Gary Coyne was a rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 player for the Canberra Raiders

Canberra Raiders

The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership since 1982...

. Originally from Ipswich

Ipswich

Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...

, He was a part of the Raiders' competition-winning side of the 1989 and 1990 seasons. He also played in 2 Test matches for Australia in 1991 and 11 State of Origin

Rugby League State of Origin

State of Origin is an annual best of three series of rugby league football matches contested by the Maroons and the Blues, who represent the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales respectively...

 games for Queensland between 1989 and 1992.

Coyne was named a member of the Raiders' 25-man "Dream Team" in 2007, as part of the club's 25th anniversary of entry into first-grade rugby league.

Currently, Gary Coyne is a franchisee owner of McDonalds family restaurants in Kallangur, Warner, Strathpine, Deception Bay, North Lakes and North Lakes Westfield.

External links

• Queensland Representatives at qrl.com.au