Alan Tongue
Personal information
Nickname	Tonguey, Ranga, The Tongue
Born	13 October 1980 (1980-10-13) (age 29)
	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Position	Lock, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2000–	Canberra Raiders	189	28	0	1	113
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2008	Prime Minister's XIII
2009	Country Origin	1	1	0	0	4
As of 8 September 2009
Source: Rugby League Project

Alan Tongue (born 13 October 1980) in (Tamworth, New South Wales) is a professional rugby league player who is the current captain of the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. His position of choice is at lock.

Contents 1 Early years 2 Playing career 3 Representative career 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Early years

While attending Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School in 1998, Tongue was selected to play for his adopted country in the Australian Schoolboys team.^[1]

[edit] Playing career

Tongue is a 10 year veteran at Canberra, making his debut in 2000 and winning the Raiders' Rookie of the Year award after joining the club in 1998. He spent the majority of his early years moving between the backrow, hooker and the interchange bench. He established his position within the side in 2005, and in 2006 Tongue broke the record for most tackles in the regular season with 1,087.^[2] The next highest ranking player was Nathan Hindmarsh with 911. Tongue was also voted the Raider's Player of the Year in 2006.^[3]

At the end of the 2008 NRL regular season, Tongue was awarded Dally M recognition for Lock of the Year and Captain of the Year after leading the Raiders to 6th on the competition ladder. Tongue was also named in the Prime Minister's XIII at the end of 2008.^[4]

[edit] Representative career

Although Tongue is of Papua New Guinean heritage and proud of it he chose to play for his adopted country when he was selected for Country in the City vs Country match on 8 May 2009.^[5]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Alan Tongue at the Rugby League Project

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