Chris McQueen
Chris McQueen
| Personal information |
| Full name |
Christopher McQueen |
| Nickname |
Lightning, McQueenslander,Krispy |
| Born |
(1987-08-03) 3 August 1987
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Height |
189 cm (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight |
102 kg (16 st 1 lb) |
| Playing information |
| Position |
Second-row, Wing, Centre, Lock |
| Club |
| Years |
Team |
Pld |
T |
G |
FG |
P |
| 2009– |
South Sydney |
100 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
92 |
| Representative |
| Years |
Team |
Pld |
T |
G |
FG |
P |
| 2011 |
Prime Minister's XIII |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2013–14 |
Queensland |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| As of 6 March 2015 |
| Source: |
Chris McQueen (born 3 August 1987, in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the South Sydney Rabbitohs of the National Rugby League (NRL). A Queensland State of Origin representative forward, he has played his entire career to date as centre or, more recently, a second row forward[1] for the Rabbitohs, with whom he won the 2014 NRL Premiership.
Background
cemented his spot in the starting side in 2008, playing 19 games.[2][3] In 2008, he signed a two-year contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
Professional playing career
South Sydney Rabbitohs
McQueen joined the Rabbitohs in 2009 and spent the majority of the season playing for the Rabbitohs feeder team, the North Sydney Bears in the New South Wales Cup competition. He made his NRL debut in Round 22 of the 2009 season, days after his 22nd birthday. A late call up to the side, McQueen played on the wing and scored a try in South Sydney's 36-22 win over the Manly Sea Eagles.[4] Due to injury, McQueen missed the entire 2010 season.[5] In 2011, a year after returning from a season-ending injury, McQueen was named in Australia's 34-man Four Nations train on squad.[6] Later that year he represented the Prime Minister's XIII against Papua New Guinea.[7] He returned to first grade in 2011, playing almost every game for the Rabbitohs, switching between wing and second row.
In 2012, he began the season again at wing, before making a permanent switch to second row. In 2013, McQueen cemented his spot in the South Sydney starting side. In 2012 and 2013, he was a member of Queensland's Emerging Origin Squad.[8] McQueen played all three games of the 2013 State of Origin series in which Queensland extended their record for consecutive series victories to eight. In 2013, he was named to make his State of Origin debut for Queensland.[9]
On 5 October 2014, McQueen was selected to play for the Rabbitohs from the interchange bench in the 2014 NRL Grand final, helping them to a 30-6 victory over the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.[10][11]
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