| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Sam Obst | |||||
| Nickname | Sammy, Obster | |||||
| Born | November 26, 1980 Australia |
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| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||
| Weight | 79 kg (12 st 6 lb) [1] | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Hooker, Stand-off, Scrum-half | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2001–02 | Sydney Roosters | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | Whitehaven | 25 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 80 |
| 2005–11 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 137 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 190 |
| 2011– | Hull F.C. | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Total | 181 | 67 | 7 | 4 | 290 | |
| Source: Rugby League Project | ||||||
Sam Obst is a rugby league footballer who plays for Hull. Obst is equally at home playing at scrum-half and at hooker. Obst originates from the rugby league stronghold of Redcliffe and attended Southern Cross Catholic College.
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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 Wildcats, especially during the latter half of 2006 under John Kear.
He recently resigned with Wakefield Trinity Wildcats for another 2 years to keep him as a player there till 2009. He has recently taken up horse riding. He as recently been handed a new 2 year deal by head coach John Kear, and as accepted, keeping him at the club until 2011. In 2008 and 09 Sam received the club's man of steel (best player for club) He wears no.14 on his back.
In 2011 Sam Obst signed a 2 year deal with Super League club Hull. The deal is completed for an undisclosed fee as part of the rescue plan for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.
On December 1 it was announced that Obst had signed a 12 month deal with Co-Operative Championship club Keighley Cougars. Sam will follow in his father's footsteps and re-join 2 of his former team mates in Michael Korkidas and cougars player-coach Jason Demetriou.