Tony Caine
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Caine | |||||
| Nickname | TC | |||||
| Born | 15 October 1986 Westmead, New South Wales, Australia | |||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||
| Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | hooker | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2006 | Cronulla Sharks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | St. George Illawarra | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | Cronulla Sharks | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Source: NRL Stats | ||||||
Tony Caine (born 15 October 1986 in Westmead, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player in the Australian National Rugby League. He played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and St George Illawarra Dragons. His position of choice is at hooker.
Caine is the younger brother to professional rugby league player and former Wests Tiger, Joel Caine.
Biography
Childhood and early career
Caine began his rugby league career playing for the Gymea Gorillas before moving on to De La Salle Caringbah, he attended school at Endeavour Sports High School where he played rugby league in the Arrive Alive Cup and was signed by the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.
Playing career
In 2006, after playing the early part of the season in the Sharks premier league side where he scored eleven tries, Caine was called up to first-grade to replace Tevita Latu on the bench for their round twelve clash with the New Zealand Warriors. Caine attempted a kick in play and was charged down by Warriors prop Steve Price resulting in Caine sustaining a severe knee injury.[1]
Caine signed with the Dragons for the 2007 and 2008 seasons, but the club released Tony Caine in 2008 after the 21-year-old quit to seek a complete period of rest for his troublesome knee.[2]
In 2009 he returned to the NRL, signing with his original club the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.[3]
Post rugby career
Caine has studied finance at the University of Adelaide and has a post graduate certificate, as well as an advanced diploma in financial planning. He has worked as a financial adviser and specialises in self managed super funds.
References
- ↑ David Riccio (2006-06-23). "Danny lifts shattered Caine". The Sunday Mail.
- ↑ "Injury-prone Caine quits Dragons". Fox Sports. 2008-03-15. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
- ↑ "Raiders up and running". Courier Mail. 2009-01-24. Retrieved 2009-01-28.