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 have also played under the name The Exiles and more recently Combined Nations All Stars. They competed in the first ever rugby league international in 1904, against England,[1][2] 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.
| 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 team was formed to play England in one-off friendlies and did so until the 1930s. Between 1949 and 1955, they competed in the European Championship, winning the 1952/53 and 1955/56 tournaments. In 1964 Other Nationalities played their only match in the Southern Hemisphere in a one-off match vs Sydney Colts at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The match was played as a curtain-raiser to the Australia vs France 3rd Test and was arranged in order to boost the attendance due to France's poor form on tour. The team was made up of foreign players from the NSWRL competition that year plus two Frenchmen that missed selection in France's 3rd Test team. In 1965, Other Nationalities also played New Zealand at Selhurst Park as part of that years Kiwi tour. In 1974 and 1975 the team competed in the County Championship, facing Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Cumbria, twice each over both years.
The team ceased to exist after 1975 with Great Britain no longer competing in tournaments meaning Wales began to compete on a regular basis and New Zealand began selecting overseas-based players.
In 2011, the concept of a representative side were resurrected to give England a competitive game without having to travel to the Southern Hemisphere. The team played under the name the Exiles and the game was billed as International Origin. Only Southern Hemisphere born players playing in the Super League were eligible for selection.
Four editions of International Origin were played until 2013 when the game was discontinued due to poor attendances.
In 2021, the Other Nationalities team was reincarnated for a third time under the name Combined Nations All Stars to again give England a competitive game leading up to the World Cup. Unlike previous teams this team also contained other English players.[3]
Results
| Other Nationalities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 of new 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 | 6-104 | Other Nationalities | Craven Park, Hull | ||||
| 25 September 1974 |  Cumbria | ?-? | 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 | 8-68 | Other Nationalities | Odsal Stadium, Bradford | ||||
| 20 December 1975 | Cumbria | 19-14 | Other Nationalities | Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness | ||||
| Exiles | ||||||||
| 10 June 2011 | England | 12–16 | Exiles | International Origin | Headingley | 14,174 | ||
| 16 June 2012 | England | 18–10 | Exiles | International Origin Series | Langtree Park | 11,083 | ||
| 4 July 2012 | Exiles | 32–20 | England | Galpharm Stadium | 7,865 | |||
| 14 June 2013 | England | 30–10 | Exiles | International Origin | Halliwell Jones Stadium | 7,926 | ||
| Combined Nations All Stars | ||||||||
| 25 June 2021 | England | 24 - 26 | Combined Nations All Stars | Friendly | Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington | [4][5] | ||
| 18 June 2022 | England | 18 - 4 | Combined Nations All Stars | Friendly | Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington | |||
Player statistics
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† 5 April 1904 match, against England, was a 12-a-side game.
†† Although originally from South Africa, David "Dave" Barends also represented Great Britain.
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