The ultimate cult rugby league team of the 80s and 90s. The former Leeds Rhinos star and Sky Sports rugby league pundit gives us his list of the players he is going to be watching when the new season gets underway on Friday, March 26 - live on Sky Sports. A Team of the Greatest Australian Rugby League Players of the 1990s. Great news! 1987), South Sydney, Canterbury and Penrith NRL player; Cousin of all of the above Includes nineties legends such as Daley, Fittler, Meninga, Langer, Renouf & Clyde The year selected represents the first year in which they were called up for international duties and the appearances represent full international matches. Player ↓. A ustralian rugby league has always had an on-off love affair with English players. Canberra Raiders (1990 – 1998) Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (1999) Easily the most dominant back-rower of the early ’90s, Bradley Clyde is revered by many in rugby league as one of the most complete players ever to lace a boot. For Rugby League docos check out playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9668DBA06B1D9B26 His international return quickly turned sour, though, as he was sent off midway through the first half of the game, which Australia's new-look team won 44–0. The 1992 season saw his form continue for both the North Sydney Bears and for Queensland in the Origin series, and he was selected for the first two Ashes Tests against Great Britain on their 1992 Australasian tour, however Jackson's Test career came to an end when Australia suffered a 33–10 loss to Great Britain in the second Test in Melbourne. It also takes a lot to be a follower. At the end of the 1991 season, Jackson toured Papua New Guinea on Australia's short, two-Test tour against the Kumuls in October. HappyMeBusiness. Since then, more than 1,100 players have appeared for the club's first team. 30. Even young rugby league fans have heard of Billy B. In those games he scored 147 tries and contributed 64 goals to the cause, and he was named the Rugby League World Golden Boot Award winner in 1990 as the greatest player on the planet. Peter Jackson was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at both Stanwell Park, where he lived, south of Sydney and at Lang Park in Brisbane. Mackay (1984), Manly-Warringah Sea-Eagles (1985-89) A graduate of the Mackay club in Queensland, Shearer was promptly snapped up by Manly in the NSWRL comp where he made an instant impact, scoring 45 tries across five seasons in the back end of the 1980s. Nicknamed 'Jacko',[2] he was an Australia national and Queensland State of Origin representative centre or five-eighth. The Welshman became the first black player to play for Great Britain on the Lions’ 1954 tour of Australia, and earned 31 caps for GB. There have been over 830 rugby league footballers who have been selected to represent Australia since the nation first started playing international matches in 1908. The first Kangaroo was Arthur Hennessey, as he was the original captain of the side. So taking all eras and every player into consideration, here is […] Jackson also played in the centres at Canberra, appearing in the Raiders' 1987 Grand Final loss to Manly-Warringah in the last Grand Final to be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground. What better way to combine all of those loves into our A to Z of Forgotten Rugby League players. Complete list of Widnes Vikings players. Thanks to our friends down under poaching some of our best talent over the years, the top tier of rugby league in Australia has always had its British stars. New Zealand players who were selected to play for 'Australasian' representative teams are also included. Jackson worked in the media following his retirement in 1993, and died as the result of a drug overdose in 1997. The Wales national rugby league team represents the nation of Wales in international rugby league, and is governed by Wales Rugby League (Welsh: Rygbi Cynghrair Cymru).The team played its first official match in 1908. Jackson played club football in the Brisbane Rugby League for the Souths Magpies, before moving to the New South Wales Rugby League and playing for the Canberra Raiders, Brisbane … 336. The Australian Rugby League administered the team and maintained the Australian national rugby league team or "The Kangaroos" players register, assigning each player an individual cap number[1] until 2012 when this was taken over by the Australian Rugby League Commission.[2]. Jackson later signed for the English rugby league club Leeds, and played there for the 1987–88 English season, along with fellow Australian imports Peter Tunks, Steve Morris and Marty Gurr.