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Birthdays - December

December 1st

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Percy MacNamara 1873 1940 Sydney
Jack Devery 1919 2015 South Sydney
Len Haskins 1926 2006 South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs
Noel Bissett 1937 2020 Gateshead
Bob Fulton 1946 2021 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW Country Seconds, NSW City Seconds; Manly, Eastern Suburbs
Les Dyl 1952 2022 Great Britain, England; Leeds, Bramley
John Salter 1956   67 years and 168 days QLD Firsts, Brisbane Colts, Brisbane Firsts; Southern Suburbs, Brisbane Firsts
Terry Murphy 1957   66 years and 168 days Eastern Suburbs, Cronulla, South Sydney
Wally Lewis 1959   64 years and 168 days Australia, QLD Firsts, QLD, Brisbane Firsts, Oceania; Fortitude Valley, Brisbane Firsts, Wakefield, Wynnum-Manly, Brisbane, Gold Coast
Ian Gormley 1963   60 years and 168 days Widnes, Salford, Rochdale
Tere Glassie 1977   46 years and 168 days Cook Islands; South Sydney, Oldham, Leigh, Castleford, Dewsbury
Martin Carney 1978   45 years and 168 days Warrington
Andy Wallace 1981   42 years and 168 days Rochdale, Swinton, Oldham St Annes, Oldham, Blackpool
Adam Fletcher 1983   40 years and 168 days Greece; Castleford
Quentin Laulu-Togaga'e 1984   39 years and 168 days Samoa; Sheffield, Toronto Wolfpack, Castleford, Halifax, Newcastle, Keighley
Lloyd O'Connor 1986   37 years and 168 days Celtic, London, South Wales
Chris Lawson 1987   36 years and 168 days Doncaster
Brett Turner 1987   36 years and 168 days Doncaster, York City
Danny Barker 1988   35 years and 168 days Whitehaven, Gateshead
Ali Brigginshaw 1989   34 years and 168 days QLD (W), Australia (W); Brisbane (W)
Daniel Penese 1989   34 years and 168 days Penrith
Nathan Stapleton 1989   34 years and 168 days Aus PM XIII; Cronulla, London
Matthew Bailey 1991   32 years and 168 days Keighley, Hemel, Midlands
Lamar Liolevave 1995   28 years and 168 days Fiji; Wests Tigers
Iszac Fa'asuamaleaui 2001   22 years and 168 days Gold Coast
George Orriss 2001   22 years and 168 days West Wales
Jon Bennison 2002   21 years and 168 days St Helens
Hugo Nikhata 2004   19 years and 168 days Castleford

December 2nd

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Arthur O'Brien 1881 1972 Australia, QLD Firsts, Brisbane Firsts; Fortitude Valley, Ipswich
Harold Bawden 1893 1978 QLD Firsts; Eastern Suburbs
Jim Sullivan 1903 1977 England (GB), Wales, England, Other, English League, British Empire
Vic Mossman 1934   89 years and 167 days South Sydney
Kevin Kelly 1960   63 years and 167 days St George, Illawarra
Peter Stanford 1963   60 years and 167 days Illawarra
Shane Flanagan 1965   58 years and 167 days St George, Western Suburbs, Parramatta
Jason Timmins 1969   54 years and 167 days Wakefield, Doncaster
Damien Pickles 1970   53 years and 167 days Halifax, Huddersfield, Hunslet, Swinton, Bramley, Blackpool, Siddal
Darren Fleary 1972   51 years and 167 days Great Britain, England; Dewsbury, Keighley, Leeds, Huddersfield, Leigh
Toa Kohe-Love 1976   47 years and 167 days NZ Maori; Warrington, Hull FC, Bradford, Widnes, Leigh
Matt Salter 1976   47 years and 167 days London
Shaun Geritas 1977   46 years and 167 days Warrington, Leigh, Lancashire, Woolston
Alex Godfrey 1978   45 years and 167 days York, Dewsbury, Hull KR
Andrew Ryan 1978   45 years and 167 days Australia, NSW, NSW Country; Parramatta, Bulldogs
Craig Brown 1980   43 years and 167 days Keighley, Sheffield
Chris Campbell 1980   43 years and 167 days Warrington, Whitehaven, Oldham, Chorley, Rochdale
Peter Green 1981   42 years and 167 days Rochdale, Doncaster, Sheffield
Mick Senior 1981   42 years and 167 days Dewsbury
Steve Cochrane 1982   41 years and 167 days Hull KR
Stephen Grundy 1985   38 years and 167 days York City
Ben Farrar 1986   37 years and 167 days North Qld, Manly, Catalans, London
Shaun Magennis 1989   34 years and 167 days St Helens
Glen Fisiiahi 1990   33 years and 167 days Tonga; Warriors
Darius Hamilton 1991   32 years and 167 days Coventry
Reece Lyne 1992   31 years and 167 days England; Hull FC, Wakefield Trinity, Doncaster
Charlie Martin 1992   31 years and 167 days Castleford, Keighley, Batley, Hunslet, Doncaster
James Glover 1993   30 years and 167 days Dewsbury, Hemel, Sheffield, York City
Fotukava Malu 1993   30 years and 167 days USA
Sam Bates 1995   28 years and 167 days Bradford, Dewsbury
Joe Hambley 1995   28 years and 167 days Barrow, Workington
Jeremy Marshall-King 1995   28 years and 167 days New Zealand, Maori; Wests Tigers, Canterbury, Dolphins
Joe Stimson 1995   28 years and 167 days Melbourne, Canterbury, Gold Coast
Jake Knox 1997   26 years and 167 days North Wales
Payne Haas 1999   24 years and 167 days Australia, NSW, Aus PM XIII; Brisbane
Jack Aiken 2001   22 years and 167 days Wests Tigers
Dan McGrath 2001   22 years and 167 days Hunslet
Morgan Gannon 2003   20 years and 167 days Leeds

December 3rd

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Karl Kirkpatrick 0   59 years and 166 days Gateshead
Albert Asher 1879 1965 New Zealand, NZ Maori, Auckland
Jack Arkwright 1902 1990 England (GB), England
Trevor Foster 1914 2005 England (GB), Wales
Mick Dalton 1918 1943 Army Seconds; Eastern Suburbs
John Grice 1921 2008 Australia, QLD Firsts, Brisbane Firsts
John Bell 1929   94 years and 166 days Eastern Suburbs
Don Spence 1933   90 years and 166 days Southern Division; Eastern Suburbs, Southern Division
Georges Ailleres 1934   89 years and 166 days France
Colin Dixon 1943 1993 Great Britain, Wales; Hull KR
John Barber 1950 2009 NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, Brisbane Firsts; Manly, Redcliffe, Brisbane Firsts
Greg Perrett 1953   70 years and 166 days Wynnum-Manly
Bill Markou 1954   69 years and 166 days Eastern Suburbs
Denis Corak 1956   67 years and 166 days South Sydney
David McKenzie 1956   67 years and 166 days Wests
David Stephenson 1958 2022 Great Britain, Great Britain U24; Salford, Wigan, Leeds, Leigh
Gary Howell 1959   64 years and 166 days Balmain, Parramatta, Penrith, Leigh
Steve Hardy 1961   62 years and 166 days Cronulla, Eastern Suburbs
Darryl Duncan 1962   61 years and 166 days Illawarra, Norths, London
Paul Eastwood 1965   58 years and 166 days Great Britain; Hull FC, Hull KR
Paul Darbyshire 1969 2011 Warrington
Jason Heptinstall 1969   54 years and 166 days Doncaster, Ryedale-York, Lock Lane
Sean Hoe 1970   53 years and 166 days Hull KR
Justin Hudson 1972   51 years and 166 days Doncaster
Glyn Davies 1974   49 years and 166 days Leigh
Deon Duell 1978   45 years and 166 days Blackpool
Craig Stevens 1978   45 years and 166 days Batley, Hunslet
Liam Harrison 1982   41 years and 166 days Ireland, Cumbria; Barrow
David Llewellyn 1982   41 years and 166 days Swinton, Blackpool, Rochdale
Bruno Ormeno 1982   41 years and 166 days Toulouse
Edisher Jamrulidze 1983   40 years and 166 days Georgia
Tom Wall 1988   35 years and 166 days Dewsbury
Jack Ely 1989   34 years and 166 days Hunslet, Doncaster
Mark Ioane 1990   33 years and 166 days Gold Coast, St George Illawarra, London, Leigh, Keighley
Jake Scott 1991   32 years and 166 days Malta
Rob Hawthorne 1992   31 years and 166 days Keighley
Ali Bökeyhan Sürer 1993   30 years and 166 days Türkiye
Jacob Morgan 1993   30 years and 166 days South Wales, Batley
Solomone Kata 1994   29 years and 166 days New Zealand, Tonga; Warriors
Kristian Tyson 1994   29 years and 166 days Barrow, Askam
Ollie Greensmith 1999   24 years and 166 days Wakefield Trinity, Doncaster, Dewsbury
Luciano Bejanidze 2002   21 years and 166 days London
McKenzie Buckley 2003   20 years and 166 days St Helens, North Wales

December 4th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Peter Massey 0   90 years and 165 days Gateshead
Laidley Burge 1896 1990 Metropolis; Glebe
Oscar Quinlivan 1896 1949 NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, North Coast, NSW Seconds, NSW City Seconds; North Coast, South Sydney
Rick Bevan 1898 1980 Newtown, Eastern Suburbs
Harleigh Hanrahan 1906 1964 NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Firsts, South Coast, NSW City Seconds, Universities XIII, NSW Ctry. Possibles, NSW Country Seconds; South Coast, University, Eastern Suburbs, South Sydney
Frank Myler 1938 2020 Great Britain, England
Bob Hensby 1939 2021 NSW Country Firsts, Newcastle (AU); Balmain, Eastern Suburbs
Barry Phillis 1944   79 years and 165 days Canterbury
Stuart Davis 1961   62 years and 165 days Manly, Eastern Suburbs
Gary Freeman 1962   61 years and 165 days New Zealand; Castleford, Kent Invicta, Balmain, Eastern Suburbs, Penrith, Parramatta
Nigel Heslop 1963   60 years and 165 days Oldham
Terry Manning 1965   58 years and 165 days Keighley, Featherstone, Doncaster, Hull FC
Simon Gillies 1969   54 years and 165 days NSW Country, NSW (SL); Canterbury, Warrington
Gerald Williams 1969   54 years and 165 days South Africa; Warrington, South Wales
Alan Pallister 1970   53 years and 165 days Ryedale-York
Steve Menzies 1973   50 years and 165 days Australia, NSW, NSW City, Exiles; Manly, Northern Eagles, Bradford, Catalans
Ben Barton 1974   49 years and 165 days Huddersfield
John Coumbe-Lilley 1975   48 years and 165 days Scotland
Jimmy Cowan 1975   48 years and 165 days Scotland; Oldham
Chris Leikvoll 1975   48 years and 165 days Illawarra, St George Illawarra, Warrington
Eddie Kilgannon 1977   46 years and 165 days Widnes, Chorley
John Tomes 1978   45 years and 165 days Gateshead
Mark Leafa 1980   43 years and 165 days Samoa; Sydney, South Sydney, Leigh, Whitehaven, Castleford
Chris Redfearn 1980   43 years and 165 days Hunslet, Dewsbury, Keighley
Chris Hull 1986   37 years and 165 days Swinton
Mark Flanagan 1987   36 years and 165 days England Knights; Halifax, Wigan, Wests Tigers, St Helens, Rochdale, Salford
Michael Stilwell 1987   36 years and 165 days Hunslet
Sam Blaney 1989   34 years and 165 days York City, Gloucestershire, Oxford
Nathan Chappell 1989   34 years and 165 days Featherstone, Sheffield, Hunslet, Underbank
Blake Leary 1990   33 years and 165 days North Qld, Manly
Peta Hiku 1992   31 years and 165 days New Zealand, Maori; Manly, Penrith, Warrington, Warriors, North Qld, Hull KR
James Elias 1993   30 years and 165 days Lebanon
AJ Tuimavave 1993   30 years and 165 days Dolphins
Sam Dunn 1994   29 years and 165 days Dewsbury
Patrick Mago 1994   29 years and 165 days North Qld, Brisbane, South Sydney, Wigan
Kieran Gill 1995   28 years and 165 days Oldham, Oxford, Castleford, Newcastle, Bradford
Trent Kurnoth 2000   23 years and 165 days Philippines

December 5th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Charlie Russell 1884 1957 Australia, NSW Firsts, Wallabies, Australasia II, Metropolis; Newtown
Vince Sheehan 1896 1926 NSW Firsts; South Sydney
John Hunt 1902   121 years and 164 days Australia, QLD Firsts, Ipswich; Ipswich
Tony Paskins 1927 2019 British Empire, Other, NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, Western Division; Eastern Suburbs, Manly, Northern Division
Marty Driscoll 1944   79 years and 164 days Canterbury
Ray Branighan 1947   76 years and 164 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts; South Sydney, Manly
Don Rogers 1947   76 years and 164 days Southern Division; Western Suburbs, Canterbury, Southern Division
Warren Snodgrass 1950   73 years and 164 days Newtown, Western Suburbs, Parramatta
Paul Coventry 1952   71 years and 164 days Featherstone, Wakefield, Bramley
Graeme West 1953   70 years and 164 days New Zealand, North Island, New Zealand XIII, Central Districts; Central Districts, Wigan
Greg Brentnall 1956   67 years and 164 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW Country, Riverina, NSW City Seconds; Riverina, Canterbury, NSW Country Firsts
Brian Juliff 1956   67 years and 164 days Wales; Wakefield, Wigan, Halifax, Castleford
Dave Brown 1957   66 years and 164 days Australia, QLD Firsts, QLD, NSW City Firsts, Brisbane Firsts; Southern Suburbs, Brisbane Firsts, Eastern Suburbs, Manly, Hull FC, Blackpool, Redcliffe, Whitehaven
Paul Elliott 1960   63 years and 164 days Illawarra, Canberra
Shane Hansen 1960   63 years and 164 days New Zealand XIII, Auckland; Salford, Swinton
Paul Gearey 1961   62 years and 164 days Wakefield, Featherstone, Batley, Hunslet
Steven Turner 1961   62 years and 164 days Rochdale
Sam Stewart 1962   61 years and 164 days New Zealand, Rest Of The World; Newcastle, London, Hull KR
Brent Todd 1964   59 years and 164 days New Zealand; Canberra, Wakefield, Gold Coast
Marquis Charles 1966   57 years and 164 days Dewsbury, Hull FC, Bramley
Martin Hall 1968   55 years and 164 days Wales; Oldham, Rochdale, Wigan, Halifax, Castleford, Hull
David Bailey 1969   54 years and 164 days Wakefield, Rochdale, Auckland
Ken Jackson 1969   54 years and 164 days Gold Coast
Richard Liles 1969   54 years and 164 days Hunslet
Brett Scriven 1978   45 years and 164 days Gloucestershire
Allan Dunham 1980   43 years and 164 days Hull KR, Doncaster
Andy Lee 1980   43 years and 164 days York, York Acorn
Ilisoni Vonomateiratu 1981   42 years and 164 days Fiji
Alex Bretherton 1982   41 years and 164 days Dewsbury, Batley, Hunslet
Cooper Cronk 1983   40 years and 164 days Australia, QLD, NRL; Melbourne, Sydney
Mick Butterfield 1984   39 years and 164 days Normanton, Doncaster, Gateshead
Danny Speakman 1985   38 years and 164 days Leigh, Batley, Widnes
Danny Wicks 1985   38 years and 164 days St George Illawarra, Newcastle, Parramatta
Gary North 1986   37 years and 164 days Dewsbury
Martin Keavney 1987   36 years and 164 days Workington, Leigh, Blackpool, Rochdale
Jonathan Dawes 1989   34 years and 164 days Workington
Jodie Cunningham 1991   32 years and 164 days England (W); St Helens (W)
Vlado Kušić 1993   30 years and 164 days Serbia
Nick Taylor 1993   30 years and 164 days Coventry
Madison Bartlett 1994   29 years and 164 days New Zealand (W); Warriors (W), St Geo Illa (W), Gold Coast (W), Canberra (W)
Danny Levi 1995   28 years and 164 days New Zealand, Samoa, Maori; Newcastle, Manly, Brisbane, Huddersfield, Canberra
Daniel Russell 1995   28 years and 164 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII; St George Illawarra
Lauren Dam 1996   27 years and 164 days Gold Coast (W), Brisbane (W)
Joe Gibbons 2002   21 years and 164 days Cornwall, Leeds, Keighley, Batley
Connor Grainey 2002   21 years and 164 days North Wales
Joe Howe 2002   21 years and 164 days Rochdale
Will Pryce 2002   21 years and 164 days England Knights; Huddersfield

December 6th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Cyril Bellamy 1902 1947 Metropolis, Probables (AU); Western Suburbs
Bob Andrews 1919 1979 Western Suburbs, Parramatta
Bruce Hopkins 1924 2013 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW City Seconds; Canterbury, Balmain, St George
Dave Kerrigan 1928   95 years and 163 days Southern Division; Canterbury, Southern Division
Paul Charlton 1941   82 years and 163 days Great Britain, England; Blackpool, Workington
Graeme Hughes 1955   68 years and 163 days NSW Firsts; Canterbury
Billy McGinty 1964   59 years and 163 days Great Britain; Warrington, Wigan, Workington
Phil Thomas 1967   56 years and 163 days Carlisle
Chris Hopcutt 1969   54 years and 163 days Ryedale-York
Nick Pinkney 1970   53 years and 163 days England; York, Keighley, Sheffield, Halifax, Salford, Hull KR
Arnaud Cervello 1971   52 years and 163 days France; Paris St Germain
Andy Ireland 1971   52 years and 163 days Widnes, Bradford, Hull, Rochdale
Wade Horder 1975   48 years and 163 days North Sydney
Matt Mahoney 1975   48 years and 163 days Swinton
Jake Johnstone 1977   46 years and 163 days Carlisle, Swinton, London, Chorley, Eccles & Salford Jrs
Ben Cross 1978   45 years and 163 days NSW, NSW Country, Aus PM XIII; Canberra, Melbourne, Newcastle, Wigan, Leeds, Widnes
Danny McGuire 1982   41 years and 163 days Great Britain, England, English League; Leeds, Hull KR
David Simmons 1984   39 years and 163 days NSW City; Cronulla, Penrith
Pavel Kardakov 1985   38 years and 163 days Ukraine
Tom Hemingway 1986   37 years and 163 days Huddersfield, Batley, Halifax, Leigh, Blackpool, Featherstone, Whitehaven, Dewsbury
Luther Burrell 1987   36 years and 163 days Warrington
Lee Gittins 1987   36 years and 163 days Leigh
Will Bate 1989   34 years and 163 days Gateshead
Chris Holroyde 1989   34 years and 163 days Oldham
Lameck Juma 1990   33 years and 163 days London, London, Rochdale
Tom Rigby 1990   33 years and 163 days Oldham
Ben Karalius 1991   32 years and 163 days Hunslet, Whitehaven, Barrow
Itaru Matsuo 1991   32 years and 163 days Japan
Dave Thornton 1991   32 years and 163 days Oxford
Iliess Macani 1993   30 years and 163 days London, London, Bradford, Sheffield
Tautau Moga 1993   30 years and 163 days Samoa; Sydney, North Qld, Brisbane, Newcastle, South Sydney, St George Illawarra
Ben Moores 1993   30 years and 163 days South Wales, Rochdale, North Wales
Jamie Stringer 1996   27 years and 163 days South Wales, Underbank
Bailey Biondi-Odo 2001   22 years and 163 days Indigenous; Canterbury
Sandon Smith 2002   21 years and 163 days Sydney

December 7th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Ian Smith 0   58 years and 162 days Gateshead
Ken Foster 1918 1985 Army Seconds, Fighting Services II; St George, Eastern Suburbs, Cessnock
Ralph Ross 1920   103 years and 162 days Balmain
Jim Haig 1924 1996 New Zealand, South Island, Canterbury
Bobby Whitton 1932 2008 NSW Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Probables (AU), Possibles (AU); Newtown
Bruce Burnett 1933 2013 Western Suburbs
Laurie Freier 1948   75 years and 162 days Eastern Suburbs, Manly
David Treasure 1950   73 years and 162 days Wales
Ross Henrick 1954 2005 QLD Firsts, QLD, Brisbane Firsts; Redcliffe, Brisbane Firsts
Dave Seelin 1955   68 years and 162 days South Sydney
Richie Eyres 1966   57 years and 162 days Great Britain, England, Wales; Widnes, Leeds, Warrington, Sheffield, Rochdale, Swinton
John Allanson 1967   56 years and 162 days NSW Country; Western Suburbs, Newcastle
Mark Geyer 1967   56 years and 162 days Australia, NSW, NSW City; Penrith, Sheffield, Balmain, Western Reds
David Jones 1967   56 years and 162 days Blackpool, Wakefield, Oldham, Rochdale, Leigh, Wigan St Pats
Ivan Stansfield 1967   56 years and 162 days Workington, Trafford, Bramley
Jason Critchley 1970   53 years and 162 days England, Wales; Widnes, Salford, Keighley, Castleford, Wakefield Trinity, Whitehaven
Chris Joynt 1971   52 years and 162 days Great Britain, England, Ireland; Oldham, St Helens, Newcastle
Kieran Meyer 1971   52 years and 162 days Brisbane, Penrith, London, Gold Coast
Adam Muir 1971   52 years and 162 days Australia, NSW, NSW Country; Newcastle, North Sydney, Northern Eagles, South Sydney
Gerald Symonds 1976   47 years and 162 days South Sydney
Pavel Mejstřík 1979   44 years and 162 days Czech Republic
Gary Smith 1980   43 years and 162 days Doncaster, Workington, Castleford, Batley
Chris Feather 1981   42 years and 162 days Wakefield Trinity, Leeds, Bradford, Castleford
Craig Hayne 1981   42 years and 162 days Manly
Stuart Jones 1981   42 years and 162 days England; Wigan, St Helens, Huddersfield, Castleford
Georgy Vinogradov 1981   42 years and 162 days Russia; Dinamo, Lokomotiv
Andy Crabtree 1982   41 years and 162 days Swinton, Oldham
Garret Crossman 1982   41 years and 162 days Penrith, Melbourne, Hull KR, South Sydney
Paul White 1982   41 years and 162 days Jamaica; Huddersfield, Wakefield Trinity, Halifax, Salford, Keighley
Matt Pitman 1983   40 years and 162 days London
Richard Dobson 1984   39 years and 162 days Featherstone, Normanton
Chris Elliot 1984   39 years and 162 days Dewsbury
Kyle Briggs 1987   36 years and 162 days Hunslet, Doncaster, Featherstone, Bradford, Harlequins, Sheffield, Dewsbury
Joe Picker 1987   36 years and 162 days Aus PM XIII; Canberra, South Sydney
Liam Watton 1990   33 years and 162 days South Wales, Sth Wales Jets
Jonny Griffiths 1994   29 years and 162 days Cornwall, Navy
Eze Harper 1994   29 years and 162 days Cumbria; Leigh, Barrow, Sheffield
Moses Noovao-McGreal 1996   27 years and 162 days Cook Islands
Luke Collins 1997   26 years and 162 days Cornwall
Patrick Jennings 1997   26 years and 162 days West Wales
Briton Nikora 1997   26 years and 162 days New Zealand, Maori; Cronulla
Reiss Butterworth 1998   25 years and 162 days Bradford, Batley, Workington, York City, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, London, Hull KR, Featherstone
Thomas Lacans 2000   23 years and 162 days Newcastle, Featherstone
Charley Bodman 2001   22 years and 162 days West Wales, Hunslet, Cornwall
Ben Lovett 2001   22 years and 162 days South Sydney

December 8th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Steve Lowe 0   66 years and 161 days Gateshead
Bill Cameron 1894 1983 South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs
Jerry Brien 1904 1981 NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Metropolis, NSW XII; Western Suburbs, St George
Jim McCormack 1909 1969 St George, South Sydney, Canterbury
Roy Westaway 1917 1975 Australia, QLD Firsts, Brisbane Firsts
Horrie Toole 1931   92 years and 161 days North Sydney
Malcolm Price 1937 2024 Great Britain
Doug Ricketson 1939 2019 NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Sydney Firsts, Northern Division; Eastern Suburbs, Northern Division, Penrith
Gerry Edser 1945 2021 Newcastle (AU), NSW Colts; Newcastle (AU), Parramatta
Denis Pittard 1945   78 years and 161 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Sydney Firsts; Western Suburbs, South Sydney, Parramatta
Lee Pomfret 1957   66 years and 161 days St George, Canterbury, Illawarra
Mark Bugden 1961   62 years and 161 days Newtown, Canterbury, Parramatta
Graham Steadman 1961   62 years and 161 days Great Britain; York, Featherstone, Castleford, Gold Coast
Glenn Ryan 1962   61 years and 161 days NSW City; Manly, Hull KR, Canberra
Ricky Walford 1963   60 years and 161 days NSW, NSW Country; Eastern Suburbs, North Sydney, St George
Matthew Elliott 1964   59 years and 161 days St George
Steve McCoy 1964   59 years and 161 days NSW Country Firsts; NSW Country Firsts, Western Suburbs
Shaun Irwin 1968   55 years and 161 days Great Britain; Castleford, Oldham, Hunslet, Featherstone
Darren Smith 1968   55 years and 161 days Australia, Australia (SL), QLD, QLD (SL), Combined Brisbane; Combined Brisbane, Canterbury, Brisbane, St Helens
Steve Barrow 1975   48 years and 161 days Widnes, Wigan, Hull, London, Swinton
Shane Laloata 1977   46 years and 161 days Samoa; St George Illawarra
Jim Elston 1979   44 years and 161 days Dewsbury, York City, Rochdale
Daniel Fitzhenry 1979   44 years and 161 days Wests Tigers, Hull KR
Joel Clinton 1981   42 years and 161 days Australia, NSW City; Penrith, Brisbane, Hull KR
Simon Finnigan 1981   42 years and 161 days Ireland; Widnes, Salford, Bradford, Huddersfield, Leigh
Bob Beswick 1984   39 years and 161 days Ireland; Wigan, Widnes, Halifax, Leigh, Toronto Wolfpack, Newcastle
Ian Hardman 1984   39 years and 161 days St Helens, Hull KR, Widnes, Featherstone
Tommy Griffiths 1986   37 years and 161 days Oulton, Doncaster
Jeremy Latimore 1986   37 years and 161 days Aus PM XIII; Parramatta, Warriors, St George Illawarra, Penrith, Cronulla
Sam Tagataese 1986   37 years and 161 days Samoa; Melbourne, Gold Coast, Cronulla, Brisbane
Jesse Sene-Lefao 1989   34 years and 161 days Samoa; Manly, Cronulla, Castleford, Featherstone, Sheffield
Billy Sheen 1989   34 years and 161 days Warrington Wizards, North Wales, South Wales, Coventry
Rhys Williams 1989   34 years and 161 days Wales; Warrington, Crusaders, Castleford, Salford, Swinton, London
Craig Briscoe 1992   31 years and 161 days Leigh, Barrow, Oldham
Jamie Doran 1994   29 years and 161 days Cumbria; Wigan, Workington, Whitehaven
Ashleigh Quinlan 1994   29 years and 161 days Maori (W), New Zealand (W); Parramatta (W), Canberra (W)
Dominic Smallwood 1997   26 years and 161 days Workington
Nathan Clemmit 2002   21 years and 161 days Newcastle

December 9th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Brian Wedgewood 1941   82 years and 160 days WA Firsts; Canterbury
Fred Jones 1942 2021 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Riverina, NSW City Seconds; Manly, Riverina
Ray McCarron 1944 2011 QLD Firsts
Ken Stirling 1949   74 years and 160 days New Zealand, Auckland; Auckland
Chris Spooner 1963   60 years and 160 days Dewsbury, Batley
Tony Chalmers 1964   59 years and 160 days Parramatta, Balmain
Alan Davidson 1964   59 years and 160 days Whitehaven
Ross Harrington 1964   59 years and 160 days South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs
Les Kiss 1964   59 years and 160 days Australia, QLD; North Sydney
Trevor Kissell 1964   59 years and 160 days Illawarra
Peter Dover 1965   58 years and 160 days Whitehaven
John Wild 1969   54 years and 160 days Barrow
Simon Booth 1971   52 years and 160 days Bramley, Leigh, St Helens, Hull, Hull KR
Sean Casey 1971   52 years and 160 days Ireland; St Helens, Whitehaven, Swinton
Steve Wynne 1971   52 years and 160 days Widnes, Salford, Leigh
Gary Ruddy 1973   50 years and 160 days Barrow, Carlisle, Whitehaven
Davide Longo 1975   48 years and 160 days Dewsbury, Bradford, Swinton, Keighley, Batley, Hunslet
Karl Lovell 1977   46 years and 160 days Parramatta, Sheffield, Huddersfield Sheffield, Northern Eagles, Sharks
Leon Felton 1979   44 years and 160 days St Helens, Warrington, Leigh
Paul Wilcock 1979   44 years and 160 days Chorley, Barrow
Mark Riddell 1980   43 years and 160 days NSW City; St George Illawarra, Parramatta, Wigan, Sydney
Brad McFarland 1981   42 years and 160 days London
Paul Steele 1981   42 years and 160 days Dewsbury
Anthony Henderson 1982   41 years and 160 days Hunslet, Dewsbury, Batley
Danny Aboushakra 1986   37 years and 160 days Swinton
Simon Kalafusz 1987   36 years and 160 days Hungary
Enock Maki 1989   34 years and 160 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII
Jay Pitts 1989   34 years and 160 days Wakefield Trinity, Leeds, Hull FC, Bradford, Doncaster, London
Josh Veivers 1989   34 years and 160 days Whitehaven, Wakefield Trinity, Salford
Ryan Jones 1997   26 years and 160 days Doncaster
Liam Silver 1997   26 years and 160 days West Wales
Max Anderson-Moore 2001   22 years and 160 days Workington, Barrow

December 10th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Ern Willmott 1898 1988 NSW Seconds, Metropolis, Possibles (AU); South Sydney
Sid Malcolm 1903 1987 QLD Firsts, Newcastle (AU), Ipswich; Ipswich
Mick Phelan 1927 2013 Eastern Suburbs
Danny Shepherd 1960   63 years and 159 days Eastern Suburbs
Kelvin Eirth 1963   60 years and 159 days South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs
John Elias 1963   60 years and 159 days Lebanon; Newtown, South Sydney, Canterbury, Western Suburbs, Eastern Suburbs, Balmain, Leigh
Jason Hoogerwerf 1966   57 years and 159 days St George, Newcastle
Rod Silva 1967   56 years and 159 days Eastern Suburbs, Canterbury
Jamie Corcoran 1968   55 years and 159 days Canterbury, Balmain, South Sydney, Wakefield
Dean Callaway 1970   53 years and 159 days Illawarra, London
Nick Rushton 1971   52 years and 159 days Hull FC, Hull KR, Hunslet
Kakhaber Alania 1973   50 years and 159 days Georgia
Kevin Gray 1975   48 years and 159 days Hull FC, Wakefield, Hunslet, Rochdale, Hull KR, York
Nick Hyde 1975   48 years and 159 days Paris St Germain, Gateshead
Logan Swann 1975   48 years and 159 days New Zealand; Auckland, Bradford, Warrington
Alan Barker 1978   45 years and 159 days Netherlands; London
Phillip Hewitt 1978   45 years and 159 days Workington
Mark Applegarth 1984   39 years and 159 days Wakefield Trinity, York City, Batley
Rhys Godwin 1984   39 years and 159 days South Wales
Michael Sykes 1986   37 years and 159 days Leeds Met, London
Ben Gilbert 1989   34 years and 159 days South Wales
Callum Mulkeen 1990   33 years and 159 days Ireland; Gloucestershire, Oxford, North Wales, West Wales, Rochdale
Scott Woods 1990   33 years and 159 days York City, Gateshead
Sam Pridgeon 1993   30 years and 159 days West Wales, Sth Wales Jets
Richard Kennar 1994   29 years and 159 days Melbourne, South Sydney, Brisbane
Calvin Wellington 1994   29 years and 159 days St Helens, Sheffield, Workington, Oldham
Ben Thomas 1997   26 years and 159 days Sydney
Tuku Hau Tapuha 2001   22 years and 159 days Maori; Sydney, Cronulla

December 11th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Jack Holmes 1904 1931 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Combined City; Western Suburbs, Newtown
Clarrie Stevenson 1909 1984 NSW City Firsts; Newtown
Harry Allen 1914 1993 AIF; Western Suburbs
Fred Felsch 1915 1963 NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Southern Division, Goulburn, NSW Police, Probables (AU), Sydney Firsts, Felsh's Team, Police; South Sydney
Ken Hunter 1926 2002 Eastern Suburbs
George Brewis 1928 2003 Eastern Suburbs
Barry O'Connell 1936 2021 NSW Country Seconds, NSW City Seconds; Eastern Suburbs, Manly
Allan McKean 1942   81 years and 158 days Australia, NSW City Seconds; St George, Eastern Suburbs
Mick Pattison 1958   65 years and 158 days NSW City Firsts; Parramatta, South Sydney, Illawarra
Terry Donnellan 1963   60 years and 158 days Western Suburbs
Simon Kenworthy 1963   60 years and 158 days Huddersfield
Kiniviliame Koroibuleka 1963   60 years and 158 days Fiji
Gavin Hill 1965   58 years and 158 days New Zealand; Canterbury, Featherstone, Warriors
Glenn Lazarus 1965   58 years and 158 days Australia, Australia (SL), NSW, NSW City, NSW Country, NSW (SL); Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne
Daniel Divet 1966   57 years and 158 days France; Hull FC, Featherstone
James Pickering 1966   57 years and 158 days Fiji; Workington, Canterbury, Sydney City, Castleford
Augustine O'Donnell 1970   53 years and 158 days Wigan, St Helens, Keighley, Workington, Chorley Borough, Huddersfield
Leigh Groves 1973   50 years and 158 days Gold Coast, North Qld, Dewsbury
Michael De Vere 1976   47 years and 158 days Australia, NSW, NSW City; Brisbane, Huddersfield
Dallas Hood 1977   46 years and 158 days Sydney City, Wakefield Trinity
Craig Lingard 1977   46 years and 158 days Batley
Lee Addison 1978   45 years and 158 days Philippines
Warren Ayres 1978   45 years and 158 days Salford, Rochdale, Swinton, Warrington Wizards
Adam Hughes 1978   45 years and 158 days Swinton
Dom Peters 1978   45 years and 158 days Jamaica; London
Dominic Peters 1978   45 years and 158 days London
Paddy Flynn 1987   36 years and 158 days Widnes, Workington, Castleford, Sheffield, Rochdale
Nathan Kitson 1988   35 years and 158 days England Lions; Oxford, Keighley
Dominic Crosby 1990   33 years and 158 days Widnes, Wigan, South Wales, Leigh, Warrington, Leeds
Kristian Hawkes 1990   33 years and 158 days South Wales
Stewart Mills 1991   32 years and 158 days Cronulla
Adam Jackson 1992   31 years and 158 days Askam, Barrow
Dean Zammit 1992   31 years and 158 days Malta; Whitehaven
Ozil Tela 1993   30 years and 158 days Solomon Is
Ieuan Jones 1994   29 years and 158 days West Wales
Andrew Kazzi 1994   29 years and 158 days Lebanon
Blake Broadbent 1998   25 years and 158 days Sheffield, Hemel, Midlands
Joshua Johnson 1999   24 years and 158 days Melbourne
Shan Lacey 1999   24 years and 158 days Leeds (W)
Aaron Willis 2003   20 years and 158 days Castleford, Midlands

December 12th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Bert Nalder 1883 1944 QLD Firsts
Fred Fry 1884 1963 Sydney
Clarrie Tye 1892 1936 NSW Firsts, NSW Seconds, Sydney Firsts, Australasia II, Metropolis, Probables (AU); Western Suburbs, St George
Abe Clarke 1894 1973 St George
Bob Marjoribanks 1903 1972 Newcastle (AU); Newcastle (AU)
John Daly 1917 1988 British Empire, Other
Ritchie Burke 1926 2017 Manly
Jim Evans 1929 2013 NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Newcastle (AU), Probables (AU), Sydney Firsts; South Sydney, Newtown
Ern Gillon 1942 2024 Parramatta, Penrith, Ryde-Eastwood
John Delaney 1952   71 years and 157 days Canterbury, South Sydney
Chris Phelan 1955   68 years and 157 days QLD Firsts, QLD, Brisbane Firsts; Brisbane Firsts, Parramatta, Oldham
Robin Alfeld 1956   67 years and 157 days New Zealand, Oceania
Tony James 1962   61 years and 157 days Mansfield, Keighley
Brett Gale 1963   60 years and 157 days Western Suburbs, Eastern Suburbs, North Sydney
John Scourfield 1967   56 years and 157 days London
Bill Greentree 1969   54 years and 157 days Bramley, Parramatta, York
Robbie Kearns 1971   52 years and 157 days Australia, Australia (SL), NSW, NSW (SL), NSW City; Cronulla, Western Reds, Melbourne
Craig Field 1972   51 years and 157 days NSW City; South Sydney, Manly, Balmain, Wests Tigers, Pia
Peter Ellis 1976   47 years and 157 days Aborigines; Sydney City, St George Illawarra
Jamie Field 1976   47 years and 157 days Leeds, Huddersfield, Wakefield Trinity, Featherstone
Milan Raković 1978   45 years and 157 days Serbia
James King 1980   43 years and 157 days Ireland; Barrow, Leigh
Chris Hall 1982   41 years and 157 days Ireland; Dewsbury, Hunslet
John Cookson 1984   39 years and 157 days Leigh, Rochdale, North Wales
Lee Kerr 1984   39 years and 157 days Batley
Etuate Uaisele 1984   39 years and 157 days Tonga; Parramatta, Penrith, Featherstone, Sheffield, Dewsbury, Bradford
Iain Lane 1985   38 years and 157 days London
Shannan McPherson 1985   38 years and 157 days South Sydney, Salford
Ayden Faal 1986   37 years and 157 days Doncaster, Hunslet, Dewsbury, Batley
Rob Foxen 1987   36 years and 157 days Swinton, Oldham
Isaac John 1988   35 years and 157 days New Zealand, Cook Islands; Warriors, Wakefield Trinity, Penrith
Tony Williams 1988   35 years and 157 days Australia, Tonga, NSW, NSW City, Aus PM XIII; Parramatta, Manly, Canterbury, Cronulla
Noel Zeming 1989   34 years and 157 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII
Joey Leilua 1991   32 years and 157 days Samoa, NSW City; Sydney, Newcastle, Canberra, Wests Tigers, Featherstone
Josh Halliday 1993   30 years and 157 days Hemel
Matty Gee 1994   29 years and 157 days North Wales, Salford, Hunslet, Workington, London, London, Hull KR, Dewsbury, Leigh, Halifax
Christian Hazard 1994   29 years and 157 days Melbourne
Anthony Worot 1995   28 years and 157 days Wests Tigers
Lachlan Croker 1996   27 years and 157 days Canberra, Manly
Regan Grace 1996   27 years and 157 days Wales; St Helens
Matt Jones 2000   23 years and 157 days West Wales
Daniel Hoyes 2003   20 years and 157 days London

December 13th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Jack Dawson 1902 1985 NSW Firsts; Eastern Suburbs, Balmain
Raoul Bonamy 1905 1993 France
Neville Smith 1915 1997 QLD Firsts, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Thompson's Team; St George, South Sydney
Jim Daniher 1928 2019 Riverina; Riverina
Dick Rowe 1933 2006 Eastern Suburbs
Arthur Summons 1935   88 years and 156 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Sydney Firsts; Western Suburbs
Ross Quirk 1939   84 years and 156 days Eastern Suburbs
Roger Owen 1953   70 years and 156 days Wales; St Helens
Graham Quinn 1953   70 years and 156 days Australia, QLD Firsts, NSW Firsts, QLD, Brisbane Firsts, NSW City Seconds; Past Christian Bros, St George, Cronulla
Mick McTigue 1959   64 years and 156 days Leigh, Salford, Huddersfield, Chorley, Doncaster, New Earswick
Greg Henry 1962   61 years and 156 days Parramatta
Philip Eden 1963   60 years and 156 days Wakefield, Doncaster, Halifax, Castleford
Brett Patterson 1969   54 years and 156 days South Sydney, Canterbury, Dewsbury, Batley
Steve Wear 1970   53 years and 156 days Workington, Whitehaven
Scott Sattler 1971   52 years and 156 days QLD; Gold Coast, Eastern Suburbs, South Queensland, Penrith, Wests Tigers
Troy Stone 1971   52 years and 156 days NSW City; Cronulla, St George, Hunter, Canterbury, Huddersfield, Widnes
Jerome Azema 1972   51 years and 156 days Paris St Germain
Evan Cochrane 1972   51 years and 156 days Western Suburbs, South Sydney, Balmain, London, Newcastle, Workington
Matt Sturm 1972   51 years and 156 days Huddersfield, Workington, Whitehaven, Warrington, Leigh, Rochdale
Lee Boulter 1973   50 years and 156 days Hull FC
Daniel Howard 1984   39 years and 156 days USA
Kevin Eadie 1988   35 years and 156 days Featherstone, Doncaster
Keegan Hirst 1988   35 years and 156 days Dewsbury, Hunslet, Batley, Featherstone, Wakefield Trinity, Halifax
Ben Mellor 1988   35 years and 156 days Oldham, RAF
James Tamou 1988   35 years and 156 days Australia, NZ Maori, NSW, NSW City, NRL, Aus PM XIII, Maori; North Qld, Penrith, Wests Tigers
Shane Grady 1989   34 years and 156 days Widnes, Hemel, London, Dewsbury, Halifax
Ben Ridge 1989   34 years and 156 days Gold Coast
Sam Wellings 1989   34 years and 156 days Ireland; South Wales, London
Aaron Booth 1991   32 years and 156 days Hemel
Jamal Fogarty 1993   30 years and 156 days Indigenous; Gold Coast, Canberra
Brad Hargreaves 1993   30 years and 156 days Ireland; Leigh Miners R., Rochdale, Gloucestershire
Sam Herron 1993   30 years and 156 days West Wales, Edinburgh
Fabian Goodall 1994   29 years and 156 days Fiji
Brayden McGrady 1996   27 years and 156 days Dolphins
Josh Woods 1997   26 years and 156 days Wigan, Swinton, Leigh, Newcastle, Batley
Tom Nicholson-Watton 2002   21 years and 156 days Leeds, Keighley, York

December 14th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
William McDonough 1898 1981 QLD Firsts
Frank McMillan 1899 1966 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Metropolis, Possibles (AU), Probables (AU), NSW XII, NSW City Seconds, Kangaroos, NSW City Probables, NSW City Possibles; Western Suburbs, Balmain
Frank Brogan 1903 1961 NSW Firsts, Probables (AU), Metropolis; South Sydney
Dave Hey 1905 1967 Western Suburbs, St George
Don Gulliver 1915 1958 NSW Firsts, Dubbo, Western Division, NSW City Seconds, Felsh's Team, Police, Southern Division; Western Suburbs, Eastern Suburbs
Harold Crocker 1927 2014 Australia, USA, QLD Firsts, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Possibles (AU), Brisbane Firsts, Australia XIII, Kangaroos, Sydney Firsts; Parramatta
Jean Foussat 1931 2015 France
Bill Miller 1932   91 years and 155 days Western Division; Canterbury, Western Division
Fred Strutt 1939   84 years and 155 days NSW Country Firsts, NSW Country Seconds, Northern Division, Riverina, Southern Division; St George, Eastern Suburbs, Riverina
Geoff Starling 1952   71 years and 155 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW City Seconds; Balmain
Geoff Robinson 1957   66 years and 155 days Canterbury, Halifax
Peter Williams 1958   65 years and 155 days Great Britain, Wales; Salford
Gilles Dumas 1962   61 years and 155 days France, Midi-Pyrenees
Peter Gill 1964   59 years and 155 days QLD Firsts, QLD Country, Brisbane Firsts; QLD Country, Past Christian Bros, Brisbane Firsts, St George, Gold Coast, London
Troy McCarthy 1966   57 years and 155 days Gold Coast, Hull KR
Mark Walker 1973   50 years and 155 days Gateshead
Gary Fahey 1976   47 years and 155 days Dewsbury
Jamie Peacock 1977   46 years and 155 days Great Britain, England; Featherstone, Bradford, Leeds
Stuart Calvert 1979   44 years and 155 days Keighley
Dene Miller 1981   42 years and 155 days Scotland; St Albans, London
Michael Hook 1982   41 years and 155 days Celtic
James Aubusson 1986   37 years and 155 days Melbourne, Sydney
Sam Burgess 1988   35 years and 155 days Great Britain, England, NRL; Bradford, South Sydney
Michael Mark 1988   35 years and 155 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII; Hunslet
Scott Hale 1991   32 years and 155 days St Helens, Swinton, Dewsbury
Ben Henry 1991   32 years and 155 days New Zealand; Warriors
Ash Little 1992   31 years and 155 days Gold Coast
Ross Price 1992   31 years and 155 days Gloucestershire, West Wales, Sth Wales Jets
Panagiotis Lampousis 1994   29 years and 155 days Greece
Savannah Andrade 1999   24 years and 155 days York City (W)
Jordan Bull 1999   24 years and 155 days Lock Lane, Sheffield, Doncaster, Coventry, Hunslet, Cornwall
Zak Fellows 1999   24 years and 155 days Coventry
Denzel Samoa 2003   20 years and 155 days Wests Tigers

December 15th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Dan Frawley 1882 1967 Australia, Australasia, NSW Firsts, Probables (AU), Metropolis, GB/Australasia, Kangaroos; Sydney
Walter Greenland 1899 1958 NSW City Seconds; St George
Tom Molloy 1901 1979 Metropolis Seconds, Possibles (AU); St George, Eastern Suburbs
Ron Kelly 1917 2007 NSW Country Seconds, Western Division; Canterbury
Merv Hicks 1943   80 years and 154 days Great Britain; Canterbury, North Sydney
Sam Crotty 1946 2023 Eastern Suburbs
John Abbott 1953   70 years and 154 days Brisbane Colts; Fortitude Valley, Easts, Canterbury, South Sydney
Neil Holding 1960   63 years and 154 days Great Britain, England, Great Britain U24; St Helens, Rochdale, Widnes, Oldham, Bradford
Peter Cassar 1967   56 years and 154 days Malta; Whitehaven
Peter Beckett 1969   54 years and 154 days Runcorn
Wayne Reid 1969   54 years and 154 days USA; Salford, Rochdale
Stephen Holgate 1971   52 years and 154 days England, Cumbria; Workington, Wigan, Hull, Halifax, Widnes
Jason Eade 1972   51 years and 154 days Western Suburbs, Western Reds, Paris St Germain
Brendon Tunbridge 1975   48 years and 154 days Illawarra
Mark Hughes 1976   47 years and 154 days NSW, NSW Country; Newcastle, Catalans
Gareth Barber 1980   43 years and 154 days Oldham, Rochdale
Andy Taylor 1982   41 years and 154 days Hull KR, Hull Dockers, Doncaster
Andy Ellis 1984   39 years and 154 days Hull KR, Barrow, Harlequins, Featherstone, Wakefield Trinity, York City
Dave Ford 1984   39 years and 154 days Doncaster
Dale Harris 1986   37 years and 154 days Hunslet
Dayne Weston 1986   37 years and 154 days Cronulla, North Qld, Penrith, Melbourne, Leigh, Sheffield
Vincent Duport 1987   36 years and 154 days France; Catalans, Toulouse
Gary Warburton 1987   36 years and 154 days Bulldogs
Nikola Štrbac 1991   32 years and 154 days Serbia
Chris Murphy 1993   30 years and 154 days Leigh
Harry Boots 1996   27 years and 154 days West Wales, Cornwall
Nick Newman 1996   27 years and 154 days Coventry, Newcastle
Justin Bouscayrol 1997   26 years and 154 days France; Toulouse
Shatler Angikitasi 1998   25 years and 154 days Solomon Is
Rashaun Denny 1998   25 years and 154 days Dolphins
Eddie Blacker 1999   24 years and 154 days St George Illawarra, Penrith
Aaron Burns 1999   24 years and 154 days Workington
Jake Sweeting 1999   24 years and 154 days Featherstone, Castleford, York City, Doncaster, Hunslet, Dewsbury, Keighley, Midlands

December 16th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Wally Dymant 1888 1969 South Sydney
Dougie McGregor 1889 1963 New Zealand, Auckland Province
Marius Guiral 1904 1977 France
Tom McLachlan 1906 1986 NSW City Seconds, Combined 1st; South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs
Andre Delpoux 1927   96 years and 153 days France
Brian Grant 1935 1984 Eastern Suburbs
Richie Twist 1948   75 years and 153 days QLD Firsts; Wests
Steve Anderson 1961 1984 Western Suburbs, Cronulla
John Kirwan 1964   59 years and 153 days Warriors
Michael Pechey 1968   55 years and 153 days Manly, Whitehaven, Widnes, Hunslet, Warrington
David Chrimes 1969   54 years and 153 days Mansfield, Rochdale, Swinton, Doncaster, Rochdale Mayfield
Danny Ellison 1972   51 years and 153 days Wigan, Workington, Castleford, Halifax
Andy Hill 1976   47 years and 153 days Parramatta, Castleford, York, Huddersfield
Chris Plume 1981   42 years and 153 days Huddersfield, Gateshead, Hunslet
Lee Sanderson 1981   42 years and 153 days Leigh, London, London, Rochdale, Oldham, Barrow
Paul Pickering 1982   41 years and 153 days Hull KR, Sheffield
Curtis Cunningham 1986   37 years and 153 days London, South Wales, Gloucestershire
James Hall 1988   35 years and 153 days Gateshead
Scott Mansfield 1990   33 years and 153 days Oldham, Rochdale
Stuart Biscomb 1991   32 years and 153 days Normanton, Oxford, Rochdale
James Mendeika 1991   32 years and 153 days Ireland; Leigh, London, Swinton, Featherstone, Bradford
Jack Smith 1991   32 years and 153 days Widnes, Fryston
Josh Veacock 1994   29 years and 153 days Doncaster
Reece Chapman-Carry 1995   28 years and 153 days Coventry
William Calcott 1997   26 years and 153 days Halifax, West Wales, Rochdale, Hunslet
Sion Jones 1997   26 years and 153 days Wales; South Wales, Halifax, Hunslet, Rochdale
Romain Puso 1997   26 years and 153 days France
Jack Wray 1997   26 years and 153 days Hemel
Bradley Ho 2000   23 years and 153 days Jamaica; Bradford, Coventry, Keighley

December 17th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
George Green 1883 1938 NSW Firsts, Reds, Metropolis; Sydney, North Sydney
Greg Sullivan 1910 1986 University
Roy McCallum 1913 1979 Canterbury
Owen Campbell 1917 1993 NSW Country Firsts, Newcastle (AU), NSW Country Seconds, Possibles (AU), Army Seconds; Eastern Suburbs, St George
Wally Rees 1917 2004 Eastern Suburbs
Roger Guilhem 1925   98 years and 152 days France
Ross Birrell 1949   74 years and 152 days NSW Country Seconds; South Sydney
Eddie Muller 1961   62 years and 152 days QLD, North QLD, QLD Country, Brisbane Firsts; QLD Country, Brisbane Firsts, Canterbury
Kevin Pape 1961   62 years and 152 days Cumbria; Carlisle, Workington
Tony Morrison 1965   58 years and 152 days Oldham, Swinton, Castleford, Rochdale
Chris Rudd 1969   54 years and 152 days Cumbria; Warrington
Hudson Smith 1972   51 years and 152 days Balmain, Salford, Bradford
Wade Glass 1975   48 years and 152 days Gateshead
Leroy Rivett 1976   47 years and 152 days Leeds, Bramley, Huddersfield Sheffield, Keighley, Doncaster, Chorley, Warrington, Leigh, Hull KR, Rochdale
Dane Dorahy 1977   46 years and 152 days Western Suburbs, Wakefield Trinity, Rochdale, Hull KR, Halifax
Craig Potter 1980   43 years and 152 days Castleford Panthers, Castleford, Doncaster, Batley, York City
Paul Atkins 1982   41 years and 152 days Warriors
Jaymes Chapman 1983   40 years and 152 days Halifax, Sheffield, London
Frank Winterstein 1986   37 years and 152 days Samoa; Bulldogs, Wakefield Trinity, Crusaders, Widnes, Manly, Penrith, Toulouse
Dennis Gordon 1987   36 years and 152 days Philippines
Steve Rapira 1988   35 years and 152 days North Qld, Warriors, Salford
Joe Connor 1990   33 years and 152 days North Wales, Leigh Miners R.
Grace Griffin 1990   33 years and 152 days Gold Coast (W), Brisbane (W)
Liam Kay 1991   32 years and 152 days Ireland; Wakefield Trinity, Doncaster, Leigh, Toronto Wolfpack
Jordan Rankin 1991   32 years and 152 days Gold Coast, Hull FC, Doncaster, Wests Tigers, Huddersfield, Castleford
Jack Francis 1992   31 years and 152 days Gloucestershire, Coventry, Rochdale, North Wales
Chad Redman 1992   31 years and 152 days Newcastle, Gold Coast
Brayden Wiliame 1992   31 years and 152 days Fiji; Parramatta, Manly, Catalans, St George Illawarra, Warriors
Lloyd Perrett 1994   29 years and 152 days Canterbury, Manly
Nick Gregson 1995   28 years and 152 days Wigan, Swinton, Workington, Leigh, Oldham, Widnes
Chris Randall 1995   28 years and 152 days Newcastle, Gold Coast
Mana Castillo-Sioni 1997   26 years and 152 days Chile
Eli Noovao 1998   25 years and 152 days Cook Islands
Leonard Skelton 2001   22 years and 152 days North Qld
Luke Broadbent 2002   21 years and 152 days Cumbria; Whitehaven, Workington, Barrow

December 18th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Bob Nicholson 1880 1940 Australia, QLD Firsts
Paddy Bugden 1918 1993 North Coast, Rest of NSW Seconds, NSW City Seconds; NSW Group 11, Newtown, Western Suburbs
Norm Provan 1932 2021 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Probables (AU), NSW City Seconds, Sydney Firsts, Possibles (AU); St George
Tony Branson 1947 2020 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW Country Seconds, Southern Division, NSW City Seconds, Illawarra Firsts; St George
Mick Fitzsimons 1961 2020 Eastern Suburbs
John Hirst 1970   53 years and 151 days Wakefield, York
Roger Middleton 1970   53 years and 151 days Nottingham, Bramley
Tony Fella 1971   52 years and 151 days Italy; Keighley, Bramley, Hunslet, Doncaster, Dewsbury
Gavin Johnson 1980   43 years and 151 days Oldham, Chorley
Gareth Naylor 1980   43 years and 151 days Hunslet
Andy Townend 1982   41 years and 151 days Doncaster
John Robinson 1983   40 years and 151 days Widnes
Elianna Walton 1984   39 years and 151 days NSW (W), Cook Islands (W); Sydney (W)
Mark McLennan 1985   38 years and 151 days London
Luke Ambler 1989   34 years and 151 days Ireland; Salford, York City, Leeds, Harlequins, Halifax
Gareth Frodsham 1989   34 years and 151 days St Helens, Widnes, Batley, North Wales, Rochdale
Nick Johnson 1990   33 years and 151 days Workington, Gateshead
Chris Lunt 1990   33 years and 151 days Widnes, North Wales
Matt Minto 1990   33 years and 151 days Newcastle
Mosese Pangai 1991   32 years and 151 days Tonga; North Qld
Ben Musolino 1992   31 years and 151 days Italy; Barrow, Sheffield, Doncaster
Taleena Simon 1992   31 years and 151 days NSW (W); Sydney (W)
Mikhail Burlutskiy 1994   29 years and 151 days Russia
Franklin Pele 2000   23 years and 151 days Cronulla, Canterbury, Hull FC
Ben McNamara 2001   22 years and 151 days Hull FC, Leigh
Emma Davies 2003   20 years and 151 days Wigan (W)
Riley Lumb 2004   19 years and 151 days Leeds, Halifax

December 19th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
David Atkin 0   59 years and 150 days Gateshead
Roderick Hodgins 1897 1959 NSW Firsts, NSW Seconds, Metropolis, Australasia II, Newcastle (AU), Probables (AU); North Sydney
Arthur Edwards 1901 1979 Australia, QLD Firsts, Brisbane Firsts, Kangaroos; Brisbane Firsts, North Sydney
Fred Gilbert 1910   113 years and 150 days Australia, QLD Firsts, Toowoomba
Alan Ross 1945   78 years and 150 days NSW City Seconds; Canterbury
Steve Martin 1958   65 years and 150 days Penrith
Arnold Hema 1959   64 years and 150 days Central Districts; Central Districts, Sheffield, Mansfield, Bramley
Paul Beaven 1964   59 years and 150 days Western Suburbs, Balmain, North Sydney
Bennett King 1964   59 years and 150 days Seagulls-Diehards, Gold Coast
Mark Cameron 1967   56 years and 150 days Batley
Jon Neill 1968   55 years and 150 days Scotland, Cumbria; St Helens, Huddersfield, Swinton
Adam Partington 1970   53 years and 150 days Highfield
Darren Anderson 1973   50 years and 150 days Sydney Tigers, Gold Coast
Christian Tyrer 1973   50 years and 150 days Widnes, Keighley
Dean Treister 1975   48 years and 150 days Cronulla, Hull FC
Vadim Fedchuk 1978   45 years and 150 days Russia; Dinamo
Hugh Thorpe 1978   45 years and 150 days Swinton
Gareth Brain 1981   42 years and 150 days Hunslet
Hywel Davies 1981   42 years and 150 days Wales; Celtic, South Wales
Casey Mayberry 1981   42 years and 150 days Halifax, Rochdale, Hull KR, Blackpool
Kevin Wilson 1981   42 years and 150 days Workington
John Connaughton 1982   41 years and 150 days Oxford
Ryan Blair 1983   40 years and 150 days Workington
Carl Ablett 1985   38 years and 150 days England; Leeds, London
Richard Johnson 1985   38 years and 150 days Wales; Celtic, Bradford
Kyle Danns 1987   36 years and 150 days Oxford
Martin Luckwell 1987   36 years and 150 days South Wales
Ben Kaye 1988   35 years and 150 days Leeds, Harlequins, Featherstone, London, Halifax, Batley
Lee Williams 1988   35 years and 150 days Wales; Celtic, South Wales
Ben Sagar 1989   34 years and 150 days Keighley
Sam Bremner 1991   32 years and 150 days NSW (W), Australia (W); St Geo Illa (W), Sydney (W)
Adam Milner 1991   32 years and 150 days England; Castleford, Huddersfield
Jack Lee 1992   31 years and 150 days Featherstone
Bronson Garlick 1995   28 years and 150 days Melbourne
Aaron Levy 1995   28 years and 150 days Keighley, Midlands, Hunslet
Tom Amone 1996   27 years and 150 days South Sydney, Wests Tigers, Leigh
Stefano Totidis 1997   26 years and 150 days Greece
Bradley Jinks 2000   23 years and 150 days Oldham, North Wales
Jazmon Tupou-Witchman 2003   20 years and 150 days Cook Islands (W); Cronulla (W)

December 20th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Maxwell Coxon 1882 1948 NSW Firsts, Metropolis; South Sydney
Jack Lindwall 1918 2000 Felsh's Team, NSW City Seconds, Sydney Seconds, Army Firsts; St George
Jack Spencer 1920 1998 NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Possibles (AU); Balmain
Matt McCoy 1923 2007 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW City Firsts, Fighting Services II, NSW XII, Central QLD; Eastern Suburbs, St George
Ross Nixon 1926   97 years and 149 days Eastern Suburbs
Ron Snell 1942 2021 Eastern Suburbs
Pat Hannan 1954   69 years and 149 days Past Christian Bros
Neil Kellett 1961   62 years and 149 days Castleford, Kent Invicta, Nottingham, Sheffield, Batley, Hunslet
Tony Walton 1963   60 years and 149 days Doncaster, Batley
Keith Beauchamp 1967   56 years and 149 days Illawarra, Newcastle, Hunter, Hull KR
David Fraisse 1968   55 years and 149 days France; Sheffield, Bradford, Workington
Paul Donaghy 1970   53 years and 149 days Cronulla
Richard McKell 1970   53 years and 149 days South Sydney, Wakefield, Castleford
Josh Stuart 1972   51 years and 149 days NSW City; North Sydney, Northern Eagles
Craig Weston 1973   50 years and 149 days Gold Coast, Eastern Suburbs, South Queensland, Huddersfield, Doncaster, Widnes, Leigh, Keighley
George Wilson 1975   48 years and 149 days Paris St Germain, North Qld
Neil Lowe 1978   45 years and 149 days Scotland; Featherstone, Salford, Doncaster, York City, Keighley, Hunslet
Dean Fitzgerald 1981   42 years and 149 days Celtic
Yusef Sozi 1981   42 years and 149 days London, Batley, Gateshead, York City, Doncaster, Sheffield, Rochdale
Fridon Udessiani 1982   41 years and 149 days Georgia
Ray Moujalli 1984   39 years and 149 days Lebanon; Sydney
Richard Whiting 1984   39 years and 149 days England; Featherstone, Hull FC, Doncaster, Leigh, Toronto Wolfpack
Neil Cherryholme 1986   37 years and 149 days Keighley, Leeds Met, Halifax, Swinton
Craig Kopczak 1986   37 years and 149 days Wales; Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Salford, Wakefield Trinity, Featherstone, Oldham
Mark Ward 1988   35 years and 149 days Doncaster
Leeson Ah Mau 1989   34 years and 149 days New Zealand, Samoa; Warriors, North Qld, St George Illawarra
David Cash 1989   34 years and 149 days Gateshead
Craig Holt 1990   33 years and 149 days Doncaster
Harry Kaufman 1991   32 years and 149 days Workington, Oxford, Coventry, London
James Newton 1991   32 years and 149 days Workington, Whitehaven, Egremont
Danny Cowling 1992   31 years and 149 days Wakefield Trinity, Doncaster, Halifax, Batley, Hunslet
Jacob Gagai 1995   28 years and 149 days South Sydney
Ben Steele 1995   28 years and 149 days London
Gavin Rodden 1996   27 years and 149 days Wigan St Judes, North Wales, Swinton
Rima Butler 1997   26 years and 149 days Maori (W); Parramatta (W), Newcastle (W)
Tyler Walton 2000   23 years and 149 days Rochdale, Midlands, Newcastle, Hunslet, Cornwall, Workington
William Tate 2001   22 years and 149 days Hull KR, Rochdale, Dewsbury, Workington, Castleford

December 21st

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Hubert Finn 1900 1952 NSW Firsts, Universities XIII, Metropolis; University
Frank Cottle 1920 1992 NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Probables (AU); North Sydney
Neville Watt 1930 2019 Balmain
Terry Hollindrake 1934 2015 Great Britain
Shaun McRae 1959   64 years and 148 days NSW City, Indigenous; South Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Parramatta
Chris Squires 1960   63 years and 148 days Dewsbury
Glenn Coleman 1965   58 years and 148 days Cronulla
Mikhail Piskunov 1967 2002 France, Russia; Paris St Germain
Justin Bryant 1971   52 years and 148 days London, Paris St Germain
Noel Solomon 1971   52 years and 148 days North Sydney, North Qld
Danny McAllister 1974   49 years and 148 days Sheffield, Gold Coast, Bramley, Gateshead, South Sydney
Jean-Christophe Borlin 1976   47 years and 148 days France; Saint-Gaudens, St Gaudens, Doncaster, Toulouse
Marvin Golden 1976   47 years and 148 days Leeds, Bramley, Halifax, London, Doncaster, Widnes, Hull KR
Nicolas Piquemal 1981   42 years and 148 days France; Pia, Lézignan
Craig Milnthorpe 1982   41 years and 148 days Featherstone
Jamie Langley 1983   40 years and 148 days Great Britain, England; Bradford, Hull KR, Sheffield
Danny Thomas 1983   40 years and 148 days Jamaica; Batley, Dewsbury, Hunslet, Gloucestershire, Oxford
Danny Flintoff 1984   39 years and 148 days Doncaster
Pita Godinet 1987   36 years and 148 days Samoa; Warriors, Wakefield Trinity, Featherstone, Manly, Wests Tigers
Jack Spencer 1990   33 years and 148 days Salford, Barrow, Halifax, Oldham, Swinton
Rhadley Brawa 1991   32 years and 148 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII
Tom Hopkins 1992   31 years and 148 days Wales; Askam, Barrow
Lewis Foster 1993   30 years and 148 days Leigh, Oldham, Whitehaven, London, Sheffield, Rochdale, Thatto Heath
Andy Gabriel 1993   30 years and 148 days Keighley, Dewsbury, Oldham
Ryan Wilson 1993   30 years and 148 days Doncaster, West Hull, Workington
Luke Brooks 1994   29 years and 148 days NRL; Wests Tigers, Manly
Toby Everett 1995   28 years and 148 days London, Hemel, London, Dewsbury, Toronto Wolfpack, Batley, Keighley, Hunslet
Brad Howe 1995   28 years and 148 days Cornwall
Rodrick Tai 1998   25 years and 148 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII; Warrington
Jack Croft 2000   23 years and 148 days Wakefield Trinity, Oldham, Newcastle, Barrow
Jasmin Strange 2002   21 years and 148 days Maori (W); Sydney (W), Newcastle (W)
Kulikefu Finefeuiaki 2003   20 years and 148 days North Qld
Liam Ison 2004   19 years and 148 days Leigh, Rochdale, Blackpool

December 22nd

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Fred Woolley 1880 1955 Australia, NSW Firsts, Metropolis; Balmain
Bob Williams 1886 1969 Australia, NSW Firsts, Metropolis, Australasia II, Kangaroos, Probables (AU); Eastern Suburbs
Joe Thompson 1902 1983 England (GB), Wales, Other
Hal Jones 1907 1955 Wales
Don Milton 1923 1974 NSW City Firsts; Western Suburbs
Jean Jammes 1931   92 years and 147 days France
Noel Dolton 1936 2021 Possibles (AU); Newtown, Parramatta, Western Suburbs
Neil Bertoli 1940 2016 Manly
Bill Bryant 1940   83 years and 147 days Great Britain
Laurie Moraschi 1942 2018 NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, NSW Country Seconds, Riverina, NSW Colts; Riverina, Balmain, North Sydney
Manfred Moore 1950   73 years and 147 days Newtown
Steve Norton 1951   72 years and 147 days Great Britain, England; Manly, Hull FC, Wakefield
Peter Mortimer 1957   66 years and 147 days NSW Firsts, Riverina, NSW City Seconds; Riverina, Canterbury, Hull KR
Nathan Gibbs 1959   64 years and 147 days NSW City Seconds; South Sydney, Parramatta
Tony Marchant 1962   61 years and 147 days Great Britain; Castleford, Bradford, Dewsbury
Paul Lord 1967   56 years and 147 days Oldham, Doncaster, Wakefield, Swinton, Dewsbury
Karl Randall 1971   52 years and 147 days Sheffield, Batley
Jack Elsegood 1973   50 years and 147 days Manly, Sydney City
Nicky Ruane 1973   50 years and 147 days Widnes
Alex Chan 1974   49 years and 147 days New Zealand, NZ Maori; Northern Eagles, Parramatta, Melbourne, Catalans
Scott Teare 1978   45 years and 147 days Wath Brow Hornets, Whitehaven
Dan Reeds 1980   43 years and 147 days London
Dave Newton 1981   42 years and 147 days Oldham, Chorley, Rochdale, Swinton
Joel Osborn 1981   42 years and 147 days London, Barrow
Chris Saab 1981   42 years and 147 days Lebanon
Zebastian Luisi 1984   39 years and 147 days Niue; London, Doncaster, Barrow
Dean Martin 1984   39 years and 147 days London
Puna Rasaubale 1986   37 years and 147 days Fiji; London
Marc Bainbridge 1987   36 years and 147 days Whitehaven, Workington
Danny Whitmore 1988   35 years and 147 days Oldham, Batley
Josh Scott 1989   34 years and 147 days Oxford
Jharal Yow Yeh 1989   34 years and 147 days Australia, QLD, Indigenous; Brisbane
Rhiannion Marshall 1992   31 years and 147 days York City (W)
Jordan Sigismeau 1992   31 years and 147 days France; Catalans, Whitehaven
Stefanos Bastas 1993   30 years and 147 days Greece; Hemel, Doncaster, Coventry
Ben Garner 1993   30 years and 147 days Barrow
David Klemmer 1993   30 years and 147 days Australia, NSW, NSW City, Aus PM XIII; Canterbury, Newcastle, Wests Tigers
Greg Wilde 1993   30 years and 147 days North Wales, South Wales, Whitehaven, Swinton
Will Cooke 1996   27 years and 147 days Oxford, Hunslet, Keighley, Oldham, Rochdale
Bailey Hartwig 1997   26 years and 147 days Gold Coast
Pavel Smirnov 1997   26 years and 147 days Russia

December 23rd

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Arthur Houlahan 1889   134 years and 146 days QLD Firsts
Kevin Hansen 1928 1971 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW City Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, Rest of NSW Firsts, NSW City Seconds, Western Division, Probables (AU), Western NSW; Western Suburbs, Western Division, Eastern Suburbs
Ray French 1939   84 years and 146 days Great Britain, Rest Of The World
Kevin Longbottom 1940 1986 NSW City Seconds; South Sydney
Max Brown 1946   77 years and 146 days Canterbury, Manly
Peter Wynn 1957   66 years and 146 days Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW, NSW Country Firsts, Illawarra Firsts, NSW City Seconds; Illawarra Firsts, Parramatta
Nick Halafihi 1967   56 years and 146 days Sheffield, Hunslet, Fulham, Hull KR
Grant Harris 1967   56 years and 146 days Carlisle
Joe Naidole 1967   56 years and 146 days Huddersfield, Featherstone, Wakefield, Oldham, Doncaster, Hunslet, Workington, Batley, Dewsbury
Junior Paul 1971   52 years and 146 days London
Blake Cannova 1974   49 years and 146 days Widnes
Sam Bibb 1980   43 years and 146 days Featherstone, Sheffield
Lee Doran 1981   42 years and 146 days Ireland; Oldham, Rochdale, Widnes, Leigh, Whitehaven
Josh Miller 1982   41 years and 146 days Canberra, St George Illawarra
Ibrahim Korana 1984   39 years and 146 days Türkiye
Chris Buttery 1985   38 years and 146 days Doncaster, Batley, Hunslet
Beau Champion 1986   37 years and 146 days NSW City, Indigenous; South Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Parramatta
Luke Kell 1993   30 years and 146 days South Wales, Gloucestershire
Justin Olam 1993   30 years and 146 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII; Melbourne, Wests Tigers
Sam Wood 1993   30 years and 146 days Bradford, Dewsbury, Huddersfield, Hull KR, Castleford
Josh Walters 1994   29 years and 146 days Leeds, Hunslet, Featherstone, London
Bayley Sironen 1996   27 years and 146 days Wests Tigers, South Sydney, Warriors, Catalans
Gabi Leigh 1997   26 years and 146 days Wigan (W), Leigh (W)
Jasmine Earnshaw-Cudjoe 1998   25 years and 146 days Leeds (W)
Adam Carr 1999   24 years and 146 days Rochdale, Thatto Heath
Anthony Dyne 1999   24 years and 146 days Keighley, West Wales, Swinton
Herbie Farnworth 1999   24 years and 146 days England; Brisbane, Dolphins
Denis Ivanov 2000   23 years and 146 days Bulgaria
Matty Turton 2001   22 years and 146 days Cornwall
Mac Walsh 2003   20 years and 146 days Newcastle, Toulouse

December 24th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Antoine Blain 1911 1973 France
Bert Cook 1923 1986 Other
Keith Aitken 1924   99 years and 145 days South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs
Bruce Smith 1926 2018 NSW Country Firsts, NSW Country Seconds, Southern Division, Possibles (AU), Monaro/S.Division; Balmain
Brian Watts 1930 1971 Eastern Suburbs
Phil Johnson 1963   60 years and 145 days Castleford, Featherstone, Huddersfield, Bramley, Trafford
Shane Tupaea 1963   60 years and 145 days Mansfield, Rochdale, Swinton, Oldham, Keighley
Iefata Sini 1966   57 years and 145 days Salford, York, Doncaster, Workington
Danny Russell 1969   54 years and 145 days Scotland; Manly, Carlisle, Huddersfield
Paul Smith 1969   54 years and 145 days NSW City; Penrith, Western Suburbs
Boycie Nelson 1974   49 years and 145 days NZ Maori; Widnes, Auckland, Limoux
Steven Crouch 1977   46 years and 145 days Parramatta, Manly, Wests Tigers, Sydney, Castleford, Featherstone
Chris Hemmings 1983   40 years and 145 days Doncaster
Isaac De Gois 1984   39 years and 145 days Wests Tigers, Cronulla, Newcastle, Parramatta
Nick Scruton 1984   39 years and 145 days England; Leeds, Hull FC, Bradford, Wakefield Trinity, Hull KR
Emmanuel Rodriguez 1988   35 years and 145 days Philippines
Cayci Pearson 1989   34 years and 145 days Featherstone
Alex Anthony 1991   32 years and 145 days London, Hemel
Chris Davies 1991   32 years and 145 days Wales; South Wales
Mahe Fonua 1992   31 years and 145 days Tonga, Combined; Melbourne, Hull FC, Wests Tigers, Castleford, Halifax, Doncaster
Dominic Newton 1992   31 years and 145 days Underbank, Oldham
Fa'amanu Brown 1994   29 years and 145 days New Zealand, Samoa; Cronulla, Canterbury, Featherstone, Wests Tigers, Newcastle, St George Illawarra, Hull FC
Matt Frawley 1994   29 years and 145 days Canterbury, Huddersfield, Canberra, Leeds
Chris Leyshon 1994   29 years and 145 days South Wales
Oliver Roberts 1995   28 years and 145 days Ireland; Bradford, Sheffield, Oldham, Huddersfield, Salford, Halifax, Newcastle
Lewis Fairhurst 1996   27 years and 145 days Dewsbury, Hemel, Keighley, North Wales
Justin Frain 1998   25 years and 145 days Wests Tigers
Jules Hobbs 1998   25 years and 145 days London
Kea Pere 1999   24 years and 145 days Gold Coast
Tukimihia Simpkins 2001   22 years and 145 days Maori; Wests Tigers
Tony Francis 2002   21 years and 145 days Gold Coast
Tom Inman 2002   21 years and 145 days York City, Halifax
George Flanagan Jr 2004   19 years and 145 days Bradford

December 25th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Charlie Tidball 0   75 years and 144 days Gateshead
Joe Apoloney 1880 1952 NSW Firsts, Metropolis, Whites (AU); Balmain
Stan Callaghan 1916 1989 Eastern Suburbs
Sid Raffo 1925 2000 Manly
Peter Long 1929 2018 Western Suburbs
Jean Pambrun 1929 2006 France
Neil Ryan 1937 2019 Eastern Suburbs
Dave Grimmond 1943   80 years and 144 days NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, Monaro
John Sellar 1956   67 years and 144 days South Sydney
Steve Branthwaite 1961   62 years and 144 days Whitehaven
Tony Currie 1962   61 years and 144 days Australia, QLD Firsts, QLD, Brisbane Firsts; Brisbane Firsts, Leeds, Canterbury, Brisbane
Mark Elia 1962   61 years and 144 days New Zealand, Western Samoa; Kent Invicta, St Helens, Canterbury, Halifax, Widnes
Brendan Carlyle 1968   55 years and 144 days York, Hunslet, Scarborough, Hull FC, Doncaster, Heworth
Jason Mackie 1968   55 years and 144 days New Zealand; Warriors
Kava Utoikamanu 1968   55 years and 144 days Paris St Germain
Noel Goldthorpe 1969   54 years and 144 days NSW (SL); Western Suburbs, St George, Hunter, Adelaide, North Qld
Paul Koloi 1972   51 years and 144 days Tonga; Wigan, London
Chris Percival 1979 2010 Widnes, Oldham, Leigh
Paul Bamber 1981   42 years and 144 days Chorley
Jon Hepworth 1982   41 years and 144 days London, Leeds, Castleford, Featherstone
Simon Bissell 1985   38 years and 144 days Batley, Keighley, Blackpool
Kaine Manihera 1986   37 years and 144 days NZ Maori; Brisbane
Joe Walsh 1988   35 years and 144 days Harlequins, Huddersfield
Andy Ackers 1993   30 years and 144 days England; Swinton, London, Toronto Wolfpack, Salford, Leeds
Tom Walker 1994   29 years and 144 days Cumbria; Workington, Barrow, Whitehaven
Solomona Faataape 2000   23 years and 144 days Wests Tigers
Sam Walters 2000   23 years and 144 days Batley, Leeds, Bradford, Wigan
Joeli Morris 2001   22 years and 144 days Sydney (W)
Samuel Loizou 2002   21 years and 144 days Parramatta
Levi Edwards 2003   20 years and 144 days Batley, York City, Leeds

December 26th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
James McCosh 1897   126 years and 143 days QLD Firsts, Rest of QLD, Ipswich
Antranick Apelian 1929 2017 France, Rest Of The World, Great Britain/France, France B
Barry Nelson 1931 2021 NSW Firsts, Probables (AU); Canterbury, Newtown
Don Furner 1932 2020 Australia, QLD Firsts, Toowoomba, Probables (AU)
Sam Vucago 1952   71 years and 143 days NSW Country Firsts, Monaro; Monaro, NSW Country Firsts, Canberra
Craig Teitzel 1963   60 years and 143 days Southern Suburbs, Western Suburbs, Illawarra, Warrington, North Qld
Steve Prescott 1973 2013 England, Ireland, Great Britain U21; St Helens, Hull, Wakefield Trinity
Lusi Sione 1974   49 years and 143 days NZ Residents; Workington
Andy Hobson 1978   45 years and 143 days Halifax, Widnes, Dewsbury, Leigh, Blackpool
Joe McNicholas 1978   45 years and 143 days Oldham
David Norman 1979   44 years and 143 days Gateshead
Martin Roden 1979   44 years and 143 days Blackpool, Leigh, Oldham, Oxford
Craig Wing 1979   44 years and 143 days Australia, NSW, NSW City, Aus PM XIII; South Sydney, Sydney
Ian Kirke 1980   43 years and 143 days Hull KR, York, Dewsbury, Leeds, Wakefield Trinity
Fabrice Estebanez 1981   42 years and 143 days France; Limoux, Toulouse
Chris Giles 1981   42 years and 143 days St Helens, Widnes, Rochdale, Leigh
Lelauloto Tagaloa 1986   37 years and 143 days USA; Sheffield, Doncaster
Ase Boas 1988   35 years and 143 days Papua New Guinea, PNG PM XIII; Featherstone
Kevin Gordon 1989   34 years and 143 days NSW Country, Philippines, Aus PM XIII; Gold Coast
Charlie Eccleston 1990   33 years and 143 days Keighley
Jan Heininger 1992   31 years and 143 days Czech Republic
Jas Bell 1998   25 years and 143 days York City (W)
Fletcher Baker 1999   24 years and 143 days Sydney, Brisbane
Jayden Sharp 2000   23 years and 143 days Gold Coast
Oliver Waite 2000   23 years and 143 days Halifax
Kurtis Farr 2002   21 years and 143 days Wests Tigers
Tyrone Munro 2004   19 years and 143 days South Sydney

December 27th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Thierry Alibert 0   53 years and 142 days Gateshead
Ian McGregor 0   70 years and 142 days Gateshead
Charles Barker 1890 1959 Rest of QLD; Eastern Suburbs
William Davies 1890 1967 England (GB), Wales, Other
Joe Baird 1902 1965 NSW Firsts, NSW City Seconds; North Sydney
Alf Gibbs 1920 1981 Australia, NSW Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, Newcastle (AU), NSW City Seconds; Souths Newcastle, Newtown
Ron Ackland 1934 2013 New Zealand, NSW Country Firsts, Auckland, Monaro; Monaro
Trevor Heiler 1938 2017 Papua New Guinea; South Sydney
Bill Walsh 1942 1981 Canterbury
Brian Norton 1944 2018 NSW Country Firsts, NSW Country Seconds, Northern Division, NSW City Seconds; North Sydney, St George
Simon Brockwell 1956   67 years and 142 days NSW Country Firsts, Monaro, NSW Country Seconds; Monaro, NSW Country Firsts, North Sydney, Leigh
Mal Creevey 1956 1993 Canterbury, Balmain, Illawarra
Johnny Walker 1968   55 years and 142 days Keighley, Barrow, Batley, Hunslet
Jason Moore 1970   53 years and 142 days Workington, Ellenborough
Leigh Deakin 1972   51 years and 142 days Leeds, Ryedale-York, Hull FC, Dewsbury, Hunslet
Craig Hodges 1973   50 years and 142 days Wests Tigers, South Sydney, Warriors, Catalans
Rebecca Young 1981   42 years and 142 days NSW (W); Sydney (W)
Dave Byrne 1982   41 years and 142 days Barrow, Chorley
Merab Kvirikashvili 1983   40 years and 142 days Georgia
Steve McDermott 1985   38 years and 142 days Rochdale, North Wales
Yuta Oba 1985   38 years and 142 days Japan
Tom Wandless 1986   37 years and 142 days Sharlston Rovers, Dewsbury, Featherstone Lions
Tim Browne 1987   36 years and 142 days Canterbury, Penrith
Dean Hatton 1987   36 years and 142 days Leigh, Rochdale, Blackpool
Drake Muyodi 1988   35 years and 142 days Italy
Tony Gigot 1990   33 years and 142 days France; Catalans, Toulouse, London, London, Toronto Wolfpack, Wakefield Trinity
Sam Egerton 1991   32 years and 142 days Oxford
Michael Morgan 1991   32 years and 142 days Australia, QLD, Aus PM XIII; North Qld
Stefan Nedeljković 1991   32 years and 142 days Serbia
Chris Palser-Thorne 1993   30 years and 142 days Oxford
Henry Angikimua 1994   29 years and 142 days Solomon Is
Decarlo Trerise 1994   29 years and 142 days Cornwall
Solomon Alaimalo 1995   28 years and 142 days Wests Tigers
Gideon Gela-Mosby 1996   27 years and 142 days North Qld
Ben Forster 2000   23 years and 142 days Rochdale
Callum Eggerling 2001   22 years and 142 days Melbourne

December 28th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Bill Spencer 1900 1981 Australia, QLD Firsts, Toowoomba, Ipswich, Wide Bay, Kangaroos; Toowoomba, Ipswich
Kevin Gleeson 1913 2004 Eastern Suburbs
Hylton Davies 1915 1945 NSW City Probables, Metropolis, Sydney Firsts; Newtown
Ian French 1960   63 years and 141 days QLD, Brisbane Firsts; Brisbane Firsts, Castleford, North Sydney, Doncaster
Glen Burgess 1963   60 years and 141 days Workington
Ricky Cowan 1963   60 years and 141 days New Zealand, Auckland; Auckland, St Helens
Clarry Iti 1963   60 years and 141 days Featherstone, Doncaster
John Higgins 1965   58 years and 141 days Rochdale, Oldham
Simon Davison 1967   56 years and 141 days Doncaster
Peers Bent 1970   53 years and 141 days Trafford, Barrow, Leigh
Alex Stewart 1974   49 years and 141 days London
Martin Sykes 1976   47 years and 141 days Doncaster, Hunslet
Shane Elford 1977   46 years and 141 days Penrith, Wests Tigers, Huddersfield
Beau Mundine 1980   43 years and 141 days South Sydney
Richard Coatalen 1981   42 years and 141 days London
James Houston 1982   41 years and 141 days Scotland; Featherstone, Hunslet, York City
Paul Hughes 1984   39 years and 141 days Featherstone, York City, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Hunslet
Carlos Mendes Varela 1984   39 years and 141 days Toulouse
James Coyle 1985   38 years and 141 days Ireland; Wigan, Widnes, Oldham, Barrow, Hunslet, Workington
Dylan Nash 1986   37 years and 141 days Gateshead, Halifax
Chris Mugan 1988   35 years and 141 days Blackpool
Joe Mellor 1990   33 years and 141 days Harlequins, Widnes, Wigan, Toronto Wolfpack, Leigh, Salford
Samir Tahraoui 1990   33 years and 141 days Swinton, South Wales, Whitehaven, Bradford, Keighley, Rochdale, North Wales
Ant Walker 1991   32 years and 141 days Wales; St Helens, Whitehaven, Rochdale, Wakefield Trinity, Dewsbury, Bradford, Widnes
Andy Lea 1992   31 years and 141 days Thatto Heath, Rochdale
Jordan Walne 1992   31 years and 141 days Workington, Oldham, Salford, North Wales, Halifax, Hull KR, Leigh, York City, Barrow
Christopher Chard 1993   30 years and 141 days Cornwall
Will Martin 1993   30 years and 141 days London
Zach Clark 1995   28 years and 141 days Newcastle
Joey Lussick 1995   28 years and 141 days Manly, Salford, Parramatta, St Helens
Miodrag Tomić 1995   28 years and 141 days Serbia
Josiah Afu 1997   26 years and 141 days Gold Coast
Luke Million 1997   26 years and 141 days Hunslet, Keighley
Reuben Cotter 1998   25 years and 141 days Australia, QLD, Indigenous, Aus PM XIII; North Qld
Christian Gale 1999   24 years and 141 days London
Josh Slingsbury 2000   23 years and 141 days West Wales
Josh Slingsby 2000   23 years and 141 days Keighley
Ata Mariota 2001   22 years and 141 days Canberra

December 29th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Kevin Allatt 0   81 years and 140 days Gateshead
Ernest Anlezark 1882 1961 Australia, QLD Firsts
Billy Williams 1905 1973 England (GB), Wales, Other
Clarrie Rowsell 1915 2001 Newtown
Dennis Tutty 1945   78 years and 140 days Australia; Balmain, Penrith, Eastern Suburbs
John Ryan 1948 1982 Penrith
David Topliss 1949 2008 Great Britain, England; Penrith, Balmain, Wakefield, Hull FC, Oldham
Des Foy 1963   60 years and 140 days Great Britain, Ireland, Europe, Ireland A; Widnes, Oldham, Huddersfield
Martin Quinn 1964   59 years and 140 days Eastern Suburbs
Martin Offiah 1965   58 years and 140 days Great Britain, England; Widnes, Eastern Suburbs, Wigan, St George, London, Salford
Steve Ashcroft 1969   54 years and 140 days Chorley, Barrow
Peter Atherton 1970   53 years and 140 days St Helens, Whitehaven
Sean Cooper 1970   53 years and 140 days Oldham, Rochdale
Richard Picksley 1970   53 years and 140 days Sheffield, Doncaster, Batley
Scott Martin 1974   49 years and 140 days Great Britain U21; Leigh, Salford, Sheffield, Rochdale, Widnes
Daniel Gaić 1978   45 years and 140 days Serbia
Brenton Lawrence 1984   39 years and 140 days Aus PM XIII; Gold Coast, Manly
Louis Richards 1987   36 years and 140 days Oxford
Brandon Anderson 1988   35 years and 140 days USA
Jamie Murphy 1989   34 years and 140 days Wales; South Wales, Crusaders, Gloucestershire
Yannic Parker 1990   33 years and 140 days Wales; South Wales, Gloucestershire, Oxford
Connor Dwyer 1993   30 years and 140 days Barrow, Rochdale, Swinton, Thatto Heath, Widnes
Sonny Esslemont 1993   30 years and 140 days Scotland; Hull KR, Gateshead, Keighley, Hemel, Sheffield, Dewsbury
Ryan Hampshire 1994   29 years and 140 days Wigan, Workington, Castleford, Leigh, Wakefield Trinity
Harry Tyson-Wilson 1996   27 years and 140 days Hull FC, Doncaster, York City, Hunslet, West Hull, Sheffield
Callum Abbott 1998   25 years and 140 days Cornwall
Paul Roache 1998   25 years and 140 days Warriors
Nathan Wilde 1999   24 years and 140 days Newcastle, Leigh, Rochdale

December 30th

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Ernest Ogg 1905 1969 NSW City Firsts, Metropolis, Universities XIII; University
Noel White 1923 2019 Australia, NSW Firsts, QLD Firsts, NSW Country Firsts, Newcastle (AU); Kurri Kurri
Dudley Beger 1928 1994 Western Suburbs
John Gleeson 1938 2021 Australia, QLD Firsts, Toowoomba, Brisbane Firsts, South QLD Firsts
Daniel Pellerin 1941   82 years and 139 days France
Roger Biffi 1942 2004 France
Rod McDougall 1952   71 years and 139 days Southern Suburbs, Wynnum-Manly
John Crow 1954   69 years and 139 days Western Suburbs, Newtown
Paul McDermott 1956   67 years and 139 days York, Wakefield, Sheffield, Rochdale
Iain Wood 1963   60 years and 139 days Gold Coast
Neville McLellan 1965   58 years and 139 days Trafford
Gavin Manclark 1967   56 years and 139 days Scotland
Paul Rees 1967   56 years and 139 days Batley, Hunslet
Tom Oldroyd 1969   54 years and 139 days Hunslet, Batley
Kevin Carmichael 1970   53 years and 139 days South Queensland, Melbourne
Makali Aizue 1977   46 years and 139 days Papua New Guinea; Hull KR, Halifax, Dewsbury, Doncaster
Jovan Vujošević 1978   45 years and 139 days Serbia
Chad Randall 1980   43 years and 139 days Northern Eagles, Manly, London
Jake Kerr 1982   41 years and 139 days London
John Lebbon 1984   39 years and 139 days Whitehaven, Barrow, Workington
Gary McClelland 1984   39 years and 139 days Hunslet, Hunslet Warriors
Bryson Goodwin 1985   38 years and 139 days New Zealand, Maori; Cronulla, Bulldogs, South Sydney, Warrington
Ben Titoko 1986   37 years and 139 days Vanuatu
Dan Belcher 1988   35 years and 139 days Keighley
Jamie Cording 1989   34 years and 139 days Gateshead, Sheffield, Huddersfield, Featherstone
Chad Sharp 1989   34 years and 139 days Hemel
Ben Crane 1991   32 years and 139 days York City, Hunslet
Johnny Shields 1992   31 years and 139 days Gateshead
Jake Shoel 1993   30 years and 139 days Rochdale
Brent Naden 1995   28 years and 139 days Indigenous; Penrith, Canterbury, Wests Tigers
Brad Abbey 1996   27 years and 139 days Canterbury, Canberra, Sydney
Alfie Seeley 1996   27 years and 139 days Keighley
Luc Franco 1998   25 years and 139 days Spain
Lee Turner 1998   25 years and 139 days Gold Coast

December 31st

Name Year Born Year Died Current Age Teams Represented
Jim Abercrombie 1880 1948 Australia, NSW Firsts, Metropolis; Western Suburbs
Jack Leveson 1882 1949 Australia, NSW Firsts, Metropolis, Whites (AU); South Sydney
Roy Algie 1888 1946 NSW Firsts; Glebe, Balmain
Ted Taplin 1893 1968 NSW Firsts, Tamworth, Western Division, Orange, Western NSW; North Sydney, Western Division
Noel Ferrier 1913 2001 NSW City Possibles, Combined 1st, Metropolis, Sydney Firsts, NSW Country Seconds; North Sydney
Percy Dermond 1918 2012 Eastern Suburbs
Terry Gibson 1954   69 years and 138 days South Sydney
Kurt Sherlock 1961   62 years and 138 days New Zealand; Eastern Suburbs
Shaun Morrow 1963   60 years and 138 days Barrow
Michael Koellner 1965   58 years and 138 days South Sydney
Steve Morrison 1966   57 years and 138 days Barrow
Paul McGregor 1967   56 years and 138 days Australia, NSW, NSW Country; Illawarra, St George Illawarra
Scott Barnes 1971   52 years and 138 days Batley
Leroy Joe 1974   49 years and 138 days Cook Islands; Whitehaven, Hull KR
Nathan McAvoy 1976   47 years and 138 days England, Great Britain U21; Salford, Bradford, Wigan, Leeds, Leigh
Steve Dooler 1977   46 years and 138 days Featherstone, Hunslet
Gareth Dobson 1978   45 years and 138 days Castleford, York, Sheffield, East Hull
Will Cowell 1979   44 years and 138 days Warrington, Oldham
Lee Wilson 1979   44 years and 138 days Rochdale
Ben Hannant 1984   39 years and 138 days Australia, QLD, NRL, Aus PM XIII; Sydney, Brisbane, Bulldogs, North Qld
Diego Del Nevo 1986   37 years and 138 days Italy
Kade Snowden 1986   37 years and 138 days Australia, NSW, NSW Country, Aus PM XIII, NRL, Italy; Newcastle, Cronulla
Gavin Bennion 1993   30 years and 138 days Wales; Swinton, Featherstone, Halifax, Rochdale, Oldham, Salford
Ethan Kelly 1994   29 years and 138 days Millom, Whitehaven, North Wales, Barrow
Aliti Namoce 1997   26 years and 138 days Fiji (W); Sydney (W), St Geo Illa (W)
Hung Yip 1998   25 years and 138 days Hong Kong
Jenson Monk 2003   20 years and 138 days London