Shane Webcke

Shane Webcke
Personal information
Born (1974-09-28) 28 September 1974 (age 50)
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight112 kg (17 st 9 lb)[1]
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1995–2006 Brisbane Broncos 254 18 0 0 72
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1998–2004 Queensland 21 1 0 0 4
1998–2004 Australia 26 2 0 0 8
1997 Australia (SL) 1 0 0 0 0
1997 Queensland (SL) 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [2]
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Shane Webcke (born 28 September 1974) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, who spent his entire club career playing for the Brisbane Broncos. Webcke represented Queensland in the State of Origin 21 times and also captained the side. He made 26 test appearances for Australia. His position was prop forward and at his peak he was renowned as the best front rower in the world. Alongside Glenn Lazarus and Arthur Beetson, Webcke is considered by many to have been one of the finest post-war front-rowers to play the game.[3][4][5]

After retiring from playing in 2006, Webcke became the Sunday–Thursday sports presenter on Seven News in his hometown of Brisbane, a position he holds to this day.[6]

  1. ^ "Vella warns of Webcke power"[dead link] AAP Sports News (Australia); 17 August 2000
  2. ^ Rugby League Project
  3. ^ Menzies, Steve; Tasker, Norman (2008). Beaver: The Steve Menzies Story. Australia: Allen & Unwin. p. 159. ISBN 9781741755602.
  4. ^ Jackson, Glenn (2 October 2006). "Webcke top of the props". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Digital. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
  5. ^ Ritchie, Dean (2 October 2006). "Webcke fairytale". The Daily Telegraph. News Limited. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  6. ^ "Shane Webcke". Yahoo!7. Retrieved 27 April 2018.