Bradford
Todd Wilkinson 2002   21 years and 262 days Newcastle

August 9th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Brian Galtress 0   63 years and 261 days Gateshead
Mick Frawley 1885 1919 Australia, NSW Firsts, Metropolis, Kangaroos, Whites (AU); Sydney
Horrie Balkwell 1908   115 years and 261 days Balmain
Pat Devery 1922 2017 Australia, British Empire, Other, Australasia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts; Balmain
Fred Smith 1930   93 years and 261 days Eastern Suburbs
Bruce Noble 1932 2017 Southern Division, South West NSW, Possibles (AU), NSW Country Seconds; Parramatta, Southern Division, South West NSW
Allan McMahon 1954 2003 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Illawarra Firsts, Combined Sydney; Illawarra Firsts, Balmain, Newtown, Canberra, Featherstone
Gary Mara 1962 2012 Balmain, Parramatta
John Cartwright 1965   58 years and 261 days Australia, NSW, NSW City; Penrith, Salford
Ian Sherratt 1965   58 years and 261 days Bradford, Oldham, Salford, Rochdale
Brian Jackson 1966   57 years and 261 days Parramatta, Wakefield, South Sydney
Josh White 1971   52 years and 261 days Western Suburbs, Illawarra, London, Salford
Matt Schultz 1975   48 years and 261 days Leeds, Hull, Hull KR
Justin Smith 1977   46 years and 261 days St George Illawarra, South Sydney, North Qld
Adam Briggs 1981   42 years and 261 days York, Chorley
Colin Milner 1982   41 years and 261 days Leigh
Troy O'Shea 1982   41 years and 261 days London
Lloyd White 1988   35 years and 261 days Wales; Celtic, South Wales, Widnes, Toulouse
Taylor Alley 1989   34 years and 261 days USA
Jacob Blades 1993   30 years and 261 days Gateshead
Georgia Hale 1995   28 years and 261 days New Zealand (W); Warriors (W), Gold Coast (W), Leeds (W)
Zac Woolford 1996   27 years and 261 days Canberra
Beth Lockwood 1999   24 years and 261 days Leeds (W)
Bradman Best 2001   22 years and 261 days NSW; Newcastle
Dominic Young 2001   22 years and 261 days England; Huddersfield, Newcastle, Sydney

August 10th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Fred Neumann 1906 1977 Australia, QLD Firsts, Brisbane Firsts
Dick Dunn 1920 2006 Combined City, NSW City Seconds, Sydney Seconds, Army Firsts, Sydney Firsts, Fighting Services I, Possibles (AU); Eastern Suburbs
Tom Danby 1926 2022 Great Britain, England
Bill Sneddon 1926 2005 Coalfields, NSW Country Seconds, Newcastle (AU); Balmain, South Sydney, Coalfields
Gary Bailey 1938   85 years and 260 days Rochdale
Bob McGuinness 1942 2014 NSW Colts; Western Suburbs
John Spencer 1946 2021 NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts; Balmain
Peter Illfield 1954   69 years and 260 days Vanuatu
Andy Gregory 1961   62 years and 260 days Great Britain, Rest Of The World; Widnes, Warrington, Wigan, Illawarra, Leeds, Salford
Andy Tyers 1962   61 years and 260 days Doncaster, Sheffield, Keighley, Nottingham
Ian Russell 1965   58 years and 260 days NSW Country; Illawarra, Sheffield, North Qld, Paris St Germain, Oldham
Carl Hall 1969   54 years and 260 days Doncaster, Hull KR, Bradford, Leeds, Featherstone, York
Paul Newlove 1971   52 years and 260 days Great Britain, England; Featherstone, Bradford, St Helens, Castleford
Trevor Painter 1971   52 years and 260 days Chorley
David Murray 1972   51 years and 260 days Auckland, Warrington, Wigan
James Hersey 1982   41 years and 260 days London
Danny Mills 1982   41 years and 260 days Jamaica; Sheffield, Doncaster, Widnes, Batley
James Nixon 1985   38 years and 260 days Scotland; Barrow
Lee Burns 1986   37 years and 260 days Workington
Luke Blake 1989   34 years and 260 days Hunslet, Wakefield Trinity, Dewsbury, Batley
Joe McClean 1989   34 years and 260 days Scotland; Gloucestershire, West Wales, Hunslet
Scott Akehurst 1992   31 years and 260 days Workington
Roxette Murdoch-Masila 1992   31 years and 260 days Maori (W), New Zealand (W); Brisbane (W), Gold Coast (W), St Geo Illa (W)
Dafydd Phillips 1995   28 years and 260 days West Wales
Sam Buckthought 1998   25 years and 260 days West Wales
David Bofenda 1999   24 years and 260 days London
James Roumanos 1999   24 years and 260 days Lebanon; Manly, Toulouse
Riley Dean 2001   22 years and 260 days Warrington, Dewsbury, York City, Newcastle, Castleford, Featherstone

August 11th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Anthony Starks 1873 1952 England, Yorkshire
Frank Gray 1895 1968 Western Suburbs, St George
Paul Boys 1900 1966 NSW Firsts, NSW Seconds; Newtown
Ian Bragger 1960   63 years and 259 days Keighley, Salford, Castleford, Ryedale-York, Batley, Doncaster
Neil Battye 1963   60 years and 259 days Castleford, Leeds, Doncaster, Featherstone, Hunslet
Terry Hermansson 1967   56 years and 259 days New Zealand, Rest Of The World, NZ Maori; Doncaster, South Sydney, Sydney, Auckland
Graham Woods 1968   55 years and 259 days Nottingham
Grant McWhirter 1975   48 years and 259 days South Sydney
Andrew Lambert 1976   47 years and 259 days Scotland; Workington, York
Ryan Wood 1980   43 years and 259 days Barrow
Aaron Summers 1981   42 years and 259 days Wales; Whitehaven, Widnes, Celtic
Paul Sykes 1981   42 years and 259 days Great Britain, England, English League; Bradford, London, Wakefield Trinity, Featherstone, Dewsbury
Frank Mayfield 1982   41 years and 259 days Hemel
Luke Lewis 1983   40 years and 259 days Australia, NSW, NSW City, NRL; Penrith, Cronulla
Valentin Baskakov 1985   38 years and 259 days Russia
Matty Ryan 1986   37 years and 259 days London
Steve Elms 1987   36 years and 259 days Jamaica; Gateshead, London
Simon Frewin 1987   36 years and 259 days Dewsbury
David Loko 1990   33 years and 259 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII
Corey Hanson 1992   31 years and 259 days Jamaica; Sheffield, Gloucestershire, Hemel
Ryan Dixon 1993   30 years and 259 days Doncaster
Joe Hodgson 1994   29 years and 259 days Gateshead
Jason Long 1994   29 years and 259 days Hemel
Lambert Belmas 1997   26 years and 259 days France; Catalans, Toulouse
Mikolaj Oledzki 1998   25 years and 259 days England; Bradford, Featherstone, Leeds
Connor Taylor 1998   25 years and 259 days Normanton, Swinton
Jake Averillo 2000   23 years and 259 days Aus PM XIII; Canterbury, Dolphins
Lewis Carr 2000   23 years and 259 days York City, Dewsbury
Tesi Niu 2001   22 years and 259 days Tonga, Tonga Invitational; Brisbane, Dolphins
Kyra Simon 2002   21 years and 259 days Indigenous (W); Newcastle (W), Parramatta (W)
Myles Harrison 2003   20 years and 259 days York City, Rochdale

August 12th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Charlie Woodhead 1885 1970 Australia, QLD Firsts; North Brisbane
Jerry Shea 1892 1947 Wales
Arthur Toby 1903 1984 NSW City Seconds, Possibles (AU); Eastern Suburbs, Balmain
Roy Serio 1911 1984 Balmain
Ernie Norman 1912 1993 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW City Probables, Metropolis, NSW City Seconds, Sydney Firsts; Eastern Suburbs
Ken Rowlands 1933 2022 Probables (AU), Metropolis; Canterbury, Newtown
Lionel Morgan 1938 2023 Australia, QLD Firsts, Brisbane Firsts, South QLD Firsts, Gold Coast Firsts
Mick Veivers 1939   84 years and 258 days Australia, QLD Firsts, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Brisbane Firsts, South QLD Firsts, Toowoomba, NSW City Seconds; Manly
Bob Sheens 1953   70 years and 258 days Newtown, Eastern Suburbs
Paul Karipis 1957 1980 Eastern Suburbs
Kerry Boustead 1959   64 years and 258 days Australia, QLD Firsts, NSW Firsts, QLD, NSW City Firsts, Oceania; North QLD, Eastern Suburbs, Manly, Hull KR, North Sydney
John Tobin 1959   64 years and 258 days NSW City Firsts, NSW City Seconds; Eastern Suburbs
Wayne Morrow 1962 2018 Parramatta
Steve Maguire 1963   60 years and 258 days Workington, Barrow, Whitehaven
Michael Hagan 1964   59 years and 258 days QLD; Canterbury, Halifax, Newcastle, York
Alex Melling 1964   59 years and 258 days Swinton, Leigh, Highfield
Michael Brown 1970   53 years and 258 days Balmain
Alasdair Blee 1973   50 years and 258 days Scotland
Gareth Lloyd 1975   48 years and 258 days Doncaster, York, Gateshead
Mark Bolton 1977   46 years and 258 days Swinton
Ronald Mushiso 1981   42 years and 258 days London
Richard Rafferty 1984   39 years and 258 days Blackpool
John Crawford 1985   38 years and 258 days Sheffield, Keighley
Chris Adams 1986   37 years and 258 days Newcastle
Joe Dawson 1987   36 years and 258 days London
Matt Gillett 1988   35 years and 258 days Australia, QLD, Aus PM XIII; Brisbane
Dan Brooker 1991   32 years and 258 days Gloucestershire
Samuel Hoare 1991   32 years and 258 days North Qld
Luke Hardcastle 1992   31 years and 258 days Gateshead, York City
Jacob Loko 1992   31 years and 258 days Parramatta
Tom Johnstone 1995   28 years and 258 days England; Featherstone, Wakefield Trinity, Catalans
Gavin Marguerite 1996   27 years and 258 days France; Toulouse
Callum Bustin 1997   26 years and 258 days London, Oxford, Newcastle, London, Bradford, Barrow
Callum O'Neill 2000   23 years and 258 days Widnes
Marcus Walker 2002   21 years and 258 days Hull FC, Whitehaven, Newcastle, Dewsbury

August 13th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Alex Laidlaw 1877 1933 Other
Aldo Ferrari 1911 1999 University
Peter Provan 1936 2010 Australia, NSW City Seconds; St George, Balmain
Doug Stapleton 1946   77 years and 257 days QLD Firsts
Ron Hilditch 1953   70 years and 257 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW, NSW City Firsts; Parramatta
Chris Luckman 1957   66 years and 257 days North Sydney
Robert Jackson 1960   63 years and 257 days Penrith, Fulham, Warrington, Cronulla
Dean Williams 1964   59 years and 257 days Wakefield, Rochdale, York, Castleford
Anthony Herbert 1966   57 years and 257 days South Queensland
Peter Smith 1966   57 years and 257 days Whitehaven, Chorley
David Shepherd 1971   52 years and 257 days Eastern Suburbs
Martin Moana 1973   50 years and 257 days NZ Maori; Halifax, Warriors, Huddersfield, Doncaster, Wakefield Trinity, Salford, Swinton
Nick Devine 1976   47 years and 257 days St Helens, Widnes
Damian Martinez 1978   45 years and 257 days Gateshead
Jamie Stokes 1979   44 years and 257 days Featherstone, Batley
Neil Foster 1980   43 years and 257 days London
Kane Epati 1981   42 years and 257 days Hull KR, Doncaster, Dewsbury
Lewis Mcphail 1986   37 years and 257 days Gateshead
Arnaud Bartès 1990   33 years and 257 days France; Barrow
Katie Langan 1991   32 years and 257 days York City (W)
Moses Mbye 1993   30 years and 257 days QLD, Aus PM XIII, NRL; Canterbury, Wests Tigers, St George Illawarra, St Helens
Royce Hunt 1995   28 years and 257 days Samoa, Maori; Canberra, Cronulla
Kurt Falls 1996   27 years and 257 days Penrith
Jayden Walker 1996   27 years and 257 days Italy
Mitch Fogarty 2000   23 years and 257 days Warriors

August 14th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Frank Burge 1894 1958 Australia, NSW Firsts, Metropolis, NSW Seconds, Kangaroos; Glebe, St George
Cyril Massey 1900 1977 University, Eastern Suburbs
Bruce Delavare 1908 1985 St George
Ian Verrender 1926 2012 South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs
Ron Lovett 1936 2019 NSW City Seconds; Newtown, South Sydney
Trevor Niebling 1942 1993 QLD Firsts, Brisbane Firsts, South QLD Firsts
Graham Lye 1948   75 years and 256 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW Country Seconds; Parramatta
Ian Baker 1949 2017 Eastern Suburbs, Manly
Graeme O'Grady 1953   70 years and 256 days NSW Country Firsts, Illawarra Firsts, Northern Rivers; Western Suburbs, Illawarra Firsts, Newtown, St George, NSW Country Firsts
Mick Pinkerton 1957   66 years and 256 days Western Suburbs
Wayne Newling 1958   65 years and 256 days Newtown
Steve Hampson 1961   62 years and 256 days Great Britain; Wigan, Illawarra, Halifax, Salford, Widnes, Blackpool
Darren Meredith 1962   61 years and 256 days Canterbury, Canberra, Newcastle
Matt Adamson 1972   51 years and 256 days Australia (SL), NSW, NSW (SL); Parramatta, Penrith, Leeds, Canberra
Robbie Beckett 1972   51 years and 256 days NSW City; Penrith, Halifax, Wests Tigers
Leigh Hennessy 1976   47 years and 256 days Balmain
Renaud Guigue 1979   44 years and 256 days France; UTC
John Smith 1980   43 years and 256 days York City
Paul Gallen 1981   42 years and 256 days Australia, NSW, NSW City, Aus PM XIII, NRL; Sharks
Scott Partis 1983   40 years and 256 days Gateshead
Wesley Lawton 1985   38 years and 256 days Blackpool
Sam Moa 1986   37 years and 256 days New Zealand, Tonga; Cronulla, Hull FC, Sydney, Catalans
Sydney Havea 1987   36 years and 256 days Italy; Wests Tigers, Toulouse, Newcastle, Keighley, York
Scott Glassell 1988   35 years and 256 days Featherstone, Dewsbury, York City, Featherstone Lions
Brett Law 1988   35 years and 256 days Barrow
Dan Ljazouli 1989   34 years and 256 days Hemel
Jamie Shepherd 1990   33 years and 256 days Keighley
Josh Tonks 1991   32 years and 256 days Dewsbury, York City, Keighley, Hunslet, Batley
Gergely Nagy 1992   31 years and 256 days Hungary
Ollie Olds 1993   30 years and 256 days Wales; York City, South Wales, Swinton
Lachlan Miller 1994   29 years and 256 days Cronulla, Newcastle, Leeds
Alex Gilbey 1995   28 years and 256 days Doncaster, Hemel
Coen Hess 1996   27 years and 256 days QLD; North Qld
Conor McGrath 1996   27 years and 256 days West Wales, Halifax, Newcastle, Dewsbury, York City
Zac Fulton 2001   22 years and 256 days Indigenous; Manly, Bradford
Evan Lawther 2003   20 years and 256 days Newcastle, Whitehaven
Jada Taylor 2003   20 years and 256 days Indigenous (W); Sydney (W), Cronulla (W)

August 15th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Tim Roby 0   34 years and 255 days Gateshead
Aden Cairns 1916 1992 Eastern Suburbs
Col Longhurst 1932 1991 Eastern Suburbs
Doug Cameron 1935 2021 NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, Riverina, Possibles (AU), Southern NSW, Probables (AU), NSW City Seconds, Monaro; Riverina, Eastern Suburbs
Ken Dawson 1935 2017 NSW Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Sydney Firsts; Eastern Suburbs, Canterbury
Peter Jones 1942   81 years and 255 days NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW City Seconds; Balmain
Paul Cross 1945   78 years and 255 days Sydney Firsts, NSW City Seconds; Eastern Suburbs, Balmain
Bob Carnegie 1946   77 years and 255 days NSW City Seconds, Sydney Colts; Newtown
Kevin Stephens 1947   76 years and 255 days QLD Firsts, Ipswich
Bernie Lowther 1950   73 years and 255 days New Zealand, Auckland; Canterbury, South Sydney
Rob Shaw 1971   52 years and 255 days BARLA; Trafford
Michael Eagar 1973   50 years and 255 days Ireland; Newcastle, South Queensland, Warrington, Castleford, Hull FC
Glenn Grief 1973   50 years and 255 days NSW City; Western Suburbs, Newcastle, South Sydney
Gael Tallec 1976   47 years and 255 days France; Wigan, Castleford, Halifax
Liam Johnson 1977   46 years and 255 days North Qld
Paul Owen 1978   45 years and 255 days Keighley, Rochdale, Hull KR
Luke Dyer 1981   42 years and 255 days Wales; Penrith, Castleford, Hull KR, Celtic
Albert Talapeau 1981   42 years and 255 days Samoa
Albert Talipeau 1981   42 years and 255 days Samoa; Sydney, Wakefield Trinity, York City
Shane Rodney 1983   40 years and 255 days NSW City; Penrith, Manly, London
Tom Buckenham 1984   39 years and 255 days Doncaster, Sheffield, York City
Danny Stanley 1986   37 years and 255 days Featherstone, Doncaster
Heka Nanai 1988   35 years and 255 days Bulldogs
Tom Curwen 1989   34 years and 255 days Workington
Jordan Rapana 1989   34 years and 255 days New Zealand, Cook Islands, Maori; Gold Coast, Canberra
Nathan Powley 1991   32 years and 255 days Doncaster, Gateshead, West Hull
Craig Robertson 1991   32 years and 255 days Scotland; Newcastle
Jordan Grant 1994   29 years and 255 days Serbia, Indigenous; Melbourne
Jarrett Boland 1997   26 years and 255 days Warriors
Rory Ferguson 1998   25 years and 255 days Canterbury
Beau Fermor 1998   25 years and 255 days Aus PM XIII; Gold Coast
Daejarn Asi 2000   23 years and 255 days Samoa; North Qld, Warriors, Parramatta
Lucas Ribas 2000   23 years and 255 days Catalans

August 16th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Percy White 1887 1918 Whites (AU), Metropolis; Sydney
Harry Eyers 1908 1976 South Sydney
Bill Rawlinson 1924 1999 Western Suburbs
Jack Rawlinson 1924 1982 Western Suburbs
George McTaggart 1942 2022 Manly
Alan Mills 1949   74 years and 254 days QLD Firsts, Brisbane Firsts; Fortitude Valley, Brisbane Firsts
Robert Lane 1958   65 years and 254 days Eastern Suburbs, Cronulla
Dennis Smith 1964   59 years and 254 days Swinton, Trafford, Whitehaven
Wayne Simonds 1966   57 years and 254 days Western Suburbs, Parramatta, South Queensland, Adelaide, Featherstone
Mark Coyne 1967   56 years and 254 days Australia, QLD; Past Christian Bros, St George, St George Illawarra
Andy Fleming 1967   56 years and 254 days Oldham, Doncaster, Workington, Gateshead
Dave Rotheram 1968   55 years and 254 days Fulham
Matt Astill 1974   49 years and 254 days USA
Kirk Wotherspoon 1976   47 years and 254 days London
Ben Galea 1978   45 years and 254 days NSW City; Balmain, Wests Tigers, Hull KR, Hull FC
Mick Slicker 1978   45 years and 254 days Ireland; Halifax, Sheffield, Keighley, Huddersfield
Paul Wingfield 1978   45 years and 254 days Warrington, Leigh
Mick Moran 1983   40 years and 254 days Milford, South Sydney, Rochdale
Mate Granić 1984   39 years and 254 days Serbia
Matthew Duffie 1990   33 years and 254 days New Zealand; Melbourne
Jason Wehbe 1992   31 years and 254 days Lebanon
Rhys Fitzgerald 1995   28 years and 254 days South Wales
Keele Browne 2002   21 years and 254 days St Geo Illa (W)
Ethan Strange 2004   19 years and 254 days Canberra

August 17th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Laurie White 1928   95 years and 253 days Canterbury
Doug Passlow 1931 2016 Newtown
Steve Gigg 1957   66 years and 253 days Eastern Suburbs
Mark Gamson 1965   58 years and 253 days Sheffield, Keighley
Craig Errington 1972   51 years and 253 days Swinton, Barrow, Highfield
Chris Cranney 1974   49 years and 253 days Parramatta
Glenn Hutton 1974   49 years and 253 days Barrow, Whitehaven, Workington
Andrew Hinson 1976   47 years and 253 days Penrith, South Sydney
PJ Solomon 1976   47 years and 253 days Scotland; Blackpool, Doncaster, Gateshead, London
Rob Mills 1979   44 years and 253 days Oldham
Matty Roberts 1979   44 years and 253 days Gateshead, Dewsbury, Thornhill
Mark Lennon 1980   43 years and 253 days Wales; Castleford, Manly, Hull KR, Celtic
Lexo Gugava 1982   41 years and 253 days Georgia
Alex Muff 1982   41 years and 253 days Doncaster, Barrow, Batley, Swinton
Sean Dickinson 1983   40 years and 253 days Dudley Hill, Sheffield
Glen Osborn 1983   40 years and 253 days London, Barrow, Gateshead, Oxford
Liam Duffy 1985   38 years and 253 days Gateshead
Sean Hesketh 1986   37 years and 253 days Ireland; Doncaster, Featherstone, York City, Batley, Halifax, Keighley, Oxford, Hunslet, Lock Lane
Johnathan Ford 1989   34 years and 253 days Cook Islands; Sydney, Toulouse, Featherstone
Curtis Johnston 1989   34 years and 253 days Swinton, Runcorn
Jack Bussey 1992   31 years and 253 days Featherstone, London, Toronto Wolfpack
Alex Elisala 1992 2013 Samoa
Chanel Mata'utia 1992   31 years and 253 days Newcastle
Futoshi Karino 1994   29 years and 253 days Japan
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 1995   28 years and 253 days New Zealand, Maori; Penrith, Canterbury, Warriors
Oliver Clark 1996   27 years and 253 days Wests Tigers
Esan Marsters 1996   27 years and 253 days New Zealand, Cook Islands, Maori; Wests Tigers, North Qld, Gold Coast, Huddersfield
Brandon Douglas 1997   26 years and 253 days Castleford, Halifax, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Sheffield
Jacob Douglas 1997   26 years and 253 days Whitehaven, Oldham, Wigan
Daniel Halmshaw 1997   26 years and 253 days Hunslet, Dewsbury, West Bowling
Tyronne Roberts-Davis 1997   26 years and 253 days Gold Coast
Arthur Romano 1997   26 years and 253 days France; Catalans, Toulouse
Alex Smith 1997   26 years and 253 days Dewsbury, North Wales
Joseph Therond 1998   25 years and 253 days Toulouse
Nathan Newbound 2000   23 years and 253 days Midlands, Cornwall, Hunslet, Newcastle
Jeremiah Simbiken 2000   23 years and 253 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII
Charlie Murray 2001   22 years and 253 days Canterbury

August 18th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Allan Adams 1896 1977 NSW City Seconds; Western Suburbs
Puti Watene 1910 1967 New Zealand, NZ Maori, Auckland
Len Dittmar 1950   73 years and 252 days QLD Firsts
Wayne Smith 1956   67 years and 252 days NSW City Seconds; Western Suburbs, Cronulla
Mark Sargent 1964   59 years and 252 days Australia, NSW, NSW Country; Canterbury, Newcastle
Tony Herman 1967   56 years and 252 days Newcastle
Tony Hearn 1969   54 years and 252 days QLD; North Sydney, South Queensland, St George
Dean Creasser 1970   53 years and 252 days Bramley, Doncaster
Phil Hassan 1974   49 years and 252 days Leeds, Salford, Widnes, Halifax, Wakefield Trinity, Swinton
Tevita Vaikona 1974   49 years and 252 days Tonga; Hull FC, Bradford
Ryan O'Hara 1980   43 years and 252 days NSW, NSW Country; Canberra, Wests Tigers, Celtic, Hull KR
Mark Smith 1981   42 years and 252 days Wigan, Widnes, Swinton
Paul Drake 1982   41 years and 252 days England Lions; Keighley
Nathan McMillan 1983   40 years and 252 days Parramatta, Pia
Tom Lever 1986   37 years and 252 days Blackpool
Mick Jones 1987   36 years and 252 days Gateshead
Jy Hitchcox 1989   34 years and 252 days Wests Tigers, Featherstone, Castleford, Batley, Halifax, Bradford, Toulouse, Leigh, Rochdale
Chris Heil 1992   31 years and 252 days Hull KR, Gateshead, Doncaster, Hemel
Harvey Burnett 1995   28 years and 252 days Scotland; London, London, Oxford
Tyler Dickinson 1996   27 years and 252 days Halifax, Keighley, Oldham, Newcastle, Huddersfield, Workington, Batley, Sheffield
Tauaalo Vaipulu 1997   26 years and 252 days Canterbury
Keenan Yorston 1997   26 years and 252 days Warriors
Brian To'o 1998   25 years and 252 days Samoa, NSW; Penrith
Liam Byrne 1999   24 years and 252 days Ireland; Workington, Leigh, Swinton, Wigan
Milen Nikolov 1999   24 years and 252 days Bulgaria
Ethan Quai-Ward 1999   24 years and 252 days Canterbury
Josh Chan 2000   23 years and 252 days Hong Kong
Sam Halsall 2001   22 years and 252 days Wigan, Newcastle, Huddersfield

August 19th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Jack Baker 1890 1947 South Sydney, North Sydney
Morrie Boyle 1909 2002 Metropolis; Eastern Suburbs
Gordon Favell 1912 1987 NSW City Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Sydney Colts, NSW Country Seconds, Newcastle (AU); University, Eastern Suburbs
Herb Narvo 1912 1958 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Northern NSW, Newcastle (AU), Northern Division, NSW Country Seconds, Probables (AU), NSW City Seconds, Metropolis; Newtown, Norths Newcastle, St George
Jack Holland 1922 1994 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW City III, NSW City Seconds, Probables (AU), Sydney Firsts, Southern Division; St George, Southern Division
Bill Bailey 1931   92 years and 251 days NSW City Firsts, Possibles (AU); Western Suburbs, Newtown
Dick Turner 1931 2008 Brisbane Firsts
Charlie Donovan 1937 2003 Canterbury, South Sydney, Parramatta
John Cootes 1941   82 years and 251 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW Country Seconds, Newcastle (AU)
Tony Herring 1950 2013 North Sydney, Canterbury
Chris Mortimer 1958   65 years and 251 days Australia, NSW, NSW Country Firsts, NSW Country; Canterbury, Penrith, Wakefield
Brent Stuart 1965   58 years and 251 days New Zealand; Halifax, Western Suburbs
John McKelvie 1967   56 years and 251 days Hunslet
Tony Duggan 1978   45 years and 251 days Brisbane, Celtic
Ashley Tozer 1978   45 years and 251 days London
Craig Frawley 1980   43 years and 251 days Brisbane, Canberra
Adam Pate 1983   40 years and 251 days Barrow
David Simm 1984   39 years and 251 days Celtic
Craig Benson 1985   38 years and 251 days Whitehaven, Kells
Gavin Cooper 1985   38 years and 251 days QLD, Aus PM XIII, NRL; North Qld, Gold Coast, Penrith
Gary Sykes 1986   37 years and 251 days Leigh, Swinton, Oldham
Ben Lawton 1988   35 years and 251 days Hunslet
Wesser Tenza 1992   31 years and 251 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII
Pio Seci 1993   30 years and 251 days Fiji, Fiji PM XIII; Manly
Dylan Phythian 1995   28 years and 251 days Newcastle
David Foggin-Johnston 1996   27 years and 251 days Doncaster, York City, Hunslet, Bradford, Midlands
Lachlan Lewis 1996   27 years and 251 days Canterbury
Dean Roberts 1996   27 years and 251 days Hunslet, Hemel, Doncaster, Featherstone
Fouad Yaha 1996   27 years and 251 days France; Catalans, Hull KR
Jezzy Ioane 1997   26 years and 251 days Canterbury
Salesi Fainga'a 1998   25 years and 251 days Fiji
Thomas Flegler 1999   24 years and 251 days Australia, QLD, Aus PM XIII, Junior Kangaroos; Brisbane, Dolphins
Daniel Suluka-Fifita 1999   24 years and 251 days Sydney, South Sydney
Isaiah Tass 1999   24 years and 251 days Indigenous; South Sydney
Taylan May 2001   22 years and 251 days Samoa; Penrith
AJ Towse 2003   20 years and 251 days Coventry, York City, Rochdale
Lewis Martin 2004   19 years and 251 days Hull FC

August 20th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Ernest Gowenlock 1890 1918 Eastern Suburbs
Jim Sibraa 1896 1982 St George
Hector Halsall 1900 1966 England (GB)
Leo Abberton 1903 1971 Glebe, Balmain
Keith Froome 1921 1978 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW Country Seconds, Rest of NSW Firsts, Police, NSW City Seconds, Probables (AU), Possibles (AU); Wests Newcastle, Newtown
Brian Owens 1937   86 years and 250 days Canterbury
Gary Stewart 1950   73 years and 250 days Illawarra Firsts, NSW Country Seconds; Canterbury, Cronulla, Illawarra Firsts
Steve Lavers 1954   69 years and 250 days NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Combined Sydney; Balmain
Luke Beasley 1965   58 years and 250 days Eastern Suburbs, South Sydney
Matt Calland 1971   52 years and 250 days England; Rochdale, Featherstone, Bradford, Hull, Oldham St Annes, Huddersfield, Hull KR
Scott Quinnell 1972   51 years and 250 days Wales; Wigan
Richard Pollard 1977   46 years and 250 days London
Kris Smith 1978   45 years and 250 days Bramley, Eccles, London, Halifax, Swinton, Oldham
Francis Meli 1980   43 years and 250 days New Zealand, Samoa, Exiles; Auckland, St Helens, Salford
Brett Finch 1981   42 years and 250 days NSW, NSW Country, Aus PM XIII, NRL; Canberra, Sydney, Parramatta, Melbourne, Wigan
Trent Salkeld 1981   42 years and 250 days Newcastle
Luka Khachirashvili 1983   40 years and 250 days Georgia
Glen Buttriss 1985   38 years and 250 days Canberra
Jamie Dallimore 1988   35 years and 250 days Cumbria; Oldham, North Wales, Barrow
Matt Eisenhuth 1992   31 years and 250 days Wests Tigers, Penrith
Ben Kavanagh 1994   29 years and 250 days Hemel
Louis Ford 1995   28 years and 250 days West Wales
Brad Nicholson 1995   28 years and 250 days York City, Doncaster, Keighley
Bunty Afoa 1996   27 years and 250 days Samoa; Warriors
Jonah Cunningham 1997   26 years and 250 days Sheffield, Oldham, Workington, Leigh, Rochdale
Hayden Freeman 1997   26 years and 250 days Coventry
Brandon Tobar 1997   26 years and 250 days Chile
Oregon Kaufusi 1999   24 years and 250 days Samoa; Parramatta, Cronulla
Dean Ieremia 2001   22 years and 250 days Melbourne
Myles Tate 2002   21 years and 250 days West Wales, Cornwall, Fryston

August 21st
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Tom McCabe 1881 1960 Australia, NSW Firsts; Glebe
Eric Bennett 1915 1998 NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Sydney Firsts, Fighting Services I, Army Firsts, Probables (AU); Western Suburbs
Ferris Ashton 1926 2013 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Probables (AU), NSW XII, Sydney Firsts, NSW City Seconds; Eastern Suburbs
Cyril Eastlake 1930 2007 New Zealand, Rest Of The World, Auckland
Tom Searle 1948 2020 NSW Country Firsts, NSW Country Seconds, North Coast; North Coast
Mark Wright 1955 2017 NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Seconds; Newtown
Max Chantal 1958 2023 France, Europe
Stephen Casey 1960   63 years and 249 days St George, North Sydney
Gary Mounsey 1961   62 years and 249 days Cumbria; Workington, Whitehaven
Bola Aiyede 1963   60 years and 249 days London
Paul Moses 1963   60 years and 249 days Halifax, Keighley
Terry Labourn 1968   55 years and 249 days Dewsbury, Bramley
Darren Betts 1970   53 years and 249 days Salford
Martin Locke 1970   53 years and 249 days South Queensland, North Qld
John McKelleher 1970   53 years and 249 days Cronulla, Barrow, Gold Coast
Jamie Kelso 1972   51 years and 249 days Balmain, South Sydney, Wakefield
Paul Mellor 1974   49 years and 249 days South Sydney, Canterbury, Cronulla, Castleford
Romain Sort 1974   49 years and 249 days France; Paris St Germain, Villeneuve
Mark Robinson 1975   48 years and 249 days Warriors
Robert Miles 1976   47 years and 249 days Sydney City, Northern Eagles, Wests Tigers
Ryan Horsley 1978   45 years and 249 days Wakefield, Featherstone, Batley
Marc Jackson 1979   44 years and 249 days BARLA; Prescot, Wath Brow Hornets, Whitehaven, Workington
Sam Turnell 1980   43 years and 249 days Gateshead
Karoly Acsai 1981   42 years and 249 days Hungary
Gus Smith 1981   42 years and 249 days Blackpool
Josiah Abavu 1987   36 years and 249 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII
Joe McKenna 1987   36 years and 249 days Barrow, Workington, South Wales
Nathan Priestley 1987   36 years and 249 days York City, Batley
James Davey 1989   34 years and 249 days Wakefield Trinity, Keighley, Sheffield, Batley
Kris Ford 1991   32 years and 249 days Oxford
Jamil Robinson 1991   32 years and 249 days USA
Alex Mammone 1992   31 years and 249 days Halifax
Kyle Johns 1996   27 years and 249 days Cornwall
Joe Lumb 1996   27 years and 249 days Bradford, Keighley
Sione Katoa 1997   26 years and 249 days Tonga; Cronulla
Shannon Mato 1998   25 years and 249 days QLD (W), Maori (W), Australia (W); Brisbane (W), Gold Coast (W)
Sean O'Sullivan 1998   25 years and 249 days Sydney, Brisbane, Warriors, Penrith, Dolphins
Sara Sautia 2002   21 years and 249 days Brisbane (W), St Geo Illa (W)

August 22nd
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Tom Rees 1904 1968 England (GB)
Eric Harris 1909   114 years and 248 days Other, English League, British Empire, QLD Firsts, Brisbane Firsts; Brisbane Firsts
Bill Halloway 1912 1989 Eastern Suburbs, South Sydney
Len Portsmouth 1919 1998 Eastern Suburbs
Jack Stewart 1921 2020 Canterbury
Kevin Smyth 1932 2007 Australia, Possibles (AU), Metropolis, NSW City Seconds, Southern Division; Parramatta, Balmain, Western Suburbs
Mark Harris 1947 2020 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Sydney Colts, NSW City Seconds; Eastern Suburbs, North Sydney
Ian Schubert 1956   67 years and 248 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW City Seconds; Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs, Manly, Leigh
Tony Springall 1958   65 years and 248 days North Sydney
Ian Millward 1960   63 years and 248 days France; UTC
David Burnes 1965   58 years and 248 days Cronulla, Canterbury, Penrith, Whitehaven, South Sydney
Gary Pendlebury 1966   57 years and 248 days Leigh
Arthur Pappas 1969   54 years and 248 days Cronulla, South Sydney
Andy McGowan 1973   50 years and 248 days Doncaster
Leon Williamson 1974   49 years and 248 days Doncaster, Hunslet, Dewsbury, Sheffield, Gateshead, Batley
Matt King 1980   43 years and 248 days Australia, NSW, NSW Country; Melbourne, Warrington, South Sydney
Mark Moxon 1980   43 years and 248 days Huddersfield, Doncaster, Halifax, Hunslet
Jessie Joe Nandye 1985   38 years and 248 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII; Featherstone, Whitehaven
Mounir Finan 1986   37 years and 248 days Lebanon
Ray Finan 1986   37 years and 248 days Lebanon
Robbie Rochow 1990   33 years and 248 days NSW Country; Melbourne, Newcastle, South Sydney, Wests Tigers
Joey Walkin 1990   33 years and 248 days Hunslet
Alex West 1990   33 years and 248 days Rochdale
Joe Arundel 1991   32 years and 248 days England Knights; Castleford, Gateshead, Hull FC, York City, Bradford, Doncaster, Featherstone, Wakefield Trinity, Dewsbury, Halifax
Jonathan Pownall 1991   32 years and 248 days Leigh, Toronto Wolfpack, Barrow, Bradford
Jono Burns 1992   31 years and 248 days Hemel
Kieran Dixon 1992   31 years and 248 days England Knights; London, Hemel, Hull KR, Newcastle, York City, Widnes, Leigh, Rochdale
Jacob Miller 1992   31 years and 248 days Combined; Wests Tigers, Hull FC, Doncaster, Wakefield Trinity, Castleford, Keighley
Vanessa Foliaki 1993   30 years and 248 days NSW (W), Tonga (W); Sydney (W), Parramatta (W), Cronulla (W)
Lee Postlethwaite 1994   29 years and 248 days Workington
Dan Bristow 1995   28 years and 248 days London
Ricky Hough 1995   28 years and 248 days Wales; Gateshead, Hemel
Calvin Barker 1998   25 years and 248 days Halifax
Adam Pompey 1998   25 years and 248 days Maori; Warriors
Joe Purcell 1999   24 years and 248 days Cornwall, Rochdale, Swinton, Workington
Leo Llong 2001   22 years and 248 days Catalans
Jackson Topine 2001   22 years and 248 days Maori; Canterbury
Stephane Guillon 2002   21 years and 248 days Toulouse
Toby Hughes 2003   20 years and 248 days North Wales

August 23rd
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Willie Davies 1916 2002 England (GB), Wales
Ernie Black 1918 1983 St George
Robert Hardie 1947   76 years and 247 days QLD Firsts; Manly
Gary Kemble 1956   67 years and 247 days New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand XIII; Auckland, Hull FC
Jonathan Griffiths 1964   59 years and 247 days Great Britain, Wales; St Helens
Barry Harvey 1964   59 years and 247 days New Zealand, Wellington
Gareth Pratt 1969   54 years and 247 days Leigh, Rochdale, Dewsbury, Doncaster
Gareth Pratt 1969   54 years and 247 days Barrow, Swinton
Andrew Willett 1970   53 years and 247 days South Sydney
Latham Tawhai 1971   52 years and 247 days Keighley, Hunslet, Doncaster, Rochdale, Hull KR, London
Jason Hetherington 1973   50 years and 247 days Australia, QLD; Gold Coast, Canterbury, London
Sean Ryan 1973   50 years and 247 days NSW (SL); Cronulla, Hull FC, Castleford
Neil Lee 1975   48 years and 247 days Hunslet
John Rua 1975   48 years and 247 days London
Chris Ross 1978   45 years and 247 days Hunslet, Keighley, Doncaster, York City, Featherstone
Andy Powell 1981   42 years and 247 days Wigan, South Wales
Gareth Walker 1982   41 years and 247 days England Lions; Dudley Hill, Keighley, Hunslet
Andrew Kneisly 1983   40 years and 247 days USA
Johnny Williams 1985   38 years and 247 days York, London, London
Brett Morris 1986   37 years and 247 days Australia, NSW, NSW Country, NRL, Aus PM XIII; St George Illawarra, Canterbury, Sydney
Josh Morris 1986   37 years and 247 days Australia, NSW, NSW Country, Aus PM XIII, NRL; St George Illawarra, Bulldogs, Cronulla, Sydney
Luke May 1989   34 years and 247 days Harlequins, Doncaster, London
Jordan Herve 1990   33 years and 247 days Kells, Whitehaven
Théo Fages 1994   29 years and 247 days France; Salford, St Helens, Huddersfield, Catalans
Kieron Walpole 1997   26 years and 247 days Rochdale, Oulton
Otukinekina Kepu 2002   21 years and 247 days Warriors
Valingi Kepu 2002   21 years and 247 days Warriors
Sam Web-Campbell 2004   19 years and 247 days London, Halifax

August 24th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Tom Alpen 1882 1963 Western Suburbs
Vic Catrios 1903 1968 St George
Carl Arneman 1907 1986 NSW Firsts; North Sydney
Cec Anderton 1908 1975 Western Suburbs
Duncan Hall 1925 2011 Australia, QLD Firsts, Possibles (AU), Toowoomba, Kangaroos, Brisbane Firsts
Peter Fitzwalter 1956   67 years and 246 days Parramatta
Glenn Frendo 1964   59 years and 246 days Canterbury, Newcastle
Gary Sims 1964   59 years and 246 days Hull KR
Craig Hardy 1973   50 years and 246 days Hull KR
Sandro Guilauri 1981   42 years and 246 days Georgia
Billy Ngawini 1981   42 years and 246 days Bulldogs, Gold Coast
Damien Quinn 1981   42 years and 246 days Celtic
Stefan Rutherford 1981   42 years and 246 days Gateshead
Lee Gardner 1982   41 years and 246 days Swinton
Matt Gardner 1984   39 years and 246 days Barrow, Castleford, Huddersfield, Salford, Harlequins, Widnes, Leigh, Swinton
Sam Hoare 1985   38 years and 246 days Halifax
Gavin Hiscox 1988   35 years and 246 days Italy
Ben Jones-Bishop 1988   35 years and 246 days England Knights, Jamaica; Leeds, Harlequins, Salford, Wakefield Trinity, York City, Sheffield
Manu Ma'u 1988   35 years and 246 days New Zealand, Tonga, Tonga Invitational; Parramatta, Hull FC, Catalans
Eto Nabuli 1988   35 years and 246 days Fiji; St George Illawarra
Joel Thompson 1988   35 years and 246 days NSW Country, Indigenous; Canberra, St George Illawarra, Manly, St Helens
Tom Hall 1989   34 years and 246 days Keighley, Halifax
Jack Dillon 1992   31 years and 246 days London
Louis Jouffret 1995   28 years and 246 days France; Whitehaven, Toulouse, Batley, Featherstone, Halifax
Jarred Anderson 1997   26 years and 246 days Scotland
Luke Gale 1999   24 years and 246 days Hull FC

August 25th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Edward Goddard 1900 1955 NSW Firsts, Possibles (AU), NSW Seconds, Metropolis; Glebe
Kevin Neal 1936   87 years and 245 days St George, Canterbury
Tony Burke 1961   62 years and 245 days Bramley, Leeds, St Helens, Warrington, Leigh
Mark Ross 1961   62 years and 245 days Penrith, South Sydney, Gold Coast
Paul Littler 1966   57 years and 245 days Runcorn
Adrian Lam 1970   53 years and 245 days Papua New Guinea, PNG (NRL), Rest Of The World, QLD; Eastern Suburbs, Wigan
Jason Death 1971   52 years and 245 days Canberra, North Qld, Auckland, South Sydney
Adrian Halliwell 1972   51 years and 245 days Widnes
Graham Thompson 1972   51 years and 245 days Scotland
Brad Drew 1975   48 years and 245 days NSW City; Penrith, Parramatta, Canberra, Huddersfield, Wakefield Trinity
Mike Whitehead 1978   45 years and 245 days Barrow, Whitehaven, Workington
Denis Meshkov 1980   43 years and 245 days Russia
Steven Azzopardi 1982   41 years and 245 days Malta
Jon Liddell 1982   41 years and 245 days Leeds, York, Hunslet
Aaron Wood 1984   39 years and 245 days France; Limoux
James Fisher 1989   34 years and 245 days Gloucestershire
Theodoros Nianiakas 1995   28 years and 245 days Greece
Tommy Chipchase 1998   25 years and 245 days Oxford, London
Mitch Shaw 1998   25 years and 245 days Poland; Coventry, West Wales
Alexander Eckley 1999   24 years and 245 days North Wales

August 26th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Kevin Ryan 1934   89 years and 244 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Sydney Firsts; St George, Canterbury
Ken Owens 1941 1985 Western Suburbs, Eastern Suburbs
Bruce Pickett 1952   71 years and 244 days NSW City Seconds; Newtown, Eastern Suburbs
Glen Bishop 1956   67 years and 244 days South Sydney
Andy Dickinson 1961   62 years and 244 days Halifax, Sheffield, Dewsbury, Chorley Borough, Nottingham, Doncaster
Anthony Griffin 1966   57 years and 244 days Serbia
Darren Wolens 1967   56 years and 244 days Combined Brisbane; Ipswich, Combined Brisbane, Gold Coast
William Blackburn 1972   51 years and 244 days Workington
Chris Beattie 1975   48 years and 244 days QLD; Sharks, UTC, Sydney, Lézignan
Liam Botham 1977   46 years and 244 days Leeds, London, Wigan
Dale Ferris 1978   45 years and 244 days Sharlston Rovers, York City
Damien Mostyn 1978   45 years and 244 days Sydney City, Sharks
Steve Meredith 1985   38 years and 244 days Sydney
Michael Wallace 1987   36 years and 244 days Blackpool
Daniel Williams 1989   34 years and 244 days Hunslet, Siddal
Ryan Burroughs 1991   32 years and 244 days USA; Toronto Wolfpack, London, Barrow
Niall Evalds 1993   30 years and 244 days England; Oldham, Salford, Barrow, Halifax, Castleford, Hull KR
Joel Bradford 1998   25 years and 244 days Malta
Patrick Gallen 1998   25 years and 244 days Warriors
Josh Jordan-Roberts 1998   25 years and 244 days Bradford, Leeds, Hunslet, York City, Rochdale
Sylvester Namo 2000   23 years and 244 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII; Castleford, Newcastle

August 27th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Clarrie Horder 1890 1960 NSW Firsts, QLD Firsts, Ipswich; South Sydney
Ike Fowler 1894 1981 Wales, Other
Athol Smith 1913 1953 NSW City Seconds, Sydney Firsts, Felsh's Team, Sydney Seconds; Western Suburbs, Balmain
George Stonestreet 1915 1993 Newtown
Jack Grundy 1926 1978 Great Britain, English League
Mick Carrig 1927 2015 Western Suburbs
Len Diett 1939 2018 NSW Firsts, Sydney Firsts, Sydney Colts, NSW City Seconds; North Sydney
Bobby Twist 1964   59 years and 243 days Swinton, Runcorn
Roger Simpson 1967   56 years and 243 days England; Bradford, Batley
Henry Raymond 1968   55 years and 243 days Canterbury
Matthew Ridge 1968   55 years and 243 days New Zealand; Manly, Auckland
Anthony Brann 1970   53 years and 243 days Sydney Tigers, Hunter, Canberra
Jason Hunter 1971   52 years and 243 days Widnes, Swinton
Danny Hardcastle 1972   51 years and 243 days Batley
Scott Murray 1972   51 years and 243 days Eastern Suburbs, St George, South Sydney, Sharks
Mark Mom 1974   49 years and 243 days Papua New Guinea
Rhys Hanbury 1985   38 years and 243 days South Sydney, Wests Tigers, Crusaders, Widnes
Connor McDonald 1988   35 years and 243 days London
Adam Ramsden 1991   32 years and 243 days Workington, Wath Brow Hornets
Malakai Watene-Zelezniak 1991   32 years and 243 days Maori, Poland; Penrith, Wests Tigers
Ben Jackson 1992   31 years and 243 days West Wales
Rowland Kaye 1999   24 years and 243 days West Wales
Sean Mullany 1999   24 years and 243 days Warriors
Jacob Sturt-Tobin 2000   23 years and 243 days Leeds (W)
Arama Hau 2004   19 years and 243 days Featherstone

August 28th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Keith Wylie 1909 2000 South Sydney
Élie Brousse 1921   102 years and 242 days France
Bruce Olive 1930   93 years and 242 days NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW Country Seconds, Southern Division; Southern Division, Newtown
Bruce Conneeley 1947   76 years and 242 days Canterbury
Steve Hansard 1953   70 years and 242 days NSW City Seconds; Cronulla, Newtown
John Dorahy 1954   69 years and 242 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW Country, NSW Country, Combined Sydney, NSW City Seconds; Western Suburbs, Manly, Illawarra, Hull KR, North Sydney, Halifax
Phil Carey 1960   63 years and 242 days NSW Country Firsts, Newcastle (AU); Manly, Canberra, Featherstone
Dean Lonergan 1965   58 years and 242 days New Zealand; Bramley, Canberra, Rochdale
Steve Walters 1965   58 years and 242 days Australia, Australia (SL), QLD, QLD (SL); Canberra, North Qld, Newcastle
Andy Stephenson 1967   56 years and 242 days Keighley, Highfield
Sean Richardson 1973   50 years and 242 days Featherstone, Castleford, Widnes, Wakefield, Dewsbury, Leigh, Batley
Tristan Brady-Smith 1977   46 years and 242 days Western Reds, Melbourne
Sam Gardner 1977   46 years and 242 days Keighley
Gareth Price 1980   43 years and 242 days Wales; St Helens, Leigh, London, Salford, Rochdale, Hull KR, Celtic, Widnes
Paul Crook 1986   37 years and 242 days Widnes, Doncaster, Swinton, Rochdale, Whitehaven, Oldham
Simon Mannering 1986   37 years and 242 days New Zealand; Warriors
Alex Brown 1987   36 years and 242 days Jamaica; Keighley, Rochdale, Huddersfield, Batley, Hull KR, Gateshead, Leigh, Halifax, Dewsbury, Underbank, Hunslet
Gregory White 1988   35 years and 242 days Toulouse
Alex McClurg 1989   34 years and 242 days Swinton, Rochdale
Mark Dack 1991   32 years and 242 days Gateshead
Miles Fairbank 1992   31 years and 242 days Gloucestershire
Josh Hardcastle 1992   31 years and 242 days Featherstone
James Beckett 1995   28 years and 242 days Featherstone Lions, Oldham, Keighley, Featherstone, Dewsbury
Bradley Foster 1995   28 years and 242 days Doncaster, Dewsbury, Hunslet, Dewsbury Moor, London, Bradford
Karli Hansen 1995   28 years and 242 days Fiji
Tommy Holland 1995   28 years and 242 days North Wales, Coventry, Whitehaven, Batley
Jasmine Allende 1996   27 years and 242 days Sydney (W)
Connor Parkinson 1997   26 years and 242 days Wigan St Judes, North Wales, Ashton Bears
Morgan Harper 1998   25 years and 242 days Maori; Canterbury, Manly, Parramatta
Terry Wapi 1998   25 years and 242 days Papua New Guinea
Freddy Lussick 2000   23 years and 242 days Sydney, St George Illawarra, Warriors
Jack Bostock 2003   20 years and 242 days Dolphins

August 29th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Ken Spencer 0   76 years and 241 days Gateshead
Arthur McCallum 1879 1972 South Sydney
Ed Courtney 1884 1957 Australia, Australasia, NSW Firsts, Possibles (AU), Metropolis, Kangaroos; Newtown, Western Suburbs, North Sydney
Fred Hume 1898 1978 NSW Firsts; Eastern Suburbs, St George
Bob Farrar 1918 1987 NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Sydney Firsts, Rest of NSW Firsts; Canterbury, Eastern Suburbs
Harvey Howard 1968   55 years and 241 days Great Britain, England, Rest Of The World; Widnes, Leeds, Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs, Bradford, Brisbane, Wigan, Hull KR
Richard Slater 1970   53 years and 241 days Wakefield, Featherstone, Hull KR, Dewsbury
Danny Grimley 1972   51 years and 241 days Parramatta, Sheffield, Adelaide
Chris Kelly 1973   50 years and 241 days Widnes, Blackpool, Rochdale, Farnworth
Paul Dezolt 1978   45 years and 241 days Italy; North Qld, Warriors
Stuart Donlan 1978   45 years and 241 days Leigh, Halifax, Huddersfield, Castleford
Jérôme Guisset 1978   45 years and 241 days France, France XIII; Canberra, Warrington, Wigan, Catalans
Kirk Miller 1979   44 years and 241 days USA
Jamie Butler 1980   43 years and 241 days Askam, Barrow, Workington
Shaun Foley 1986   37 years and 241 days Sydney
Adam Withington 1986   37 years and 241 days Oxford, Fryston
Wael Harb 1987   36 years and 241 days Lebanon
Joe Vickery 1989   34 years and 241 days Leeds
Mufaro Mvududu 1991   32 years and 241 days Featherstone, London, Hunslet
Tony Satini 1993   30 years and 241 days Tonga; Manly
Malikhi Lloyd-Jones 1994   29 years and 241 days Hemel, Gloucestershire, Coventry, London
Mikey Russell 1994   29 years and 241 days Ireland; Coventry
Brett Barlow 1996   27 years and 241 days Coventry
Guy Graham 1998   25 years and 241 days Scotland; Whitehaven
Connor Williams 1998   25 years and 241 days Salford, Halifax, Oldham
Logan Bayliss-Brow 1999   24 years and 241 days Scotland
George Senior 1999   24 years and 241 days Batley, Hunslet, Rochdale
Treymain Spry 1999   24 years and 241 days Gold Coast
Will Adams 2002   21 years and 241 days Cornwall, Hunslet
Scott Whitlock 2004   19 years and 241 days West Wales

August 30th
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Ben Thaler 0   42 years and 240 days Gateshead
Bill Hardcastle 1874 1944 Australia, QLD Firsts, NSW Firsts, Brisbane Firsts; Glebe
Harry Haylock 1903 1966 Western Suburbs
Johnny Bliss 1920 1974 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Metropolis Seconds, Sydney Firsts, Probables (AU), Possibles (AU); Balmain, North Sydney, Manly
Jack Bowman 1930 2007 NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Metropolis, Riverina; Canterbury, Riverina, Western Suburbs
Jim Paterson 1934 2019 Australia, QLD Firsts, North QLD
Greg Hyde 1943   80 years and 240 days North Sydney, Parramatta
Ray Windshuttle 1944 2008 Canterbury
Peter Tunks 1958   65 years and 240 days Australia, NSW, NSW City Firsts, NSW City; South Sydney, Canterbury, Leeds, Salford, Penrith, Sheffield
Paul Meillam 1970   53 years and 240 days Huddersfield
Brett Grogan 1973   50 years and 240 days Newcastle, Gateshead, Northern Eagles
Simon Hicks 1973   50 years and 240 days Wakefield, Featherstone, Dewsbury
Willie Poching 1973   50 years and 240 days Western Samoa; Warriors, North Qld, Hunter, St George, Hunslet, Wakefield Trinity, Leeds
Rob Danby 1974   49 years and 240 days Hull FC, Hull KR
James Buser 1979   44 years and 240 days Canberra
Fifita Moala 1980   43 years and 240 days Tonga; Melbourne
Matthew Bell 1981   42 years and 240 days Penrith, Wests Tigers
Chris Hough 1981   42 years and 240 days Rochdale, Batley, Swinton, Doncaster, Oldham, Blackpool, Leigh, Rochdale Mayfield
Jamal Fakir 1982   41 years and 240 days France, Morocco, France XIII; Villeneuve, UTC, Bradford
Roy Bell 1984   39 years and 240 days South Sydney
Rachael Pearson 1993   30 years and 240 days NSW (W), Aus PM XIII (W); St Geo Illa (W), Parramatta (W)
Aston Stephenson 1996   27 years and 240 days London
Dan Coates 1999   24 years and 240 days Newcastle, Coventry, London, Whitehaven, North Wales
Elliott Culling 1999   24 years and 240 days Bradford
Kenshin Tsutsui 1999   24 years and 240 days Japan
Ruby-Jean Kennard 2003   20 years and 240 days Parramatta (W)

August 31st
Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Alan Tuohey 1918 1985 South Sydney
Charlie Banks 1923   100 years and 239 days NSW Firsts, NSW City Seconds; St George, Eastern Suburbs
Bob Heaney 1936 2019 NSW Country Firsts, Coalfields, Probables (AU), Newcastle (AU); Coalfields, Balmain, Newcastle (AU)
Jean Capdouze 1942 1999 France
Grahame Faint 1952   71 years and 239 days Canterbury, Cronulla
Bob Cooper 1955 2022 NSW, NSW City Seconds; Western Suburbs, North Sydney
Mark Thomas 1955   68 years and 239 days Australia, QLD Firsts; Past Christian Bros, Leigh, Warrington
Ian Freeman 1957   66 years and 239 days Monaro; Western Suburbs, Barrow
Glyn Taylor 1958   65 years and 239 days Trafford
David Boyle 1959   64 years and 239 days NSW, NSW Country; South Sydney, Hull FC
Brett Tengdahl 1960   63 years and 239 days QLD Firsts; Bradford, Seagulls-Diehards
Ron Sigsworth 1961   62 years and 239 days Newtown, Castleford, Canberra, South Sydney
Cavill Heugh 1962   61 years and 239 days QLD Firsts, QLD, Brisbane Firsts; Halifax, Brisbane Firsts, Illawarra, Barrow, Leeds, Rochdale, London, Wakefield
Craig Connor 1963   60 years and 239 days Penrith
Wayne Thornton 1966   57 years and 239 days Castleford, Bramley, Doncaster
Andrew Langford 1967   56 years and 239 days Parramatta
Vila Mata'utia 1969   54 years and 239 days Western Samoa, USA; Doncaster, Chorley, St Helens, Leigh
Tony Hall 1970   53 years and 239 days Leigh
Rob Wilson 1972   51 years and 239 days Hull FC, Hull KR, Hunslet, Doncaster
Andy Senior 1975   48 years and 239 days Keighley, Bramley, Queensbury, Dewsbury
Alan Blewitt 1976   47 years and 239 days Oxford
Matt Gafa 1978   45 years and 239 days Canberra, London
Craig Stapleton 1978   45 years and 239 days Aus PM XIII; St George, St George Illawarra, Parramatta, Leigh, Penrith, Cronulla, Salford, South Sydney
Andy Llewellyn 1980   43 years and 239 days Celtic
Luke Young 1980   43 years and 239 days Penrith, Bulldogs, Celtic
Andrew Dallalana 1982   41 years and 239 days Italy; Cronulla
Ivan Troitskii 1986   37 years and 239 days Russia
Trent Hodkinson 1988   35 years and 239 days NSW, NSW City; Manly, Canterbury, Newcastle, Cronulla
Liam Prescott 1988   35 years and 239 days London
Omar Alwari 1989   34 years and 239 days Hunslet
Miloš Ćalić 1992   31 years and 239 days Serbia
Aram Gazarian 1992   31 years and 239 days Russia
Tyler Randell 1992   31 years and 239 days Newcastle, Wakefield Trinity
Taine Tuaupiki 1999   24 years and 239 days Warriors
Finlay Stewart 2002   21 years and 239 days Rochdale
Henri Stocks 2002   21 years and 239 days Canterbury