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2023 All Stars Match
The 2023 All Stars match was the 12th annual representative exhibition All Stars match of Australian rugby league. The match was played between the Indigenous All Stars and the Māori All Stars at Rotorua International Stadium on 11 February 2023, marking the first occasion the All Stars fixture was played outside of Australia. For the second time since the introduction of the All Stars concept, the teams were not selected through public voting. Men's All Stars match Teams For the Indigenous team, Ronald Griffiths took over as head coach from Laurie Daley, who had held the position since 2011. The initial squads were announced on 25 January 2023, with the final teams confirmed on 7 February 2023. A number of players withdrew from the original squads: * Māori All Stars ** Daejarn Asi ** Nelson Asofa-Solomona ** Joseph Manu ** Starford To'a ** Jared Waerea-Hargreaves ** Dylan Walker ** Dallin Watene-Zelezniak * Indigenous All Stars ** Josh Addo-Carr ** Ezra Mam ** Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Asofa-Solomona
Nelson Asofa-Solomona (born 29 February 1996) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Melbourne Storm in the NRL and New Zealand at international level. Asofa-Solomona won the 2017 NRL Grand Final and the 2020 NRL Grand Final with Melbourne. Early life Asofa-Solomona was born in Wellington, New Zealand, Nelson's parents are of Maori, Samoan, Tokelau and Irish descent. He is the first cousin of Wests Tigers Ken Maumalo. Asofa-Solomona grew up playing rugby union for Upper Hutt Rams before playing rugby league. He played his junior rugby league for the Upper Hutt Tigers and Wellington Orcas junior representative team while playing rugby union at Wellington College. He was then signed by the Melbourne Storm at 15 years of age. Personal life Asofa-Solomona briefly trialled veganism, however found it did not work with his dietary requirements. Asofa-Solomona has, on multiple occasions, spoken of the influences his family has had on him thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Arthars
Jesse Arthars (born 7 August 1998) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or er for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL. He previously played for the Gold Coast Titans and spent time on loan from Brisbane at the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League. Background Arthars was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Playing career Early career From 2016 to 2017, Arthars played for the Melbourne Storm in the Holden Cup, scoring 22 tries and kicked 160 goals for 408 points in 44 games. 2018 In 2018, Arthars signed a one year deal to join South Sydney after leaving Melbourne Storm at the end of 2017. On 5 October 2018, Arthars was released by Souths on compassionate grounds. Arthars spent the majority of 2018 playing with South Sydney's feeder club side North Sydney in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW making 6 appearances. 2019 On 9 May 2019, Arthars made his NRL debut for the Titans against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. In Round 22 of the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan Harper
Morgan Harper is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League (NRL). He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL. Background Harper was born in Hamilton, New Zealand. Harper is of Māori (Ngāti Maniapoto mother) and (Ngāti Tūwharetoa father) and Irish descent. He played his junior rugby league for the Ngaruawahia Panthers in the Waikato Rugby League. Career Harper made his NRL debut for Canterbury-Bankstown against the Brisbane Broncos in round 25 of the 2019 NRL season. In round 17 of the 2020 NRL season, Harper scored two tries for Manly-Warringah in a 34–32 defeat against the Wests Tigers at Brookvale Oval. In round 19 of the 2021 NRL season, he scored a hat-trick for Manly in their 44–24 victory over the Wests Tigers. Harper played a total of 18 games for Manly in the 2022 NRL season The 2022 NRL season is the 115th season of professional rugby l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayze Perham
Hayze Perham (born 2 July 1999) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League (NRL). He previously played for the New Zealand Warriors and the Parramatta Eels as a er or in the NRL. Background Perham was born in Taupō, New Zealand and is of Maori descent. Early life Perham played rugby league and rugby union at Rotorua Boys' High School. Career 2019 In round 7 of the 2019 NRL season, Perham made his first grade debut for the New Zealand Warriors against Melbourne at AAMI Park. 2020 In round 17 of the 2020 NRL season, Perham scored his first try in a 24-18 loss against the Parramatta Eels. Perham was released from his contract with the New Zealand Warriors, signing with Parramatta for the 2021 NRL season. 2021 In round 25 of the 2021 NRL season, he made his club debut for Parramatta in a 40-6 loss against Penrith. 2022 In round 7 of the 2022 NRL season, he scored his first try f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Gardiner
Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( he, אברהם בן אברהם). Bar-, "son of" in Aramaic, is also seen, e.g. Simon bar Kokhba ( he, שמעון בר כוכבא). Ben meaning "son of" is also found in Arabic as ''Ben'' (dialectal Arabic) or ''bin'' (بن), ''Ibn''/''ebn'' (ابن). People with the given name * Ben Adams (born 1981), member of the British boy band A1 * Ben Affleck (born 1972), American Academy Award-winning actor and screenwriter * Ben Ashkenazy (born 1968/69), American billionaire real estate developer * Ben Askren (born 1984), American sport wrestler and mixed martial artist * Ben Banogu (born 1996), American football player * Ben Barba (born 1989), Australian rugby player * Ben Barnes (other), multiple people * Ben Bartch (born 1998), Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Smith (rugby League)
Will Smith (born 3 July 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and for Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. He previously played for the Gold Coast Titans, Parramatta Eels and the Penrith Panthers in the NRL, Hull FC in the English Super League and the Indigenous All Stars. Background Smith was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia and is an Indigenous Australian. He played his junior football for the Western Suburbs Rosellas in the Newcastle Rugby League. He was then signed by the Newcastle Knights. Playing career Early career From 2010 to 2012, Smith played for the Newcastle Knights' NYC team. On 28 May 2012, he re-signed with the Newcastle club on a one-year contract. In 2013, he moved on to Newcastle's New South Wales Cup team. On 25 June 2013, he signed a two-year contract with the Penrith Panthers starting in 2014. 2014 In Round 21 of the 2014 NRL season, Smith made his NRL debut for the Penrith club against Cante ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Smith (rugby League, Born 1994)
Chris Smith (born 16 January 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a forward and for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL. He previously played for the Sydney Roosters and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League, and the Indigenous All Stars at representative level. Background Smith was born in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. He played his junior rugby league for the Nightcliff Dragons in the Darwin Rugby League and attended Casuarina High School, before being signed to a contract by the North Queensland Cowboys at age 15. At 17 years of age, he signed with the Penrith Panthers, moving to Sydney and attending Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown. Playing career Early career From 2012 to 2014, Smith played for the Penrith Panthers' NYC team. In August 2012, he played for the Australian Schoolboys. 2015 In 2015, Smith graduated to the Penrith New South Wales Cup team. In Round 26 of the 2015 NRL season, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezra Mam
Ezra Mam (born 31 January 2003) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League. Background Mam was born in Sydney into a family of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent from Far North Queensland (Kuku Yalanji). At a young age he moved to Queensland and grew up in Ipswich playing his junior rugby league for the Goodna Eagles. Mam attended Ambrose Treacy College in Brisbane's western suburbs playing rugby union for their 1st XV team. Mam accepted an offer to take part in Brisbane Broncos' development system at the age of 13. Career Early career Mam won the Rookie of the Year in the 2021 Intrust Super Cup season while playing for Souths Logan Magpies finishing the season with 13 tries, 8 try assists and 7 goals in just 11 games. 2022 Mam made his first grade debut for Brisbane against Newcastle in round 11 of the 2022 NRL season, in a 36–12 win setting up two tries. In Round 12, Mam scored h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Addo-Carr
Josh Addo-Carr (born 28 July 1995) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Australia at international level. He began his career with the Wests Tigers in the NRL. Addo-Carr won the 2017 and the 2020 NRL Premiership with the Storm. At representative level he has played for the Indigenous All Stars, NSW City and helped New South Wales win the 2018 State of Origin in his Origin debut series. He is known as one of the fastest players in the NRL. Early life Addo-Carr was born in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia, and is of Aboriginal descent: from Gunggandji, Birrbay & Wiradjuri people. Addo-Carr first picked up a football playing for the Doonside Roos as a three-year-old, before his family moved to Earlwood, New South Wales, where he began playing rugby league for the Earlwood Saints. Addo-Carr attended Matraville Sports High School as a teenager and played his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak (born 17 August 1995) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er or for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL and New Zealand at international level. He previously played for the Penrith Panthers and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League. Background Watene-Zelezniak was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, and is of Māori, Tongan and Polish descent and is from the Waikato Tainui Iwi. Watene-Zelezniak lived in Ngāruawāhia, before moving to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia as a 5-year old. He played his junior rugby league for the St Clair Comets, before being signed by the Penrith Panthers. He attended St.Dominic’s College, Penrith and Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown. Watene-Zelezniak is the great-grandson of former New Zealand rugby league captain and politician, Steve Watene. Watene-Zelezniak is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Dallin is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylan Walker
Dylan Walker (born 27 September 1994) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL, and has played for Australia and the New Zealand Maori at international level. He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, with whom he won the 2014 NRL Premiership and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. Walker has played at representative level for City Origin, NRL All Stars, New South Wales and the Prime Minister's XIII. Following his arrest in December 2018 for the alleged assault of his fiancée, Walker was stood down by Manly and later the NRL. On 10 May 2019 the charges were dismissed and he was cleared to resume playing. Background Walker was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Walker played his junior rugby league in the South Sydney Juniors competition for the Mascot Jets before being signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Walker attended Matraville Sports High School. Walker played in the Rabbitohs NYC team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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