True Blues Ben Creagh and Ben Hornby are among the first inductees to St George Illawarra’s inaugural Life Members club.
The men, who played their entire NRL careers with Dragons, were inducted at the Dragons 25-Year celebration earlier this month.
They were both premiership winners in the 2010 Grand Final win (32-8) over the Sydney Roosters.
Creagh finished his Rugby League career in 2016 with 270 appearances for his club, 11 games for NSW, and two Tests for Australia, while winning four Dragons Player of the Year Medals.
Creagh co-captained the Dragons for the first time in Round 16, 2007, alongside Hornby and would go onto captain the side on 68 occasions after taking on the role full-time once Hornby had retired at the end of 2012.
"This club has played a huge part of my life since I was 16 years old," Creagh told dragons.com.au
"I never lost the feeling every time I got to play for this club, how privileged I was to play for St George Illawarra.
"It’s a privilege to receive an award like this but it’s a team sport and to all the guys I played alongside from 2003 to 2016, thank you.”
Hornby made a club-record 273 appearances for the Dragons, skippered the side 135 times – including the 2010 Grand Final victory and 2011 World Club Challenge win.
He also represented NSW on three occasions, NSW Country three times, and the Kangaroos once.
“I'd like to thank the club for this recognition of Life Membership,” Hornby said.
“To be recognised for the part I played over the previous 25 years is obviously a huge achievement for me and something I'm very proud of. We've got a great club and it's just great to be a part of it for all the years I was.”
