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Webcke, Shane |
  Shane WEBCKE [Player Stats] + Submit additional information or a correction to this player 
Thorn and Parker dropped from Broncos team Mon March 6, 2006 by Matthew O'Neill Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett has thrown reputations out the window by omitting Queensland representative players Brad Thorn and Corey Parker for the Broncos opening round clash against North Queensland at Suncorp Stadium this coming Sunday. Four new faces have been included in the Broncos side including debutant schoolboys winger Darius Boyd. Bennett has also included Roosters recruit Ben Hannant, ex-Dragons hooker Michael Ennis and former Wests and Canterbury utility Shane Perry. It's a remarkable return for Perry, 28, who last played at NRL level in 2001 and has spent the last four seasons with Queensland Cup club Redcliffe Dolphins. Brisbane will be without forward Sam Thaiday (knee), centre Brent Tate (ankle) and hooker Barry Berrigan (groin) but welcome back captain Darren Lockyer (foot), halfback Brett Seymour (shoulder), centre Shaun Berrigan (wisdom teeth), centre Justin Hodges (neck), backrower David Stagg (hamstring) and lock Tonie Carroll (elbow) who were missing during the pre-season trials. The omissions of Thorn and Parker are a massive shock as both played for Queensland last year and Thorn has represented Australia in Rugby League and New Zealand in Rugby Union. Prop forward and Broncos vice-captain Shane Webcke said, "It's very good for the club given that we've got a lot of players who are up to first grade standard. "Obviously there's going to be disappointment. The other thing to remember about us is that we've got a lot of players who have been injured coming fit at the one time." Webcke also said that the Broncos have adopted to a new training programme during the off-season to accomodate to the way Rugby League has been changing in recent years with the Broncos still caught in the power game they successfully used in 2000 but has since been obselete. Webcke said, "We are not really breaking new ground, we are catching up the ground that we've given away over the last couple of years. "You look at the way the Wests Tigers and the Cowboys have played. I think that's where we have to get to, to match them ? use the ball more and being a bit different to what we've been. We needed to be lighter, fitter, faster and need to use the ball more." BRONCOS: Karmichael Hunt, Steve Michaels, Justin Hodges, Shaun Berrigan, Darius Boyd, Darren Lockyer (c), Brett Seymour, Shane Webcke, Michael Ennis, Petero Civoniceva, Dane Carlaw, David Stagg, Tonie Carroll. Subs: Casey McGuire, Ben Hannant, Neville Costigan, Shane Perry.
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