 Carne missed Games 2 and 3 of the Origin series and this kept him out of the Australian side for the first two Ashes series tests against the touring Great Britain Lions.However, after an injury to Rod Wishart he was re-called for the third test at Lang Park where Australia retained The Ashes with a 16-10 win.With Andrew Ettingshausen unavailable through injury, Carne then played fullback for Australia in their 36-12 win over Papua New Guinea in Townsville where he scored his 7th test try against the Kumuls in just 3 tests.