Mark loane

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Mark Loane
Full name	Mark Loane
Date of birth	1954-07-11
Place of birth	Ipswich, Australia
Height	2.00 m
Weight	115 kg
Nickname	The Train Without a Station

The most dominant Australian player of his period was Mark Loane who played 89 games for Queensland and 29 Tests for the Wallabies. Described by Bret Harris, in his book, The Marauding Maroons "as the closest thing to a folk hero Queensland has seen", Loane was noted for devastating barging runs and on numerous occasions the game would be won by one of these characteristic bursts. His role in University's 1979 Grand Final victory will be remembered. The first Grand Final was drawn after extra time against traditional rivals, Brothers and another match was scheduled for the following week to decide the victors. In all, 200 minutes of rugby had to be played before the victory could be celebrated

Now an Ophthalmic Surgeon with a strong interest in the provision of ophthalmic services to indigenous people, particularly those of the Cape York Peninsula, Loane captained Qld to several distinctive wins over NSW in the 70s and also captained Australia in 1979 when the Wallabies beat the All Blacks to win the Bledisloe Cup for the first time in 30 years.

Famously told a fellow Wallaby to get his act together after turning up to a function drunk and poorly dressed with the line "Mediocrity shits me".