Indigenous_All_Stars_(Rugby_League)

Indigenous All Stars
Team information
Governing body	Australian Rugby League Commission
Head coach	Ronald Griffiths
Captain	Latrell Mitchell
Most caps	Joel Thompson (7); Andrew Fifita (7); Ryan James (7); Jack Wighton (7); Tyrone Peachey (7)
Top try-scorer	Ben Barba (4); Josh Addo-Carr (4)
Top point-scorer	Johnathan Thurston (38)
Team results
	First international
	Indigenous Beat Papua New Guinea
	Biggest win
	Indigenous All Stars 32-6 NRL All Stars
	Biggest defeat
	Indigenous All Stars 12-44 Māori All Stars
	World Cup
Appearances	2008 Opening Ceremony Vs New Zealand Māori

Indigenous All Stars (rugby league)

Rugby league team

The Indigenous Australian rugby league team (also known as the Indigenous All Stars^[1] or Indigenous Dreamtime^[2] team) is a rugby league football team that represents Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. The team was first formed in 1973 and currently plays in an annual All Stars Match against a National Rugby League NRL All Stars team.

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History

An Aboriginal v White Australian rugby league game was held in Barcaldine in Western Queensland in 1963. These 'Blacks v Whites' games continued annually until 1984.^[3]

The first Australian Aboriginal rugby league team was assembled in 1973 The Aboriginal team managed to win seven of its nine matches in just 10 days, The team consisted of 34 players – 19 from NSW, 13 from Queensland and two from the Northern Territory. They went on to win games against Kiwi premiers Wellington Petone, the only all-Māori team & Auckland club & Te Atatu, which the Aboriginal side won 17–13.^[4]

The side competed in the Pacific Cup in 1990, 1992 and 1994. During this period the team contained New South Wales Rugby League first grade players such as Ricky Walford, Graham Lyons, Ron Gibbs, Darrell Trindall, Paul Davis, Wayne Alberts, George Longbottom and Will Robinson.

In the post-1999 NRL season an Aboriginal side managed by Arthur Beetson defeated the Papua New Guinea Kumuls and the future rugby league Immortal was pushing for an Australia Day match against the Australian national team.

On the same day as the All Stars announcement, the league also revealed the NRL Pre-Season Challenge would return in 2024, with the tournament kicking off on February 15 and running across two weekends.

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In 2008 World Cup curtain raiser to the Australia vs. New Zealand match included an Indigenous Australian squad playing against New Zealand Māori which featured several prominent NRL players and rising stars, including Chris Sandow, Wairangi Koopu, Preston Campbell, Shaun Kenny-Dowall and Carl Webb.

Preston Campbell, a highly respected Aboriginal rugby league player, was a driving force behind the setup, in 2010, of a curtain raising match between the Indigenous All Stars, and the NRL All Stars. The Indigenous All Stars played what seems likely become an annual match against the National Rugby League All Stars on 13 February 2010.^[6] The squad was chosen in part by public vote. Aboriginal NRL player Sid Domic's artistic ability led him to be selected from a field of six artists to design the Indigenous side's jersey, as well as Johnathan Thurston's and Jamie Soward's custom headgear, for the annual All Stars matches.^[7]

2019 will see a new format of the Australian Indigenous All-Stars play the New Zealand Māori at AAMI Park in Melbourne on 15 February. It will be part of an All-Stars double header with the women's teams to play the curtain-raiser Māori and indigenous teams to the men's game. With no All-Stars game in 2017 due to the World Cup, the NRL will be hoping the inclusion of the New Zealand Māori side will spark popularity in the fixture. With three Indigenous players also eligible for both teams Dane Gagai, Reimis Smith, Josh Hoffman and Javid Bowen.^[8]

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Thurston attained captaincy after Campbell withdrew to injury

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Indigenous_All_Stars_(Rugby_League)

Indigenous All Stars (rugby league)

History

Teams

First Australian Aboriginal Rugby League Team 1973 Tour

1990-92-1994 Australian Aboriginals Pacific Cup Team

1999 Australian Aboriginals

2008 Indigenous Team of the Century (1908–2007)

2008 Indigenous Dreamtime

2010 Indigenous All Stars

2011 Indigenous All Stars

2012 Indigenous All Stars

2013 Indigenous All Stars

2014 Festival of Indigenous Rugby League

2015 Indigenous All Stars

2016 Indigenous All Stars

2017 Indigenous All Stars

2019 Indigenous All Stars

Indigenous Team of the Decade (2010–2019)

2020 Indigenous All Stars

2021 Indigenous All Stars

2022 Indigenous All Stars

2023 Indigenous All Stars

Results

2024 Player Pool

See also

References

External links

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