Mark Coyne (footballer)

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Mark Coyne was a former Rugby League player. He made his first grade debut in 1989 and impressed with his brilliant right foot step. Mark made his state of origin debut in 1990 after impresive performances in the centres for his club st george dragons. Mark had to bide his time and wait another two years before being selected for Queensland once more. In the second origin match Mark popped up a great pass to send Billy Moore over for a try Queensland went on to win the match 5-4. The end of the year saw Coyne play in the grand final however the dragons went down 28-8. The following year saw Coyne again play origin football and also saw him set up a great try for Mal Meninga in the second origin match. Once again Coyne played in the grand final for the dragons but once again the dragons went down to the broncos 14-6. 1994 saw Coyne take on the role as captain of the st george but the dragons failed to make the finals. 1994 was not all bad Coyne scored a spectacular try in the corner to give the maroons a 16-12 victory. 1995 saw Coyne as captain of st george, vice captain of Queensland and making his test debut. Queensland one the series 3-nil and Australia won the test series and also the world cup. 1996 saw Coyne lead the dragons to another grand final but despite playing a great game himself the dragons went down 20-8. Coyne chose to hang up his boots in 1999 after 11 seasons with the dragons. In that time he played in 9 test matches 19 origins and over 200 first grade matches over 100 as captain.