Shane Webcke was born on 28 September 1974 and is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, who spent his entire club career playing for the Brisbane Broncos.
19 Facts About Shane Webcke
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Shane Webcke's position was prop forward and at his peak he was renowned as the best front rower in the world.
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Alongside Glenn Lazarus and Arthur Beetson, Shane Webcke is considered by many to have been one of the finest post-war front-rowers to play the game.
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Shane Webcke was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, of German and Scottish descent.
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Originally from Leyburn, Queensland and having played for Toowoomba, Shane Webcke was scouted by Wayne Bennett, whom he acknowledges as the greatest influence on his career, after seeing him play as a schoolboy in 1993.
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Shane Webcke made his debut for the Broncos in the 1995 ARL season.
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Shane Webcke made his first appearance for the Queensland Maroons in the first game of the 1998 State of Origin series and was named man of the match in the third and deciding game that year.
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Shane Webcke won his second grand final in 1998, when Brisbane defeated the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
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In 2000 Shane Webcke broke his arm during the finals series that season but went on to play for the Broncos in their grand final victory over the Sydney Roosters.
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Shane Webcke was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australia's international standing in rugby league.
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Shane Webcke won the Broncos' best player award for the 2001 season.
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Shane Webcke was selected in the Australian team to compete in the 2004 Tri-Nations tournament.
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Shane Webcke again won the Paul Morgan Medal for the Broncos' best and fairest player for the 2005 season.
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Shane Webcke announced on 26 April 2006 that he would retire at the end of the 2006 NRL season.
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Post-football, Shane Webcke went on to release his auto-biography, Warhorse and ventured into media with the Seven Network in his hometown of Brisbane, presenting sport on the local Seven News bulletin on Sundays to Thursdays.
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Shane Webcke worked on-screen with Matthew Johns in the first and only season of The Matty Johns Show.
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Shane Webcke was set to become the first player to give the annual Tom Brock Lecture when he was invited to do so in 2007, but this did not eventuate.
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In February 2008, Shane Webcke was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia.
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Shane Webcke went on to state that he was 'filthy' about the state of affairs at the Broncos.