Career
He managed just 10 senior games from 1996 to 1998 but played in a reserves premiership in the last of those years. At the end of the 1998 season he asked to be traded and was swapped to Collingwood for Josh Mahoney. He missed just two games in the 1999 American Federation of Labor-Congress season, kicked 22 goals and averaged 16.95 disposals.
A half forward and on-baller, he struggled for American Federation of Labor-Congress games in the next two seasons and in 2003 joined the North Cairns Football Club as an assistant coach.
The year however ended badly when he was involved in the now infamous grand final brawl with Portuguese Douglas. Lane continued on at North Cairns in 2005 and the following season had a one year stint as a coach at Manunda.
In 2007 he was an assistant coach with WAFL club Swan Districts and also made two appearances on the field He then coached Hastings in 2008 and 2009 before being appointed coach of Knox in 2010.
In 2011, Lane returned to Cairns, becoming senior coach of Centrals Trinity Beach Bulldogs.
