Which RL player played against the MOST clubs?

[The Mad Hatter]

I am having a debate and can't find all the info.

I am saying Andrew Ettingshausen and Darren Lockyer played the most teams in RL comps from 1983-2000 and 1995-2011.

ET Played:

1. Souths
2. Norths
3. Easts
4. Wests
5. Balmain
6. Newtown
7. Canterbury
8. St George
9. Manly
10. Parramatta
11. Penrith
12. Canberra
13. Illawarra
14. Newcastle
15. Brisbane
16. Gold Coast Giants/Seagulls/Chargers
17. Western Reds
18. Auckland Warriors
19. Sth Qld Crushers
20. Nth Qld Cowboys
21. Hunter Mariners
22. Adelaide Rams
23. Melbourne Storm
24. St George Illawarra
25. Northern Eagles
26. Wests Tigers

ET didn't play Gold Coast Titans as he retired end of 2000. I know ET was injured a lot in 2000 also, so maybe didn't play the Northern Eagles or Wests Tigers.

I can't think of anyone who played the old NSWRL, then ARL/SL era and in to the NRL era that would have played all these clubs other than Darren Lockyer, who may tie if you remove Newtown and Brisbane and include Gold Coast Titans and Cronulla.

Anyone able to confirm?

 

[Pierced Soul]

put this in the NRL section, some very learned people there who seem to have far too much time to look into these things

 

[gUt]

Ruben Wiki might be another one, he had the added advantage of changing clubs.

 

[Gas Panic!]

Rugby league project website has Lockyer, Wiki and Ettingshausen as having played against 26 Australian club sides. Menzies vs 24.

 

[madunit]

Campion played against 25 teams

 

[Evil Homer]

Steve Menzies will have played against every Australian side that Manly faced from 1993 onwards, all 14 current Super League clubs, two English lower division sides in the Challenge Cup, Queensland, England/GB, NZ, and any other international teams that he may have faced while playing for Australia.

 

[dogslife]

Campion played against 25 teams

He probably went close to playing for 25 teams aswell

 

[simmo1]

How about Wendell Sailor?

 

[billy2]

Menzies never played against Manly.

If by clubs we are counting country teams, the Cleal brothers would go close to breaking records. They both spent years in country football moving from group to group before playing in the bigtime, and also got to go on long Kangaroo tours where they played agaisnt many sides.
Noel played for 2 NRL clubs and 2 ESL clubs, so he got a run against everyone in his 230 odd top grade games, and also played SOO and WC games.
Wouldn't surprize me if the both lined up against over 100 sides.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

This is getting interesting.

I was kinda only gunning for NSWRL/ARL-SL/NRL clubs...

But while we're at it...hell...would be interesting to see who has played the most clubs overall. Surely Menzies is up there as posted earlier.

 

[Dirty Hoe]

if its any senior league grade...would almost be a given to be ewan mcgrady!

 

[user_nat]

How about Wendell Sailor?

27 and scored a try against them all.

link

 

[Mr Angry]

This is getting interesting.

I was kinda only gunning for NSWRL/ARL-SL/NRL clubs...

But while we're at it...hell...would be interesting to see who has played the most clubs overall. Surely Menzies is up there as posted earlier.

ET played a season in England too.

 

[bazza]

ET played a season in England too.

Anyone who was in Super League in 1997 would have got to play against a few of the English clubs as part of the WCC