Michael De Vere

Michael De Vere

Personal information
Born	(1976-12-11) 11 December 1976 (age 40) Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Centre, Wing, Fullback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1997–04 Brisbane Broncos 160 64 403 0 1062 2005–06 Huddersfield Giants 41 8 98 0 228 2009 Brisbane Broncos 1 0 0 0 0 Total 202 72 501 0 1290 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2001–04 New South Wales 5 0 2 0 4 2002 NSW City 2003–04 Australia 4 2 4 0 16
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Michael De Vere (born 11 December 1976 in Caringbah, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s, and 2000s. He represented Australia in four tests and New South Wales in five State of Origin matches. A goal kicking outside back who could play Centre, Wing or Fullback and also a skilful goal-kicker who ended his career having kicked at 76.62%, De Vere played club football for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL, with whom he won the 1997, 1998 and 2000 premierships. He later played with English club Huddersfield Giants in the European Super League, reaching the 2006 Challenge Cup final. In 2009, he instigated a comeback with the Broncos, which only lasted one game before he retired.

A product of Campbelltown, De Vere spent a year playing with the Appin Dogs in the Group 6 Junior League, before being graded with the St. George Dragons in 1995, although he never played first grade for the Dragons.

De Vere won the 1997 Brisbane Broncos season's rookie of the year award and also played in their Super League Grand Final win over the Cronulla Sharks. In 1998 De Vere, a last-minute inclusion to the side due to a finger injury to former Kangaroo Tour winger Michael Hancock, scored the opening try in Brisbane's 38–12 1998 NRL grand final win against the Canterbury Bulldogs. The 2000 Brisbane Broncos season's top point-scorer, De Vere made it two premierships in four seasons with the club when he landed three goals in their 2000 NRL grand final win over the Sydney Roosters.