Tonie Carroll

Tonie Carroll

Personal information
Full name	Tonie Carroll
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.86 m)
Weight	16 st 0 lb (102 kg)Not including Jaw weight of 102kg also
Position	Lock / Second Row / Centre

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 Center 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 2004’s 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 also had a short stint in Great Britain with Wigan and the Leeds Rhinos between 2001 and 2002 before returning to the Broncos.

Recently Broncos coach Wayne Bennett pulled a surprise selection by naming Carroll in the position of Five Eight 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 him instead of more sensible options, Joel Moon, Karmichael Hunt, Shane Perry and Greg Eastwood

• Position - Lock/Centre/Second Row/Five Eight
• Previous Clubs - Leeds 2001-2002 Linwood (Chch)

• First Grade Debut - Brisbane Broncos v North Queensland Cowboys, ANZ Stadium, April 21, 1996
• Career Games - 154
• Career Tries - 43
• Career Goals - 0
• Total Career Points - 172
• Representative Honours - 14 games for Queensland 1998-05; 5 Tests for New Zealand 2001-03; 7 Tests for Australia 2004-05; 2004 Tri Nations; World Cup 2000 for New Zealand.

External links

• Tonie Carroll at the Brisbane Broncos official website. (This link no longer works, please see the template page to change.)
• Player Profile at nrl.com
• Template:StateofOrigin player
• Leeds profile