Ken Irvine and Brian Bevan have been the Wingers for the Rugby League Team of the Century.

The final winger nominations included: Brian Bevan, Cecil Blinkhorn, Kerry Boustead, Brian Carlson, Dan Frawley, Eric Grothe, Harold Horder, Ken Irvine, Johnny King, Eddie Lumsden, Dally Messenger, Albert Rosenfeld and Benny Wearing.

Brian BEVAN

Clubs: Eastern Suburbs 1942–46; Warrington 1945–62; Blackpool Borough 1962–64
Club landmarks: Won Challenge Cups with Warrington 1950 and 1954; scored world record 796 career tries
Representative landmarks: Played 16 times for Other Nationalities (1949–55)

Brian Bevan is the only member of the side not to represent Australia. He played just seven games for Easts before heading to England – ironically his only points in Australia came from a goal.

In the UK a legend was born as Bevan set a still unbeaten world record for the most tries scored in a career, 796 in 688 first class appearances; he topped the English try-scoring lists five times and seven times scored more than 50 tries in a season as he and fellow Australian Harry Bath inspired Warrington to trophy-winning feats in the 1940s-50s.

Ken IRVINE

Clubs: North Sydney 1958–70; Manly 1971–73
Club landmarks: Won premierships with Manly 1972–73; scored premiership record 212 tries in 236 premiership games
Games for NSW: 30 (1950–67);
Tests for Australia: 31 (1959–67);
World Cup matches: Two (1960)
Representative landmarks: Kangaroo tours 1959–60, 1963–64, 1967–68; World Cup 1960; Australia tours of New Zealand 1961, 1965; Scored record 33 Test tries for Australia

Ken Irvine was the fastest player of his age. His tally of 212 premiership tries is almost 50 tries more than second-best and his final count of 33 tries in 31 Test matches is another record that is likely to stand the test of time.

Irvine played for 13 seasons with the North Sydney club and scored 171 tries from 176 games before heading to Manly in search of a Premiership. He would finish with two and through it all remained one of League’s most popular figures.