Tier One Internationals (Men)

A list of players to represent tier one nations whilst playing at the Sydney Roosters. Tier One nations are Australia, England (and Great Britain), New Zealand and France. Matches involving the Rest Of The World also have tier one status.

Roosters Test Captains (Tier One Nations)
Nation	Player
Australia	Dally Messenger (1908 - 1910)
Australia	Larry 'Jersey' O'Malley (1909)
Australia	Dave Brown (1935 - 1936)
Australia	Wally O'Connell (1948)
Australia	Arthur Beetson (1973 - 1975, 1977)
Australia	John Brass (1975)
Australia	Bob Fulton (1978)
New Zealand	Hugh McGahan (1985 - 1987, 1989 - 1990)
New Zealand	Gary Freeman (1992 - 1993)
England	Phil Clarke (1995)
Australia	Brad Fittler (1996 - 1997, 1999 - 2001) ^
Rest Of The World	Adrian Lam (1997)
New Zealand	Richie Barnett (2000)
Australia	Boyd Cordner (2018 - 2019)
Australia	James Tedesco (2022 - 2023)
^ Captained that rep team also prior to joining the Roosters

Roosters Internationals - Australia
No.	Player	Debut Game *	AUS No.
1	Dally Messenger	v New Zealand (T1), 1908	11
2	Albert Rosenfeld	v New Zealand (T1), 1908	12
3	Lou Jones	v New Zealand (T1), 1908	7
4	Sandy Pearce	v New Zealand (T2), 1908	18
5	Larry 'Jersey' O'Malley	v Northern Union (T1), 1909	27
6	Dan Frawley	v Northern Union (T2), 1909	25
7	Mick Frawley	v New Zealand (T1), 1909	41
8	David Brown >	New Zealand Maori Series (M1), 1909	52
9	Johnno Stuntz >	New Zealand Maori Series (M1), 1909	51
10	Bob 'Botsy' Williams	v Northern Union (T1), 1911	85
11	Arthur 'Pony' Halloway #	v Northern Union (T1), 1914	21
12	Jack 'Bluey' Watkins	v Northern Union (T1), 1914	92
13	Wally Messenger	v Northern Union (T2), 1914	93
14	Bob Tidyman	v Northern Union (T2), 1914	94
15	Les Cubitt	v New Zealand (T1), 1919	95
16	Ray Norman #	v New Zealand (T4), 1919	91
17	Harry Caples	v Northern Union (T2), 1921	117
18	Rex Norman >	Kangaroo Tour, 1921/22	121
19	Arthur Oxford #	v England (T1), 1924	98
20	Nelson Hardy	v England (T1), 1928	138
21	Joe 'Chimpy' Bush	v England (T2), 1928	144
22	Hugh Byrne	v England (T2), 1928	145
23	Bill Shankland	v England (T1), 1929	165
24	Ernie Norman	v England (T1), 1932	169
25	Joe Pearce	v England (T1), 1932	170
26	Dave Brown	v England (T1), 1933	176
27	Ray Stehr	v England (T1), 1933	180
28	Viv Thicknesse	v England (T1), 1933	181
29	Ross McKinnon	v New Zealand (T2), 1935	195
30	Jack Beaton	v England (T1), 1936	203
31	Harry Pierce	v England (T1), 1937	216
32	Andy Norval	v England (T3), 1937	215
33	Lionel Cooper	v England (T1), 1946	221
34	George Watt	v England (T1), 1946	230
35	Wally O'Connell	v New Zealand (T1), 1948	242
36	Vic Bulgin >	Kangaroo Tour, 1948/49	254
37	Ferris Ashton	v New Zealand (T1), 1952	289
38	Col Donohoe	v New Zealand (T3), 1952	294
39	Kevin Junee >	Kangaroo Tour, 1967/68	422
40	Ron Saddler >	Kangaroo Tour, 1967/68	423
41	John Brass	v Great Britain (T1), 1970	440
42	Jim Morgan	v Great Britain (T1), 1970	442
43	Allan McKean	v Great Britain (T3), 1970	445
44	Mark Harris	v Great Britain (WC R2), 1970	448
45	Arthur Beetson #	v New Zealand (T1), 1972	408
46	Ron Coote #	v Great Britain (T1), 1974	417
47	Elwyn Walters #	v Great Britain (T1), 1974	420
48	Ian Mackay	v New Zealand (WC R5), 1975	487
49	Johnny Mayes	v New Zealand (WC R5), 1975	488
50	John Peard	v New Zealand (WC R5), 1975	489
51	Ian Schubert	v New Zealand (WC R5), 1975	492
52	Bob Fulton #	v New Zealand (T1), 1978	427
53	Kerry Boustead #	v Great Britain (T1), 1979	503
54	John Lang # >	New Zealand Tour, 1980	472
55	Paul McCabe	v France (T1), 1981	533
56	Jeff Masterman	v France (T1), 1981	532
57	Terry Fahey #	v France (T2), 1981	481
58	Royce Ayliffe	v France (T2), 1981	537
59	John Ferguson	v New Zealand (T1), 1985	561
60	David Trewhella >	New Zealand Tour, 1989	597
61	Craig Salvatori	v New Zealand (T2), 1991	616
62	Brad Fittler #	v Fiji, 1996	607
63	Matt Sing #	v Papua New Guinea, 1996	648
63	Andrew Walker	v Papua New Guinea, 1996	658
65	Bryan Fletcher	v New Zealand, 1999	672
66	Craig Fitzgibbon	v New Zealand, 2002	704
67	Craig Wing	v New Zealand, 2002	705
68	Shannon Hegarty	v New Zealand, 2003	707
69	Anthony Minichiello	v New Zealand, 2003	708
70	Luke Ricketson	v New Zealand, 2003	709
71	Michael Crocker	v Great Britain (T1), 2003	714
72	Anthony Tupou	v New Zealand (TN R2), 2006	740
73	Willie Mason #	v New Zealand, 2008	699
74	Nate Myles	v Papua New Guinea (FN R1), 2010	769
75	Todd Carney	v New Zealand (FN R3), 2010	772
76	Michael Jennings #	v Fiji (WC R2), 2013	763
77	Boyd Cordner	v Fiji (WC R2), 2013	787
78	Daniel Tupou	v New Zealand, 2014	792
79	Aidan Guerra	v New Zealand, 2014	794
80	Blake Ferguson	v New Zealand, 2016	804
81	Jake Friend	v Scotland (FN, R1), 2016	815
82	Luke Keary	v New Zealand, 2018	824
83	Latrell Mitchell	v New Zealand, 2018	825
84	James Tedesco	v New Zealand, 2018	826
85	Angus Crichton	v Fiji (WC R1), 2022	833
86	Lindsay Collins	v Scotland (WC R2), 2022	845
* Debut game listed indicates first test match played whilst at the Roosters # Played at tier one international level prior to joining the Club, and again whilst at the Club > Represented Australia whilst at the Roosters but did not play a test match T: Test; R: Round; WK: Week; PC: Pacific Championship; WC: World Cup

Roosters Internationals - New Zealand
No.	Player	Debut Game *	NZ No.
1	Dane Sorensen #	v Great Britain (T1), 1984	520
2	Kurt Sorensen #	v Great Britain (T1), 1984	524
3	Dean Bell	v Australia (T1), 1985	574
4	Olsen Filipaina	v Australia (T1), 1985	529
5	Hugh McGahan #	v Australia (T1), 1985	566
6	Gary Prohm #	v Australia (T1), 1986	542
7	Kurt Sherlock	v Australia (T3), 1989	611
8	Gary Freeman #	v Great Britain (T1), 1992	599
9	Jason Lowrie	v Great Britain (T1), 1993	650
10	Tony Iro #	v Great Britain (T2), 1995	606
11	Richie Barnett #	v Australia, 1998	664
12	Quentin Pongia #	v Lebanon (WC R1), 2000	634
13	Andrew Lomu	v Australia, 2002	697
14	Jason Cayless	v France, 2002	699
15	Iosia Soliola	v Australia (TN R1), 2006	729
16	Sam Perrett	v Great Britain (T1), 2007	744
17	Shaun Kenny-Dowall	v France, 2007	746
18	Setaimaita Sa	v Australia, 2008	748
19	Frank-Paul Nu'uausala	v Tonga, 2009	754
20	Jared Waerea-Hargreaves #	v Australia, 2010	755
21	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	v Samoa (WC R1), 2013	779
22	Sam Moa	v Samoa (WC R1), 2013	780
23	Sonny Bill Williams #	v Samoa (WC R1), 2013	706
24	Siosiua Taukeiaho	v England (T1), 2015	792
25	Isaac Liu	v Samoa (WC R1), 2017	805
26	Joseph Manu	v Australia, 2018	815
27	Zane Tetevano	v Australia, 2019	821
28	Naufahu Whyte	v Australia (PC WK2), 2024	839
* Debut game listed indicates first test match played whilst at the Roosters # Played at tier one international level prior to joining the Club, and again whilst at the Club T: Test; R: Round; WK: Week; PC: Pacific Championship; WC: World Cup

Roosters Internationals - England
No.	Player	Debut Game *	ENG No.
1	Phil Clarke #	v Australia (WC R1), 1995	554
2	Victor Radley	v Samoa (WC R1), 2022	762
3	Dominic Young #	v Samoa (T1), 2024	760
* Debut game listed indicates first test match played whilst at the Roosters # Played at tier one international level prior to joining the Club, and again whilst at the Club T: Test; R: Round; WC: World Cup

Roosters Internationals - Great Britain
No.	Player	Debut Game *	GB No.
1	Adrian Morley #	v New Zealand (T1), 2002	648
2	Ryan Hall	v New Zealand (T1), 2019	716
* Debut game listed indicates first test match played whilst at the Roosters # Played at tier one international level prior to joining the Club, and again whilst at the Club T: Test

Roosters Internationals - France
No.	Player	Debut Game *
1	Enzo Griffier	v England, 2024
* Debut game listed indicates first test match played whilst at the Roosters

Roosters Internationals - Rest Of The World
No.	Player	Debut Game *
1	Adrian Lam	v Australia, 1997
2	Terry Hermansson	v Australia, 1997
3	Jason Lowrie	v Australia, 1997
* Debut game listed indicates first test match played whilst at the Roosters

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