Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame

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The Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill at rugby league, all-time great coaches and referees, and other major contributors to the game whom are Australian. To date there are only thirty members of the hall of fame the latest members being inducted in 2006.

It was officially established in 2002, to honour the many past greats of the game, whom have played in the New South Wales/Sydney league competition, Australian rugby league competition, Super League competition and the National Rugby League.

The first batch of players were inducted to the hall of fame in 2002 including legends of the sport such as Reg Gasnier, Johnny Raper and Wally Lewis. In 2003 another six members were added to the elite club and yet another six were inducted in both 2004, 2005 and 2006.

[edit] Hall of Fame Members

Inducted	Player Name	Position	Club(s)
2002	Clive Churchill	Fullback	South Sydney
2002	Reg Gasnier	Centre	St. George Dragons
2002	Johnny Raper	Lock-forward	St. George Dragons, Newtown Jets
2002	Graeme Langlands	Fullback	St. George Dragons
2002	Bob Fulton	Five-eighth	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Eastern Suburbs
2002	Wally Lewis	Five-eighth	Brisbane Broncos, Gold Coast Seagulls
2003	Dally Messenger	Centre	Eastern Suburbs
2003	Dave Brown	Centre	Eastern Suburbs
2003	Wally Prigg	Lock-forward	Newcastle
2003	Keith Holman	Halfback	Western Suburbs Magpies
2003	Arthur Beetson	Prop-forward	Balmain Tigers, Eastern Suburbs, Parramatta
2003	Mal Meninga	Centre	Souths Magpies, Canberra Raiders
2004	Harry Bath	Second Row	Balmain Tigers, St. George Dragons
2004	Norm Provan	Second Row	St. George Dragons
2004	Ken Irvine	Wing	North Sydney Bears, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
2004	Harold Horder	Wing	South Sydney, North Sydney
2004	Frank Burge	Lock-forward	Glebe, St. George
2004	Vic Hey	Five-eighth	Western Suburbs Magpies, Parramatta Eels
2005	Jimmy Craig	Fullback	Balmain Tigers
2005	Chris McKivat	Halfback	Glebe
2005	Duncan Thompson	Coach	Toowoomba
2005	Brian Bevan	Wing	Eastern Suburbs, Warrington
2005	Brian Carlson	Utility-back	North Sydney
2005	Ron Coote	Lock-forward	South Sydney Rabbitohs, Eastern Suburbs
2006	Ken Kearney	Hooker	St George Dragons
2006	Sid Pearce	Second Row	Eastern Suburbs
2006	Charles Fraser	Fullback	Balmain Tigers
2006	George Treweek	Second Row	South Sydney Rabbitohs
2006	Duncan Hall	Prop
2006	Peter Sterling	Halfback	Parramatta Eels