Dane Chisholm

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Dane Chisholm
Dane Chisholm Bulldogs.jpg
Personal information
Born (1990-07-04) 4 July 1990 (age 34)
Mullumbimby, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Rugby league
Position Stand-off, Scrum-half, Fullback
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2011 Melbourne Storm 10000
2015(loan)Hull Kingston Rovers 730012
2016 Bradford Bulls 1196149
2017 Sheffield Eagles 723014
2017–19 Bradford Bulls 32191294338
2019(loan)Featherstone Rovers 4421058
2019–22 Featherstone Rovers 38251424388
2022(loan)London Broncos 317018
2022–23 Keighley Cougars 247353101
2023 Featherstone Rovers 632016
Total1337334512994
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2011 France 430012
Rugby union
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2014–15 Manly Marlins
Source: [1] [2] [3]
Father Rick Chisholm
Relatives Wayne Chisholm (uncle)

Dane Chisholm (born 4 July 1990) is a retired French-Australian international rugby league footballer who last played as a scrum-half for the Featherstone Rovers in the Betfred Championship. [4]

Contents

He previously played for the Sheffield Eagles and the Melbourne Storm and the Bradford Bulls and the Hull Kingston Rovers and the Keighley Cougars.

Background

Chisholm was born in Manly, New South Wales, Australia.

Playing career

Melbourne Storm

After playing for junior club Mullumbimby Giants, Chisholm was a part of the under 18s NRRRL premiership win in 2008 for the Giants.

Chisholm playing for Melbourne in 2010 Dane Chisholm.jpg
Chisholm playing for Melbourne in 2010

Chisholm signed with Melbourne Storm and was called into their under-20s side. He played in the Storm's Toyota Cup win over Wests Tigers in the 2009 Grand Final. [5]

Chisholm made his NRL debut for Melbourne in round 10 of the 2011 NRL season against Canberra. [6]

Wests Tigers

In November 2011, Chisholm signed to play for Wests Tigers in the 2012 NRL season. [7] He failed to make an appearance in first grade, playing for feeder team Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers and was a member of the side that lost the NSW Cup grand final. [8]

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

Chisholm signed for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the 2013 NRL season.[ citation needed ]

Manly Marlins

In 2014 he made the switch to Rugby Union signing with Manly Marlins in the Shute Shield. [9]

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

Chisholm was on a loan deal from the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs until the end of the 2015 season.

Hull Kingston Rovers

He made his debut for Hull Kingston Rovers, in the final game of the First Utility Super League season, against reigning Super League Champions, St Helens. He then went on to play six out of seven games, in the Super 8s Qualifiers. In total, he made seven appearances, scoring on three occasions for Rovers.[ citation needed ]

Bradford Bulls

Chisholm signed a one-and-a-half-year deal to play for RFL Championship side Bradford.[ citation needed ]

20162016 Season

Chisholm featured in Round 21 against Whitehaven to Round 23 against Featherstone Rovers. Chisholm played in the Championship Shield Game 1 against Whitehaven to Game 5 Swinton then in Game 7 Sheffield to the final against Sheffield.

20172017 Season

After spending the start of 2017 with Sheffield, Chisholm returned to Bradford. He featured in Round 15 against Hull Kingston Rovers. However he suffered a season ending injury. Chisholm signed a two-year extension with Bradford at the end of the season.

20182018 Season

Chisholm played in Round 2 against the London Skolars to Round 22 against Workington Town then in Round 24 West Wales Raiders to Final Workington Town. He also featured in the 2018 Challenge Cup in Round 3 against the West Wales Raiders to Round 4 Hunslet R.L.F.C. At the end of the season he signed a one-year extension with the Bradford side.

20192019 Season

Chisholm featured in the pre-season friendlies against York, Huddersfield and the Toronto Wolfpack. Chisholm played in Round 1 match against Featherstone to Round 2 against Swinton then in Round 4 against York. Chisholm was sent on loan to Featherstone Rovers for the remainder of the season, after a fall out with club coach John Kear. He then signed with Featherstone on a permanent basis until the end of the 2019 season.

Featherstone Rovers

In 2019 Chisholm signed for Featherstone Rovers [10]

Chisholm playing for Featherstone in 2019 Dane Chisholm Featherstone.jpg
Chisholm playing for Featherstone in 2019

He played for Featherstone in the club's 2021 Million Pound Game loss against Toulouse Olympique. [11]

In June 2023 Chisholm rejoined Featherstone Rovers, after playing two seasons at Keighley Cougars. In January 2024 he announced his retirement from professional rugby league [12]

Statistics

Statistics do not include pre-season friendlies.

SeasonAppearanceTriesGoalsD/GPoints
2016 Bradford 1196149
2017 Bradford 11015
2018 Bradford 28191284334
2019 Bradford 318121
2019 Featherstone 4421058

International

In 2010, Chisholm was named in the French preliminary squad for the 2010 European Cup. Chisholm qualifies for the French side because of his mother and grandparents. [13] He played 4 games for France in 2011, debuting at fullback in France's loss to the England Knights. He also scored 3 tries in France's 42–10 victory over Scotland. [14]

Family

Rick, Dane's father, played in 30 first-grade matches for Manly and Newtown in the early 1980s. [7] [15] His uncle Wayne Chisholm played over 100 games with South Sydney. Dane has since gone on to start a family of his own, he has a little girl named Nyah Kiki a boy named Kai Ricky after his late father & wife Chelsey.

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