Chante Temara

Chante Temara (born 24 May 2001) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Burleigh Bears in the QRL Women's Premiership.

Chante Temara
Personal information
Born (2001-05-24) 24 May 2001
Rotorua, New Zealand
Height157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight59 kg (9 st 4 lb)
Playing information
PositionHooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020–2021 Brisbane Broncos 2 0 0 0 0
2022–2022 Sydney Roosters 1 0 0 0 0
2023– Canberra Raiders 9 1 0 0 4
Total 12 1 0 0 4
Source: RLP
As of 5 October 2023

Background

Born in Rotorua, Temara emigrated to Australia with her family in 2007, where she played her junior rugby league for the Nerang Roosters on the Gold Coast, Queensland.[1] She attended Keebra Park State High School.[2]

Her older sister, Zahara, is an Australia and Queensland representative.

Playing career

In 2018, Temara made her debut for the Burleigh Bears as a 17-year old.[3] In 2019, she represented Queensland under-18 in the inaugural Under-18 Women's State of Origin game.[4]

In September 2020, she joined the Brisbane Broncos NRL Women's Premiership team.[5] In Round 3 of the 2020 NRLW season, she made her debut for the Broncos in their 24–16 win over the Sydney Roosters. On 25 October 2020, she came off the bench in the Broncos 20–10 Grand Final win over the Roosters.[6] Following the Grand Final, she was named in the Queensland State of Origin squad but did not play.[7]

Achievements and accolades

Team

References
  1. "Zahara Temara's dreams painted black until league bug bit in Australia". The Courier Mail. 30 April 2017.
  2. "Broncos unleash game's smallest forward for bone-crunching debut against the Roosters". The Courier Mail. 13 October 2020.
  3. "Zahara Temara's sister Chante to make her debut for Burleigh Bears against Toowoomba". Gold Coast Bulletin. 26 May 2018.
  4. "2019". 18th Man.
  5. "Squads finalised ahead of third season". NRL. 30 September 2020.
  6. "NRLW grand final: Where it will be won and lost". NRL. 23 October 2020.
  7. "Harvey Norman Queensland Maroons squad named". QRL. 26 October 2020.
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