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Thanks to no.8 for the info below, I thought it deserved its own thread!
If anyone has further info on the players listed below (ie dead or alive, current location, Test details etc etc) please add it to the thread. We can perhaps form our own TWF Hall of Fame!
The tenious link of a few listed below perhaps allows us to include all current Force Wallabies?
Let's hope it's not too long before we get another Western Australian born player to a cap, Brett Sheehan and Adam Wallace-Harrison will probably fight to be the next.
Any other contenders to mention?
no.8:
The list of Wallaby reps from WA is short - 11 in total.
Of course there's Western Force recruit John Welborn.
John Steggall was born in Geraldton in 1909, he played for Australia on 10 occasions.
He lived in Brisbane when he had the call up. He played for YMCA and Qld.
Mick Mathers was born in Perth he played 2 test for Australia, although he was playing for Eastwoods when selected.
NZ born Bob Thompson was picked for Australia whilst playing for Wests in 1971.
Other guys we claim are Max Carpenter who played for Perth in 1934 before moving back to Sydney 1938, then gaining Wallaby honours.
Queenslander Spencer Brown in the 50's played in Perth before moving onto Manly and gaining 3 caps at 32yo against SA.
Londoner Art Turnbull played for UWA in the mid 50's, after to moving Victoria in 1961 he gain one cap against Fiji in a 3-3 draw.
Scot Ken McCurrach played for both Perth and Uni 1969-72, he moved to Sydney and was picked for '73 Wallabies European tour and played for Australia against Italy in a non-test match.
Alan Morton played 11 tests for the Wallabies 1957-59, then came to WA played for Uni and WA.
Norm Storey played once for Australia in 1962 against the All Blacks. He finished his career with Associate and Melbourne and South Australia.
Ian Mackay did play but there is no records of his career.
Finally sydneysider Keith Besomo played for the Wallabies once in 1979 against Ireland.
Although he did tour 3 times! He played out his seasons with Soaks and WA/Tasmanian. Believe it or not he had been deaf since birth!