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1504:Jeff Moores
1496:Lewis Jones
1480:John Holmes
1456:Eric Harris
1432:Harold Buck
1298:Kevin Smyth
1228:Reg Gasnier
1203:John Cleary
1095:Barry Simms
1078:Colin Evans
1067:Lewis Jones
1004:Leeds squad
933:Ken Kearney
892:23 February
858:23 February
497:rugby union
75:, Australia
58:, Australia
1623:Categories
1576:David Ward
1544:Alan Smith
1520:Bev Risman
1424:Jim Brough
1408:Ray Batten
1293:Kevin Ryan
1278:Paul Quinn
1273:Barry Muir
1258:Noel Kelly
1248:Ken Irvine
1136:Joe Warham
1127:Bryan Shaw
956:1965−1966
952:Parramatta
584:Parramatta
524:Warrington
395:Parramatta
168:Parramatta
49:1937-11-27
1488:Syd Hynes
1400:Jim Bacon
1268:Jim Lisle
1253:Les Johns
1197:Ian Walsh
936:1962−1964
831:18 August
729:1 January
676:Footnotes
643:Accolades
634:Ian Walsh
607:Les Johns
471:Wallabies
451:Kangaroos
278:Australia
825:ABC News
703:Archived
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1472:Vic Hey
1213:Ken Day
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