2017 All Stars match

2017 (2017) All Stars match  ()
Indigenous All Stars World All Stars
34 8
1234 Total
IND 16006 34
WAS 0800 8
Date Friday 10 February 2017
Stadium McDonald Jones Stadium
Location Newcastle, New South Wales
Preston Campbell Medal Johnathan Thurston
Referees Grant Atkins
Attendance 20,241
Broadcast partners
Broadcasters
Commentators

The 2017 All Stars match was the seventh annual representative exhibition All Stars match of Australian rugby. The match was played between the Indigenous All Stars and the World All Stars and for the first time, the match was played outside of Queensland. Mal Meninga took over as coach of the World All Stars from Wayne Bennett.

The Indigenous All Stars were selected through public vote from 7 November to 2 December 2016. Both sides were announced on 14 December.[1]

Teams

INDIGENOUS
ALL STARS		 Position WORLD
ALL STARS
Jack Wighton
Fullback
Papua New Guinea David Mead9
Blake Ferguson
Wing
Fiji Akuila Uate
Greg Inglis (c)
Centre
New Zealand Gerard Beale4
Jack Bird1
Centre
Australia Jarrod Croker8
Dane Gagai
Wing
Papua New Guinea Nene Macdonald
Johnathan Thurston (c)
Five-eighth
Lebanon Mitchell Moses
Ashley Taylor
Halfback
The Gambia Moses Mbye5
Ryan James
Prop
Australia Jordan McLean
Nathan Peats
Hooker
Australia Jake Friend (c)
Andrew Fifita
Prop
Fiji Reagan Campbell-Gillard6
Joel Thompson
2nd Row
Australia Gavin Cooper
Wade Graham
2nd Row
Australia Bryce Cartwright
Kyle Turner2
Lock
Cook Islands Tepai Moeroa7
Leilani Latu
Interchange
Australia Damien Cook
Latrell Mitchell
Interchange
Italy Paul Vaughan
Aidan Sezer
Interchange
New Zealand Sam Lisone
Tyrone Peachey
Interchange
Australia Mitchell Aubusson
Tyrone Roberts
Interchange
Samoa Sione Mata'utia
Bevan French
Interchange
England Jordan Turner
Chris Smith3
Interchange
England Chris McQueen10
Laurie Daley		 Coach
Mal Meninga

1 - Will Chambers was originally selected to play but withdrew for the birth of his first child. Jack Bird was moved from the bench to Centre and Chambers was replaced by Bevan French.
2 - Sam Thaiday was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Kyle Turner was moved from the bench to Lock and Thaiday was replaced by Tyrone Roberts.
3 - Adam Elliott was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Chris Smith.
4 - Konrad Hurrell was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Gerard Beale.
5 - Adam Reynolds was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Moses Mbye was moved from the bench to Halfback and Reynolds was replaced by Damien Cook.
6 - Nate Myles was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Reagan Campbell-Gillard was moved from the bench to Prop and Myles was replaced by Paul Vaughan.
7 - Jake Trbojevic was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Tepai Moeroa was moved from the bench to Lock and Trbojevic was replaced by Mitchell Aubusson.
8 - Joseph Leilua was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Jarrod Croker.
9 - Jarryd Hayne was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. David Mead was moved from Wing to Fullback and Hayne was replaced by Akuila Uate.
10 - Sosaia Feki was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Chris McQueen.

Result

10 February 2017
8:15pm AEDT
Indigenous All Stars 34 – 8 World All Stars
Tries:
Bird (4') 1
Ferguson (7') 1
Taylor (13') 1
Thurston (41') 1
Gagai (59') 1
Latu (70') 1
Goals:
Thurston 4/5
(4', 14', 43', 60')
Sezer 1/1
(72')		 [2] Tries:
Mead (36') 1
Macdonald (39') 1
Goals:
Croker 0/2

Women's All Stars match

2017 (2017) Women All Stars match  ()
Indigenous
Women All Stars		 Women
All Stars
14 4
1 Total
IND 0 14
WAS 0 4
Date Friday 10 February 2017
Stadium McDonald Jones Stadium
Location Newcastle, New South Wales
Woman of the Match TBA
Advance Australia Fair TBA
Broadcast partners
Broadcasters
Commentators
  • Hannah Hollis
  • Tanisha Stanton
  • Brad Cooke

For the sixth time, a Women's match was held as part of the fixture.[3][4][5][6][7]

Women's Teams

INDIGENOUS
WOMEN ALL STARS		 Position WOMEN
ALL STARS
Casey Karklis Fullback Sam Hammond
Latoya Billy Wing Karina Brown
Tallisha Harden (c) Centre Annette Brander
Caitlyn Moran Centre Corban McGregor
Narikah Johnson Wing Chelsea Baker
Nakia Davis-Welsh Five-eighth Allana Ferguson
Jenni-Sue Hoepper Halfback Maddie Studdon
Rebecca Young Prop Steph Hancock (c)
Kelsey Parkins Hooker Brittany Breayley
Ashleigh Singleton Prop Heather Ballinger
Emma-Marie Young 2nd Row Kezie Apps
Jasmin Allende 2nd Row Renae Kunst
Elizabeth Cook-Black Lock Ruan Sims
Lauren Motlop Interchange Charmayne Nathan
Simone Smith Interchange Kody House
Lavina Phillips Interchange Vanessa Foliaki
Rebecca Riley Interchange Simaima Taufa-Kautai
Carly Phillips Interchange Shanice Parker
Dean Widders Coach Steve Folkes

References

  1. ↑ "Harvey Norman Rugby League All Stars teams announced". NRL.com. 14 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Thurston inspires Indigenous All Stars to big win". NRL.com. 10 February 2017.
  3. ↑ http://www.nrl.com/indigenous-women-record-historic-all-stars-win/tabid/10874/newsid/103682/default.aspx
  4. ↑ http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/rugby-league-womens-all-stars-teams-named/news-story/d474ab31327e9f74665b4d47bd7e4450
  5. ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/swoop/jillaroos-veteran-rebecca-young-thrilled-women-given-double-header-status-for-all-stars-2017/news-story/317e10c57fc17324233f4c036e09f783
  6. ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/swoop/all-stars-2017-indigenous-and-world-womens-teams-playing-for-jillaroos-spots/news-story/8c9e35f2f5b87ba48648ff445f85972c
  7. ↑ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2017/02/indigenous-all-stars-on-nitv.html
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