2017 All Stars match

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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.

The Indigenous All Stars were selected through public vote from 7 November to 2 December 2016. Both sides were announced on 14 December.^[1]

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.^{[citation needed]
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.^{[citation needed]
3} - Adam Elliott was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Chris Smith.^{[citation needed]
4} - Konrad Hurrell was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Gerard Beale.^{[citation needed]
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.^{[citation needed]
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.^{[citation needed]
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.^{[citation needed]
8} - Joseph Leilua was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Jarrod Croker.^{[citation needed]
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.^{[citation needed]
10} - Sosaia Feki was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Chris McQueen.^{[citation needed]}

For the sixth time, a Women's match was held as part of the fixture.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}