Dane Carlaw (born 21 February 1980 in

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) is an Australian former professional

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footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australia national and

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representative forward, he played in Australia for

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club, the

Brisbane Broncos The Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Football Club Ltd., commonly referred to as the Broncos, is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in April 1987, the Broncos play in Australia's elite c ...

(with whom he won the

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and 2006 NRL Premierships) and in France for Super League club,

Catalans Dragons The Catalans Dragons (French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. The team competes in the Super League and are the only team from outs ...

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

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 The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won fifteen Ne ...

. He has represented

and, at his peak, Australia. At the end of the

2001 NRL season The 2001 NRL season was the 94th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the fourth run by the National Rugby League. Also called the 2001 Telstra Premiership (due to sponsorship from Telstra Corporation) it was contested b ...

, he went on the 2001 Kangaroo tour. In Game 3 of the

2002 State of Origin series The 2002 State of Origin series saw the 21st time that the annual three-game series between the Queensland and New South Wales representative rugby league football teams was played entirely under 'state of origin' selection rules. It was the sec ...

, 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 The 2006 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding match of the NRL's 2006 Telstra Premiership season. It was played between the first-placed Melbourne Storm and the third-placed Brisbane Broncos clubs on the night of Sunday, 1 ...

Carlaw was selected to play from the interchange bench for Brisbane who won the match, claiming another premiership. As 2006 NRL Premiers, the

travelled to England to face 2006 Super League champions, St Helens R.F.C. in the

2007 World Club Challenge The 2007 Carnegie World Club Challenge was played between Super League XI champions, St. Helens and 2006 National Rugby League premiers, the Brisbane Broncos. It was a replay of the 2001 World Club Challenge, and both clubs' fifth WCC appeara ...

. Carlaw played as a prop forward in the Broncos' 14-18 loss. Carlaw moved to Catalans after the

2007 NRL season The 2007 NRL season was the one hundredth season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the tenth run by the National Rugby League. Sixteen teams contested the NRL's 2007 Telstra Premiership, and with the inclusio ...

. In 2010 he became eligible to play for France after having spent three years playing in the country. On 30 November 2010, he re-signed with

on a one-year deal He played for the

Wynnum Manly Seagulls The Wynnum-Manly Seagulls are an Australian rugby league football club based at Kougari Oval, in Brisbane's bayside suburb of Manly West, which neighbours the suburb of Wynnum. They competed in the Brisbane Rugby League from 1951 to 1997. Sinc ...

in the 2011

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.Round 1 Queensland Intrust Super Cup Preview
''rleague.com'', 18 March 2011

References

2001 Ashes profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carlaw, Dane 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