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|name = Brett Le Man

|fullname = Brett Le Man

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|04|15|df=yes}}

|birth_place = [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]

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|club1 = [[Eastern Suburbs Tigers|Easts]] ([[Brisbane Rugby League|Brisbane]])

|year1start = 19??

|year1end = 8?

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|club2 = [[Past Brothers|Brothers]] (Brisbane)

|year2start = 198?

|year2end = 87

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|club3 = [[Brisbane Broncos]]

|year3start = 1988

|year3end = 91

|appearances3 = 38

|tries3 = 9

|goals3 = 0

|fieldgoals3 = 0

|points3 = 36

|updated = 31 January 2019

|source = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/brett-le-man/summary.html|title= Brett Le Man – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref>

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'''Brett Le Man''' (born 15 April 1962) is an Australian former professional [[rugby league]] footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s.

==Background==

While attending Cooparoo High School, Le Man played for the [[Australia national schoolboys rugby league team|Australian Schoolboys team]] in 1979.<ref>{{cite web|title=SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2130-0-0-0&sID=26424|accessdate=2008-10-10|publisher=SportingPulse|archive-date=31 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131030043/http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2130-0-0-0&sID=26424|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Playing career==

The curly-haired back-rower played in the Brisbane Rugby League (BRL) for the [[Easts Tigers]] and [[Past Brothers|Brisbane Brothers]], winning a first-grade premiership with both clubs (Easts in 1983, and Brothers in 1987). Le Man went on to play for the [[Brisbane Broncos]] between their foundation year of 1988 and 1991, appearing in 38 games and scoring nine tries.<ref>{{cite book| last=Whitaker|first=Alan|author2=Glen Hudson|title=The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players: Every Brisbane Player Ever|year=2005|publisher=Bas Publishing|location=Melbourne|isbn=1-920910-48-4 }}</ref> In 1988, he famously scored the Broncos' first-ever try in a premiership match, during their inaugural game against Manly in round one at [[Suncorp Stadium|Lang Park]], after gathering possession of the ball following a [[Craig Grauf]] [[Bomb (kick)|bomb]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/brett-le-man-recalls-scoring-the-brisbane-broncos-first-ever-try/news-story/da571b45f8e77717962b917716494179/|title=Brett Le Man recalls scoring the Brisbane Broncos' first ever try|website=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney}}</ref>

==Post playing==

Le Man now owns his own company and has two children.

==References==

{{reflist}}

{{Eastern Suburbs Tigers squad - 1983 BRL premiers}}

{{Brothers squad - 1987 BRL premiers}}

{{1988 Brisbane Broncos}}

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[[Category:Living people]]

[[Category:Australian rugby league players]]

[[Category:Brisbane Broncos players]]

[[Category:Eastern Suburbs Tigers players]]

[[Category:Past Brothers players]]

[[Category:Rugby league players from Brisbane]]

[[Category:Rugby league second-rows]]

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