Micky Dore
Michael Joseph Dore was an Australian representative rugby union and rugby league footballer - a dual-code international. He was one of the founding fathers of rugby league in Queensland. Along with Dally Messenger, Denis Lutge, Doug McLean snr and
John Rosewell he was one of the inaugural five Australian dual code rugby internationals who having earlier represented at rugby union, debuted in international rugby league in Sydney on 9 May 1908 in the first ever Australian league Test against New [Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand].
Rugby union career
Dore was selected as scrum-half for the Australia national rugby union team against New Zealand, at Dunedin, on 2 September 1905. His elder brother Edmund had also represented Australia against the 1904 British Isles tourists.Rugby league career
Image:Queensland [Rugby League Founders 1907.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Dore front 2nd from left]Dore's decision to switch codes in 1907 influenced many other Queensland union players including his brother, to join the Rugby League ranks. He was a member of the inaugural committee of the Queensland Rugby Football Association and was a foundation Australian selector. Along with two other of the five inaugural selectors Dore picked himself in 1908 for the first two rugby league internationals against New Zealand. He played in the 1907–08 New Zealand rugby [tour of Australia and Great Britain#1908 in Australia|first ever trans-Tasman test], which was the debut match of the Australia national rugby league team. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No.5.Dore was unable to get leave of absence from his job to attend the 1908–09 Kangaroo tour of England and made his 3rd and final rugby league Test appearance against New Zealand in Sydney in 1909. Altogether he played three Tests for the Australian national team as Half-Back.