Patrick Carrigan
Patrick Carrigan (born 1 January 1998) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a lock and prop for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Australia at international level.
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| Full name | Patrick Carrigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 January 1998 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 106 kg (16 st 10 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock, Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He has played at representative level for Queensland in State of Origin, winning the Wally Lewis Medal in 2022.
Background
Carrigan was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He attended St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace in Brisbane and was the School Captain in 2015. He played Rugby Union and was Captain of the 1st XV School Rugby Team.[2][3][4] He was selected for Metropolitan North School Sports Rugby League in 2015.
Carrigan played his junior football for the Easts Tigers before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos.[5]
A UQ Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) student, he received a UQ Blue sporting honour in 2019, only the third Rugby League player to win this award since 1912.[6]
Playing career
Early career
Carrigan played for the Brisbane Broncos in the Holden Cup from 2016 to 2017, winning the Broncos NYC U20s Player of The Year award both seasons, Broncos NYC U20s Best Forward in 2016 and Broncos NYC U20s Players' Player in 2017.
Carrigan was named in the 2017 NYC Team of The Year at prop.[7]
Carrigan represented Queensland U18s in 2016 starting at prop and Queensland U20s in 2017 off the bench and captained the QLD U20s in 2018, starting at prop in QLDs first ever win in the U20s, winning 30 to 12 vs the NSW U20s.[8]
In 2018 with the Holden Cup ceasing, Carrigan would continue to develop with the Wynnum Manly Seagulls in the Intrust Super Cup and would be rewarded with selection for the Junior Kangaroos, starting at prop in the 40-24 win over the Junior Kiwis.
2019
In Round 5, 2019 Carrigan made his NRL debut for the Brisbane Broncos against the Wests Tigers. Carrigan would finish the season with 19 games played and would be awarded a joint winner of the Broncos Rookie of The Year award alongside fellow Broncos U20s graduate Thomas Flegler.
2020
With regular captain Alex Glenn missing the start of the 2020 NRL season due to injury, Carrigan would co-captain Brisbane for the first two rounds of the 2020 NRL season alongside recruit Brodie Croft having only previously played 19 NRL games in his career.
Carrigan made 19 appearances for Brisbane captaining in 12 of those games in the 2020 NRL season as the club finished last on the table and claimed the wooden spoon for the first time in their history.[9]
Carrigan would win both the Broncos Player of The Year & Players' Player awards alongside Payne Haas, while being the sole recipient of the Broncos Most Consistent award.
Even with a poor season at club land Carrigan performed very well and was selected in the extended 27 man squad for Queensland in the State of Origin in November however did not play.
2021
In Round 9 of the 2021 NRL season, Carrigan suffered a season ending ACL injury during Brisbane's 19-18 loss against arch-rivals North Queensland.[10]
2022
Returning from his ACL in Round 1, Carrigan would return finding career best form for a reborn Brisbane, helping return the club to the Top 4 mid-way through the competition, Carrigan would produce career best numbers to gain his maiden State of Origin jumper after just 8 games back. Carrigan played the first two games from the bench and the final game starting at lock. He became the first player in their debut series to win the Wally Lewis Medal.
Following Brisbane's shock loss against the Wests Tigers in round 20 of the 2022 NRL season, Carrigan was referred straight to the NRL judiciary after he performed a hip drop tackle on Wests Tigers Jackson Hastings which ended the players season. As a result of the tackle, Carrigan was suspended for four weeks.[11]
In October he was named in the Australia squad for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.[12] Carrigan played for Australia in their 2021 Rugby League World Cup final victory over Samoa.[13]
2023
Resigned be a Bronco until at least the end of the 2028 season.[14]
Honours
Individual
- Brisbane Broncos U20s Player of The Year: 2016, 2017
- Brisbane Broncos U20s Players' Player: 2017
- Holden Cup Team of The Year: 2017
- Brisbane Broncos "Cyril Connell Award" Rookie of The Year: 2019
- Brisbane Broncos "Gary Balkin Award" Players' Player: 2020
- Brisbane Broncos "Kevin Walters Award" Most Consistent Player: 2020, 2022
- Brisbane Broncos "Paul Morgan Medal" Player of the Year: 2020
- Wally Lewis Medal: 2022
- Community Service Award: 2022
Representative
- 2022 State of Origin series Winners
International
References
- "Patrick Carrigan - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- "Patrick Carrigan". Titanium Sports Management. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- "How Broncos prospect resisted rugby's lure". National Rugby League. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- "Pat makes the big league and The Chief couldn't be prouder". Goondiwindi Argus. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- "Pat Carrigan set to cap stunning NRL rise with leadership role". The Australian. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- "Follow my lead : UQ student to co-captain Brisbane Broncos against Cowboys". University of Queensland. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- "NYC Team of The Year Named". www.the18thman.com.
- "QLD U20 Official Team Photo". www.qrl.com.au.
- "Brisbane get wooden spoon as North Queensland finish on a high". www.nrl.com.
- "Carrigan's ACL tear raises five unlikely Broncos captaincy contenders". www.nrl.com.
- "Broncos' Pat Carrigan breaks rivals leg in 'horrendous' tackle". www.news.com.au.
- Full list of every squad at the Rugby League World Cup 2021
- "Australia 30-10 Samoa: Rugby League World Cup final – as it happened". www.theguardian.com.
- https://www.broncos.com.au/news/2023/03/09/carrigan-locks-in-another-four-years-with-broncos/
