Nathan Chappell

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Nathan Chappell
Personal information
Full nameNathan Chappell
Born (1989-12-04) 4 December 1989 (age 34)
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position Centre, Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2011–12 Featherstone Rovers 12140056
2015–16 Featherstone Rovers 1270028
2016 Sheffield Eagles 960024
2017 Oldham 00000
2018–19 Hunslet 18140056
2018– Hunslet 1281034
Total634910198
Source: [1] [2]

Nathan Chappell (born 4 December 1989) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays for Hunslet in Betfred League 1.

Previous clubs represented include the 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 the 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.

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References

  1. loverugbyleague
  2. Rugby League Project
  3. "Hunslet RL: New signing Chappell's chomping at the bit". Yorkshire Evening Post. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  4. "Goulburn's Nathan Chappell keen to finish Australian adventure with premiership". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  5. "Championship (Sky Sports)". SkySports. Retrieved 12 August 2017.