Rugby League All-Stars

[Unbreakable]

World All Stars (made up of players representing their Heritage)

1. Jarryd Hayne (Gold Coast Titans) – Fijian Heritage
2. David Mead (Brisbane Broncos) – PNG Heritage
3. Joseph Leilua (Canberra Raiders) – Samoan Heritage
4. Konrad Hurrell (Gold Coast Titans) – Tongan Heritage
5. Nene Macdonald (St George Illawarra Dragons) – PNG Heritage
6. Mitchell Moses (Wests Tigers) – Lebanese Heritage
7. Adam Reynolds (South Sydney Rabbitohs) – Australian Heritage
8. Nate Myles (Manly Sea Eagles) – Australian Heritage
9. Jake Friend (Sydney Roosters) – Australian Heritage
10. Jordan McLean (Melbourne Storm) – Australian Heritage
11. Gavin Cooper (North Queensland Cowboys) – Australian Heritage
12. Bryce Cartwright (Penrith Panthers) – Australian Heritage
13. Jake Trbojevic (Manly Sea Eagles) – Serbian Heritage
14. Reagan Campbell-Gillard (Penrith Panthers) – Fijian Heritage
15. Sosaia Feki (Cronulla Sharks) – Tongan Heritage
16. Sione Mata’utia (Newcastle Knights) – Samoan Heritage
17. Sam Lisone (New Zealand Warriors) – NZ Heritage
18. Moses Mbye (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) – African Heritage
19. Tepai Moeroa (Parramatta Eels) – Cook Islands Heritage
20. Jordan Turner (Canberra Raiders) – English Heritage

Coach: Mal Meninga

Indigenous All Stars

1. Jack Wighton (Canberra Raiders)
2. Blake Ferguson (Sydney Roosters)
3. Greg Inglis (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
4. Will Chambers (Melbourne Storm)
5. Dane Gagai (Newcastle Knights)
6. Johnathan Thurston (North Queensland Cowboys)
7. Ash Taylor (Gold Coast Titans)
8. Ryan James (Gold Coast Titans)
9. Nathan Peats (Gold Coast Titans)
10. Andrew Fifita (Cronulla Sharks)
11. Joel Thompson (St George Illawarra Dragons)
12. Wade Graham (Cronulla Sharks)
13. Sam Thaiday (Brisbane Broncos)
14. Tyrone Peachey (Penrith Panthers)
15. Jack Bird (Cronulla Sharks)
16. Leilani Latu (Penrith Panthers)
17. Latrell Mitchell (Sydney Roosters)
18. Aidan Sezer (Canberra Raiders)
19. Kyle Turner (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
20. Adam Elliott (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)

Coach: Laurie Daley

 

[GCBRONCO]

Minimal rep this year, fine with me.

 

[Broncoman]

Hope there are no withdrawals to the teams. Both of those are pretty good line ups.

 

[Foordy]

I'm tipping the indigenous all-stars to win comfortably

 

[Sproj]

That is the official release, unbelievable. I mean come on!

Australian heritage? So...doesn't that mean they are indigenous? Or are we only counting the UK as 'Australian' heritage and viewing indigenous as some other race?

And Mbye - 'African Heritage'? So umm...not really sure which country it is...so let's just put down African, all the countries there are the same right?

I cannot believe this stupid NRL is so culturally insensitive. Arrive in the professional era you bunch of idiots.

 

[Unbreakable]

That is the official release, unbelievable. I mean come on!

Australian heritage? So...doesn't that mean they are indigenous? Or are we only counting the UK as 'Australian' heritage and viewing indigenous as some other race?

And Mbye - 'African Heritage'? So umm...not really sure which country it is...so let's just put down African, all the countries there are the same right?

I cannot believe this stupid NRL is so culturally insensitive. Arrive in the professional era you bunch of idiots.

So you're basically saying that the only way you can be classed as having Australian heritage is if you're a first generation Aboriginal? Get real lol, I wouldn't have a fucking clue where my ancestors came from, neither would my parents, or their parents, we're Australian.

 

[Cult]

Todd Balym is having a whinge at how few Broncos there are and how many Titans are playing. I'll have to remember to bring it up to him during Origin when half of our players are out when we are playing against a full strength Warriors team like every year.

I'd also like to point out that the Titans players were all bought last year, except Ryan James. I guess that's what happens when you sign a bunch of rep quality players.

 

[mitch222]

Fantastic to see minimal broncos in this eye sore of an event. Hopefully Benny pulls Thaiday out at the last minute.
We keep churning out all star wingers too

 

[Nashy]

I love segregation in the name of equality.

 

[mitch222]

Oh yeah, who the **** is Jordan Turner?

 

[Renegade]

scrap this lame concept already

 

[Broncoman]

I never knew that Jack Bird was indigenous

 

[Foordy]

I never knew that Jack Bird was indigenous

Probably more indigenous than Ben Jones who played for the indigenous side several years ago.

 

[Sproj]

So you're basically saying that the only way you can be classed as having Australian heritage is if you're a first generation Aboriginal? Get real lol, I wouldn't have a fucking clue where my ancestors came from, neither would my parents, or their parents, we're Australian.

Nice way to miss the point once again.

 

[Renegade]

And Mbye - 'African Heritage'? So umm...not really sure which country it is...so let's just put down African, all the countries there are the same right?

You have a point. The AFL celebrated Majak Daw as "the first sudanese" to play AFL, they recognized his proper heritage, not his continental, unlike the NRL.

When you think about how the NRL is viewed by other codes, and then they come out with stuff like this, you tend to think the other codes have a pretty accurate opinion of us.

 

[Sproj]

I mean, you only have to go on to Wikipedia to find out he is of Gambian descent. It is just so unprofessional.

 

[Browny]

Hate this game, can't cheer for either team.

Let's celebrate diversity by segregation

 

[Unbreakable]

Nice way to miss the point once again.

Not sure what you mean by once again, I rarely interact with you.

I misread the post, but I still disagree with the first half of it. Would you feel more comfortable if the Indigenous All-Stars were labelled Indigenous-Australian All-Stars? Or perhaps they should've put (Australian Heritage) next to every Indigenous players name, just to remind everyone that Indigenous people are from Australia..

The "African Heritage" part is just laziness on their behalf though, do some research peeps.