He previously played for the Redcliffe Dolphins, winning the club's Player of the Year award in 2003 before joining the Cowboys.
While attending Wavell State High School in 1999, Tronc was selected to play for the Australian Schoolboys team.
[3] Tronc played at prop forward in the 2005 NRL Grand Final, the Cowboys' first, which they lost to the Wests Tigers.
He had signed a two-year deal with side Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, in the Super League and was seven matches into his two-year deal with the Wildcats before asking for a release to return home to Brisbane.
[5] In July 2011, Tronc was forced into premature retirement by a debilitating neck injury.