John Carlaw

John Carlaw
Personal information
Born	(1975-02-06) 6 February 1975 Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
Position	Centre, Wing
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1997	Hunter Mariners	13	8	0	0	32
1998	Melbourne Storm	24	6	0	0	24
1999	Balmain Tigers	23	7	0	0	28
2000–01	Wests Tigers	41	14	0	0	56
2002–03	NZ Warriors	35	10	0	0	40
2004	St. George Illawarra	15	3	0	0	12
	Total	151	48	0	0	192
Source: Rugby League Project

John Carlaw (born 6 February 1975 in Gosford, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. A three-quarter back, he played for several Super League and National Rugby League clubs during his career.

Playing career

Early years

An Ourimbah junior, Carlaw started playing first grade 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.

Tigers

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, whom Carlaw continued to play with.

Warriors and Dragons

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

References

↑ Warriors sign John Carlaw AAP Sports News, 16 November 2001
↑ Dragons down Warriors in drawn-out affair AAP Sports News, 14 August 2004

External links

Inaugural Wests Tigers side

v Brisbane Broncos, Campbelltown Stadium, 6 February 2000

1. Joel Caine 2. John Carlaw 3. Owen Craigie 4. Terry Hill 5. John Hopoate 6. Kevin McGuinness 7. Craig Field 8. Shane Walker 9. Darren Senter 10. Jason Lowrie 11. Mark Stimson 12. Jarrod McCracken 13. Tyran Smith 14. Adam Nable 15. John Skandalis 16. Steve Georgallis 17. Mark O'Neill 18. Ken McGuinness Coach: Wayne Pearce

Inaugural Melbourne Storm side

v Illawarra Steelers, WIN Stadium, 14 March 1998

1. Robbie Ross 2. Craig Smith 3. Aaron Moule 4. Paul Bell 5. Marcus Bai 6. Scott Hill 7. Brett Kimmorley 8. Rodney Howe 9. Danny Williams 10. Robbie Kearns 11. Paul Marquet 12. Ben Roarty 13. Tawera Nikau 14. Glenn Lazarus (c) 15. Richard Swain 16. Russell Bawden 17. John Carlaw Coach: Chris Anderson

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