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.

Terry Hill
Ray Hines
Johnny Hutchinson
Matt King
Adam McDougall
Ian Mackay
Mark McGaw
Keith Middleton
Jim Morgan
Adam Muir
Webby Neill
Rex Norman

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 1946)

Howard Hallett jnr (1946)
Jack Rayner (1947-1956)
Clive Churchill (1957-1958)
Bernie Purcell (1959-1960)
Darrell Chapman (1961-1964)
Jim Lisle (1963-1966)
John Sattler (1967-1972)
Bob McCarthy (1973-1975)
Denis Pittard (1973)
Bob Grant (1974)
Gary Stevens (1974, 1976)
George Piggins (1977)

Paul Sait (1977-1978)
Darryl Bampton (1978)
Nathan Gibbs (1979-1982)
Ken Stewart (1978-1981)
Mitch Brennan (1981)
Ziggy Niszczot (1983-1984)
Mario Fenech (1985-1990)
Craig Coleman (1991)
Michael Andrews (1992-1993)
Dean Schifilliti (1994)
Lee Jackson (1995)
Craig Field (1995-1996)

Craig Salvatori (1996)
Sean Garlick (1997-1999)
Adam Muir (2002)
Bryan Fletcher (2003-2005)
Ashley Harrison (2005)
Peter Cusack (2006-2007)
David Kidwell (2007-2008)
Roy Asotasi (2007-2012)
John Sutton (2008, 2011-2014)
Luke Stuart (2009-2010)
Michael Crocker (2011-2013)
Matt King (2012)

Sam Burgess (2012-2013)
Greg Inglis (2015)
John Sutton (2015)
Adam Reynolds (2015)

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]

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

↑ "Club records". rabbitohs.com.au. South Sydney Rabbitohs. 2007. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
↑ 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.

Works cited

Andrews, Malcolm (2006). The ABC of Rugby League. Australia: ABC Books. ISBN 978-0-7333-1946-4.
Fontaine, Angus (ed); League Week (2002). Souths The People's Team. ACP Publishing.
Heads, Ian (2000). South Sydney, Pride of the League. Lothian. ISBN 0-7344-0152-3.
Whiticker, Alan; Hudson, Glen (2005). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players - South Sydney Rabbitohs. Bas Publishing. ISBN 1-920910-58-1.
"Rabbitohs Club Records". National Rugby League. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
"Rugby League Tables and Statistics". The World of Rugby League. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
"South Sydney Rabbitohs". South Sydney Rabbitohs Official Website. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
South Sydney Rabbitohs "Sean Fagan's Rugby League History" Check |url= value (help). RL1908.com. Retrieved 5 May 2007.

South Sydney Rabbitohs

Est. 1908 at Redfern Town Hall, Sydney, New South Wales

The club	History Honours Players Coaches Records Representatives Results

Home grounds	Current ANZ Stadium Past Sydney Sports Ground Redfern Oval Sydney Football Stadium

Culture	Charity Shield South Side Story Book of Feuds Ron Coote Cup Rivalries Return to Redfern South Sydney Leagues Club Red and Green Ball George Piggins Medal Souths Cares Rabbitohs Hall Of Fame

Important figures	Arthur Hennessy Benny Wearing George Treweek Jack Rayner Clive Churchill John Sattler Bob McCarthy George Piggins Russell Crowe

League	Current NRL Past NSWRL ARL

Titles	Premierships – 21 1908 1909 1914 1918 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1931 1932 1950 1951 1953 1954 1955 1967 1968 1970 1971 2014

Seasons (105)	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Other competitions	Current Auckland Nines National Youth Competition S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Past Amco Cup New South Wales Cup Jersey Flegg Cup

Affiliations	South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League North Sydney Bears

Related articles	The Burrow Reggie the Rabbit South Sydney Central

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