Brad Mackay

Brighton Seagulls junior who in 1990 matched the feat of former Saints halfback Bob Bugden by scoring three tries on his Test debut, against France at Parkes. In 1993, a year after he played as a replacement in the 1992 Grand Final, became the second player, after Canberra’s Bradley Clyde two years earlier, to win the Clive Churchill medal in a losing Grand Final side. Played a total of 196 first-grade games for St George (1987–94), Illawarra (1996–98) and St George Illawarra (1999). His 12 Test appearances were the most by a St George player in the 1990s. After making his interstate debut as a 20-year-old in 1989, played 14 Origin matches from 1990 to 1994, more for NSW in the decade than any other Saints player (Mark Coyne played 19 for Queensland from 1990 to 1997). Left the Dragons to become the inaugural captain of the Western Reds in 1995, when he played his last two Origin games. Came off the interchange bench in the 1999 Grand Final loss to Melbourne.

Played a total of 197 games for St George, Illawarra and St George Illawarra