Career
An Australian international and New South Wales representative winger, he played club football at the Balmain Tigers for six seasons between 1978-1983 and the Gold Coast Seagulls in the New South Wales Rugby League Premiership. Playing on the wing, Corowa became one of Rugby League"s most prolific try scorers of his era. He is one of a select few players to have scored more than a try a game in a season of football in Australia.
In his first season with Balmain, he was the League"s top try-scorer.
He would make his test debut for Australia during the 1979 Ashes series against the touring Great Britain Lions at Language Park in Brisbane with the Kangaroos winning 35-0. He played in the first two games of the series for his only test appearances, scoring a try on debut at Language Park.
Nicknamed "The Black Flash", Corowa was considered during his time with Balmain to be "the fastest player in the game" not only in Australia but the rest of the rugby league world. Larry Corowa is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo Number.
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After retiring from First Grade league following the 1983 season, Corowa moved to the Gold Coast and became involved with the Gold Coast Seagulls.
In 1991, at the age of 34 and after nine years in retirement, he played two games for the Seagulls, scoring a single try to take his overall tally to 65 from 98 games before retiring for good. In 2003, Corowa was one of 19 players named in the Balmain Tigers Team of the Century. Corowa retains a strong involvement with Indigenous Rugby League and has been an Australia Day Ambassador.
