Team of The Century
In 2008, the centennial year of rugby league football in Australia, the Northern Division named its team of the century:
- 1. Ray Laird (Mackay, NQ, Qld, Aus)
- 2. Kerry Boustead (Innisfail, NQ, Qld, Aus)
- 3. Alan Gill (Cairns, NQ, Qld, Aus)
- 4. Gary Wellington (Burdekin, Herbert River, Qld, Aus)
- 5. Dale Shearer (Sarina, NQ, Qld, Aus)
- 6. Bob Banks (Charters Towers, Tully, Cairns, NQ, Qld, Aus)
- 7. Arch Foley (Townsville, NQ, Qld – career cut short by World War I)
- 8. Martin Bella (Sarina, NQ, Qld, Aus)
- 9. Brian Fitzsimons (Cairns, Ayr, Qld, Aus)
- 10. Dan Clifford (Tully, NQ, Qld)
- 11. Jim Paterson (Townsville, Innisfail, Herbert River, NQ, Qld, Aus)
- 12. Angelo Crema (Tully, NQ, Qld, Aus)
- 13. Kel O'Shea (Ayr, Qld, NSW, Aus)
- Reserves:
- 14. Lionel Williamson (Innisfail, NQ, Qld, Aus)
- 15. Matt Bowen (NQ Cowboys, Qld, Aus)
- 16. Marshall Colwell (Mackay, Townsville, NQ, Qld)
- 17. Greg Dowling (Herbert River, Innisfail, NQ, Qld, Aus)
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