Brett Horsnell
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| Full name | Brett Horsnell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 April 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Second-row, Lock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brett Horsnell (born 11 April 1970) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer.
Horsnell attended Keebra Park State High School and captained the 1988 Australia Schoolboy team on a tour of New Zealand.[2] He was a Junior Queensland representative in 1985 as an under-16 and in 1988 at under-18.[3]
Horsnell played for the Runaway Bay Seagulls and was part of their successful junior teams.[4]
Playing career
Horsnell made his first grade debut for the Gold Coast Giants in 1989 as a five-eighth/centre. However, Horsnell slowly moved into the forwards and by 1992 he played the whole season as a lock for the now Gold Coast Seagulls.[citation needed] After six seasons and 82 matches for the Gold Coast club where the side finished last 3 years in a row in 1992, 1993 and 1994, Horsnell left in 1995, joining the new South Queensland Crushers franchise. He was part of their inaugural match on 11 March 1995 and was a shadow player for Queensland captain Trevor Gillmeister when Gillmeister was hospitalised in the lead-up to Game III of that year's State of Origin series.[citation needed] Horsnell spent two seasons with the club and was a part of the side which came last in 1996, finishing with the wooden spoon.
In 1997, Horsnell joined the Parramatta Eels and played in the club's first finals campaign since 1986 when they finished third on the table that year. Horsnell played in both of Parramatta's finals games, against Newcastle and North Sydney. Horsnell was used in every position in the pack, even starting at hooker and at prop while at the club. Horsnell left Parramatta at the end of the 1998 season, with his final game in first grade being a 15-15 draw against St George in Round 24 at Kogarah Oval.[5]