Chantelle Graham

Chantelle Graham (born 25 November 1995) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer. Her positions are second-row and lock. She previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Chantelle Graham
Personal information
Born (1995-11-25) 25 November 1995
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight72 kg (11 st 5 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2021 Newcastle Knights 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]
As of 9 August 2022

Background

Graham was born in Newcastle, New South Wales. She grew up playing league tag, touch football and Oztag.[2]

Playing career

Early years

In 2015, Graham played for the Wyong Roos league tag team.[3] In 2017 and 2018, she played for the South Newcastle Lions in the Newcastle Rugby League.[4][5] She also spent time playing for the Aberglasslyn Ants.[6] In 2019, she represented the CRL Newcastle[7] and Central Coast Roosters sides.[8] In 2020, she represented the Newcastle and Hunter side in the Women's Country Championships.[9] In 2021, she played for the Newcastle Maitland Region Knights representative side.[10][11] In November 2021, she joined the Newcastle Knights' inaugural NRLW squad.[12] In December 2021, she received the Country Women's Player of the Year award.[13]

2022

In round 5 of the delayed 2021 NRL Women's season, Graham made her NRLW debut for the Knights against the Gold Coast Titans.[14] She played in 1 match for the Knights, before parting ways with the club at the end of the season.[15]

References
  1. "Chantelee Graham - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. "Get to know: Chantelle Graham". Newcastle Knights. 21 January 2022.
  3. "CCDRL Round 5 Wash" (PDF). Central Coast Rugby League. August 2015.
  4. Hartshorn, Michael (7 March 2017). "Six Pickers named in Rebels' squads". The Maitland Mercury.
  5. "Finals Week 3" (PDF). Newcastle Rugby League. September 2018.
  6. Tigani, Alex (7 January 2019). "Newcastle squad looks forward to Singleton's Ford". The Singleton Argus.
  7. "HNWP Team List - Sharks v CRL Newcastle". Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. 30 July 2019.
  8. "Wyong Roos - ROOS IN CCR WOMEN'S RUGBY LEAGUE REP SQUAD". www.facebook.com.
  9. "TEAM LISTS | Women's Country Championships Round 2". New South Wales Rugby League. 10 March 2020.
  10. "Bulls bank on stars to help defend title in GF". New South Wales Rugby League. 6 May 2021.
  11. "Women's tackle side leading Knights' charge". 6 May 2021.
  12. "History confirmed: Knights announce first NRLW signings". Newcastle Knights. 25 November 2021.
  13. "Country Mens and Womens Player of the Year | Brad Fittler Medal 2021" – via www.nswrl.com.au.
  14. "Squad Update: Multiple changes made to NRLW squad". Newcastle Knights. 25 March 2022.
  15. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
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