Lockyer was responsible for putting Ben Teo in for the first try, and he once again sealed the match for the Broncos with a 30m field goal in the 82nd minute. During the match, he fractured his cheekbone from a knock from Gerard Beale's knee, while mid-air.
This required later surgery. The following round saw the Broncos take the field against the Manly Sea Eagles in the semi-final without Lockyer. He was named the Brisbane Broncos season's player of the year. Lockyer had a second son on 14 January called Flynn Martin. Lockyer began a career in television commentary for rugby league matches in Though opting not to have surgery to remove the chipped bone in his throat, he decided to see a speech therapist to help his tone for TV commentary.
Lockyer had a third son born on 29 May called Hugo David. He will be their safety ambassador and also to gain support for a mining operations called Coal Seam gas or CSG. On Origin's website Darren is investigating the coal seam gas industry for himself. He talks to paid employees and also talks to a farmer that are also making large amount of money from CSG Mining.
After performing well at Broncos pre-season training in January, Lockyer declared himself available for the full representative football calendar of On 28 March , Lockyer announced his retirement stating that the season will be his final year in the National Rugby League after deciding not to go to the Super League with the promoted Widnes Vikings.
Lockyer was selected in Game I of the State of Origin series at five-eighth and as captain, this was Lockyers 34th appearance for Queensland equalling the all-time record of Allan Langer. Lockyer set up and made the final pass for Billy Slater's match winning try.
Darren was selected for the following two games, Game 2, a loss, however led the Maroons to a nail-biting decider win of 34—24; ending his prolific Origin career on a high, with 6-straight series wins and a memorable speech. Lockyer ended his career captaining the Australian national team to victory in the Four Nations. His last match was the Four Nations final at Elland Road against England; he scored a try with the last play of the match, and his final touch was an unsuccessful conversion attempt from in front of the posts.
Around the start of the NRL season, there was massive media speculation about whether Lockyer would retire from representative football.
Lockyer's wife gave birth to their first child, a boy named Sunny James, on 29 April , a month out from State of Origin. Lockyer in , captained Queensland to their record-breaking fifth straight series win. This series highlighted how Lockyer over time; has become more and more effective and comfortable in his game-dominating five-eighth role. During the end of season Four Nations tournament, Lockyer broke the Australian national team's all-time try scoring record of 33 set by Ken Irvine, scoring his 34th against Papua New Guinea in Australia's opening match.
He was however, unable to secure the trophy for Australia, with New Zealand coming out victors in their third consecutive final of a major tournament against the Kangaroos.
Lockyer was at the time contracted to the Broncos until the end of when he admitted he that he was interested in playing in the Super League after watching the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, London. Lockyer was selected for Australia to play in the one-off test match against New Zealand on 8 May He had been named in the preliminary man squad to represent Queensland in the opening match of the State of Origin series, and was subsequently picked to play.
Following the third State of Origin match, Lockyer was out with a knee injury for a few weeks. He returned to a Broncos side that had been getting beaten badly and looked to be out of premiership contention, but towards the end of the season put in consecutive man-of-the-match performances that saw the Broncos defeat table leaders St.
George Illawarra. After an ankle injury to Lockyer's halves partner Peter Wallace in that match, the Broncos were knocked out by eventual premiers Melbourne in the grand final qualifier and in it was found that the Melbourne storm were cheating the salary cap at this time. During the Four Nations tournament, in which Lockyer captained Australia to victory, he also broke records for most-capped Australian player and most games for Australia as captain. Lockyer had been strongly linked with a move to Super League at the conclusion of the NRL season.
Lockyer said he would like to play in Super League before he retired. He was linked with a move to the Bradford Bulls and the Catalans Dragons. Lockyer stated of his desire to move in the future, "Not just playing here but living in a different culture — it's appealing.
It was confirmed by his manager George Mimis that up to six Super League clubs were hoping to lure Lockyer to England, with London-based Harlequins RL said to be early front-runners for the Australian captain's signature.
He was also linked with Hull Kingston Rovers, however he was believed to favour a move to Wigan or Leeds. He had great hands, could both punt and place-kick, was sure under the high ball, was deceptively fast with an ability to go up a gear as he went for an opening, and he could tackle.
Perhaps was Lockyer's most sensational year, as he won the player-of-the year award at the Broncos and led the Kangaroos, only the fourth Queenslanders to do so, after Tom Gorman, Wally Lewis and Mal Meninga. One of the features of his play was his ability to rise to the occasion. He won the Clive Churchill Medal in , and in led the Broncos to the premiership, Queensland to an Origin series, and Australia to victory in the Tri-Nations tournament.
The all-round nature of Lockyer's game was seen in , when he moved from fullback, where he played most of his football during the previous seven seasons, to five-eighth, and handled the switch with aplomb.
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By this time Lockyer was being called the best fullback in the world. In March , Lockyer was approached by the Australian Football League club Essendon to switch codes and offered a contract subsequent to a successful trial, however Lockyer chose to stay committed to rugby league. In the third and deciding game of the series, Lockyer was named man-of-the-match, having scored two tries and kicked four goals to help Queensland to victory.
At the end of the season he went on the Kangaroo tour of Great Britain. Along with Lote Tuqiri and Chris Walker , Lockyer was the Broncos' top try-scorer in the season and won the club's player of the year award for both the and seasons.
At the end of the NRL season , the retirement of Tallis from representative football meant that the Kangaroos captaincy was handed to Lockyer shortly before the Kangaroo tour. In addition he won the first of his Rugby League World Golden Boot Awards for the world's best international rugby league player that year.
Lockyer gained some negative media attention at the start of the season when he made a careless joke about the Bulldogs' gang rape allegation at a Queensland sports function.
For the season, Broncos' coach Wayne Bennett moved Lockyer, then established as the world's best fullback, to the five-eighth position where he would get more opportunities with the ball in hand. Initially, the move was generally supported, due to Lockyer's standing as a playmaker and on-field leader.
The Broncos fullback position he left vacated was taken by 17 year old Karmichael Hunt. Despite Lockyer's lack of experience in the halves, he successfully gained the five-eighth position for, and retained the captaincy of both the Queensland and Australian sides. Also in , during a game for the Broncos, Lockyer took a hit to the throat which has caused damage to a small bone in his larynx.
This has resulted in his unusually husky-sounding voice, which could be corrected with surgery that Lockyer has so far declined to undergo. With Gorden Tallis' retirement at the end of the season, the Broncos' captaincy was passed onto Darren Lockyer in In Lockyer was also the Broncos' top point-scorer, however experienced rugby league commentators continued questioning Lockyer's value as a five-eighth during representative matches.
He travelled with the Australian national team to Europe for the Tri-Nations but injured his foot at training and missed the last few games of the tournament, [ 18 ] including Australia's loss to New Zealand in the final. After a poor start to the season following a 36—4 loss to the North Queensland Cowboys at Suncorp Stadium in Round 1, several critics argued that Lockyer should either switch to fullback or lose his spot on both the Australian and Queensland squad.
There were also rumours that Johnathan Thurston would be chosen as the Queensland five-eighth, with Scott Prince at halfback. Lockyer's performances in the five-eighth position improved greatly in the weeks leading up to Origin, resulting in his selection as five-eighth and Captain for Origin 1. Lockyer underwent further criticism when the Maroons lost to the Blues 17—16 after a poor first half. His position was again debated, but strong performances against the Bulldogs and the Warriors resulted in his retention in the Queensland side.
Queensland then made an impressive comeback in Origin 2, thumping the Blues 30—6 while Lockyer received the Man of the Match award. He was then responsible for sealing the series victory for Queensland in the deciding match.
With Queensland down 14—10 with 5 minutes remaining, Lockyer intercepted a pass from NSW player Brett Hodgson and scored the match-winning try. It was Queensland's first outright series victory since and also stopped New South Wales' from achieving their 4th consecutive Origin series win. After the match, Lockyer received the Wally Lewis Medal for player of the series.
Immediately after Queensland's State of Origin success, the Broncos entered a 5-game losing streak, but bounced back to comfortably win their final three premiership games of the season. Despite losing to the St George Illawarra Dragons in the first week of the finals, the Broncos rebounded to defeat the Newcastle Knights 50—6. They then won the preliminary final against the Bulldogs 37—20 after trailing 20—6 at half-time, with Lockyer named man of the match.
Lockyer was also the Broncos' top try-scorer together with Tame Tupou for the season. Now you all want to applaud him. Thank God for him that he doesn't lose confidence and he is the champion he is. Lockyer then captained Australia to an extra-time victory in the Tri-nations final against New Zealand, scoring the match-winning try in Australia's 16—12 victory.
In the week leading to the final, Lockyer was named the Golden Boot Award-winner for international player of the year for the second time. This remains the only major trophy to have eluded him notwithstanding the Broncos' victory in the Super League World Club Championship tournament of In round 1 of the NRL season , Lockyer injured his right ankle and was initially ruled out for 6 weeks.
However, a fortnight later in Round 3, he made a surprise comeback for the Broncos against the Penrith Panthers. During the season at the Broncos' year anniversary celebration, the club announced a list of the 20 best players to play for them to date which included Lockyer. Lockyer injured his ankle again in Round 9 against the Sharks but he recovered in time to play in State of Origin 1 and defeat the New South Wales Blues.
In the Round 18 match against North Queensland , Lockyer ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament , with the severity of the injury forcing him out for the rest of the season. He was scheduled to return for the March pre season games in Lockyer was at the time contracted to the Broncos until the end of [ 1 ] when he admitted he that he was interested in playing in Super League after watching the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium.
Lockyer had been strongly linked with a move to Super League at the conclusion of the NRL season. Following confirmation that coach Wayne Bennett would leave the Broncos at the end of , Lockyer was linked with a number of clubs, such as the Wigan Warriors.
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