List of South Sydney Rabbitohs players

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

Club Internationals - Australia

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

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

Represented Australia before or after playing with South Sydney

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

Club Internationals - New Zealand

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

¹ Represented New Zealand All Golds in 2007

Club Internationals - Other Countries

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

Represented other countries before or after playing with South Sydney

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

Australian Test Captains

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

New Zealand Test Captains

• Roy Asotasi (2007-2008)

Australian World Cup Captains

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

State of Origin Representatives

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

Captains (since 1908)

George Piggins Medal

Since 2003 the South Sydney Rabbitohs have awarded the "George Piggins Medal" to their best and fairest player of the season.^[1]

• 2003: Bryan Fletcher
• 2004: Ashley Harrison
• 2005: Peter Cusack
• 2006: David Fa'alogo
• 2007: Roy Asotasi
• 2008: Luke Stuart
• 2009: John Sutton
• 2010: Isaac Luke
• 2011: Nathan Merritt
• 2012: John Sutton
• 2013: Greg Inglis & John Sutton
• 2014: Sam Burgess
• 2015: Greg Inglis
• 2016: Sam Burgess

South Sydney "Dream Team"

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

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

The "South Sydney Dream Team" is:

• Fullback – Clive Churchill (164 games for Souths between 1947–58, 27 games for NSW, 34 Tests for Australia. Coached Souths to four premierships in 1967, 1968, 1970 and 1971).
• Winger – Harold Horder (86 games for Souths between 1912-19 & 1924, 9 games for NSW, 13 Tests for Australia).
• Centre – Herb Gilbert (23 games for Souths between 1911-12 & 1915, 3 games for NSW, 7 Tests for Australia).
• Centre – Paul Sait (163 games for Souths between 1968–78, 5 games for NSW, 7 Tests for Australia).
• Winger – Ian Moir (118 games for Souths between 1952–58, 10 games for NSW, 8 Tests for Australia).
• Five-eighth – Jim Lisle (102 games for Souths between 1962–68, 8 games for NSW, 6 Tests for Australia).
• Halfback – Bob Grant (136 games for Souths between 1966–75, 2 games for NSW, 1 Test for Australia).
• Lock – Ron Coote (151 games for Souths between 1964–71, 13 games for NSW, 13 Tests for Australia).
• Second Row – Bob McCarthy (211 games for Souths between 1963-75 & 1978, 10 games for NSW, 10 Tests for Australia).
• Second Row – George Treweek (120 games for Souths between 1926–34, 7 games for NSW, 18 Tests for Australia).
• Prop – John O'Neill (150 games for Souths between 1965-71 & 1975-76, 5 games for NSW, 2 Tests for Australia).
• Hooker – Elwyn Walters (129 games for Souths between 1967–73, 11 games for NSW, 12 Tests for Australia).
• Prop – John Sattler (Captain, 195 games for Souths between 1963–72, 4 games for NSW, 3 games for Queensland, 4 Tests for Australia).
• Reserve – Greg Hawick (84 games for Souths between 1950–56, 8 games for NSW, 6 Tests for Australia).
• Reserve – Ray Branighan (52 games for Souths between 1968–71, 5 games for NSW, 8 Tests for Australia).
• Reserve – Ian Roberts (65 games for Souths between 1986–89, 11 games for NSW, 13 Tests for Australia).
• Reserve – Les Cowie (176 games for Souths between 1947–57, 10 games for NSW, 6 Tests for Australia).
• Coach – Jack Rayner (Played 194 games for Souths between 1946–57, 11 games for NSW, 5 Tests for Australia. Coached Souths to five premierships in 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954 and 1955).

"The Magnificent XIII"

In 2002 on the Rabbitohs readmission to the competition, The Magnificent XIII,^[2] a team consisting of great South Sydney players over the years was selected by a panel of rugby league journalists and former Souths players and coaches. The team consists of 17 players (four being reserves) and a coach representing the South Sydney Rabbitohs Football Club from 1908 through to 2002.

No. Position Player 1 FB Clive Churchill (c) 2 WG Harold Horder 3 CE Ray Branighan 4 CE Paul Sait 5 WG Ian Moir 6 FE Alf Blair 7 HB Bob Grant 8 PR John Sattler 9 HK George Piggins

No. Position Player 10 PR John O'Neill 11 SR Jack Rayner 12 SR Bob McCarthy 13 LK Ron Coote 14 RE Terry Fahey 15 RE Ziggy Niszczot 16 RE Elwyn Walters 17 RE George Treweek CO Bernie Purcell (coach)

References

Footnotes

1. ↑ "Club records". rabbitohs.com.au. South Sydney Rabbitohs. 2007. Retrieved 2009-11-30. 
2. ↑ See "The Magnificent XIII" in the article Hall of Fame in Souths The People's Team, edited by Angus Fontaine, League Week, ACP Publishing, 2002.

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