Tonie Carroll

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Tonie Carroll
Personal information
Full name Tonie Carroll
Date of birth 17 February 1976 (1976-02-17) (age 32)
Place of birth Christchurch, New Zealand
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 101 kg (15 st 12 lb)
Nickname(s) The Jaw, Tunsa
School(s) Beenleigh State High School
Club information
Position(s) Lock/2nd Row
Current club Brisbane Broncos
Youth clubs
Years Club
Waterford Demons
Youth representative teams
1993 Australian Schoolboys
Other clubs
Years Club
Easts Tigers
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
1996–
2001–2002		 Brisbane
Leeds		 195 (212)
50 (124)
Representative teams**
1997
1998–2006
2004–
2000		 Queensland (SL)
Queensland (SOO)
Australia
New Zealand		 1 (4)
18 (4)
7 (8)
5

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only and
correct as of 24 March 2007.
** Representative team caps and points correct
as of July 4, 2007.

Tonie Carroll (born 17 February 1976 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is an Australian/New Zealand professional rugby league player. He plays at Lock/Second Row and previously at Centre for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League competition and frequently represents Queensland in the State of Origin.

Nicknamed 'Tunza', he started his Australian club career with Brisbane's Easts Tigers team before moving on to the Broncos. He won the Broncos' rookie of the year award in 1996. Best known for his devastating defensive hits, he created controversy when, after representing New Zealand in the 2000 World Cup, he played for the Australian side, due to his having played State of Origin. When selected for the Kangaroos in 2004s Tri-Nations competition, Carroll became the first player in 90 years (since Bill Kelly in 1914) to play for both New Zealand and Australia.

Carroll traveled to England to play with the Leeds Rhinos at the end of the 2000 season.[1] He finished his first season in Super League as top try scorer for his club with 23 tries in 28 games, including hat-tricks in consecutive games. The following year was a frustrating one for Carroll as he struggled with injury, however he still managed 22 appearances, scoring eight tries. After two seasons at the Rhinos he returned to the Broncos.

Carroll's leg was injured in the 2006 grand final against Melbourne. Despite limping, he refused to leave the field and ended up playing solid football later in the game.

In 2007, Broncos coach Wayne Bennett pulled a surprise selection by naming Carroll at five-eighth left vacant due to the season ending knee injury to captain Darren Lockyer, a position he has only played for 50 minutes in his entire career, opting for Carroll ahead of other options such as, Joel Moon, Karmichael Hunt, Shane Perry and Greg Eastwood.

The 2008 NRL season will be his last of professional rugby league.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Carroll confirms departure. BBC (2002-07-06). Retrieved on 2008-02-20.

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