Other Nationalities rugby league team explained

The Other Nationalities rugby league team are a rugby league representative team that usually consists of non-English players. They competed in the first ever rugby league international in 1904, against,^{[1] [2]} fielding players from Wales and Scotland. The team was later represented by players from Australia, Fiji, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa. The Other Nationalities team wore green shirts.

History

The Other Nationalities rugby league team was initially formed to act as opposition to England in the early days of the sport when international competition was non-existent. Matches were annual and played mid season from the first game in 1904 until 1907, the year of the first ever rugby league tour and the beginning of the sport being played in a county outside of the UK. Games then became more irregular and were mostly played as warm-up games for England ahead of tours. The final England vs Other Nationalities match was played in 1933.

Following the Second World War between 1949 and 1956, the team competed in the European Championship, at the time a double round robin competition between England, Wales, and France. The team won the 1952–53 and 1955–56 tournaments, in addition to three runners-up finishes.

The team did not play again until 1964 when they played their only match in the Southern Hemisphere in a friendly vs Sydney Colts at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The match was played as a curtain-raiser to France's third and final test against Australia on their 1964 tour of the country and was arranged in order to boost attendance aimed France's poor performances during the tour. The team was made up of foreign players playing in the NSWRL plus two Frenchmen that missed selection for France's match against Australia.

A year later, the team played a friendly against St Helens celebrating the club's first floodlit match. That year, they also played New Zealand at Selhurst Park as part of the 1965 Kiwi tour of Great Britain and France.

1974 and 1975 marked the team's final appearances, competing in the British County Championship. The team faced Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Cumbria, played each team once in both editions of the tournament they competed. The team was made up of players from outside those three counties.

Results

Date	Home	Score	Away	Competition	Venue	Attendance
5 April 1904		3-9	Other Nationalities	Friendly		6,000
2 January 1905		26-11	Other Nationalities	Friendly		6,000
1 January 1906		3-3	Other Nationalities	Friendly	Central Park, Wigan	8,000
5 February 1921		33-16	Other Nationalities	Friendly
15 October 1924		17-23	Other Nationalities	Friendly		3,000
4 February 1926		37-11	Other Nationalities	Friendly		7,000
20 March 1929		27-20	Other Nationalities	Friendly	Headingley, Leeds	5,000
7 April 1930		19-35	Other Nationalities	Friendly		2,000
1 October 1930		31-18	Other Nationalities	Friendly		10,000
30 March 1933		34-27	Other Nationalities	Friendly	Lonsdale Park, Workington	11,000
19 September 1949		7-13	Other Nationalities		Derwent Park, Workington	17,500
22 October 1949		5-6	Other Nationalities			2,000
15 January 1950		8-3	Other Nationalities			25,000
10 December 1950		16-3	Other Nationalities			28,000
31 March 1951		21-27	Other Nationalities			5,000
11 April 1951		10-35	Other Nationalities		Central Park, Wigan	17,000
3 November 1951	Other Nationalities	17-14				18,000
1 December 1951		11-22	Other Nationalities		The Park, Abertillery	3,386
23 April 1952		31-18	Other Nationalities		Central Park, Wigan	20,000
18 October 1952		12-31	Other Nationalities			20,000
23 November 1952		10-29	Other Nationalities		Stade Vélodrome, Marseille	18,000
15 April 1953	Other Nationalities	16-18				8,449
7 October 1953	Other Nationalities	30-5			Odsal Stadium, Bradford	14,646
18 October 1953		15-10	Other Nationalities		Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux	12,000
28 November 1953		30-22	Other Nationalities		Central Park, Wigan	19,000
12 September 1955		16-33	Other Nationalities		Central Park, Wigan	18,234
19 October 1955	Other Nationalities	32-19				7,000
18 July 1964		25-16	Other Nationalities	Curtain-raiser to Australia vs France 3rd Test	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	16,731
27 January 1965	Other Nationalities	2-19		Friendly (switching on the floodlights)		15,000
18 August 1965	Other Nationalities	7-15		1965 Kiwi Tour
11 September 1974		14-13	Other Nationalities			2,000
18 September 1974	Yorkshire	22-15	Other Nationalities		Craven Park, Hull
25 September 1974	Cumbria	19-12	Other Nationalities		Recreation Ground, Whitehaven
25 November 1975		36-7	Other Nationalities		Knowsley Road, St Helens	29,000
6 December 1975		16-16	Other Nationalities		Odsal Stadium, Bradford
20 December 1975		21-13	Other Nationalities

Player statistics

Name		Club	Games	Tries	Goals	Drops	Points
			4	3	0	0	9
				1	0	0	4
				1	0	0	3
1924			1
††				2	0	0	8
				1	0	0	4
			10	1	20	0	44
(№ 11/№ 12) circa-1913…22			1
				1	0	0	4
(№ 2) circa-1951			15	26	0	0	104
			3	1	0	0	4
				1	0	0	4
				3	0	0	12
(№ 7) circa-1904 †
			≥1
				5	0	0	20
(№ 12) circa-1904 †
(№ 12) circa-1951
			1	1	0	0	4
(№ 11) circa-1951			14	2	0	0	8
			≥1
circa-1921			1	0	0	0	0
				0	3	0	6
(№ 5) circa-1951			14	11	0	0	44
			1	0	2	0	4
			≥1
			7	1	0	0	4
			1	2	0	0	8
circa-1904 †
circa-1921			1	0	0	0
circa-1905	?			1	0	0	4
(№ 4) circa-1951			11	3	19	0	50
			1	0	0	0	0
			2	1	0	0	4
Fielding				1	0	0	4
circa-1921
(№ 10) circa-1904 †
circa-1975
1955			1
circa-1921			1	0	0	0	0
				1	0	0	4
circa-1921			1	1	5	0	13
circa-1905				0	1	0	2
http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=15494				1	0	0	4
http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=15513				1	0	0	4
circa-1904 †				1	0	0	4
Harrison http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=15542?				2	0	0	8
(№ 6) circa-1951				4	0	0	16
(№ 1) circa-1951			8	0	0	0	0
http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=15668				1	0	0	4
(№ 9) circa-1965 (ex-Swansea RFC)			≥1
			≥1
	?			1	0	0	4
circa-1921			1	0	0	0	0
			≥1
			2	1	9	0	21
(№ 7) circa-1951			6	1	0	0	4
(№ 10/№ 11) circa-1955…56
1930			1
			3	3	0	0	12
circa-1905
(№ 5) circa-1904 †
			≥1
				1	0	0	4
(№ 3) circa-1904 †
			4
http://www.wiganrl.com/SquadMember.asp?teamid=9&id=179			4	1	0	0	4
(№ 9) circa-1951			7	0	0	0	0
https://web.archive.org/web/20070819211341/http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/profiles/b/bob-mcmaster.php (№ 8) circa-1951			6	0	0	0	0
				1	0	0	4
(№ 9) circa-1904 †
http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=16023
(№ 10) circa-1951			13	1	0	0	4
				1	0	0	4
sr, lf circa-1965			≥1
			≥1
(№ 3) circa-1951			11	2	0	0	8
?				0	13	0	26
			2
circa 1975			3	0	0
circa-1921			1	0	0	0	0
				1	0	0	4
(№ 10) circa-1965			≥1
Rees circa-1905	?
			1
(№ 8) circa-1904 †
[3]				3	0	0	12
circa-1921			1	1	0	0	4
			≥1
(№ 1) circa-1904 †
20 March 1929			1
			6	0	22	0	44
(№ 11) circa-1904 †				1	0	0	4
(№ 2) circa-1904 †				1	0	0	4
				1	0	0	4
circa-1921			1	0	0	0	0
			5	1	0	0	4
			2
(№ 13) circa-1951			16	2	0	0	8
				2	0	0	8
			≥1
Wallace				0	0	1	1
White				1	0	0	4
circa-1921			1	0	0	0	0
circa-1921			1	0	0	0	0
circa-1921
				1	0	0	4
			≥1

† 5 April 1904 match, against England, was a 12-a-side game.

†† Although originally from South Africa, David Barends also represented Great Britain.

Source^[4]

Other teams

Throughout history there have been several other teams created using a similar concept.

Exiles

See main article: Exiles rugby league team.

Combined Nationalities

The Combined Nationalities rugby league team a rugby league team created to play an international fixture against France in 1954. The team comprised European-based (or in the case of the United States players, European touring) non-French rugby league footballers.^[5]

The team lost 15-19 during the match at Stade de Gerland, Lyon, on Sunday 3 January 1954.

Starting XIII:

• Billy Banks
• Lionel Cooper
• Gerry Helme
• Bob Lampshire
• Tom McKinney
• Keith McLellan
• Bernard McNally
• Owen Phillips
• Willie Richardson
• Leon Sellers
• Dave Valentine
• Giovanni Vigna
• Ernest Ward

Combined Nations All Stars

The Combined Nations All Stars were created following the COVID-19 pandemic as opposition to England using UK based players as international travel was still restricted. The team played twice with the following results:

Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Attendance	Ref.
25 June 2021		24–26		4,000 (restricted capacity)	[6] [7]
18 June 2022		18–4		9,393	[8]

2021 Team

1. Jake Connor2. Ken Sio3. Peter Mata'utia4. Ricky Leutele5. Jermaine McGillvary6. Jackson Hastings7. Aidan Sezer8. Matt Prior9. Nathan Peats10. Tevita Satae11. Kenny Edwards12. Kelepi Tanginoa13. Luke YatesSubs14. Kruise Leeming15. Pauli Pauli16. Suaia Matagi17. Andre Savelio

2022 Team

1. Peter Mata'utia2. Ken Sio3. Rhyse Martin4. Kenny-Dowall5. Mahe Fonua6. Jacob Miller7. Brodie Croft8. Ligi Sao9. Daryl Clark10. Zane Tetevano11. Kenny Edwards12. Kelepi Tanginoa13. Matt PriorSubs14. Kruise Leeming15. Joe Lovodua16. Tevita Satae17. David Fifita

See also

• Rest of the world

External links

• • France defeated in ‘Battle of the Boulevard’

Notes and References

1. Web site: The History Of Rugby League. Rugby League Information. napit.co.uk. 2 January 2014.
2. Web site: Scotland. rlwc2013.com. Rugby League International Federation. 22 September 2013. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20111006034907/http://www.rlwc2013.com/teams/scotland. 6 October 2011.
3. Web site: Programme 'Yorkshire County Rugby League - Challenge Cup Final - 1957 - Huddersfield v. York'. huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
4. Web site: Player Directory . Rugby League Records . 20 June 2022.
5. Web site: Summary at rugbyleagueproject.org. rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
6. Web site: England 24-26 All Stars: Shaun Wane makes losing start with England .
7. Web site: England beaten by All Stars in Shaun Wane's first game in charge. 26 Jun 2021. The Guardian. 27 Jun 2021.
8. Web site: England 18-4 Combined Nations All Stars: Shaun Wane's men secure three-try win .