since then, easts rugby has seen a lot of great players. the first ever try-scorer for eastern suburbs in a first grade premiership match was h.d. thompson, who scored a try on may 19, 1900 playing glebe at the sydney cricket ground. that same day, leo finn made the conversion and became easts first goal scorer. that year, easts rugby was honoured to have test forward a.j. (tiger) kelly become its first nsw representative, when he helped lead nsw to victory over qld 11-9 in sydney on july 21, 1900. however, it was not until 1903, when j.w. maund was named in the australian side, that easts saw its first wallaby.