Nathan Chappell (born 4 December 1989) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays for Hunslet in League 1.
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| Full name | Nathan Chappell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 December 1989 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Previous clubs represented include Featherstone Rovers, the Sheffield Eagles and Oldham.[3]
He began his career at Newsome Panthers at the age of 7 where he played until he signed at the Huddersfield Giants aged 17. After 3-years at the club, 1 year at the Castleford Tigers, and a 2-year stint at Featherstone Rovers, he moved to Australia to play in the Canberra Raiders Cup with the Goulburn Workers Bulldogs.[4] He also represented the Canberra team. He played there for 2-years before returning to England where he signed for the Featherstone Rovers once again.
Chappell has arguably the fastest recorded hat-trick in rugby league (Featherstone v York, minutes 73–78), along with old teammate Greg Eden (Castleford v Leigh, minutes 33–38), which are both within a 5-minute period.[5]
His preferred position is centre, followed by second-row.
Chappell attended Newsome High School and Sports College.
References
edit- ^ loverugbyleague
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ "Hunslet RL: New signing Chappell's chomping at the bit". Yorkshire Evening Post. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Goulburn's Nathan Chappell keen to finish Australian adventure with premiership". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ "Championship (Sky Sports)". SkySports. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
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