Darren Lockyer
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| Full name | Darren James Lockyer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Locky, Daz, Darryl. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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24 March 1977 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (13 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Five-eighth, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Darren James Lockyer (born 24 March 1977) is an Australian rugby league television commentator and former player. An Australia international and Queensland State representative captain, with Brisbane Broncos and is frequently hailed as one of the greatest players of all-time. During his 17-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. Additionally, he was never suspended or charged by the NRL judiciary systems during his entire career.
Named at fullback in Queensland Rugby League's Team of the Century (1998–2007), Lockyer won four grand finals with the Broncos (including a Clive Churchill Medal), a World Cup with Australia, and the Golden Boot Award for world's best player in this position before switching to five-eighth. In the halves, Lockyer won a fourth grand final with the Broncos, a record six consecutive State of Origin series with Queensland, and a second Golden Boot Award.
Lockyer was born in Brisbane, Queensland. His father, David, played Australian rules football for ten years in Brisbane with Morningside and introduced Darren to the game at four years of age. Two years later, Darren started playing Aussie rules for Springwood, finishing runner-up in the best and fairest award in his first season. The following season he would win the club's best and fairest award by 17 votes, despite having to travel 800 kilometres every weekend to play when the family moved to the small country town of Wandoan midway through the season. Travelling commitments and a lack of Australian rules football clubs around the Wandoan area forced Darren to quit the game and take up rugby league.
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