Darren Lockyer

Darren Lockyer

Personal information
Full name	Darren James Lockyer
Born	(1977-03-24) 24 March 1977 (age 47) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	85 kg (13 st 5 lb)[1]
Position	Five-eighth, Fullback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1995–2011 Brisbane Broncos 355 122 341 21 1195 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1997 Queensland (SL) 2 0 1 0 2 1997 Australia (SL) 4 2 2 1 13 1998–2011 Queensland 36 9 22 2 82 1998–2011 Australia 59 35 31 2 204 2010–2011 NRL All Stars 2 0 0 0 0
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Darren James Lockyer (born 24 March 1977)^[1][3] is an Australian television commentator and former professional rugby league footballer. Lockyer was an Australian international and Queensland State representative captain, who played his entire professional career with the Brisbane Broncos.^[4] He is considered one of the greatest five-eighths of all time.^[5]

During his 16-year career he set appearance records for his club, state and country, and also set additional all-time records for most National Rugby League appearances, most State of Origin appearances, most games as captain and most tries for the Australian national team.

As a fullback, Lockyer won three grand finals and one as a five-eighth with the Broncos, a World Cup with Australia, and the Golden Boot Award for the world's best player. He was named in Queensland Rugby League's Team of the Century (1909–2008) at fullback. He switched positions to five-eighth in 2004 and went on to win a fourth grand final with the Broncos, a further five State of Origin series with Queensland, and a second Golden Boot Award.