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Full name | Sam Obst | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Australia | 26 November 1980||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 79 kg (12 st 6 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Hooker, Stand-off, Scrum-half | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Rugby League Project As of 1 November 2023 |
Sam Obst (born 26 November 1980) is a former professional rugby league footballer who last played for Australian Queensland Cup club Northern Pride. Obst was equally at home playing at scrum-half and at hooker. Obst originated from the rugby league stronghold of Redcliffe and attended Southern Cross Catholic College.
Obst joined Whitehaven in 2004 and was voted National League One Player of the Year for 2004. He went on to join Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.
The Australian had an excellent season with the Wakefield club, especially during the latter half of 2006 under John Kear. He later re-signed with Wakefield Trinity Wildcats for another two years to keep him as a player there till 2009. In his spare time he took up horse riding. He later signed a new two-year deal by head coach John Kear, and has accepted, keeping him at the club until 2011. In 2008 and 2009, Obst received the club's man of steel (best player for club).
In 2011, Obst signed a two-year deal with Super League club Hull F.C. The deal is completed for an undisclosed fee as part of the rescue plan for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.
On 1 December 2011 it was announced that Obst had signed a 12-month deal with Co-operative Championship club Keighley Cougars. Obst followed in his father's (Tony Obst played for Keighley in the 1970s) footsteps and re-joined two of his former teammates in Michael Korkidas and cougars player-coach Jason Demetriou.
In 2013 Obst played for the Cairns based Intrust Super Cup team, the Northern Pride. In 2014, Obst was part of Northern Pride's Queensland Cup winning side. Obst played in the inaugural NRL State Championship final for the Northern Pride as they defeated Penrith 32–28. He played with the club up until the end of the 2015 season. [2] [3]
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