- Darren Lockyer
Darren Lockyer (born 24 March, 1977) is an Australian professional rugby league player and current captain of the Brisbane Broncos, Queensland and Australian rugby league teams. He currently playes at five-eighth and is widely considered one of the finest players in the modern game and was previously regarded as the greatest fullback of the modern era.
- Mal Meninga
Malcolm Norman Meninga AM (born 8 July, 1960 in Bundaberg, Queensland) is an Australian rugby league identity. As a player he was a legendary centre. He has made the most appearances and scored the most points of any player in the green and gold jersey and has been inducted into the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame. Meninga has previously coached the Canberra Raiders and is now the current coach of the Queensland State of Origin team.
- Karmichael Hunt
Karmichael Hunt (born November 17 1986 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos in the Australian National Rugby League competition. He mainly plays in the fullback position, and occasionally on the wing and at halfback. Hunt has played 82 first-grade games for the Broncos between 2004 and 2007, and was part of the Broncos' premiership winning team in 2006.
- Brent Tate
Brent Tate (born March 3, 1982 in Roma, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league player. His position of choice is at centre but can also play on the wing. He has represented Queensland in State of Origin and Australia for international matches.
- Billy Slater
Billy Slater (born June 18 1983 in Nambour, Queensland) is an Australian rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. He has also played for Queensland. His preferred position is Fullback; though he can also play at centre or on the wings.
- Dallas Johnson
Dallas Johnson (born January 23 1982 in Atherton, Queensland) is an Australian rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm and for the Queensland State of Origin team. Johnson is considered to be a modern day workhorse. A man small in stature, but with a load of commitment, …
- Scott Prince
Scott Prince (born on the 27th of February, 1980 in Mount Isa, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League competition and has also represented Queensland. He has previously played for the Wests Tigers, Brisbane Broncos and the North Queensland Cowboys and his position of choice is at Half-back.
- Johnathan Thurston
Johnathan Dean Thurston (born 25 April, 1983 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league player who currently plays for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League competition as well as Queensland and Australia. He is now considered the best player in the world overtaking the likes of Darren Lockyer and Andrew Johns, due to his freakish game breaking ability and week in week out consistancy.
- Justin Hodges
Justin Hodges (born May 25 1982 in Cairns, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Brisbane Broncos, Queensland Maroons and Australian Kangaroos teams. His usual position is in the centres.
- Wayne Bennett
Wayne James Bennett AM (born 1 January, 1950) is an Australian rugby league football identity. A former Australian Kangaroos player, he is the current coach of the multiple premiership-winning Brisbane Broncos and a former coach of the Queensland and Australian representative sides. Bennett holds records for most Grand Final wins and longest time with a single club in Australian rugby league coaching history.
- Carl Webb
Carl Webb (born March 20, 1981 in Mount Isa, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. After playing for the Toowoomba Clydesdales, Webb made his NRL debut for the Brisbane Broncos in 2000 against future club the North Queensland Cowboys. The next year he made his debut in State of Origin, representing Queensland, and scored a very memorable try.
- Tonie Carroll
Tonie Carroll (born 17 February, 1976 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is an Australian/New Zealand professional rugby league player. He plays at Lock/Second Row and previously at Center for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League competition and frequently represents Queensland in the State of Origin. Nicknamed 'Tunsa', he started his Australian club career with Brisbane's Easts Tigers team before moving on to the Broncos.
- Brad Thorn
Bradley Carnegie Thorn (born 3 February 1975 in Mosgiel, New Zealand) is an Australian international rugby league and former New Zealand international rugby union player. He plays rugby league for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League competition and has also represented Queensland in the State of Origin. His preferred position in league is second row.
- Shane Webcke
Shane Webcke (born 28 September, 1974 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian former rugby league player, who spent his entire first grade career playing for the Brisbane Broncos. His position of choice was at prop forward and at his peak he was renowned as the best prop in the world. Webcke represented Queensland in the State of Origin on twenty-one separate occasions and has also captained the side.
- Craig Bellamy
Craig Bellamy (born October 10, 1959 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory) is a former rugby league player and the current coach of the Melbourne Storm, which compete in the National Rugby League. Bellamy played in the 1990 Grand Final for the Canberra Raiders as a reserve. He also had stint playing in England for Leeds in the early 90's. Prior to joining the Storm in 2003, Bellamy was an assistant coach to Wayne Bennett at the Brisbane Broncos.
- Gorden Tallis
Gorden James Tallis (born 27 July, 1973 in Townsville, Queensland) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played from 1992 to 2004. He captained Australia, Queensland and the Brisbane Broncos and is a Clive Churchill Medallist. Nicknamed the "Raging Bull" for his fearless running game, at the peak of his career Tallis was renowned as the best second-row forward in the world.
- Dane Carlaw
Dane Carlaw (born 21 February, 1980 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League competition. A reliable workhorse in the second row, Carlaw won the Broncos' rookie of the year award in 2000. He goes in and out of form in patches but has represented Queensland and, at his peak, Australia.
- Lote Tuqiri
Lote Tuqiri (born 23 September, 1979 in Namatakula, Fiji) is an Australian rugby union player and former rugby league player. He has played for the Wallabies over 40 times and was a part of their 2003 Rugby World Cup squad. He currently plays for the Waratahs in the Super 14. Tuqiri first rose to prominence as a rugby league player for the Brisbane Broncos and Queensland Maroons, as well as the Fiji and Australia national sides. In both sports he plays as a winger.
- Arthur Beetson
Born in Roma, Queensland, in 1945, Arthur 'Artie' Beetson started his career at local level as a centre. However, by the time he was playing with Brisbane side Redcliffe, he was in the forward line, and it was there that he became a member of that team's 1965 premiership win.
- Darren Smith
Darren Smith (born in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian former rugby league player for the Canterbury Bulldogs, Brisbane Broncos, St Helens, Queensland and for the Australian national side. He was renowned as a versatile, long-lived player with an excellent football brain. He is the brother of fellow Maroon and international, Jason Smith. Smith came to Canterbury from Brisbane's Easts Tigers in 1990.
- Ben Ikin
Benjamin Ikin is an Australian former rugby league player. Australia 1998: 2 Tests (0pts)<br /> Queensland 1995-03: 17 games – 3t (12pts)<br /> North Sydney Bears 1996-99: 87 games – 35t, 4g (148pts)<br /> Brisbane Broncos 2000-04: 55 games – 18t, 2g (76pts)<br /> Gold Coast Giants 1995: 8 games – 1g (2pts)<br /> Gold Coast junior and promising centre/five-eighth, …
- Michael Hagan
Michael Hagan (born August 12 1964) is a former premiership-winning rugby league player and Queensland State of Origin representative.
- Matt Sing
Matthew Charles Sing (born on the 13th of March, 1975 in Winton, Queensland) is an Australian rugby league player for Hull FC in the Super League competition. He played for Penrith Panthers between 1993 and 1995, and for Sydney Roosters from 1996 to 2001. Sing is one of the most prolific try scorers in recent years of the National Rugby League, and has represented Queensland and Australia regularly since 1995.
- Adrian Lam
Adrian Lam (born 25 August 1971 in Rabual, Papua New Guinea) is a rugby league coach and former player. Lam moved to Brisbane in the Australian state of Queensland at the age of 7 where he was raised. is an assistant coach with the Cronulla Sharks National Rugby League (NRL) team and former Papua New Guinea rugby league football player. Lam had a fertile career with 14 State of Origin football matches for the Queensland side, …
- Paul Bowman
Paul Bowman (born 1 January, 1976 in Newcastle, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer. He plays for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League competition. Bowman has played the most games for the Cowboys, and is also the last player from the Cowboys' first season to be still playing for the club. Renowned as one of the best defensive centres in the competition, …
- Bob Lindner
Bob Lindner is an Australian former rugby league player and coach. He represented his country in the sport and is one of a handful of players to be man-of-the-match in State of Origin football more than once. Fifteen years after his retirement from football in Australia, he had made the most appearances and scored the most tries of any forward in State of Origin history.
- Adam Mogg
Adam Mogg (born July 31, 1977 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer. He plays for Catalans Dragons in the European Super League competition. Mogg started his professional career for the Redcliffe Dolphins before he was scouted in 2002 by the Parramatta Eels. In 2004, the Canberra Raiders picked him up and he became a regular member of the squad.
- Greg Dowling
Gregory Dowling (born 1959) is an Australian former rugby league player. He represented both Australia and Queensland. A prop from Townsville, Queensland, Dowling started his career with the Wynnum-Manly Seagulls. He was later selected as a member of the foundation team for the Brisbane Broncos in 1988. In 1989 he was awarded the Broncos' player of the year. Injury forced him into retirement in 1991.
- Kerry Boustead
Kerry Boustead is an Australian former rugby league player. A talented winger for Queensland, Boustead, at the time he was selected for the Australian national rugby league team, was the youngest ever player to represent his country.
- Greg Conescu
Greg "Turtle" Conescu is an Australian former rugby league footballer. His usual position was at hooker. Conescu achieved Brisbane Rugby League premiership success with the Norths Devils and also played for Redcliffe Dolphins. Also during this time he made his debut for the Australian Kangaroos and was a regular in the Queensland State of Origin team. Conescu then entered the New South Wales Rugby League premiership with the Brisbane Broncos, …
- Chris Flannery
Chris Flannery is a Rugby League player who plays for St Helens in the European Super League competition. Flannery has also represented Queensland in the State of Origin on 10 occasions. He previously played for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League competition. Flannery's position of choice is at loose-forward. He can also operate as a utility back row forward, at stand-off and also in the centres.
- Chris Close
Christopher 'Choppy' Close is an Australian former rugby league player. His usual position was at centre. Australia 1980-85: 3 Tests - 1t (4pts)<br /> Queensland 1979-86: 14 games - 2t (6pts)<br /> Manly 1982-87: 96 games - 39t (154pts)<br /> Gold Coast 1988-91: 67 games - 4t (16pts)<br /> Hailing from Cunnamulla, Queensland, Chris Close scored 52 tries during the 1978 season before joining Brisbane Valleys.
- Casey McGuire
Casey McGuire (born January 24, 1980 in Nambour, Queensland) is an Australian rugby league player for the Les Catalans club in the European Super League (Europe) competition. McGuire has previously played for the Parramatta Eels and the Brisbane Broncos. He was even selected for the Queensland Maroons in 2005. At the Broncos he was a utility player, normally used in games from the bench. He is hoping to retain a permanent position in the halves at Les Catalans.
- Matthew Scott
Matthew Scott (born July 30 1985 in Longreach, Queensland) is an Australian rugby league player for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League competition. Scott grew up in the small Queensland town of Ilfracombe, Queensland where he would travel over four hours each weekend to play in Longreach. Scott had the unfortunate distinction of breaking his leg in the opening minutes of his debut game, thereby ruling him out of the remainder of the 2004 season.
- Dale Shearer
Dale Anthony "Rowdy" Shearer (born 1965 in St George, Queensland) is an Australian former rugby league fullback of Aboriginal heritage. Ten years after his retirement, Shearer was still the all-time top try-scorer in State of Origin history. Australia 1986-93: 20 Tests - 12t, 6g (60 pts)<br /> Queensland 1985-96: 26 games - 12t, 9g (66 pts)<br /> Manly Sea Eagles 1985-89: 86 games - 45t, 5g, 1fg (191 pts)<br /> Brisbane Broncos 1990-91: 27 games - 15t, …
- Mark Murray
Mark Murray is an Australian former rugby league player and coach. He represented Australia in test matches and Queensland in the State of Origin. His position of choice was halfback. Murray has also coached in the National Rugby League and State of Origin. Murray was an instrumental player in the early Queensland State of Origin sides, and played 15 games between 1981 and 1986. He also represented his country on six occasions between 1982 and 1985, …
- Danny Nutley
Danny Nutley (born February 4, 1974 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian rugby league player for the Sydney Roosters. Nutley returned to the NRL in 2007 following a successful stint in the Super League (Europe) competition with the Castleford Tigers. He has previously played for the South Queensland Crushers in the Australian Super League, the Warrington Wolves in the English Super League competition and the Cronulla Sharks in the National Rugby League (NRL).
- Kerrod Walters
Kerrod Walters is an Australian former rugby league player. With twin brother Kevin and older brother Steve, Kerrod Walters holds a unique place in Australian League history. Australia 1989-92: 8 Tests - 1t (4 pts)<br /> Queensland 1989-94: 6 games - 2t (8 pts)<br /> Brisbane Broncos 1988-1996 & 2000: 206 games – 23t (92 pts)<br /> Adelaide Rams 1997-98: 41 games – 4t (16 pts)<br /> Gateshead 1999 Hailing from Ipswich (but Rockhampton-born), …
- Sam Backo
Samuel Backo is an Australian former rugby league international. His usual position was at prop. He is one of a handful of players to get the man-of-the match in State of Origin football more than once. In 2000 Backo was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australia's standing in rugby league.
- Tony Martin
Tony Martin (born 10 July 1978, Gladstone, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league player and plays for the New Zealand Warriors. Martin plays in the Centres, but can also operate on the wing. Martin often kicks goal for the Auckland based team. In 1999 he scored a vital try in Melbourne's victorious NRL Grand Final appearance. Martin is famous for sporting his trademark scrum cap.