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With the Kangaroos set to embark on their first Ashes tour since 2003, we take a look at all the history makers and record breakers across more than a century of battles between Australia and the Old Enemy.

A cavalcade of the game's greats have donned the green and gold in Ashes Tests across the years, with the cream always rising to the top when the moment arrived.

From Immortals Mal Meninga, Wally Lewis and Clive Churchill to tryscoring freak Ken Irvine and 'The Crow' and 'Golden Boots', these numbers tell the tale of glory days in service of your country.

Ashes Tests 1908-2003 

Tale of the tape

Played 117, Australia 59 wins, Great Britain 54 wins, draws 4.

Most Ashes Tests for Australia

Mal Meninga 17 
Keith Holman 14 
Clive Churchill 13 
Wally Prigg 12 
Graeme Langlands 12 
Ian Walsh 12 
Tom Raudonikis 12 
Andrew Ettingshausen 12 
Bob Lindner 12 
Sandy Pearce 11 
Kerry Boustead 11 
Wally Lewis 11

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83. Wally Lewis - Hall of Fame

Most Ashes Tests as Australian captain

Clive Churchill 9 
Wally Lewis 9 
Mal Meninga 9 
Tom Gorman 7 
Ian Walsh 6 
Keith Barnes 4 
Graeme Langlands 4 

Kangaroos captain Clive Churchill and British skipper Willie Horne during the 1952 Ashes series.
Kangaroos captain Clive Churchill and British skipper Willie Horne during the 1952 Ashes series. ©Rugby League Weekly

Top Australian Ashes Pointscorers

Mal Meninga 108 (9 tries, 37 goals) 
Graeme Langlands 104 (6 tries, 43 goals)
Michael Cronin 78 (2 tries, 36 goals) 
Michael O’Connor 66 (5 tries, 23 goals)
Noel Pidding 61 (3 tries, 26 goals) 
Ken Irvine 42 (12 tries, 3 goals)
Keith Barnes 38 (19 goals)
Dave Brown 35 (3 tries, 13 goals)

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61. Ken Irvine - Hall of Fame

Top Australian Ashes Tryscorers 

Ken Irvine 12 
Reg Gasnier 9 
Mal Meninga 9 
Brian Carlson 8 
Ray Price 7 
Keith Holman 6 
Johnny King 6 
Graeme Langlands 6 
Kerry Boustead 6 

Reg Gasnier crossing for one of the three tries he posted in the First Test of the 1959 series, his Ashes debut.
Reg Gasnier crossing for one of the three tries he posted in the First Test of the 1959 series, his Ashes debut.

Series Results

1908-09    GB 2-0 (1 drawn) 
1910    GB 2-0 
1911-12    Aust 2-0 (1 drawn) 
1914    GB 2-1 
1920    Aust 2-1 
1921-22    GB 2-1 
1924    GB 2-1 
1928    GB 2-1 
1929-30    GB 2-1 (1 drawn) 
1932    GB 2-1 
1933    GB 2-1 
1936    GB 3-0 
1937    GB 2-1 
1946    GB 2-0 (1 drawn) 
1948-49    GB 3-0 
1950    Aust 2-1 
1952    GB 2-1 
1954    Aust 2-1 
1956    GB 2-1 
1958    GB 2-1 
1959    GB 2-1 
1962    GB 2-1 
1963    Aust 2-1 
1966    Aust 2-1 
1967    Aust 2-1 
1970    GB 2-1 
1973    Aust 2-1 
1974    Aust 2-1 
1978    Aust 2-1 
1979    Aust 3-0 
1982    Aust 3-0 
1984    Aust 3-0 
1986    Aust 3-0 
1988    Aust 2-1 
1990    Aust 2-1 
1992    Aust 2-1 
1994    Aust 2-1 
2001    Aust 2-1 
2003    Aust 3-0 

Series wins

Australia 20
Great Britain 19