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Nickname | Stan, Smokin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
31 May 1989 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 97 kg (15 st 4 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information
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Position | Centre, Wing, Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 14 June 2011 Source: NRL Stats, [1] |
Chase Stanley (born 31 May 1989 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is a professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the National Rugby League and has represented New Zealand in international competition. His position of choice is centre, he can also operate on the wing.
Stanley is of Māori and Samoan descent and attended Belmore South Public School in Belmore and Endeavour Sports High School in Caringbah.
In 2005 he was contracted to the St George Illawarra Dragons as a junior and continued to play there in the 2nd tier competitions till he debuted on the NRL in 2007. He played 41 games for the Dragons between 2007 and 2009.
Stanley signed a two-year deal with the Melbourne Storm starting in the 2010 NRL season. He made his Storm debut on 30 May 2010.
At the end of the 2013 season Stanley signed a 2-year deal with the Canterbury Bulldogs starting in 2014 NRL season.
Stanley made his international rugby league debut for the New Zealand Kiwis in their third Test against the Great Britain national rugby league team in November, 2007. Although the Kiwis lost to Great Britain, Stanley had a personally successful debut, scoring two tries.
Stanley is eligible to represent Samoa, and was named in the Samoa training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup as well as the New Zealand training squad, but missed out on final selection for both.