Rabbitohs Members and supporters can now vote on the NRL All Stars team and must choose between David Taylor, Issac Luke, Fetuli Talanoa and Colin Best as to who will represent the Club in the 2010 NRL All Stars match in February.

The NRL All Stars will take on the Indigenous All Stars at Skilled Park on the Gold Coast in the inaugural All Stars match on Saturday 13 February, 2010.

Rabbitohs’ outside back Nathan Merritt has already been selected for the Indigenous All Stars team.

You can cast your votes now at www.nrl.com/allstars to determine which players will represent the NRL All Stars against the Indigenous All Stars.

Already the star studded make-up of the list underlines the near impossible task that lies ahead for fans in choosing just one player from each club to join internationals Darren Lockyer, Cameron Smith, Benji Marshall and Adam Blair in the twenty-man All Stars squad.

Rabbitohs players David Taylor, Issac Luke, Fetuli Talanoa and Colin Best have been chosen by NRL fans as the Club’s shortlisted players, and only one of these players can represent South Sydney in the game.

NRL All Stars Coach Wayne Bennett has divided the 64 player shortlisted during the first stage of voting into position, and in a first for the coach he now hands over the reins to the selectors, the fans.

The coach has divided the backs into three groups:

Fullback - Specialist role
Outside Back – Includes centres and wings
Inside Back – A player who can play five-eighth or halfback

Forwards are also divided into three categories:

Tight Forwards – A player who plays front-row and also second-row
Edge Forwards – A second-rower or lock that can play on both the right and left side edge of a team’s attack and defence.
Hooker – Specialist role

The coach wants at least three tight forwards in the starting line-up

The Coach’s remaining notes are:

Players marked as utility players have been designated on the basis of their ability to cover multiple positions.

The seven man bench will require:

- two Tight Forwards
- one Edge Forward
- one Inside Back
- one Outside Back
- two Utilities

Wayne Bennett’s nominated positions for the 64-shortlisted NRL All Stars contenders are:

Rabbitohs:

David Taylor (Edge Forward)
Issac Luke (Hooker)
Fetuli Talanoa (Outside Back)
Colin Best (Outside Back)

Broncos:

Corey Parker (Edge Forward)
Nick Kenny (Tight Forward)
Israel Folau (Outside Back)
Peter Wallace (Inside Back)

Bulldogs:

Michael Ennis (Hooker)
David Stagg (Edge Forward)
Josh Morris (Outside Back)
Luke Patten (Fullback)

Cowboys:

Luke O’Donnell (Edge Forward)
Antonio Kaufusi (Tight Forward)
Ashley Graham (Outside Back)
John Williams (Outside Back)

Eels:

Fuifui Moimoi (Tight Forward)
Nathan Hindmarsh (Edge Forward, Tight Forward)
Jarryd Hayne (Outside Back, Fullback)
Feleti Mateo (Inside Back, Utility)

Knights:

Ben Cross (Tight Forward)
Chris Houston (Edge Forward)
Kurt Gidley (Fullback, Utility)
Jarrod Mullen (Inside Back)

Warriors:

Micheal Luck (Edge Forward)
Sam Rapira (Tight Forward)
Manu Vatuvei (Outside Back)
Simon Mannering (Edge Forward)

Panthers:

Petero Civoniceva (Tight Forward)
Frank Pritchard (Edge Forward)
Michael Jennings (Outside Back)
Luke Lewis (Edge Forward. Utility)

Raiders:

Alan Tongue (Edge Forward, Utility)
David Shillington (Tight Forward)
Terry Campese (Inside Back)
Joel Monaghan (Outside Back)

Roosters:

Nate Myles (Tight Forward)
Jason Ryles (Tight Forward)
Anthony Minichiello (Fullback)
Mitchell Pearce (Inside Back)

Sea Eagles:

Anthony Watmough (Edge Forward)
Glenn Stewart (Edge Forward)
Michael Robertson (Outside Back)
Kieran Foran (Inside Back, Utility)

Sharks:

Anthony Tupou (Edge Forward)
Luke Douglas (Tight Forward)
Trent Barrett (Inside Back)
Luke Covell (Outside Back)

Storm:

Ryan Hoffman (Edge Forward)
Aiden Tolman (Tight Forward)
Billy Slater (Fullback)
Brett Finch (Inside Back)

Titans:

Anthony Laffranchi (Edge Forward)
Luke Bailey (Tight Forward)
Mat Rogers (Utility, Inside Back)
Ashley Harrison (Edge Forward)

Tigers:

Gareth Ellis (Edge Forward)
Robbie Farah (Hooker)
Chris Lawrence (Outside Back)
Tim Moltzen (Fullback, Utility)

Dragons:

Ben Creagh (Edge Forward)
Jeremy Smith (Tight Forward, Edge Forward)
Matt Cooper (Outside Back)
Darius Boyd (Outside Back, Fullback)

The first player selected in the NRL All Stars team public vote will be the representative who receives the highest overall number votes for a single position. His selection will mean that no other player from that representative’s club will be eligible to make the side. The next player selected will have recorded the second highest number of overall votes for a single position … and so on.

If a player is unable to play due to injury, he will be replaced by someone from the bench.

The bench spot will then be filled by another player from the injured player’s club – the new player having recorded the second highest number of votes from that club, either as a forward, back or utility, depending on the position needed for the bench.