News Players Popular Benji Marshall and Gavin Cooper join 300 Club 15/07/2019 Wests Tigers’ Benji Marshall and North Queensland’s Gavin Cooper joined an illustrious list of players on Sunday – with the pair playing their 300th NRL match on the same day. Cooper brought up the milestone in his side’s 15-12 victory over the Sydney Roosters at Central Coast Stadium, while Marshall’s Wests Tigers went down to the Eels 30-18 at BankWest Stadium. With Cooper and Marshall joining the 300 Club it brings the total number of players to achieve this feat to just 38. Congratulations to @gavincooper_ who joins the illustrious 300 Club tomorrow! 🙌#NRL #RLPA pic.twitter.com/YKyyXNlW0H— RLPA (@RLPlayers) July 13, 2019 Cooper made his NRL debut in 2006 for North Queensland – playing just the one season before stints at the Gold Coast Titans and Penrith Panthers. The 33-year-old returned to the Cowboys in 2011 and has also since represented Queensland, the Prime Minister’s XIII and the World All Stars. Congratulations to Benji Marshall on joining the 300 Club today! 🙌#NRL pic.twitter.com/qeSWQOo6UP— RLPA (@RLPlayers) July 14, 2019 Marshall made his debut in 2003 for Wests Tigers – playing 11 seasons for the joint venture before joining the Auckland Blues for a brief stint in Super Rugby. The Kiwi International returned to the NRL in 2014 with the St George Illawarra Dragons and later the Brisbane Broncos – before returning ‘home’ to the Wests Tigers in 2018. The 34-year-old has also enjoyed significant success in the representative arena – with 28 Tests for the Kiwis and four games for the NRL All Stars. The RLPA would like to congratulate both Marshall and Cooper on reaching this significant milestone and recognise the contribution both players have made to the game of Rugby League. THE 300 CLUB (38 players) 400 Cameron Smith (Melbourne) 2002-2019 362 Cooper Cronk (Melbourne, Sydney Roosters) 2004-2019 355 Darren Lockyer (Brisbane) 1995-2011 350 Terry Lamb (Western Suburbs, Canterbury) 1980-1996 349 Steve Menzies (Manly, Northern Eagles) 1993-2008 347 Corey Parker (Brisbane) 2001-2016 339 Paul Gallen (Cronulla) 2001-2019 338 Chris Heighington (Wests Tigers, Cronulla, Newcastle) 2003-2018 336 Brad Fittler (Penrith, Sydney Roosters) 1989-2004 332 Cliff Lyons (North Sydney, Manly) 1985-1999 330 Nathan Hindmarsh (Parramatta) 1998-2012 328 Andrew Ettingshausen (Cronulla) 1983-2000 326 Ryan Hoffman (Melbourne, Warriors) 2003-2018 325 Geoff Gerard (Parramatta, Manly, Penrith) 1974-1989 325 John Sutton (South Sydney) 2004-2019 324 Luke Lewis (Penrith, Cronulla) 2001-2018 323 Johnathan Thurston (Bulldogs, North Queensland) 2002-2018 319 Billy Slater (Melbourne) 2003-2018 318 Jason Croker (Canberra) 1991-2006 317 Hazem El Masri (Bulldogs) 1996-2009 315 Paul Langmack (Cant, Western Sub, East Sub) 1983-1999 315 Luke Priddis (Canberra, Bris, Pen, St George Ill) 1997-2010 313 Steve Price (Bulldogs, Warriors) 1994-2009 313 Brent Kite (St George Illawarra, Manly, Penrith) 2002-2015 312 Ruben Wiki (Canberra, Warriors) 1993-2008 309 Petero Civoniceva (Brisbane, Penrith) 1998-2012 308 Darius Boyd (Brisbane, St George Ill, Newc) 2006-2019 307 Brett Kimmorley (Newc, Hun, Melb, N Eag, Cron, C’bury) 1995-2010 304 Sam Thaiday (Brisbane) 2003-2018 303 Anthony Watmough (Northern Eagles, Manly, Parramatta)2002-2015 303 Adam Blair (Melbourne, Wests Tigers, Bris, Warriors) 2006-2019 302 Anthony Minichiello (Sydney Roosters) 2000-2014 301 Luke Ricketson (Sydney Roosters) 1991-2005 301 Simon Mannering (Warriors) 2005-2018 300 Scott Prince (Nth Qld, Bris, Wests Tigers, Gold C’st) 1998-2013 300 John Morris (Newc, Parra, Wests Tigers, Cron) 2001-2014 300 Gavin Cooper (North Qld, Gold Coast, Penrith) 2006-2019 300 Benji Marshall (Wests Tigers, St Geo Ill, Brisbane) 2003-2019 Post navigation Next Post RLPA congratulates Smith on 400... Previous Post Downer Rugby League World...