List of one-club men in rugby league explained

A one-club man in rugby league football is a player who spends his or her entire professional career with only one club. The term is often used in the context of team sports such as football or rugby.^{[1] [2]}

Former players (Pre SL and NRL Era)

Players who spent their whole career with one club (making 100 or more appearances, or playing 10 or more seasons) include:

Name	Nationality	Club	From	To	Seasons	Games
	England	Wigan	1955	1969	15	497
	England	Oldham	1926	1939	13	436
	England	Castleford	1926	1942	16	431
	Wales	Leeds	1918	1928	11	276
	England	Leeds	1963	1976	14	434
	Australia	Canberra Raiders	1982	1992	11	148
	England	Warrington	1902	1920	18	297
	England	Barrow	1919	1933	14	464
	Australia	Western Suburbs (Sydney)	1954	1964	11	118
	England	Huddersfield	1909	1927	17	485
	England	Salford	1968	1983	16	463
	Australia	Balmain	1910	1919	10	92
	Wales	Salford	1936	1952	17	370
	Wales	Oldham	1911	1926	15	321
	Wales	Oldham	1962	1979	17	446
	England	Bradford Northern	1986	1996	11	n/a
	Australia	Newtown	1938	1951	14	250
	England	Oldham	1899	1923	22	627
	England	Salford	1973	1983	11	319
	England	Warrington	1898	1911	18	321
	England	Bradford Northern	1938	1955	18	432
	Australia	Sydney Roosters	2008	2021	13	261
	England	Wakefield Trinity	1948	1959	11	219
	Australia	St George Dragons	1959	1967	9	125
	New Zealand	Brisbane Broncos	2009	2021	12	282
	England	Hunslet	1888	1910	22	682
	England	Warrington	1961	1981	20	543
	England	Warrington	1982	1994	22	222
	Wales	St Helens R.F.C.	1989	1995	7	140
	Australia	South Sydney	1909	1924	16	155
	Australia	South Sydney	1947	1958	11	157
	Australia	Newcastle Knights	1988	1999	12	169
	England	Warrington	1945	1957	11	442
	England	Widnes	1922	1935	12	308
	Australia	Western Suburbs (Sydney)	1948	1961	14	203
	England	Barrow	1943	1959	15	461
	England	Leeds	1965	1975	11	366
	Australia	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	1961	1975	14	241
	England	Castleford	1972	1992	21	613
	England	Castleford	1978	1988	11	133
	Australia	Western Suburbs (Sydney)	1938	1950	11	119
	Australia	St George Dragons	1960	1971	12	191
	Australia	Parramatta Eels	1972	1981	10	112
	Australia	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	1970	1983	14	215
	Australia	St George Dragons	1938	1949	11	133
	New Zealand	Bradford Northern	1950	1956	7	221
	England	Warrington	1926	1946	20	526
Steve Mortimer	Australia	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	1976	1988	13	272
	Australia	Eastern Suburbs Roosters	1968	1978	10	166
	Australia	Eastern Suburbs	1929	1942	14	147
	Australia	Eastern Suburbs	1908	1921	14	156
	Australia	Balmain	1980	1990	11	193
	Australia	South Sydney	1967	1978	12	118
	Australia	Brisbane Broncos	1990	1999	10	149
	England	Wakefield Trinity	1957	1970	13	319
	Wales	Bradford Northern	1967	1971	5	123
	Australia	St George Dragons	1951	1965	15	256
	England	Bradford Northern	1977	1983	7	244
	England	Bradford Northern	1971	1982	12	470
	Wales	Halifax	1921	1932	12	279
	England	St Helens R.F.C.	1953	1969	15	265
	Wales	Salford	1969	1983	15	498
	Australia	Balmain	1924	1933	10	71
	England	Hull	1906	1924	15	503
	England	Warrington	1945	1958	13	372
	Australia	Brisbane Broncos	1989	1999	11	155
	Australia	Balmain	1913	1924	12	120
	England	Huddersfield	1962	1979	17	476
	Australia	Parramatta Eels	1979	1990	12	164
	Australia	Penrith Panthers	1970	1982	13	166
	Australia	Penrith Panthers	1980	1991	12	233
	England	Warrington	1911	1925	14	259
	England	Halifax	1915	1929	14	199
	England	Castleford	1937	1951	15	170
	Australia	Eastern Suburbs (Sydney)	1929	1946	15	184
	Wales	Warrington	1903	1914	11	385
	England	Bradford Northern	1970	1982	13	267
	Samoa	Wigan	1993	1997	5	102
	England	Huddersfield	1906	1925	19	436
	England	York	1949	1961	12	354
	Wales		1945	1960	15	413
	Australia	South Sydney	1921	1933	13	173
	England	Wakefield Trinity	1930	1949	19	605
	Wales	Salford	1927	1938	12	425
	Wales	Leeds	1925	193?	15	415
	England	Oldham	1908	1921	13	244
	South Africa	St Helens R.F.C.	1957	1968	12	409
	Australia	St George Dragons	1977	1988	12	234

Former Players (SL and NRL Era)

Name	Nationality	Club	From	To	Seasons	Games
	England	Salford City Reds	1997	2010	14	290
	Australia	Sydney Roosters	2007	2020	14	306
	England	St Helens R.F.C.	2000	2008	9	161
	Australia	North Queensland Cowboys	2007	2019	13	247
	France	Catalans Dragons	2006	2017	12	243
	Australia	North Queensland Cowboys	1995	2007	13	203
	England	Leeds Rhinos	2001	2017	17	493
^[3]	Australia	Parramatta Eels	1999	2012	14	264
	Australia	Canberra Raiders	2008	2015	8	119
	New Zealand	Parramatta Eels	1997	2010	14	259
	Australia	Melbourne Storm	2007	2019	12	218
^[4]	Australia	St George Illawarra Dragons	2000	2013	14	243
	Australia	Sydney Roosters	2011	2020	10	183
	England	Huddersfield Giants	2000	2016	17	423
	Australia	St George Illawarra Dragons	2003	2016	14	274
	England	Leeds Rhinos	1993	2005	13	356
	England	St Helens R.F.C.	1993	2010	17	419
	Lebanon	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	1996	2009	14	317
	England	Wigan Warriors	1991	2004	14	370
	Australia	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2001	2019	19	348
^[5]	Australia	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2002	2012	11	125
	Australia	Brisbane Broncos	2010	2019	10	202
	Australia	Gold Coast Titans	2009	2015	7	118
	England	Wigan Warriors	1993	2002	10	174
^[6]	Australia	Parramatta Eels	1998	2012	15	330
	Australia	St George Illawarra Dragons	2000	2012	13	273
	England	Hull F.C.	1998	2014	17	387
	Australia	St George Illawarra Dragons	2007	2015	9	151
	England	Leeds Rhinos	1999	2019	21	411
	Australia	Wests Tigers	2006	2020	15	253
	Australia	Brisbane Broncos	1995	2011	17	355
	Australia	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2008	2015	8	118
	Australia	Parramatta Eels	2009	2019	11	233
	New Zealand	New Zealand Warriors	2005	2018	14	301
	New Zealand	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2005	2016	12	229
	England	Bradford Bulls	1994	2002	9	251
	Australia	Penrith Panthers	2008	2018	11	147
	Scotland	Newcastle Knights	2007	2015	8	166
	Australia	Sydney Roosters	2000	2014	15	302
	France	Catalans Dragons	2006	2016	11	274
	Australia	Newcastle Knights	2005	2016	12	211
	New Zealand	St George Illawarra Dragons	2007	2018	12	266
	Australia	Newcastle Knights	1992	2004	13	223
	Australia	Brisbane Broncos	2001	2016	16	347
	Australia	North Queensland Cowboys	2002	2012	11	219
	England	Wigan Warriors	1993	2006	14	322
	England	Brisbane Broncos	2011	2016	6	128
	Australia	Sydney Roosters	1991	2005	15	301
	New Zealand	New Zealand Warriors	2003	2014	11	145
	Australia	North Queensland Cowboys	2004	2019	16	268
	England	Leeds Rhinos	1996	2015	20	521
	Australia	Melbourne Storm	2003	2018	16	323
	Australia	Melbourne Storm	2002	2020	19	430
	Australia	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2003	2016	15	231
	Australia	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2004	2019	16	336
	Australia	Brisbane Broncos	2003	2018	16	308
	Australia	North Queensland Cowboys	2009	2017	9	111
	Australia	Brisbane Broncos	1994	2007	10	200
	Australia	Canberra Raiders	2000	2011	12	220
	England	Leigh Centurions	2000	2006	7	122
	Australia	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2009	2017	9	158
	Australia	Brisbane Broncos	1995	2006	12	254
	England	St Helens R.F.C.	1998	2015	18	499
	Australia	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2008	2015	8	105
	England	Hull F.C.	2001	2016	16	374

Active players

• As of: 02 April 2022
• Last NRL Game: ROUND 10 - Sydney Roosters vs. Canberra Raiders (16/7/20)
• Last SL Game: Huddersfield Giants vs. Leeds Rhinos (2/8/20)
• Last Championship Game: ROUND 11 - Dewsbury Rams vs. Halifax R.L.F.C. (22/4/18)
• Last League 1 Game: ROUND 8 - Workington Town vs. North Wales Crusaders (22/4/18)
• Last Challenge Cup Game: ROUND 5 - Doncaster R.L.F.C. vs. Featherstone Rovers (22/4/18)

Name	Nationality	Club	From	To	Seasons	Games
	New Zealand	Melbourne Storm	2015	present	6	112
	New Zealand	Melbourne Storm	2010	present	11	241
	New Zealand	Melbourne Storm	2013	present	8	160
	Australia	Wests Tigers	2013	present	8	138
	Australia	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2011	present	10	226
	Australia	Canberra Raiders	2009	present	12	267
	England	Huddersfield Giants	2008	present	13	276
	Australia	St George Illawarra Dragons	2011	present	10	157
	Australia	Gold Coast Titans	2013	present	8	135
	Australia	North Queensland Cowboys	2013	present	8	124
	New Zealand	Penrith Panthers	2016	present	5	96
	New Zealand	New Zealand Warriors	2014	present	7	101
	Wales	St Helens R.F.C.	2016	present	5	94
	England	Castleford Tigers	2010	present	11	200
	England	Hull F.C.	2007	present	14	352
	Australia	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2012	present	9	190
	Australia	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2014	present	7	132
	England	Oldham R.L.F.C.	2012	present	7	113
	Australia	Melbourne Storm	2015	present	6	120
	Wales	St Helens R.F.C.	2015	present	6	117
	England	Huddersfield Giants	2008	present	13	283
	England	St Helens R.F.C.	2009	present	12	224
	Australia	Newcastle Knights	2014	present	7	118
	England	Castleford Tigers	2010	present	11	244
	Australia	North Queensland Cowboys	2010	present	11	163
	Australia	Melbourne Storm	2014	present	7	121
	England	Wigan Warriors	2002	present	19	452
	Australia	Brisbane Broncos	2013	present	8	153
	New Zealand	Canberra Raiders	2011	present	10	207
	France	Toulouse Olympique	2007	present	12	178
	England	St Helens R.F.C.	2004	present	17	500
	Fiji	Newcastle Knights	2016	present	5	94
	Australia	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2012	present	9	156
	New Zealand	North Queensland Cowboys	2010	present	11	189
	Tonga	Parramatta Eels	2013	present	8	123
	Australia	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2013	present	8	128
	Australia	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2015	present	6	95
	Australia	Sydney Roosters	2012	present	9	172
	Fiji	Melbourne Storm	2016	present	5	103
	Australia	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2016	present	5	103
	England	Leeds Rhinos	2012	present	9	134
	Australia	Canberra Raiders	2012	present	9	166
	France	Catalans Dragons	2015	present	6	91
	Australia	Penrith Panthers	2014	present	7	135

See also

• • List of one-club men in association football List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise
• List of National Football League players who spent their entire career with one franchise
• List of NBA players who have spent their entire career with one franchise
• List of NHL players who spent their entire career with one franchise

References

1. News: Europe's rare breed – the one-club man. UEFA.com. 11 February 2014.
2. News: Monday Maul - A tribute to a dying breed: The one-club man. ESPN. 11 May 2015.
3. News: MacDougall . Doug . Burt to remain a one-club-man in 2013 . 24 December 2013 . parraeels.com.au . 15 June 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131224115408/http://www.parraeels.com.au/news-display/Burt-to-remain-a-oneclubman-in-2013/57228 . 24 December 2013 .
4. News: Red V One-Club Man To Retire. 23 December 2013. Triple M. 20 August 2013.
5. News: AAP. Geddes ready to call it a day as a one-club man. 24 December 2013. Canberra Times. 22 June 2012.
6. News: One-club man Hindmarsh hopes his announcement will return Parramatta's focus to winning games. 23 December 2013. ABC News. 29 Mar 2012.