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878:Ken Kearney
852:Brian Bevan
837:Jimmy Craig
816:Frank Burge
801:Norm Provan
780:Mal Meninga
765:Wally Prigg
739:Wally Lewis
719:Reg Gasnier
591:23 February
555:23 February
316:Wally Prigg
105:Five-eighth
22:Wally Prigg
1684:Categories
1636:Herb Narvo
1580:Ron Bailey
1499:Herb Narvo
1467:Bob Fulton
1366:Dave Brown
1352:John Raper
1308:Bob Fulton
1284:Ken Irvine
1105:Kel O'Shea
1085:Herb Narvo
1080:Barry Muir
1070:Gene Miles
1030:Terry Lamb
1015:Noel Kelly
929:Joe Pearce
924:Tom Gorman
806:Ken Irvine
796:Harry Bath
760:Dave Brown
734:Bob Fulton
642:Dave Brown
466:References
418:Sid Pearce
57:1908-10-17
1669:Les Johns
1624:Jim Gibbs
1598:Bob Banks
1487:Ian Walsh
1340:Ron Coote
1170:Ian Walsh
1155:Ray Stehr
1115:Ray Price
1010:Les Johns
862:Ron Coote
492:Footnotes
424:Accolades
289:Australia
165:Newcastle
84:Adamstown
1378:Roy Bull
653:1937-38
528:Archived
416:tourist
400:and the
326:for the
285:1929–38
260:1929–39
182:1928–39
157:1927–28
101:Position
64:Hamilton
821:Vic Hey
624:19 July
402:1933–34
398:1929–30
578:&
227:Years
202:Total
124:Years
107:,
618:(PDF)
611:(PDF)
230:Team
161:Wests
127:Team
119:Club
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1338:11.
1332:10.
1261:The
953:2018
912:2007
871:2006
830:2005
789:2004
748:2003
707:2002
626:2009
593:2008
557:2008
445:and
386:lock
324:lock
109:Lock
74:Died
51:Born
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1300:5.
1294:4.
1288:3.
1282:2.
1276:1.
580:ARL
576:NRL
447:ARL
443:NRL
305:12
293:19
280:39
271:13
268:34
234:Pld
131:Pld
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