A good 10 years before. about 1990 i think and Robinson was a couple of years before we won the 2003 WC (2000-01)

Yeah, that's probably it and that one player proves that Aboriginal and PI players are embraced by Rugby Union in Australia, because George Gregan played for Australia.

<sarcasm>Even though George was born in Zambia, your sentence isn't stupid.</sarcasm>



We're talking about Aboriginal or TI players and you're barking about George Gregan and PI players.

Moron.

Is there anything discussed here that you have any idea about?

Anything?

Nice try morons. The post was about captaincy.

Please point out in which union Tests Guscott captained England...

Ummm.....

If only Gregan was A or TSI you might have a point.

Oh...you don't?

Wow. Knock me down with the feather duster.

Why don't you read my posts again before chiming in with nothing?

Gee these threads are great for bringing out the rah rah sympathisers.

Shame they've got nothing between them.

The first Aboriginal to play Rugby Union for Australia was a bloke named Lloyd McDermott, in the 1960's. There are only 7 to have played Rugby Union for Australia, ever. Embarrassing. But if you ask the ARU, they will probably claim 40 or 50. They have a habit of re-writing history. On page 6 of the following they claim about Mark Ella... aru.rugby.com.au/verve/_resource ... a_Bros.pdf "In 1980 he played in his first test for Australia and up to 1984 played a total of twenty-five tests, ten as captain, [size=150becoming the first Aboriginal in any sport to captain Australia.[/size" According to Rugby Union, Arthur Beetson never existed.

The first Aboriginal to play Rugby Union for Australia was a bloke named Lloyd McDermott, in the 1960's. There are only 7 to have played Rugby Union for Australia, ever. Embarrassing. But if you ask the ARU, they will probably claim 40 or 50. They have a habit of re-writing history. On page 6 of the following they claim about Mark Ella... aru.rugby.com.au/verve/_resource ... a_Bros.pdf "In 1980 he played in his first test for Australia and up to 1984 played a total of twenty-five tests, ten as captain, [size=150becoming the first Aboriginal in any sport to captain Australia.[/size" According to Rugby Union, Arthur Beetson never existed.

Quote ="EA"The first Aboriginal to play Rugby Union for Australia was a bloke named Lloyd McDermott, in the 1960's. There are only 7 to have played Rugby Union for Australia, ever. Embarrassing. But if you ask the ARU, they will probably claim 40 or 50. They have a habit of re-writing history. On page 6 of the following they claim about Mark Ella... aru.rugby.com.au/verve/_resource ... a_Bros.pdf "In 1980 he played in his first test for Australia and up to 1984 played a total of twenty-five tests, ten as captain, [size=150becoming the first Aboriginal in any sport to captain Australia.[/size" According to Rugby Union, Arthur Beetson never existed.'" The biggest revisionists in Australian sport. No doubt. If you have any doubt, read something by Peter Jenkins some time. Australian Union = white bread Something to be very proud of...Not. You standing for the anthem, Serge?

Quote ="EA"The first Aboriginal to play Rugby Union for Australia was a bloke named Lloyd McDermott, in the 1960's. There are only 7 to have played Rugby Union for Australia, ever. Embarrassing. But if you ask the ARU, they will probably claim 40 or 50. They have a habit of re-writing history. On page 6 of the following they claim about Mark Ella... aru.rugby.com.au/verve/_resource ... a_Bros.pdf "In 1980 he played in his first test for Australia and up to 1984 played a total of twenty-five tests, ten as captain, [size=150becoming the first Aboriginal in any sport to captain Australia.[/size" According to Rugby Union, Arthur Beetson never existed.'" The biggest revisionists in Australian sport. No doubt. If you have any doubt, read something by Peter Jenkins some time. Australian Union = white bread Something to be very proud of...Not. You standing for the anthem, Serge?

Wouldn't have a clue if he captained England. To think, you know more about Union than us. Dally, are we now meant to set fire to this geezer as a result?



Didn't read your post properly. Will endeavour to do so in future.

As for moron. Showing your intelligence somewhat, well done.

Good. You do that...

Read some Sun Tzu sometime and the first bit will start to make more sense to your little brain.

oh dear, name calling and insults. Tut tut.

Why dont you look and see who i replied to in the first place because it wasn't you.

Billy Slater is the latest player to pull out of the game through injury.

Sure.

Keep it that way and we won't have a problem.

knowing about union is fine

know your enemy i always say

tbh i wasnt looking forward to this match but being starved off decent sport

ie A League soccer



ill watch it if im home.

all the pullouts will be clubs telling their players not to play

its a good idea because it pays homage to the contribution of aboriginal players, and also because it allows kiwis to play with the best aussies.

cant wait to see lockyer and benji in the same side.

i really am missing the footy by now. at the end of last year i was drained with the saints choking but its been long enough without it

Anyone know what time the allstars game kicks off?

here you go mate [urlhttp://www.nrl.com/newsviews/latestnews/newsarticle/tabid/10874/newsid/57554/all-stars-game-to-be-streamed-live-on-nrlcom/default.aspx[/url

Cheers Si, top man

All Stars by 4.

Should be a great game.

Excellent to see rugby league's unmatched richness in the area of A & TSI representation coming to the fore in the sport.

It is an area which has certainly not received enough attention in the past.

Yet another reason why rugby league makes union in Oz look very sickly (and very white).

Good luck to both sides.

Watched the second half, it finished 16-12 to the Indiginous side. Thurston won the Preston Campbell medal for man of the match, he was excellent as usual.
Tries from Sailor, Jones and Soward scored the winner with 2 minutes left. For the NRL team it was Benji, Jennings and J Morris. Jennings was dangerous everytime he got the ball.
Sam Burgess was the best forward on the pitch, put some big hits on and Sterling and Gus were saying he was the best player on the field along with JT. He'd have got the PC medal if the NRL team would have won.
Lockyer got injured in the first quarter and didn't return which will be a worry for the Broncos, Gidley got smashed by his Knights team-mate Cory Paterson and looks like he could miss the start of the season with an ankle injury. Travis Waddell got knocked out.
Alot of dropped ball and errors but it was still a good game with some massive hits.

Really enjoyed that, the try celebration when big Dell scored was legendary!

Does anyone remember that the ARL shıt themselves when there was a serious call to have an Aborigina and TSI side set up for international RL. Arty Beetson was asked to be coach. THis was about 8 or so years ago. They realised that if there was one, it may be a threat to the National side's power being eroded and threw it out. Maybe last night's game, showed they had cause for concern.

indeed i thought jennings was terrific, he made a mockery of the Allstars defence and i lost count of the times he burst through

glad the indiginous side won given it was their night of celebration and hopefully this game is here to stay for the long term.







to michael searle and preston campbel for getting it off the ground

I enjoyed the game but it was a bit weird at times wondering who to cheer for. Not being indigineous I felt like cheering the NRL all stars but them would that be racist in some way? I like the concept but any division on race or cultural boundaries feels somewhat awkward. The Indigenous v Maori game was easier to cheer for.

Leaving my feelings aside it was a good event, got good ratings, good crowd and good media and the indigineous people involved seem to value it greatly so I hope it does continue.