Gallen to join 300 Club

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks skipper Paul Gallen will join the illustrious 300-game Club tomorrow night when his side travel to Suncorp Stadium to take on the Brisbane Broncos.

The former Australian and New South Wales representative will play alongside fellow 300-game players Luke Lewis and Chris Heighington in the Round 23 clash – with the Sharks becoming the first team in history to field three ‘300-game’ players in the same match.

Gallen will be the fifth player to reach this milestone in 2017 – with Lewis, Heighington, Storm halfback Cooper Cronk and Warriors forward Ryan Hoffman also achieving the feat earlier this year.

Gallen made his NRL debut for the Sharks in 2001 and has scored 60 tries in his 299 appearances.

The 35-year-old led the Club to its maiden premiership victory last year, with the Sharks defeating the Melbourne Storm 14-12.

Adding to his impressive tally of NRL games – Gallen has also played 32 Tests for Australia, 24 games for New South Wales, two games for City Origin, two Prime Minister’s XIII games and two NRL All Stars matches.

The Rugby League Players Association would like to congratulate Gallen on joining an illustrious group of players in the 300-game Club.

 

THE 300 CLUB (28 players)

Appearances	Player	Club/s	Years
355	Darren Lockyer	Brisbane	1995-2011
351	Cameron Smith	Melbourne	2002-2017
350	Terry Lamb	Wests, Canterbury	1980-1996
349	Steve Menzies	Manly, Northern Eagles	1993-2008
347	Corey Parker	Brisbane	2001-2016
336	Brad Fittler	Penrith, Sydney Roosters	1989-2004
332	Cliff Lyons	Norths, Manly	1985-1999
330	Nathan Hindmarsh	Parramatta	1998-2012
328	Andrew Ettingshausen	Cronulla	1983-2000
325	Geoff Gerard	Parramatta, Manly, Penrith	1974-1989
318	Jason Croker	Canberra	1991-2006
318	Cooper Cronk	Melbourne	2004-2017
317	Hazem El Masri	Bulldogs	1996-2009
315	Paul Langmack	Canterbury, Wests, Easts	1983-1999
315	Luke Priddis	C’berra, B’bane, P’rith, St Geo Il	1997-2010
314	Chris Heighington	Wests Tigers, Cronulla	2003-2017
313	Steve Price	Bulldogs, Warriors	1994-2009
313	Brent Kite	St Geo Ill, Manly, Penrith	2002-2015
312	Ruben Wiki	Canberra, Warriors	1993-2008
309	Petero Civoniceva	Brisbane, Penrith	1998-2012
307	Brett Kimmorley	N’stle, H’ter, Melb, N Eag, C’nulla, C’bury	1995-2010
303	Anthony Watmough	Northern Eagles, Manly, Parramatta	2002-2015
303	Luke Lewis	Penrith, Cronulla	2001-2017
302	Anthony Minichiello	Sydney Roosters	2000-2014
301	Luke Ricketson	Sydney Roosters	1991-2005
301	Ryan Hoffman	Melbourne, Warriors	2003-2017
300	Scott Prince	N’th Qld, B’bane, Wests Tig, Gold C’st	1998-2013
300	John Morris	N’tle, P’matta, Wests Tigers, Cronulla	2001-2014