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List of South Sydney Rabbitohs players

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Following are lists of all rugby league footballers who have played first-grade for the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Football Club.[1]

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Correct as of round 15 of the 2024 NRL season

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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.

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Represented Australia before or after playing with South Sydney

The following players have represented Australia either before or after they played for South Sydney.

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.

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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.

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Australian Test Captains

New Zealand Test Captains

Australian World Cup Captains

State representatives

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Prior to State of Origin

The following players have represented New South Wales in rugby league whilst playing for South Sydney.

State of Origin

The following players have represented either New South Wales or Queensland in State of Origin rugby league whilst playing for South Sydney.

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Captains (since 1908)

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George Piggins Medal

Since 2003 the South Sydney Rabbitohs have awarded the "George Piggins Medal" to their best and fairest player of the season.[2]

South Sydney "Dream Team"

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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:

  • FullbackClive Churchill (164 games for Souths between 1947 and 1958, 27 games for NSW, 34 Tests for Australia. Coached Souths to four premierships in 1967, 1968, 1970 and 1971).
  • WingerHarold Horder (86 games for Souths between 1912 and 1919 & 1924, 9 games for NSW, 13 Tests for Australia).
  • CentreHerb Gilbert (23 games for Souths between 1911 and 1912 & 1915, 3 games for NSW, 7 Tests for Australia).
  • CentrePaul Sait (163 games for Souths between 1968 and 1978, 5 games for NSW, 7 Tests for Australia).
  • WingerIan Moir (118 games for Souths between 1952 and 1958, 10 games for NSW, 8 Tests for Australia).
  • Five-eighthJimmy Lisle (102 games for Souths between 1962 and 1968, 8 games for NSW, 6 Tests for Australia).
  • HalfbackBob Grant (136 games for Souths between 1966 and 1975, 2 games for NSW, 1 Test for Australia).
  • LockRon Coote (151 games for Souths between 1964 and 1971, 13 games for NSW, 13 Tests for Australia).
  • Second RowBob McCarthy (211 games for Souths between 1963 and 1975 & 1978, 10 games for NSW, 10 Tests for Australia).
  • Second RowGeorge Treweek (120 games for Souths between 1926 and 1934, 7 games for NSW, 18 Tests for Australia).
  • PropJohn O'Neill (150 games for Souths between 1965 and 1971 & 1975–76, 5 games for NSW, 2 Tests for Australia).
  • HookerElwyn Walters (129 games for Souths between 1967 and 1973, 11 games for NSW, 12 Tests for Australia).
  • PropJohn Sattler (Captain, 195 games for Souths between 1963 and 1972, 4 games for NSW, 3 games for Queensland, 4 Tests for Australia).
  • ReserveGreg Hawick (84 games for Souths between 1950 and 1956, 8 games for NSW, 6 Tests for Australia).
  • ReserveRay Branighan (52 games for Souths between 1968 and 1971, 5 games for NSW, 8 Tests for Australia).
  • ReserveIan Roberts (65 games for Souths between 1986 and 1989, 11 games for NSW, 13 Tests for Australia).
  • ReserveLes Cowie (176 games for Souths between 1947 and 1957, 10 games for NSW, 6 Tests for Australia).
  • CoachJack Rayner (Played 194 games for Souths between 1946 and 1957, 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,[3] 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.

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