John Carlaw
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| Full name | John Carlaw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 February 1975 Gosford, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb; 216 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Carlaw (born 6 February 1975) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A three-quarter back, he played for several Super League and National Rugby League clubs during his career.
Background[]
Born in Gosford, New South Wales, John Carlaw was an Ourimbah junior.
Playing career[]
He started playing top level professional rugby league with the Hunter Mariners club in the Australian Super League competition of 1997. Following the disbanding of that club upon the creation of the National Rugby League, he joined another new venture team, the Melbourne Storm for their first season.
In 1999, Carlaw moved to the Balmain Tigers for their final year before they merged with Western Suburbs Magpies to form the Wests Tigers club. Carlaw played in Balmain's final ever game as a stand-alone entity which was a 42-14 loss against Canberra.
In 2000, Carlaw played in the Wests Tigers first ever game which was a 24-24 draw against Brisbane.
In 2002, Carlaw moved to the New Zealand Warriors. He played at centre their 2002 NRL Grand Final loss to the Sydney Roosters at the end of the season.[2] He played another season with New Zealand before moving to the St. George Illawarra Dragons for his final year in 2004. He played in his 150th first grade game for the Dragons against his old club, the Warriors, on 14 August 2004.[3]
References[]
- ^ "John Carlaw - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
- ^ Warriors sign John Carlaw AAP Sports News, 16 November 2001
- ^ Dragons down Warriors in drawn-out affair[dead link] AAP Sports News, 14 August 2004
External links[]
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby league players
- Balmain Tigers players
- Hunter Mariners players
- Melbourne Storm players
- New Zealand Warriors players
- Rugby league centres
- Rugby league players from New South Wales
- Rugby league wingers
- St. George Illawarra Dragons players
- Wests Tigers players