Chase Stanley

Chase Stanley
Personal information
Born	31 May 1989 (age 35); Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
Playing information
Position	Centre, Wing, Five-eighth
Club
Representative
	Source: As of 6 October 2018
Relatives	Kyle Stanley (brother)

Last updated December 02, 2024

Chase Stanley (born 31 May 1989) is a New Zealand former international rugby league footballer who plays as a centre or winger for the Toronto Wolfpack in the Super League.

Early years

Stanley was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Māori and Samoan descent and attended Belmore South Public School in Belmore and Endeavour Sports High School in Caringbah.

Playing career

In 2005 he was contracted to St. George Illawarra as a junior and continued to play there in the 2nd tier competitions till he debuted on the NRL in 2007. He played 41 games for the St. George club between 2007 and 2009.

Stanley signed a two-year deal with the Melbourne Storm starting in the 2010 NRL season. He made his Melbourne debut on 30 May 2010, but would only make eight appearances for the club, suffering a season-ending knee injury in round 1 of the 2011 NRL season.^[5]

At the end of the 2013 NRL season, Stanley signed a two-year deal with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs starting in 2014 NRL season.

In March 2018 he signed with Canadian team the Toronto Wolfpack.^[6]

Representative career

Stanley made his international rugby league debut for the New Zealand Kiwis in their third Test against the Great Britain national rugby league team in November 2007. Although the Kiwis lost to Great Britain, Stanley had a personally successful debut, scoring two tries.^[7]

Stanley is eligible to represent Samoa,^[8] and was named in the Samoa training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup as well as the New Zealand training squad, but missed out on final selection for both.^[9]^[10]

He did, however, represent the New Zealand Māori in the curtain-raiser to the Australia v New Zealand World Cup match, kicking one goal and scoring a long-range intercept try.^[11]

Family

Stanley is one of the famous increasing 'Stanley' Rugby Clan – which include:

'Smokin' Joe (All Black World Cup Winner 1987, Auckland)
Jeremy (All Black 1997, Auckland)
Benson (All Black 2010) (Auckland Blues Super 14 2008, Clermont Ferrand)
Winston (NZ U20 World Cup Winner 2009, NZ U19 World Cup Winner 2007, Auckland, Harlequins)
Martin (Auckland)
Michael (Saracens & England U16s 2006, U18s 2007, U20's 2007/8, 2008/09), Samoa RWC2015
Sam (Saracens & England U16s 2008, England U18s AER 2009, Bedford Blues, Ealing, England 7's)

His younger brother Kyle Stanley played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons but retired in October 2015 due to ongoing injuries. Chase is also the nephew of socceroos star Tim Cahill.

He also has four sons with wife Cara Stanley.^[12]

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References

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1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
↑ NRL Stats ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
↑ "Stanley back in familiar territory". Fox Sports. 9 April 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2008.
↑ Paxinos, Stathi (16 March 2011). "Season ends for Storm's Stanley". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria: Fairfax Digital. p. 34.
↑ "Toronto Wolfpack sign New Zealand international back Chase Stanley". CBCSports. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
↑ "Thrill of Chase eases Kiwis' pain". Fairfax Digital. 12 November 2007. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2007.
↑ "NRL's island talent". Samoa Observer. 28 March 2008. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
↑ "Samoa name World Cup Squad". League Unlimited. 5 August 2008. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
↑ "Kiwis select Sonny Bill". Sky Sports. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
↑ "Wesser valuable in Dream win". Daily Telegraph. 26 October 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
↑ Walter, Brad (27 February 2010). "Chasing regular spot, Kyle vows no charity if Stanley boys go head-to-head". Melbourne: LeagueHQ. Retrieved 16 March 2010.

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[1] "loverugbyleague". Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.

[Statistics_at_rugbyleagueproject.org-2] 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

[3] NRL Stats ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}

[Stanley_back_in_familiar_territory-4] "Stanley back in familiar territory". Fox Sports. 9 April 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2008.

[5] Paxinos, Stathi (16 March 2011). "Season ends for Storm's Stanley". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria: Fairfax Digital. p. 34.

[6] "Toronto Wolfpack sign New Zealand international back Chase Stanley". CBCSports. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.

[7] "Thrill of Chase eases Kiwis' pain". Fairfax Digital. 12 November 2007. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2007.

[NRL's_island_talent-8] "NRL's island talent". Samoa Observer. 28 March 2008. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2008.

[Samoa_name_World_Cup_Squad-9] "Samoa name World Cup Squad". League Unlimited. 5 August 2008. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2008.

[Kiwis_select_Sonny_Bill-10] "Kiwis select Sonny Bill". Sky Sports. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2008.

[Wesser_valuable_in_Dream_win-11] "Wesser valuable in Dream win". Daily Telegraph. 26 October 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}

[Chasing_regular_spot,_Kyle_vows_no_charity_if_Stanley_boys_go_head-to-head-12] Walter, Brad (27 February 2010). "Chasing regular spot, Kyle vows no charity if Stanley boys go head-to-head". Melbourne: LeagueHQ. Retrieved 16 March 2010.

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