Other Nationalities rugby league team

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 England, 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.

Other Nationalities

Team results
First game
England 3–9 Other Nationalities (Wigan, England; 5 April 1904)
Biggest win
England 10–35 Other Nationalities (Wigan, England; 11 April 1951) Other Nationalities 30–5 Wales (Bradford, England; 7 October 1953)
Biggest defeat
Lancashire 36–7 Other Nationalities (St. Helens, England; 25 November 1975)

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	England	3-9	Other Nationalities	Friendly	Central Park, Wigan	6,000
2 January 1905	England	26-11	Other Nationalities	Friendly	Park Avenue, Bradford	6,000
1 January 1906	England	3-3	Other Nationalities	Friendly	Central Park, Wigan	8,000
5 February 1921	England	33-16	Other Nationalities	Friendly	Lonsdale Park, Workington
15 October 1924	England	17-23	Other Nationalities	Friendly	Headingley, Leeds	3,000
4 February 1926	England	37-11	Other Nationalities	Friendly	Recreation Ground, Whitehaven	7,000
20 March 1929	England	27-20	Other Nationalities	Friendly	Headingley, Leeds	5,000
7 April 1930	England	19-35	Other Nationalities	Friendly	Thrum Hall, Halifax	2,000
1 October 1930	England	31-18	Other Nationalities	Friendly	Knowsley Road, St Helens	10,000
30 March 1933	England	34-27	Other Nationalities	Friendly	Lonsdale Park, Workington	11,000
19 September 1949	England	7-13	Other Nationalities	1949-50 European Championship	Derwent Park, Workington	17,500
22 October 1949	Wales	5-6	Other Nationalities		The Park, Abertillery	2,000
15 January 1950	France	8-3	Other Nationalities		Stade Vélodrome, Marseille	25,000
10 December 1950	France	16-3	Other Nationalities	1950-51 European Championship	Stade du Parc Lescure, Bordeaux	28,000
31 March 1951	Wales	21-27	Other Nationalities		St Helens Rugby Ground, Swansea	5,000
11 April 1951	England	10-35	Other Nationalities		Central Park, Wigan	17,000
3 November 1951	Other Nationalities	17-14	France	1951-52 European Championship	Craven Park, Hull	18,000
1 December 1951	Wales	11-22	Other Nationalities		The Park, Abertillery	3,386
23 April 1952	England	31-18	Other Nationalities		Central Park, Wigan	20,000
18 October 1952	England	12-31	Other Nationalities	1952-53 European Championship	Fartown Ground, Huddersfield	20,000
23 November 1952	France	10-29	Other Nationalities		Stade Vélodrome, Marseille	18,000
15 April 1953	Other Nationalities	16-18	Wales		Wilderspool, Warrington	8,449
7 October 1953	Other Nationalities	30-5	Wales	1953-54 European Championship	Odsal Stadium, Bradford	14,646
18 October 1953	France	15-10	Other Nationalities		Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux	12,000
28 November 1953	England	30-22	Other Nationalities		Central Park, Wigan	19,000
12 September 1955	England	16-33	Other Nationalities	1955-56 European Championship	Central Park, Wigan	18,234
19 October 1955	Other Nationalities	32-19	France		Hilton Park, Leigh	7,000
18 July 1964	Sydney Colts	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	St. Helens	Friendly (switching on the floodlights)	Knowsley Road, St Helens	15,000
18 August 1965	Other Nationalities	7-15	New Zealand	1965 Kiwi Tour	Crystal Palace, London
11 September 1974	Lancashire	14-13	Other Nationalities	1974 County Championship	The Willows, Salford	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	Lancashire	36-7	Other Nationalities	1975 County Championship	Knowsley Road, St Helens	29,000
6 December 1975	Yorkshire	16-16	Other Nationalities		Odsal Stadium, Bradford
20 December 1975	Cumbria	21-13	Other Nationalities		Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness

Player statistics

Harry Bath, born in Brisbane, Queensland, played for the Other Nationalities team whilst playing for Warrington. He kicked 20 goals, a tally that is second only to Jim Sullivan. He also scored 1 try to score 44 points overall. On returning to Australia he played for St George Dragons and coached the Australian national team, despite never playing for them.

Name	Nat.	Club	Year	Position	Games	Tries	Goals	Drops	Points
Trevor Allan		Leigh			4	3	0	0	9
George Andrews		Leeds				1	0	0	4
Vic Armbruster		Rochdale Hornets				1	0	0	3
Ambrose Baker		Oldham	1924		1
Billy Banks
David Barends††		Bradford Northern				2	0	0	8
Robert Bartlett		Bramley Leeds	circa-1948			1	0	0	4
Harry Bath		Warrington			10	1	20	0	44
Jack Beames		Halifax	circa-1913…22	Second-row	1
Jock Beattie		Halifax				1	0	0	4
Brian Bevan		Warrington	circa-1951	Wing	15	26	0	0	104
Neville Black		Wigan Keighley			3	1	0	0	4
David Booysen		Wigan				1	0	0	4
Billy Boston		Wigan				3	0	0	12
Phil Brady		Huddersfield	circa-1904 †	Scrum-half
Andrew Broatch		Leeds			≥1
Fred Brown
Lou Brown		Wigan				5	0	0	20
Herbert Buckler		Salford	circa-1904 †	Second-row
Jeffrey Burke		Leigh	circa-1951	Second-row
Joe Busch		Leeds			1	1	0	0	4
Tony Cheshire		Bramley
Ian Clark
Arthur Clues		Leeds Hunslet	circa-1951	Second-row	14	2	0	0	8
Gert Coetzer		Wakefield Trinity			≥1
Percy Coldrick		Wigan	circa-1921		1	0	0	0	0
Bert Cook		Leeds Keighley Dewsbury				0	3	0	6
Lionel Cooper		Huddersfield	circa-1951	Wing	14	11	0	0	44
Kel Coslett		St. Helens			1	0	2	0	4
Ronnie Cowan		Leeds			≥1
John Daly		Huddersfield Featherstone Rovers			7	1	0	0	4
Daniel Davies		Swinton			1	2	0	0	8
Eli Davies		Wigan	circa-1904 †
William Davies		Leeds	circa-1921		1	0	0	0
James Dechan	?	Bradford	circa-1905			1	0	0	4
Pat Devery		Huddersfield	circa-1951	Centre	11	3	19	0	50
Wyndham Emery		Leigh			1	0	0	0	0
Frank Evans		Swinton			2	1	0	0	4
Fielding		Salford				1	0	0	4
Christopher Forster		Bramley
Ike Fowler		Batley	circa-1921
George Frater {c}		Oldham	circa-1904 †	Prop
Bruce Gibbs		Workington Town	circa-1975
Bryn Goldswain		Oldham	1955		1
Bernard Gould		Leeds	circa-1921		1	0	0	0	0
Gordon Gray		Huddersfield				1	0	0	4
Ben Gronow		Huddersfield	circa-1921		1	1	5	0	13
Gomer Gunn		Bradford	circa-1905			0	1	0	2
Trevor Hall [1]		St. Helens Rochdale Hornets				1	0	0	4
Roy Hardgrave [2]		St. Helens York				1	0	0	4
David Harris		Wigan	circa-1904 †			1	0	0	4
Harrison [3]?						2	0	0	8
Peter Henderson		Huddersfield	circa-1951	Stand-off		4	0	0	16
Andrew Hogg		Broughton
Johnny Hunter		Huddersfield	circa-1951	Fullback	8	0	0	0	0
Lou Hutt [4]		St. Helens				1	0	0	4
John Isaac		Swinton	circa-1965	Hooker	≥1
Ronald James		Halifax			≥1
Francis Jarvis		Bradford Northern
Emlyn Jenkins	?					1	0	0	4
Sidney Jerram		Wigan	circa-1921		1	0	0	0	0
Berwyn Jones		Wakefield Trinity			≥1
Lewis Jones		Leeds			2	1	9	0	21
Cec Kelly		Rochdale Hornets	circa-1951	Scrum-half	6	1	0	0	4
Robert Kelly		Wakefield Trinity	circa-1955…56	Second-row
Bill Kilpatrick		Oldham	1930		1
Roy Kinnear		Wigan			3	3	0	0	12
Alex Laidlaw		Bradford	circa-1905
David Lewis		Oldham	circa-1904 †	Wing
Gordon Lewis		Leigh			≥1
Steve Llewellyn		St. Helens				1	0	0	4
Tom Llewellyn		Leeds	circa-1904 †	Centre
Tommy Lynch		Halifax			4
Leonard Mason [5]		Wigan			4	1	0	0	4
Tom McKinney (№ 9)		Salford	circa-1951	Hooker	7	0	0	0	0
Bob McMaster [6] (№ 8) circa-1951		Leeds			6	0	0	0	0
Ernie Mills		Huddersfield	1929-30	Wing	2	1	0	0	3
Jim Mills						1	0	0	4
James Moffatt		Leeds	circa-1904 †	Hooker
Glyn Moses [7]		Salford St. Helens
Rex Mossop		Leigh
Cecil Mountford		Wigan
Rupert Mudge (№ 10)		Workington Town	circa-1951	Prop	13	1	0	0	4
Andrew Murdison		Halifax				1	0	0	4
Louis Neumann		Leeds	circa-1965	Second-row, Lock	≥1
Frank O'Rourke
Stan Owen		Rochdale Hornets			≥1
Tony Paskins		Workington Town	circa-1951	Centre	11	2	0	0	8
Joseph Phillips?		Bradford Northern				0	13	0	26
Raymond Price		Warrington			2
Ron Pomering		Bramley	circa 1975		3	0	0
Wickham Powell		Rochdale Hornets	circa 1921		1	0	0	0	0
Ike Proctor						1	0	0	4
Laitia Ravouvou		Rochdale Hornets	circa-1965	Prop	≥1
Rees	?	Bradford	circa-1905
Dai Rees		Halifax			1
Jack Rhapps (№ 8)		Salford	circa-1904 †	Prop
Johnny Robinson		York				3	0	0	12
Johnny Rogers		Huddersfield	circa 1921		1	1	0	0	4
Brian Shillinglaw		Wigan			≥1
Dai Smith		Salford	circa-1904 †	Fullback
Frank Stephens		Wigan	1929		1
Jim Sullivan		Wigan			6	0	22	0	44
Dai Thomas		Oldham	circa 1904 †	Second-row		1	0	0	4
D. Thomas		Salford	circa-1904 †	Wing		1	0	0	4
P. Thomas						1	0	0	4
Gwyn Thomas		Huddersfield	circa 1921		1	0	0	0	0
Joe Thompson		Leeds			5	1	0	0	4
John Thorley		Halifax			2
Dave Valentine		Huddersfield	circa-1951	Loose forward	16	2	0	0	8
Rob Valentine		Keighley
Attie van Heerden		Wigan				2	0	0	8
Don Vines		Wakefield Trinity			≥1
Wallace						0	0	1	1
White						1	0	0	4
H. Whitney		Salford	circa 1921		1	0	0	0	0
Brinley Williams		Batley	circa 1921		1	0	0	0	0
Frederick Willis		Batley	circa 1921
George Wilson		Workington Town				1	0	0	4
Charlie Winslade		Warrington			≥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

Other teams

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

Exiles

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.

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	England	24–26	Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington	4,000 (restricted capacity)
18 June 2022		18–4		9,393

2021 Team

1. Jake Connor 2. Ken Sio 3. Peter Mata'utia 4. Ricky Leutele 5. Jermaine McGillvary 6. Jackson Hastings 7. Aidan Sezer 8. Matt Prior 9. Nathan Peats 10. Tevita Satae 11. Kenny Edwards 12. Kelepi Tanginoa 13. Luke Yates Subs 14. Kruise Leeming 15. Pauli Pauli 16. Suaia Matagi 17. Andre Savelio

2022 Team

1. Peter Mata'utia 2. Ken Sio 3. Rhyse Martin 4. Kenny-Dowall 5. Mahe Fonua 6. Jacob Miller 7. Brodie Croft 8. Ligi Sao 9. Daryl Clark 10. Zane Tetevano 11. Kenny Edwards 12. Kelepi Tanginoa 13. Matt Prior Subs 14. Kruise Leeming 15. Joe Lovodua 16. Tevita Satae 17. David Fifita

See also

• Rest of the world

External links

• RL1895 - The First International^[usurped]
• France defeated in ‘Battle of the Boulevard’