Wayne Bartrim

A product of Smithtown Junior League and Kempsey's Melville High on the North Coast of New South Wales, Bartrim signed with Gold Coast Seagulls while still at school, and was declared eligible for Queensland, because he played his first senior club football with Gold Coast.

He made his first grade debut in 1991, playing four seasons with the club, before signing with St George in 1995, from where he was chosen as hooker for Queensland.

When my name was read out in the Queensland side, I couldn't stop shaking.

Wayne Bartrim FOG #88 ahead of his Origin debut

He kicked the penalty goal which gave Queensland a 2-0 win in Game I of the 1995 series, and played all three games in the amazing whitewash of the Blues.

Bartrim played lock in St George's 20-8 loss to Manly in the 1996 ARL grand final, and also was at lock in the St George Illawarra pack in the 1999 NRL grand final, won by Melbourne Storm.

After the 1995 Origin series triumph, he played six more games for Queensland, including two in the 1998 series win.

He played six Tests for Australia, and was part of the World Cup winning squad in the UK in 1995.

When he left Sydney for the Castleford club in England at the end of the 2001 season, he had chalked-up 232 first grade appearances, scoring 1158 points from 45 tries and 489 goals.

He spent two seasons with Castleford in West Yorkshire, playing another 48 games and scoring 378 points from nine tries and 171 goals.

On his return to Australia, he worked as an industrial electrician in Queensland.