Steve Irwin (rugby league)

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Steve Irwin
Personal information
Full nameSteven Robert Irwin
Born (1983-06-19) 19 June 1983 (age 40)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position Fullback, Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2002–04 Brisbane Broncos 440016
Source: [1] [2] [3]
As of 3 February 2009

Steven Irwin (born 19 June 1983 in Queensland, Australila) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s.

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Career

While attending St. Lukes Anglican School, Irwin played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2000. [4]

Irwin, affectionately nicknamed "Croc" after the late "Crocodile Hunter" of the same name, made a remarkable rise to first grade football in just 5 years. He spent much of his youth playing soccer before picking up Rugby League in 1997 at the age of 14.

He moved to the Canberra Raiders.

In 2010, it was revealed that Irwin was playing for Bundaberg in The Queensland competition. [5]

Controversy

On 18 May 2007, Irwin was with his teammate Todd Carney when Carney decided to drive in Irwin's ute, despite Carney having been disqualified from driving at the time. Police began to pursue the vehicle in a high-speed chase through the back streets of the Canberra suburb of Bruce. After turning into a dead-end street, Carney stopped the car and fled the scene on foot, leaving Irwin in the passenger seat. Irwin told police Carney was the driver. [6] [7] [8] Controversially, the Raiders club sacked Irwin over the incident (who was not charged with any offences), but retained Carney. [9]

On 24 June 2007, Irwin lashed out at the Canberra Raiders club during a stinging interview in the Sunday Mail newspaper. He blamed the Raiders for ruining his career and his reputation. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Rugby League Project
  2. ↑ NRL Stats
  3. ↑ Yesterday's Hero
  4. ↑ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  5. ↑ "Steve Irwin back for Bundy". 11 May 2010.
  6. ↑ "Banned until 2012". The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 June 2007. Archived from the original on 15 June 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2007.
  7. ↑ "Carney pleads guilty". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 June 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2007.
  8. ↑ "NRL star given community service". The Daily Telegraph. 12 June 2007. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2007.
  9. ↑ Massoud, Josh (31 May 2007). "Carney spared, Irwin sacked". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 June 2007.
  10. ↑ Badel, Peter (24 June 2007). "Irwin lashes Raiders". The Sunday.


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