Justin Loomans

Born in Rockhampton, Queensland, Loomans is of Indigenous Australian descent and attended Rockhampton State High School before being signed by the North Queensland Cowboys in 1994.

In Round 4 of the 1995 ARL season, at age 19, Loomans made his first-grade debut for the Cowboys in an 8–14 loss to the Canberra Raiders. He scored his first try a week later, in the Cowboys' 12–20 loss to the Brisbane Broncos. In Round 8, he played in the club's first-ever win, a 14–10 victory over the Illawarra Steelers. Loomans ended his first season as the Cowboys' equal top try scorer, scoring nine tries in 16 appearances.

In 1996, Loomans was again the Cowboys' equal top try scorer, scoring eight tries in 21 appearances. In 1997, the Cowboys competed in the breakaway Super League competition, with Loomans playing just seven games and scoring two tries.

In 1998, Loomans moved to Sydney, joining the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Over two seasons, he scored 12 tries in the 35 games for the struggling side including a try in Souths final match against Parramatta before the club was controversially axed from the competition. When the Rabbitohs were excluded from the NRL at the end of the 1999 season, Loomans returned to Queensland to play in the Queensland Cup. He played for the Easts Tigers and his hometown club, the Central Comets, scoring 39 tries for them.[2][3]

Following his retirement, Loomans became a mentor and trainer for the Central Queensland NRL bid's junior development program and Operations Manager of Central Queensland Indigenous Development.[4][5][6]