William Carne was born on 23 January 1969 and is a former Australian rugby footballer who played rugby league for the Brisbane Broncos from 1990 to 1996, as well as representing both Queensland and Australia and rugby union for the Queensland Reds.
17 Facts About Willie Carne
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Willie Carne played for the Brisbane Broncos in the 1992 NSWRL season's grand final against the St George Dragons, which they won.
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Willie Carne was the Broncos' top try scorer in 1993, crossing the line for 17 tries, and enjoyed back-to-back premierships, playing on the wing in the Grand Final victory, again over St George.
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Willie Carne moved back to his favoured wing position in 1995 and scored 8 tries in 20 games.
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Willie Carne was the top point-scorer for Brisbane with 146 points that year from 59 goals and 7 tries.
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Willie Carne played a total of 136 first-grade games for the Broncos.
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Willie Carne crossed for 73 tries and kicked 63 goals from 103 attempts.
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In 2007, Willie Carne was inducted into the Broncos' official Hall of Fame.
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Willie Carne made his State of Origin debut for Queensland in the third match of 1990 series.
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Willie Carne made his test debut for Australia in the second test of the 1991 Trans-Tasman Test series against New Zealand at the Sydney Football Stadium.
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Willie Carne subsequently retained his spot in the team for the final test at Lang Park in Brisbane, crossing for two tries.
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Willie Carne missed Games 2 and 3 of the Origin series and this kept him out of the Australian side for the first two Ashes series tests against the touring Great Britain Lions.
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Willie Carne was one of seven Broncos players in the Australian side on the day with the others being Hancock, Renouf, Langer, Prop forward Glenn Lazarus and replacements Kevin Walters and Chris Johns.
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Willie Carne was named man-of-the-match in the opening game of the 1994 State of Origin series at the Sydney Football Stadium.
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Willie Carne subsequently defected to rugby union, making his debut in a Queensland Reds trial match in 1997.
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Willie Carne struggled in rugby union [1] and was unable to secure a place in the Reds's regular line-up.
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Willie Carne is a real estate agent on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.