Willie Carne

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Willie Carne
Personal information
Full name William Carne
Born 23 January 1969 (age 50)
Roma, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Rugby league
Position Wing, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1990–96 Brisbane Broncos 13 72 63 0 41
6 4
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1990–96 Queensland 12 5 3 0 26
1991–93 Australia 10 10 0 0 40
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pl T G FG P
d
1997 Queensland Reds
Source: [1][2]
William Carne (born 23 January 1969) is an Australian former rugby
footballer who played rugby league for the Brisbane Broncos from 1990
to 1996, as well as representing both Queensland and Australia and
rugby union for the Queensland Reds. An attacking player with
dangerous speed, he played at wing and fullback.
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External linksEarly years[edit]
Carne attended Ipswich Grammar School, of which former Brisbane
Broncos Kevin Walters, Kerrod Walters and Steve Walters are also
Alumni. In his younger days, Carne played for the Roma Wattles.
Brisbane Broncos career[edit]
In 1990 he played his first season with the Brisbane Broncos' and that
year he co-won the club's rookie of the year with giant fullback Paul
Hauff,[3] as well as being the club's top try-scorer with 15.
He played for the Brisbane Broncos in the 1992 NSWRL season's grand
final against the St. George Dragons, which they won. A week after
winning the 1992 Rugby League World Cup Final, Carne played for the
Broncos on the wing in the 1992 World Club Challenge against British
champions Wigan, with Brisbane winning 22-8 to become the first
Australian club to win the match in Britain.
"Willie Carne is the best broken field runner in the game"
−Peter Sterling, 1993 [4]
Carne was the Broncos' top try scorer in 1993, crossing the line for 17
tries, and enjoyed back-to-back premierships, playing on the wing in the
Grand Final victory, again over St. George.
During the 1994 NSWRL season, Carne played at fullback (after being
named on the wing) for the defending premiers Brisbane when they
hosted British champions Wigan for the 1994 World Club Challenge. In
front of a record World Club Challenge crowd of 54,220 at the ANZ
Stadium in Brisbane, Wigan won 20-14.[5]
Carne moved back to his favoured wing position in 1995 and scored 8
tries in 20 games.[6] 1995 was the season dominated by the Super
League war with Carne, like the majority of his Brisbane teammates,
signing with the rebel Super League.
In his final season for the Broncos in 1996, Carne assumed the position
of the club's goal-kicker and played most of the season at fullback.
Carne was the top point-scorer for Brisbane with 146 points that year
from 59 goals and 7 tries.[1]
Carne played a total of 136 first-grade games for the Broncos. He
crossed for 73 tries and kicked 63 goals from 103 attempts (61.17%).[1]
In 2007, Carne was inducted into the Broncos' official Hall of Fame.[7]
Representative career[edit]
Carne made his State of Origin debut for Queensland in the third match
of 1990 series.
Carne made his test début for Australia in the second test of the 1991
Trans-Tasman Test series against New Zealand at the Sydney Football
Stadium. He crossed for a try as Australia defeated New Zealand 44-0.
He subsequently retained his spot in the team for the final test at Lang
Park in Brisbane, crossing for two tries. At the end of the 1991 season,
Carne toured Papua New Guinea with the Kangaroos, scoring 3 tries in
each of the two tests against the Papua New Guinea Kumuls and
finished the 5 game tour as the leading try scorer with 8 and the equal
top point scorer (with Gary Belcher) with 32.[1]
In 1992, he played for Queensland in Game 1 of their 2-1 Origin series
loss to New South Wales. Carne missed Games 2 and 3 of the Origin
series and this kept him out of the Australian side for the first two Ashes
series tests against the touring Great Britain Lions. However, after an
injury to Rod Wishart he was re-called for the third test at Lang Park
where Australia retained The Ashes with a 16-10 win.[8] With Andrew
Ettingshausen unavailable through injury, Carne then played fullback for
Australia in their 36-12 win over Papua New Guinea in Townsville where
he scored his 7th test try against the Kumuls in just 3 tests.[9]
At the end of 1992, Carne travelled to England where he and Broncos
teammate Michael Hancock were selected as the Australian wingers in
their 1992 Rugby League World Cup Final victory over Great Britain at
London's Wembley Stadium. He was one of seven Broncos players in
the Australian side on the day with the others being Hancock, Renouf,
Langer, Prop forward Glenn Lazarus and replacements Kevin Walters
and Chris Johns (who did not get off the reserves bench during the
Final).
Carne was named man-of-the-match in the opening game of the 1994
State of Origin series at the Sydney Football Stadium. However, injury
kept him out of Australia's record 58-0 win over the touring French at
Parramatta Stadium, while a late season foot injury would ultimately see
him ruled him out of selection[citation needed] for the 1994 Kangaroo Tour.
Due to being a Super League aligned player, Carne was ruled ineligible
for representative games by the Australian Rugby League in 1995 which
saw him miss that years Origin series and international games.
Rugby union[edit]
Carne subsequently defected to rugby union, making his debut in a
Queensland Reds trial match in 1997. Although his opening
performance was described by coach John Connolly as 'a pass'[citation
needed]
, Carne struggled in rugby union [1] and was unable to secure a
place in the Reds's regular line-up. Later that season he retired from
professional sport altogether.
Post playing career[edit]
In 2000, Carne was awarded an Australian Sports Medal.[10]
Carne is now a real estate agent on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
[11]

References[edit]
1 ^ Jump up to:
a b c d Willie Carne rugbyleagueproject.org

2 ^ Yesterday's Hero
3 ^ Harms, John (2005). The Pearl: Steve Renouf's Story. Australia:
University of Queensland Press. p. 99. ISBN 9780702235368.
4 ^ "Who Said That?". Rugby League Week. Sydney, NSW: ACP
Publishing. 7 July 1993. p. 17.
5 ^ 1994 World Club Challenge at superleague.co.uk
6 ^ Willie Carne - 1995 Brisbane Broncos
7 ^ "Broncos Hall of Fame". broncos.com.au. Brisbane Broncos. Retrieved
31 December 2013.
8 ^ 1992 Ashes series - 3rd Test
9 ^ 1989-92 World Cup - Australia vs Papua New Guinea 1992
10 ^ https://www.robertjamesrealty.com.au/welcome-to-willie-carne/
11 ^ http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/former-queensland-origin-star-
 willie-carne-loving-life-as-a-father-and-away-from-league/news-story/
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External links[edit]
• Willie Carne at the Former Origin Greats website.
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Brisbane Broncos squad - 1993 NSWRL Premiers
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1991 Kangaroo tour of Papua New Guinea squad
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Australia squad – 1992 World Cup final winners (7th Title)
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