2017 All Stars match

The 2017 All Stars match was the seventh annual representative exhibition All Stars match of Australian rugby. The match was played between the Indigenous All Stars and the World All Stars and for the first time, the match was played outside of Queensland. Mal Meninga took over as coach of the World All Stars from Wayne Bennett.

2017 (2017) All Stars match  ()
Indigenous All Stars World All Stars 34 8
1 2 3 4 Total IND 16 0 12 6 34 WAS 0 8 0 0 8
Date	Friday 10 February 2017
Stadium	McDonald Jones Stadium
Location	Newcastle, New South Wales
Preston Campbell Medal	Johnathan Thurston
Referee	Grant Atkins
Attendance	20,241
Broadcast partners
Broadcasters	Nine Network
Commentators	Mat Thompson Phil Gould Peter Sterling Andrew Johns

The Indigenous All Stars were selected through public vote from 7 November to 2 December 2016. Both sides were announced on 14 December.

Teams

INDIGENOUS ALL STARS	Position	WORLD ALL STARS
Jack Wighton	Fullback	David Mead9
Blake Ferguson	Wing	Akuila Uate
Greg Inglis (c)	Centre	Gerard Beale4
Jack Bird1	Centre	Jarrod Croker8
Dane Gagai	Wing	Nene Macdonald
Johnathan Thurston (c)	Five-eighth	Mitchell Moses
Ashley Taylor	Halfback	Moses Mbye5
Ryan James	Prop	Jordan McLean
Nathan Peats	Hooker	Jake Friend (c)
Andrew Fifita	Prop	Reagan Campbell-Gillard6
Joel Thompson	2nd Row	Gavin Cooper
Wade Graham	2nd Row	Bryce Cartwright
Kyle Turner2	Lock	Tepai Moeroa7
Leilani Latu	Interchange	Damien Cook
Latrell Mitchell	Interchange	Paul Vaughan
Aidan Sezer	Interchange	Sam Lisone
Tyrone Peachey	Interchange	Mitchell Aubusson
Tyrone Roberts	Interchange	Sione Mata'utia
Bevan French	Interchange	Jordan Turner
Chris Smith3	Interchange	Chris McQueen10
Laurie Daley	Coach	Mal Meninga

¹ - Will Chambers was originally selected to play but withdrew for the birth of his first child. Jack Bird was moved from the bench to Centre and Chambers was replaced by Bevan French.
² - Sam Thaiday was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Kyle Turner was moved from the bench to Lock and Thaiday was replaced by Tyrone Roberts.
³ - Adam Elliott was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Chris Smith.
⁴ - Konrad Hurrell was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Gerard Beale.
⁵ - Adam Reynolds was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Moses Mbye was moved from the bench to Halfback and Reynolds was replaced by Damien Cook.
⁶ - Nate Myles was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Reagan Campbell-Gillard was moved from the bench to Prop and Myles was replaced by Paul Vaughan.
⁷ - Jake Trbojevic was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Tepai Moeroa was moved from the bench to Lock and Trbojevic was replaced by Mitchell Aubusson.
⁸ - Joseph Leilua was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Jarrod Croker.
⁹ - Jarryd Hayne was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. David Mead was moved from Wing to Fullback and Hayne was replaced by Akuila Uate.
¹⁰ - Sosaia Feki was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Chris McQueen.

Result

10 February 2017 8:15pm AEDT

Indigenous All Stars	34 – 8	World All Stars
Tries: Jack Bird (4') 1 Blake Ferguson (7') 1 Ashley Taylor (13') 1 Johnathan Thurston (41') 1 Dane Gagai (59') 1 Leilani Latu (70') 1 Goals: Johnathan Thurston 4/5 (4', 14', 43', 60') Aidan Sezer 1/1 (72')		Tries: David Mead (36') 1 Nene Macdonald (39') 1 Goals: Jarrod Croker 0/2

McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 20,241 Preston Campbell Medal: Johnathan Thurston

Women's All Stars match

2017 (2017) Women All Stars match  ()
Indigenous Women All Stars Women All Stars 14 4
1 Total IND 0 14 WAS 0 4
Date	Friday 10 February 2017
Stadium	McDonald Jones Stadium
Location	Newcastle, New South Wales
Woman of the Match	TBA
Advance Australia Fair	TBA
Broadcast partners
Broadcasters	National Indigenous Television
Commentators	Hannah Hollis Tanisha Stanton Brad Cooke

For the sixth time, a Women's match was held as part of the fixture.

Women's Teams

INDIGENOUS WOMEN ALL STARS	Position	WOMEN ALL STARS
Casey Karklis	Fullback	Sam Hammond
Latoya Billy	Wing	Karina Brown
Tallisha Harden (c)	Centre	Annette Brander
Caitlyn Moran	Centre	Corban McGregor
Narikah Johnson	Wing	Chelsea Baker
Nakia Davis-Welsh	Five-eighth	Allana Ferguson
Jenni-Sue Hoepper	Halfback	Maddie Studdon
Rebecca Young	Prop	Steph Hancock (c)
Kelsey Parkins	Hooker	Brittany Breayley
Ashleigh Singleton	Prop	Heather Ballinger
Emma-Marie Young	2nd Row	Kezie Apps
Jasmin Allende	2nd Row	Renae Kunst
Elizabeth Cook-Black	Lock	Ruan Sims
Lauren Motlop	Interchange	Charmayne Nathan
Simone Smith	Interchange	Kody House
Lavina Phillips	Interchange	Vanessa Foliaki
Rebecca Riley	Interchange	Simaima Taufa-Kautai
Carly Phillips	Interchange	Shanice Parker
Dean Widders	Coach	Steve Folkes