Other Nationalities rugby league team

Other Nationalities
Team results
First game
 England 3–9 Other Nationalities
(Wigan, England; 5 April 1904)
Biggest win
 England 10–35 Other Nationalities
(Wigan, England; 11 April 1951)
Other Nationalities 30–5 Wales 
(Bradford, England; 7 October 1953)
Biggest defeat
Lancashire Lancashire 36–7 Other Nationalities
(St. Helens, England; 25 November 1975)

The Other Nationalities rugby league team are a rugby league representative team that usually consists of non-English players. They competed in the first ever rugby league international in 1904, against England,[1][2] fielding players from Wales and Scotland. The team was later represented by players from Australia, Fiji, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa. The Other Nationalities team wore green shirts.

History

The Other Nationalities rugby league team was initially formed to act as opposition to England in the early days of the sport when international competition was non-existent. Matches were annual and played mid season from the first game in 1904 until 1907, the year of the first ever rugby league tour and the beginning of the sport being played in a county outside of the UK. Games then became more irregular and were mostly played as warm-up games for England ahead of tours. The final England vs Other Nationalities match was played in 1933.

Following the Second World War between 1949 and 1956, the team competed in the European Championship, at the time a double round robin competition between England, Wales, and France. The team won the 1952–53 and 1955–56 tournaments, in addition to three runners-up finishes.

The team did not play again until 1964 when they played their only match in the Southern Hemisphere in a friendly vs Sydney Colts at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The match was played as a curtain-raiser to France's third and final test against Australia on their 1964 tour of the country and was arranged in order to boost attendance aimed France's poor performances during the tour. The team was made up of foreign players playing in the NSWRL plus two Frenchmen that missed selection for France's match against Australia.

A year later, the team played a friendly against St Helens celebrating the club's first floodlit match. That year, they also played New Zealand at Selhurst Park as part of the 1965 Kiwi tour of Great Britain and France.

1974 and 1975 marked the team's final appearances, competing in the British County Championship. The team faced Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Cumbria, played each team once in both editions of the tournament they competed. The team was made up of players from outside those three counties.

Results

Date Home Score Away Competition Venue Attendance
5 April 1904  England 3-9 Other Nationalities Friendly Central Park, Wigan 6,000
2 January 1905  England 26-11 Other Nationalities Friendly Park Avenue, Bradford 6,000
1 January 1906  England 3-3 Other Nationalities Friendly Central Park, Wigan 8,000
5 February 1921  England 33-16 Other Nationalities Friendly Lonsdale Park, Workington
15 October 1924  England 17-23 Other Nationalities Friendly Headingley, Leeds 3,000
4 February 1926  England 37-11 Other Nationalities Friendly Recreation Ground, Whitehaven 7,000
20 March 1929  England 27-20 Other Nationalities Friendly Headingley, Leeds 5,000
7 April 1930  England 19-35 Other Nationalities Friendly Thrum Hall, Halifax 2,000
1 October 1930  England 31-18 Other Nationalities Friendly Knowsley Road, St Helens 10,000
30 March 1933  England 34-27 Other Nationalities Friendly Lonsdale Park, Workington 11,000
19 September 1949  England 7-13 Other Nationalities 1949-50 European Championship Derwent Park, Workington 17,500
22 October 1949  Wales 5-6 Other Nationalities The Park, Abertillery 2,000
15 January 1950  France 8-3 Other Nationalities Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 25,000
10 December 1950  France 16-3 Other Nationalities 1950-51 European Championship Stade du Parc Lescure, Bordeaux 28,000
31 March 1951  Wales 21-27 Other Nationalities St Helens Rugby Ground, Swansea 5,000
11 April 1951  England 10-35 Other Nationalities Central Park, Wigan 17,000
3 November 1951 Other Nationalities 17-14  France 1951-52 European Championship Craven Park, Hull 18,000
1 December 1951  Wales 11-22 Other Nationalities The Park, Abertillery 3,386
23 April 1952  England 31-18 Other Nationalities Central Park, Wigan 20,000
18 October 1952  England 12-31 Other Nationalities 1952-53 European Championship Fartown Ground, Huddersfield 20,000
23 November 1952  France 10-29 Other Nationalities Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 18,000
15 April 1953 Other Nationalities 16-18  Wales Wilderspool, Warrington 8,449
7 October 1953 Other Nationalities 30-5  Wales 1953-54 European Championship Odsal Stadium, Bradford 14,646
18 October 1953  France 15-10 Other Nationalities Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux 12,000
28 November 1953  England 30-22 Other Nationalities Central Park, Wigan 19,000
12 September 1955  England 16-33 Other Nationalities 1955-56 European Championship Central Park, Wigan 18,234
19 October 1955 Other Nationalities 32-19  France Hilton Park, Leigh 7,000
18 July 1964 Sydney Colts 25-16 Other Nationalities Curtain-raiser to Australia vs France 3rd Test Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 16,731
27 January 1965 Other Nationalities 2-19 St. Helens Friendly (switching on the floodlights) Knowsley Road, St Helens 15,000
18 August 1965 Other Nationalities 7-15  New Zealand 1965 Kiwi Tour Crystal Palace, London
11 September 1974 Lancashire Lancashire 14-13 Other Nationalities 1974 County Championship The Willows, Salford 2,000
18 September 1974 Yorkshire Yorkshire 22-15 Other Nationalities Craven Park, Hull
25 September 1974 Cumbria Cumbria 19-12 Other Nationalities Recreation Ground, Whitehaven
25 November 1975 Lancashire Lancashire 36-7 Other Nationalities 1975 County Championship Knowsley Road, St Helens 29,000
6 December 1975 Yorkshire Yorkshire 16-16 Other Nationalities Odsal Stadium, Bradford
20 December 1975 Cumbria Cumbria 21-13 Other Nationalities Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness

Player statistics

Harry Bath, born in Brisbane, Queensland, played for the Other Nationalities team whilst playing for Warrington. He kicked 20 goals, a tally that is second only to Jim Sullivan. He also scored 1 try to score 44 points overall. On returning to Australia he played for St George Dragons and coached the Australian national team, despite never playing for them.
Name Nat. Club Games Tries Goals Drops Points
Trevor Allan Australia Leigh 4 3 0 0 9
George Andrews Wales Leeds 1 0 0 4
Vic Armbruster Australia Rochdale Hornets 1 0 0 3
Ambrose Baker 1924 Wales Oldham 1
Billy Banks Wales
David Barends†† South Africa Bradford Northern 2 0 0 8
Robert Bartlett Australia (Bramley circa-1948) Leeds 1 0 0 4
Harry Bath Australia Warrington 10 1 20 0 44
Jack Beames (№ 11/№ 12) circa-1913…22 Wales Halifax 1
Jock Beattie Scotland Halifax 1 0 0 4
Brian Bevan (№ 2) circa-1951 Australia Warrington 15 26 0 0 104
Neville Black New Zealand Wigan / Keighley 3 1 0 0 4
David Booysen South Africa Wigan 1 0 0 4
Billy Boston Wales Wigan 3 0 0 12
Phil Brady (№ 7) circa-1904 † Wales Huddersfield
Andrew Broatch Scotland Leeds ≥1
Fred Brown Wales
Lou Brown New Zealand Wigan 5 0 0 20
Herbert Buckler (№ 12) circa-1904 † Wales Salford
Jeffrey Burke (№ 12) circa-1951 Australia Leigh
Joe Busch Australia Leeds 1 1 0 0 4
Tony Cheshire Bramley
Ian Clark
Arthur Clues (№ 11) circa-1951 Australia Leeds / Hunslet 14 2 0 0 8
Gert Coetzer South Africa Wakefield Trinity ≥1
Percy Coldrick circa-1921 Wales Wigan 1 0 0 0 0
Bert Cook New Zealand Leeds / Keighley / Dewsbury 0 3 0 6
Lionel Cooper (№ 5) circa-1951 Australia Huddersfield 14 11 0 0 44
Kel Coslett Wales St. Helens 1 0 2 0 4
Ronnie Cowan Scotland Leeds ≥1
John Daly Ireland Huddersfield / Featherstone Rovers 7 1 0 0 4
Daniel Davies Wales Swinton 1 2 0 0 8
Eli Davies circa-1904 † Wales Wigan
William Davies circa-1921 Wales Leeds 1 0 0 0
James Dechan circa-1905 Scotland? Bradford 1 0 0 4
Pat Devery (№ 4) circa-1951 Australia Huddersfield 11 3 19 0 50
Wyndham Emery Wales Leigh 1 0 0 0 0
Frank Evans Wales Swinton 2 1 0 0 4
Fielding Wales Salford 1 0 0 4
Christopher Forster Bramley
Ike Fowler circa-1921 Wales Batley
George Frater (№ 10) {c} circa-1904 † Scotland Oldham
Bruce Gibbs circa-1975 Australia Workington Town
Bryn Goldswain 1955 Wales Oldham 1
Bernard Gould circa-1921 Wales Leeds 1 0 0 0 0
Gordon Gray Scotland Huddersfield 1 0 0 4
Ben Gronow circa-1921 Wales Huddersfield 1 1 5 0 13
Gomer Gunn circa-1905 Wales Bradford 0 1 0 2
Trevor Hall [1] New Zealand St. Helens / Rochdale Hornets 1 0 0 4
Roy Hardgrave [2] New Zealand St. Helens / York 1 0 0 4
David Harris circa-1904 † Wales Wigan 1 0 0 4
Harrison [3]? 2 0 0 8
Peter Henderson (№ 6) circa-1951 New Zealand Huddersfield 4 0 0 16
Andrew Hogg Scotland Broughton
Johnny Hunter (№ 1) circa-1951 Australia Huddersfield 8 0 0 0 0
Lou Hutt [4] New Zealand St. Helens 1 0 0 4
John Isaac (№ 9) circa-1965 (ex-Swansea RFC) Wales Swinton ≥1
Ronald James Wales Halifax ≥1
Francis Jarvis Bradford Northern
Emlyn Jenkins Wales? 1 0 0 4
Sidney Jerram circa-1921 Wales Wigan 1 0 0 0 0
Berwyn Jones Wales Wakefield Trinity ≥1
Lewis Jones Wales Leeds 2 1 9 0 21
Cec Kelly (№ 7) circa-1951 Rochdale Hornets 6 1 0 0 4
Robert Kelly (№ 10/№ 11) circa-1955…56 Ireland Wakefield Trinity
Bill Kilpatrick 1930 Oldham 1
Roy Kinnear Scotland Wigan 3 3 0 0 12
Alex Laidlaw circa-1905 Scotland Bradford
David Lewis (№ 5) circa-1904 † Wales Oldham
Gordon Lewis Wales Leigh ≥1
Steve Llewellyn Wales St. Helens 1 0 0 4
Tom Llewellyn (№ 3) circa-1904 † Wales Leeds
Tommy Lynch New Zealand Halifax 4
Leonard Mason [5] New Zealand Wigan 4 1 0 0 4
Tom McKinney (№ 9) circa-1951 Ireland Salford 7 0 0 0 0
Bob McMaster [6] (№ 8) circa-1951 Australia Leeds 6 0 0 0 0
Jim Mills Wales 1 0 0 4
James Moffatt (№ 9) circa-1904 † Scotland Leeds
Glyn Moses [7] Wales Salford / St. Helens
Rex Mossop Australia Leigh
Cecil Mountford New Zealand Wigan
Rupert Mudge (№ 10) circa-1951 Australia Workington Town 13 1 0 0 4
Andrew Murdison Scotland Halifax 1 0 0 4
Louis Neumann sr, lf circa-1965 South Africa Leeds ≥1
Frank O'Rourke Australia
Stan Owen Wales Rochdale Hornets ≥1
Tony Paskins (№ 3) circa-1951 Australia Workington Town 11 2 0 0 8
Joseph Phillips? New Zealand Bradford Northern 0 13 0
Raymond Price Wales Warrington 2
Ron Pomering circa 1975 Australia Bramley 3 0 0
Wickham Powell circa-1921 Wales Rochdale Hornets 1 0 0 0 0
Ike Proctor New Zealand 1 0 0 4
Laitia Ravouvou (№ 10) circa-1965 Fiji Rochdale Hornets ≥1
Rees circa-1905 Wales? Bradford
Dai Rees Wales Halifax 1
Jack Rhapps (№ 8) circa-1904 † Wales Salford
Johnny Robinson[3] New Zealand York 3 0 0 12
Johnny Rogers circa-1921 Wales Huddersfield 1 1 0 0 4
Brian Shillinglaw Scotland Wigan ≥1
Dai Smith (№ 1) circa-1904 † Wales Salford
Frank Stephens 20 March 1929 Wales Wigan 1
Jim Sullivan Wales Wigan 6 0 22 0 44
Dai Thomas (№ 11) circa-1904 † Wales Oldham 1 0 0 4
D. Thomas (№ 2) circa-1904 † Wales Salford 1 0 0 4
P. Thomas Wales 1 0 0 4
Gwyn Thomas circa-1921 Wales Huddersfield 1 0 0 0 0
Joe Thompson Wales Leeds 5 1 0 0 4
John Thorley Wales Halifax 2
Dave Valentine (№ 13) circa-1951 Scotland Huddersfield 16 2 0 0 8
Rob Valentine Scotland Keighley
Attie van Heerden South Africa Wigan 2 0 0 8
Don Vines Wales Wakefield Trinity ≥1
Wallace 0 0 1 1
White 1 0 0 4
H. Whitney circa-1921 Wales Salford 1 0 0 0 0
Brinley Williams circa-1921 Wales Batley 1 0 0 0 0
Frederick Willis circa-1921 Wales Batley
George Wilson Scotland Workington Town 1 0 0 4
Charlie Winslade Wales Warrington ≥1

† 5 April 1904 match, against England, was a 12-a-side game.

†† Although originally from South Africa, David Barends also represented Great Britain.

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Combined Nationalities

The Combined Nationalities rugby league team a rugby league team created to play an international fixture against France in 1954. The team comprised European-based (or in the case of the United States players, European touring) non-French rugby league footballers.[5]

The team lost 15-19 during the match at Stade de Gerland, Lyon, on Sunday 3 January 1954.

Starting XIII

Combined Nations All Stars

The Combined Nations All Stars were created following the COVID-19 pandemic as opposition to England using UK based players as international travel was still restricted. The team played twice with the following results:

Date Opponent Score Location Attendance Ref.
25 June 2021  England 24–26 England Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington 4,000 (restricted capacity) [6][7]
18 June 2022 18–4 9,393 [8]

2021 Team

1. Jake Connor 2. Ken Sio 3. Peter Mata'utia 4. Ricky Leutele 5. Jermaine McGillvary 6. Jackson Hastings 7. Aidan Sezer 8. Matt Prior 9. Nathan Peats 10. Tevita Satae 11. Kenny Edwards 12. Kelepi Tanginoa 13. Luke Yates Subs 14. Kruise Leeming 15. Pauli Pauli 16. Suaia Matagi 17. Andre Savelio

2022 Team

1. Peter Mata'utia 2. Ken Sio 3. Rhyse Martin 4. Kenny-Dowall 5. Mahe Fonua 6. Jacob Miller 7. Brodie Croft 8. Ligi Sao 9. Daryl Clark 10. Zane Tetevano 11. Kenny Edwards 12. Kelepi Tanginoa 13. Matt Prior Subs 14. Kruise Leeming 15. Joe Lovodua 16. Tevita Satae 17. David Fifita

See also

References

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  6. ^ "England 24-26 All Stars: Shaun Wane makes losing start with England".
  7. ^ "England beaten by All Stars in Shaun Wane's first game in charge". The Guardian. 26 Jun 2021. Retrieved 27 Jun 2021.
  8. ^ "England 18-4 Combined Nations All Stars: Shaun Wane's men secure three-try win".