2017 All Stars match
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| 2017 All Stars match | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Friday 10 February 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | McDonald Jones Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Newcastle, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preston Campbell Medal | Johnathan Thurston | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Grant Atkins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 20,241 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 All Stars match was the seventh annual representative exhibition All Stars match of Australian rugby. The match was played between the Indigenous All Stars and the World All Stars and for the first time, the match was played outside of Queensland. Mal Meninga took over as coach of the World All Stars from Wayne Bennett.
The Indigenous All Stars were selected through public vote from 7 November to 2 December 2016. Both sides were announced on 14 December.[1]
| INDIGENOUS ALL STARS |
Position | WORLD ALL STARS |
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Jack Wighton  |
Fullback |   David Mead9 |
Blake Ferguson  |
Wing |   Akuila Uate |
Greg Inglis (c)  |
Centre |   Gerard Beale4 |
| Jack Bird1 |
Centre |  Jarrod Croker8 |
Dane Gagai  |
Wing |  Nene Macdonald |
Johnathan Thurston (c)  |
Five-eighth |   Mitchell Moses |
Ashley Taylor  |
Halfback |   Moses Mbye5 |
| Ryan James |
Prop |  Jordan McLean |
| Nathan Peats |
Hooker | Jake Friend (c) |
| Andrew Fifita |
Prop |  Reagan Campbell-Gillard6 |
| Joel Thompson |
2nd Row | Gavin Cooper |
| Wade Graham |
2nd Row | Bryce Cartwright |
| Kyle Turner2 |
Lock |   Tepai Moeroa7 |
| Leilani Latu |
Interchange | Damien Cook |
| Latrell Mitchell |
Interchange |  Paul Vaughan |
| Aidan Sezer |
Interchange |  Sam Lisone |
| Tyrone Peachey |
Interchange | Mitchell Aubusson |
| Tyrone Roberts |
Interchange |  Sione Mata'utia |
| Bevan French |
Interchange |   Jordan Turner |
| Chris Smith3 |
Interchange | Chris McQueen10 |
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Coach |  |
1 - Will Chambers was originally selected to play but withdrew for the birth of his first child. Jack Bird was moved from the bench to Centre and Chambers was replaced by Bevan French.[citation needed]
2 - Sam Thaiday was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Kyle Turner was moved from the bench to Lock and Thaiday was replaced by Tyrone Roberts.[citation needed]
3 - Adam Elliott was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Chris Smith.[citation needed]
4 - Konrad Hurrell was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Gerard Beale.[citation needed]
5 - Adam Reynolds was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Moses Mbye was moved from the bench to Halfback and Reynolds was replaced by Damien Cook.[citation needed]
6 - Nate Myles was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Reagan Campbell-Gillard was moved from the bench to Prop and Myles was replaced by Paul Vaughan.[citation needed]
7 - Jake Trbojevic was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Tepai Moeroa was moved from the bench to Lock and Trbojevic was replaced by Mitchell Aubusson.[citation needed]
8 - Joseph Leilua was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Jarrod Croker.[citation needed]
9 - Jarryd Hayne was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. David Mead was moved from Wing to Fullback and Hayne was replaced by Akuila Uate.[citation needed]
10 - Sosaia Feki was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Chris McQueen.[citation needed]