1. Brent Tate was born on 3 March 1982 and is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a centre or winger in the 2000s and 2010s.
30 Facts About Brent Tate
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Brent Tate was born in Roma, Queensland and moved to Redcliffe at the age of 9.
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Brent Tate played his junior rugby league for the Redcliffe Dolphins and attended Clontarf Beach State High School, where he represented the Australian Schoolboys in 1999.
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Brent Tate was originally a scholarship holder with the South Queensland Crushers, signing with the Brisbane Broncos after the Crushers folded.
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Brent Tate made his National Rugby League debut for the Brisbane Broncos in Round 21 of the 2001 season, in a match against the Melbourne Storm at the Colonial Stadium.
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Brent Tate earned his first representative honours in 2002, playing for Queensland in Game 3 of the 2002 State of Origin series.
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Brent Tate was named the 2002 Brisbane Broncos season's rookie of the year after scoring 10 tries in 23 games.
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Brent Tate made his run-on debut for Australia in the end of season Test match against New Zealand at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington.
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Brent Tate continued his good form in 2003, moving into the Queensland starting side for all 3 State of Origin games, scoring 2 tries in Game 3.
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However, Brent Tate suffered a career-threatening neck injury that has affected him ever since, and his career has only been prolonged with the aid of a special neck brace.
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In 2006, Brent Tate was again injured for the first part of the season, but made a shock comeback in Game 1 of the State of Origin.
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In Game 3 in Melbourne, Brent Tate scored a crucial try, beginning a Queensland comeback that led to them winning the match and the series.
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Brent Tate was an integral part of the Brisbane Broncos' 2006 NRL Grand Final-winning team that year, being rewarded with national selection for the 2006 Tri-Nations.
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On 30 May 2007, it was announced that Brent Tate would be leaving the Broncos at the end of the 2007 season to sign with the New Zealand Warriors on a three-year contract.
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Brent Tate decided to join the Warriors due to the opportunity to play in his preferred position of centre.
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Brent Tate made his New Zealand Warriors debut in Round 1,2008 against the Melbourne Storm at Telstra Dome, against the same team and at the same stadium in which he made his NRL debut for Brisbane.
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In September 2008, Brent Tate was named on the bench in the Australian Schoolboys Team of the Century.
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Brent Tate returned to the field in 2010, and with injuries early in the season to Steve Price, Simon Mannering and Micheal Luck, Tate stood-in as captain of the Warriors.
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On 23 June 2010, Brent Tate announced that his three-year stay at the New Zealand side was over, opting to return to his home state of Queensland to play for the North Queensland Cowboys.
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Brent Tate cited the decision as the "toughest he has ever had to make".
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Brent Tate had scored a try in each game he played against Papua New Guinea, England and NZ.
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Brent Tate continued to play for Queensland in the 2012 State of Origin series, helping the Maroons to a record-breaking 7th series win in a row dating back to 2006.
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Brent Tate was selected on the wing for Qld in the opening game of the 2013 Origin series.
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Brent Tate was named man-of-the-match in Queensland's win in the third and deciding game of the series, which extended their record winning streak to eight series.
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Brent Tate continued playing for Queensland in the 2014 State of Origin series.
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On 3 September 2014, Brent Tate announced his retirement from Rugby League after accepting medical advice that returning from the ruptured ACL sustained during that year's State of Origin series was one fight too many.
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In 2015, Brent Tate became an NRL community ambassador after his retirement in 2014.
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In 2016, Brent Tate was appointed to the Touch Football Australia board.
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In 2019, Brent Tate was part of a Old Boys match against the Townsville Blackhawks.
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Brent Tate is the brother-in-law of Steve Price, with whom he played for the Warriors, Queensland and Australia, and the uncle of Giants Netball player Jamie-Lee Price and current Penrith Panthers player Riley Price.