Denis Lutge

Rugby league career Lutge was named foundation captain of the North Sydney District Rugby League Football Club in 1908. Lutge represented New South Wales that year and in May, along with two other of the five inaugural selectors (Hennessy & Dore), Lutge picked himself for the first international rugby league matches against the visiting New Zealand team, drawing some press criticism in the process. In 1915 he was selected as the North Sydney club's first ever coach, pioneering the concept of mid-week night training.

Lutge worked for more than fifty years for the Mosman council as a beach inspector and cleaner at Balmoral.

Accolades

Lutge was awarded Life Membership of the New South Wales Rugby League in 1914.

Dinny Lutge is Kangaroo player #8 on the Australian Players Register (2005).

Playing records Club: North Sydney "Shoremen" (1908) 3 games, 1 try Representative: Australia (1908), New South Wales (1908)

Published sources Whiticker, Alan (2004) Captaining the Kangaroos, New Holland, Sydney Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney