Dane Hogan

Who is Dane Hogan?

Dane Hogan is a professional rugby league footballer, who currently plays for North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League. He plays primarily as a lock forward.

Hogan was born in Brisbane and played his junior football on Bribie Island, and represented the Australian Schoolboys at under-15s level and Queensland as an under-16. He moved to Sydney to sign professionally for the St George Dragons, before returning to Queensland to join the North Queensland Cowboys in 2008, where he was a member of the Under 20 team. He was named the youth team's player of the season in 2009 and made his first-grade début for the Cowboys the following season.

Hogan made his NRL debut for the Cowboys in Round 9 of the 2010 season, he went on to play 10 matches that season. In hast last two seasons with the club Hogan failed to make another appearance for the North Queenslander's after an injury plagued season in 2011. In 2012 despite showing consistent form in the QCup Hogan failed to play a single match for the Cowboys with Gavin Cooper, Glenn Hall, Dallas Johnson, Jason Taumalolo, Joel Reithmuller and Cory Paterson all ahead of him in the clubs pecking order for back-rowers.