The 2020 All Stars match day was an annual pre-season fixture of Men's and Women's
All Stars match
The Rugby League All Stars Match of the National Rugby League is an annual rugby league football match between the specially-formed Indigenous All Stars and an All Stars team, both of whose members are made available for selection public vote. ...
es of
Australian rugby league
The Australian Rugby League Commission Limited (ARL), formerly the Australian Rugby Football League Limited known as the Australian Rugby League is an Australian rugby league football competition operator. It was founded in 1986 as the Australi ...
. Both games were played on 22 February 2020 at
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
's
Cbus Super Stadium, the original venue the fixture was first played at. The matches were played between the
Indigenous All Stars and the
Māori All Stars
Māori or Maori can refer to:
Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...
.
Men's All Stars match
This was the Ninth Men's All Star Game
Teams
1 -
Ryan James was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by
Jamayne Taunoa-Brown
Jamayne Taunoa-Brown (born 17 November 1996) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer.
He played as for the New Zealand Warriors, St. George Illawarra Dragons and North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League (NRL) ...
.
2 -
Andrew Fifita was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury.
Josh Kerr was moved from the bench to Prop and Andrew Fifita was replaced by Zac Saddler.
3 -
Cody Walker was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury.
Jack Wighton
Jack Wighton (born 4 February 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League (NRL) and for the Indigenous All-Stars (rugby league), Indigenous All Stars.
...
was moved from Centre to Five-eighth, Cody Walker was replaced by
Tyrell Fuimaono
Tyrell Fuimaono (born 6 March 1996) is an Australian people, Australian professional rugby league footballer who last played as a and forward for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL).
He previously played for t ...
and the captaincy of the Indigenous All Stars was handed to
Joel Thompson.
4 -
Adam Elliott
Adam Elliott (born 16 October 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and forward for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL.
He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Canberra Raiders in th ...
was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by
Chris Smith.
5 -
Bailey Simonsson
Bailey George Simonsson (born 18 February 1998) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er or for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League and New Zealand Māori at international level.
He previously play ...
was originally selected to play but withdrew. He was replaced by
Bryson Goodwin.
6 -
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 National Rugby League (NRL) and New Zealand at international level.
Asofa-Solomona won the 2017 ...
was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by
Jordan Riki.
7 -
James Tamou was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by
Pasami Saulo.
Result
Women's All Stars match
For the eighth time, a
Women's All Stars match was held on 22 February 2020.
Teams
Results
References
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All Stars match
The Rugby League All Stars Match of the National Rugby League is an annual rugby league football match between the specially-formed Indigenous All Stars and an All Stars team, both of whose members are made available for selection public vote. ...
Rugby league on the Gold Coast, Queensland
NRL All Stars match