Brent Tate

Infobox rugby league biography
playername = Brent Tate
fullname = Brent Tate
nickname = The Chin

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position = rlp|CE|WG
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|3|3|df=yes
placeofbirth = Roma
countryofbirth = Australia
height = 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
weight = 88 kg (14 st 0 in)
club1 = leagueicon|Brisbane Broncos|16 Brisbane Broncos
year1start = 2001
year1end = 2007
appearances1 = 114
tries1 = 41
goals1 = 0
fieldgoals1 = 0
points1 = 164
club2 = leagueicon|New Zealand Warriors|16 New Zealand Warriors
year2start = 2008
year2end = present
appearances2 = 24
tries2 = 4
goals2 = 0
fieldgoals2 = 0
points2 = 16
teamA = leagueicon|Queensland|16 Queensland Maroons
yearAstart = 2002
yearAend = present
appearancesA = 15
triesA = 5
goalsA = 0
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pointsA = 20
teamB = leagueicon|Australia|16 Australia Kangaroos
yearBstart = 2002
yearBend = 2007
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updated = 24 August 2008
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Brent Tate (born 3 March, 1982 in Roma, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league player. His position of choice is at centre but can also play on the wing. He has represented Queensland in State of Origin and Australia for international matches.

Biography

Born in Roma, Tate moved to Toowoomba to pursue a career in Rugby League. Fact|date=June 2007 After playing with the Redcliffe Dolphins, he was signed by the Brisbane Broncos, making his NRL debut in 2001. Tate earned his first representative honours in 2002, playing for Queensland in Game 3 of that year's State of Origin. His achievements for the Broncos earned him the Broncos' rookie of the year award, as well as be an Australian selection - both in a one-off Test in July and at the end of the 2002 season.

Tate continued his good form in 2003, moving into the starting side for all 3 State of Origin games and scoring 2 tries in Game 3. He was again selected for Australia in the Anzac Test. However, Tate suffered a career-threatening neck injury that has affected him ever since - his career has only been prolonged with the aid of a special neck brace.

His neck injury kept him out of the beginning of the 2004 season, but recovered in time for the Anzac Test, and continued to earn representative selection for both Queensland and Australia. 2005 was a disappointing season for Tate, with further injuries preventing him from playing State of Origin. However, he was again selected for the Tri-Nations competition.

In 2006, Tate was again injured for the first part of the season, but made a shock comeback in Game 1 of the State of Origin. In Game 3, Tate scored a crucial try, beginning a Queensland comeback that led to them winning the match and the series. He was named man-of-the-match. Tate was also an integral part of the Brisbane Broncos' premiership success that year, once again being rewarded with national selection.

On 30 May, 2007, it was announced that Tate would be leaving the Broncos at the end of the 2007 season to sign with the New Zealand Warriors on a three year contract. cite web|url=http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=28258|title=TATE SIGNS WITH WARRIORS FOR THREE-YEARS|publisher=rleague.com|date=2007-05-30|accessdate=2007-05-31] His career with the Brisbane Broncos was cut short while playing for Queensland during Game 3 of the 2007 State of Origin Series, where he suffered a season ending knee injury to the medial and anterior cruciate ligament. Tate played his first game for the Warriors in Round 1 against the Melbourne Storm.

In August 2008, Tate was named in the Australia training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, [cite news|author=Liam FitzGibbon|publisher="Fox Sports News (Australia)"|title=Surprises in Kangaroos squad|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24111780-23214,00.html|accessdate=2008-08-02|date=2008-08-01] cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/01/sports/AS-RGL-Australia-Squad.php|title=Veteran Lockyer named in Australian squad|publisher=International Herald Tribune|date=2008-08-01|accessdate=2008-08-02] and in October 2008 he was selected in the final 24-man Australia squad.cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7656211.stm|title=Manly six win Australia call-up|publisher=BBC|date=2008-10-07|accessdate=2008-10-07]

Club career

*"First Grade Debut:" Round 21, Brisbane v. Melbourne at Colonial, July 29, 2001
*"Premiership with the 2006 Brisbane Broncos

References

External links

* [http://www.warriors.co.nz/page/player_brent_tate.html New Zealand Warriors profile]
*StateofOrigin player|403