Alan Tongue

Alan Tongue

Infobox rugby league biography
playername = Alan Tongue
fullname = Alan Tongue
nickname = Tonguey, Ranga, The Tongue


caption =
country =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|10|13|df=yes
placeofbirth = Tamworth, NSW
countryofbirth = Australia
height = convert|181|cm|ftin|abbr=on
weight = convert|88|kg|stlb|abbr=on
position = rlp|LK|SR
club1 = leagueicon|Canberra Raiders|16 Canberra Raiders
year1start = 2000
year1end = present
appearances1 = 167
tries1 = 25
goals1 = 0
fieldgoals1 = 1
points1 = 101
updated = 11:44, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
source = [http://203.166.101.37/NRL08/playercareer.asp?lplayer=76 NRL Stats]

Alan Tongue (born 13 October 1980) in Tamworth, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player who is the current captain of the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. His position of choice is at lock.

While attending Farrer Agricultural High School in 1998, Tongue was selected to play for the Australian Schoolboys team. [cite web|publisher="Sporting Pulse"|title=Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League |url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2130-0-0-0&sID=26424 |accessdate=2008-10-10]

Tongue is a 10 year veteran at Canberra, making his debut in 2000 and winning the Raiders' "Rookie of the Year" award after joining the club in 1998. He spent the majority of his early years moving between the backrow, hooker and the interchange bench. He established his position within the side in 2005, and in 2006 Tongue broke the record for most tackles in the regular season with 1,087. [ [http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21269488-5006066,00.html Tongue ties up top spot] ] The next highest ranking player was Nathan Hindmarsh with 911. Tongue was also voted the Raider's "Player of the Year" in 2006. [ [http://www.rleague.com/db/player/t/tongue_alan/index.php Tongue tied with the Raiders until 2010] ]

At the end of the 2008 NRL regular season, Tongue was awarded Dally M recognition for "Lock of the Year" and "Captain of the Year" after leading the Raiders to 6th on the competition ladder. Tongue was also named in the Prime Minister's XIII at the end of 2008. [ [http://nrl.com/News/Latest/tabid/10244/default.aspx Tongue named in PM'S XIII] ]

References

External links

* [http://rugbyleagueproject.com/players/Alan_Tongue.html Alan Tongue at the "Rugby League Project"]


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