Nathan Chappell

Nathan Chappell

Personal information
Full name	Nathan Chappell
Born	(1989-12-04) 4 December 1989 (age 35) Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position	Centre, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2011–12 Featherstone Rovers 12 14 0 0 56 2015–16 Featherstone Rovers 12 7 0 0 28 2016 Sheffield Eagles 9 6 0 0 24 2017 Oldham 0 0 0 0 0 2018–19 Hunslet 18 14 0 0 56 2018– Hunslet 12 8 1 0 34 Total 63 49 1 0 198
Source: [1] [2]

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

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 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

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.

External links

• Oldham Sign Nathan Chappell
• Eagles Sign Nathan Chappell