Bob Mable
Encyclopedia
Robert 'Bob' Mable was a rugby league
footballer who played in the New South Wales Rugby League
(NSWRL) competition. Mable played for the Eastern Suburbs
club in the years 1908 to 1910. A forward
, Mable played in the clubs first match and the NSWRL's first premiership decider.
Mable was a member of the rebel sides that played against the New Zealand
'All Golds' in 1907, and was later awarded life membership in the New South Wales Rugby League
for the role that he played in the series that was instrumental in birth of rugby league in Australia.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
footballer who played in the New South Wales Rugby League
New South Wales Rugby League
The New South Wales Rugby League is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and is a member of the Australian Rugby League. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was known as the New South Wales Rugby Football League until 1984 when forward thinking marketing managers decided...
(NSWRL) competition. Mable played for the Eastern Suburbs
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
club in the years 1908 to 1910. A forward
Rugby league positions
A rugby league football team consists of thirteen players on the field, with four substitutes on the bench. Players are divided into two general categories: "forwards" and "backs"....
, Mable played in the clubs first match and the NSWRL's first premiership decider.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
'All Golds' in 1907, and was later awarded life membership in the New South Wales Rugby League
New South Wales Rugby League
The New South Wales Rugby League is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and is a member of the Australian Rugby League. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was known as the New South Wales Rugby Football League until 1984 when forward thinking marketing managers decided...
for the role that he played in the series that was instrumental in birth of rugby league in Australia.