Cyril Connell Jnr.

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Cyril Connell Jnr
Personal information
Full name Cyril Connell
Date of birth 1928
Place of birth Rockhampton, Australia
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
1947-1949
1950-????		 Rockhampton Brothers
Toowoomba Newtons
Representative teams
1952-1957
1956		 Queensland
Australia (Tests)
Australia(Tour match)		 20 (42)
2 (0)
10 (64)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Cyril Connell (born 1928 in Rockhampton, Australia) is a former rugby league player. He is currently a recriutment scout for the NRL club Brisbane Broncos.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Playing career

A similar build to the diminutive and legendary Churchill, Connell debuted for Rockhampton Brothers in 1947. He linked with Toowoomba's famous Newton team in 1950 where, under the guidance of noted hardman Duncan Thompson, he forced his way into a Queensland jumper. He wore the maroon jumper proudly 25 times between 1952-57.

Connell reached the pinnacle as a player when selected for Australia against New Zealand in 1956. He toured with the 1956-57 Kangaroos. While he failed to play a Test match against Great Britain, he played in 14 tour matches in England and France, captaining the Australian team many times.

[edit] Scouting

A former secondary school maths teacher, who worked his way up to deputy director of secondary education in the state. In 1990, he was plucked by Brisbane Broncos founding chairman Paul Morgan, to be a recruitment officer for the Broncos. Since then, Connell has found countless young players for the Broncos. He found some young players notably including Shane Webcke, Tonie Carroll, Petero Civoniceva, Darren Lockyer, Wendell Sailor, Lote Tuqiri, Shaun Berrigan, Brent Tate and Karmichael Hunt.

In 2007, a gym for the Brisbane Broncos was named after him due to his years of service to the club.

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