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Dane Carlaw

Carlaw playing for Catalans in 2009
Personal information
Born	(1980-02-21) 21 February 1980 (age 44) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	107 kg (16 st 12 lb)
Position	Second-row, Lock, Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1999–07 Brisbane Broncos 183 25 0 0 100 2008–10 Catalans Dragons 81 12 0 0 48 2011 Brisbane Broncos 7 0 0 0 0 Total 271 37 0 0 148 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2001–07 Queensland 13 4 0 0 16 2001–03 Australia 6 0 0 0 0
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Dane Carlaw (born 21 February 1980 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australia national and Queensland State of Origin representative forward, he played in Australia for National Rugby League club, the Brisbane Broncos (with whom he won the 2000 and 2006 NRL Premierships) and in France for Super League club, Catalans Dragons.

Playing career

While attending Padua College, Carlaw played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1997.

A reliable workhorse in the second row, Carlaw won the Broncos' rookie of the year award in 2000 and also tasted premiership success with the club at the end of his first season, playing at prop in the 2000 NRL grand final victory over the Sydney Roosters. He has represented Queensland and, at his peak, Australia.

At the end of the 2001 NRL season, he went on the 2001 Kangaroo tour. In Game 3 of the 2002 State of Origin series, Carlaw scored a try for Queensland with 42 seconds left to tie the match at 18-18 and the series at one game a piece. As the match was tied and due to Queensland winning the shield a year prior, Queensland retained the shield by default.

In the 2006 NRL Grand Final Carlaw was selected to play from the interchange bench for Brisbane who won the match, claiming another premiership. As 2006 NRL Premiers, the Brisbane Broncos travelled to England to face 2006 Super League champions, St Helens R.F.C. in the 2007 World Club Challenge. Carlaw played as a prop forward in the Broncos' 14–18 loss.

Carlaw moved to Catalans after the 2007 NRL season. In 2010 he became eligible to play for France after having spent three years playing in the country. On 23 November, Carlaw was released from the club to return home to Australia.

On 30 November 2010, he re-signed with Brisbane Broncos on a one-year deal He played for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls in the 2011 Queensland Cup.

Statistics

Year	Team	Games	Tries	Pts
1999	Brisbane Broncos	3
2000		24	3	12
2001		26	7	28
2002		21	1	4
2003		23	5	20
2004		22	2	8
2005		18	2	8
2006		20	2	8
2007		24	3	12
2008	Catalans Dragons	28	3	12
2009		23	2	8
2010		30	6	24
2011	Brisbane Broncos	7
	Totals	271	37	148

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Post playing

After retiring from the NRL, Carlaw became a firefighter. In 2013, Carlaw just a year after he retired from the sport he played in a charity match to honour those who served during September 11. He played in a match In 2017, Carlaw played in a charity match for fallen Queensland police officer Brett Forte.

References

1. RLP
2. "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
3. "Origin farce: no time for winners". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 June 2002.
4. "Carlaw signs with Catalans Dragons". ABC News. 6 July 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
5. "Former Bronco Carlaw quits Catalans". ABC News. 23 November 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
6. "Dane Carlaw Returns to Broncos – Brisbane Broncos". Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
7. Round 1 Queensland Intrust Super Cup Preview Archived 3 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine rleague.com, 18 March 2011
8. "Dane Carlaw - Playing Career - RLP". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
9. "Prop turned lifesaver; club greats working mines: Where Broncos' '06 Grand Final team is now". Fox Sports. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
10. Alston, John (11 September 2013). "The fire still burns for Dane Carlaw". couriermail.com. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
11. Writer, Staff (5 July 2017). "NRL stars line up for Forte charity match". Post Courier. Retrieved 4 January 2025.

External links

• 2001 Ashes profile Archived 17 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
• Dane Carlaw at the Former Origin Greats website.

• 1980 births
• Living people
• Australia national rugby league team players
• Australian rugby league players
• Brisbane Broncos players
• Catalans Dragons players
• People educated at Padua College (Brisbane)
• Queensland Rugby League State of Origin players
• Rugby league players from Brisbane
• Rugby league props
• Rugby league second-rows
• Wynnum Manly Seagulls players
• 21st-century Australian sportsmen