Shane Webcke

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**Shane Webcke**
Personal information

Full name	Shane Webcke
Date of birth	September 28, 1974
Place of birth	Toowoomba, Australia
Height	1.83 m
Weight	112 kg
Nickname	Warhorse
Position	Prop
Youth clubs
	Clifton
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1995-2006	Brisbane	254 (72)
Representative teams
1998-2004 1998-2004	Queensland Australia	21 (4) 20
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Shane Webcke (born September 28, 1974 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian former rugby league player, who spent his entire first grade career playing for the Brisbane Broncos. His position of choice was at prop forward and at his peak he was renowned as the best prop in the world.

Webcke represented Queensland in the State of Origin on twenty-one separate occasions and has also captained the side. He made eighteen test appearances for the Australian national side, including being a member of the Australian world champion team that won the 2000 Rugby League World Cup. In 2000 Shane was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australia's international standing in the sport of rugby league. He won the Broncos' best player award for the 2001 and 2005 National Rugby League seasons.

On the 26th of April 2006 Webcke announced that he would retire at the end of the 2006 NRL season. He enjoyed a fairy-tale finish as the Broncos won the 2006 grand final against the Melbourne Storm 15-8, days after his 32nd birthday.

Webcke, alongside Glenn Lazarus and Arthur Beetson is considered by many to have been one of the finest post-war Front-rowers to play the game. Post-football, Webcke has gone on to release his successful auto-biography "Warhorse" and is now venturing into media with the Seven Network in Australia. Webcke's pub at Leyburn - the Royal Hotel - is the longest, continuously licensed premises in Queensland

[edit] Career highlights

Junior Club: Clifton Wattles
First Grade Debut: Round 10, Brisbane v. Norths at North Sydney, May 19, 1995
First Grade Premierships: 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2006 with Brisbane Broncos (played 2000 Grand Final with broken arm)
Career Stats: 254 career appearances with 18 tries
State of Origin: 21 games for Queensland between 1998 and 2004
International: 18 tests for Australia

[edit] External links

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Seasons 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007
Stadiums Lang Park/Suncorp Stadium • ANZ Stadium
Captains Wally Lewis (1988-1989) • Gene Miles (1990-1991) • Allan Langer (1992-1999) Kevin Walters (1999-2000) • Gorden Tallis (2001-2004) • Darren Lockyer (2005-present)
Coaches Wayne Bennett (1988-present)