Herb Brackenreg

Who is Herb Brackenreg?

Herbert Leslie Brackenreg was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 20th early century. In 1907 he played for New South Wales in the very first rugby match run by the newly created 'New South Wales Rugby Football League' which had just split away from the established New South Wales Rugby Football Union. He also played for Sydney's Eastern suburbs club in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership's inaugural season - 1908.

An Eastern Suburbs rugby union player, Brackenreg had been a member of the rebel New South Wales sides that played against the New Zealand 'All Golds' in the 1907 series that helped to establish rugby league in Australia. A goal-kicking front row forward, Brackenreg, played rugby league for the Eastern Suburbs club. He played in 8 matches for Easts including that club's first match and was a member of the NSWRL’s first premiership decider played against local rival, South Sydney. In that first season Brackenreg was selected to represent his state, New South Wales, in 2 matches.