BY CURTIS WOODWARD

@woodward_curtis

They are some of the most talented rugby league players to ever play our game. An Immortal in Arthur Beetson, the class of Johnathan Thurston, the intimidation of Gorden Tallis, the sheer devastation of a Greg Inglis run or the touch and deception of Cliff Lyons.

This weekend the NRL celebrates Indigenous Round – a chance for us to look back at some of the sport’s greatest players and how these men have helped mould our great sport.

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TOP 100 INDIGENOUS RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYERS OF ALL-TIME

1. ARTHUR BEETSON
2. JOHNATHAN THURSTON
3. GREG INGLIS
4. LAURIE DALEY
5. ERIC SIMMS
6. GORDEN TALLIS
7. CLIFF LYONS
8. FRANK FISHER
9. STEVE RENOUF
10. LATRELL MITCHELL
11. LARRY COROWA
12. GEORGE GREEN
13. WENDELL SAILOR
14. JOSH ADDO-CARR
15. ANTHONY MUNDINE
16. SAM THAIDAY
17. NICHO HYNES
18. RON SADDLER
19. JUSTIN HODGES
20. NATHAN BLACKLOCK
21. LIONEL MORGAN
22. JACK WIGHTON
23. DALE SHEARER
24. REECE WALSH
25. PRESTON CAMPBELL
26. STEVE ELLA
27. ANDREW FIFITA
28. KEN NAGAS
29. WADE GRAHAM
30. MATT BOWEN
31. GEORGE AMBRUM
32. IAN RUSSELL
33. CODY WALKER
34. JOHN FERGUSON
35. TIMANA TAHU
36. DAVID PEACHEY
37. WALLY MCARTHUR
38. EZRA MAM
39. RON GIBBS
40. SAM BACKO
41. RICKY WALFORD
42. NATHAN MERRITT
43. GREG BIRD
44. WILL CHAMBERS
45. MATT SING
46. RHYS WESSER
47. SELWYN COBBO
48. DANE GAGAI
49. ALEX JOHNSTON
50. ROBERT LAURIE
51. ANDREW WALKER
52. SCOTT PRINCE
53. DAVID FIFITA
54. CHRIS MCKENNA
55. WILLIE TONGA
56. EWAN MCGRADY
57. HAMISO TABUAI-FIDOW
58. SCOTT GALE
59. BEN BARBA
60. KEVIN STEVENS
61. TONIE CURRIE
62. CARL WEBB
63. MAL COCHRANE
64. JAMIE SOWARD
65. DEAN WIDDERS
66. JOHN SIMON
67. AMOS ROBERTS
68. KOTONI STAGGS
69. JHARAL YOW YEH
70. COLIN SCOTT
71. KEVIN LONGBOTTOM
72. ROD SILVA
73. JOEL THOMPSON
74. PHIL DUKE
75. CRAIG SALVATORI
76. KEN MCGUINNESS
77. DAVID GRANT
78. TOM LEAROYD-LAHRS
79. RYAN JAMES
80. GLEN CROUCH
81. NATHAN PEATS
82. JEFF HARDY
83. JACK BIRD
84. SHANNON HEGARTY
85. CHRIS SANDOW
86. JOE KILROY
87. BLAKE FERGUSON
88. TYRONE PEACHEY
89. KEVIN MCGUINNESS
90. GRAHAM LYONS
91. TY WILLIAMS
92. OWEN CRAIGE
93. GRAHAM LENA
94. JAMES ROBERTS
95. ASHLEY GORDON
96. JASON MOODIE
97. TERRY BUTLER
98. CONNOR WATSON
99. DANNY PEACOCK
100. SCOTT DRINKWATER

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