Corey Oates

Corey Oates

Oates playing for the Queensland Under 20's team in 2012.
Personal information
Born	(1994-10-20) 20 October 1994 Biloela, Queensland, Australia
Height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	107 kg (16 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Wing, Centre
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2013–	Brisbane Broncos	36	15	0	0	60
Source: RLP

Corey Oates (born 20 October 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League. He primarily plays second-row, wing and centre.

Background

Born in Biloela, Queensland, Oates played his junior football for the Baralaba Panthers before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos. Oates played for the Broncos' Under 20s competition team in 2012 and that year played for the Queensland Under 20s team.^[1] In 2013 he continued playing for the Broncos in the Under 20s and again represented Queensland in the Under, And also has captained his country in the under 20's competition. ^[2]

Brisbane Broncos 2013-

2013

In Round 17 of the 2013 NRL season, Oates made his NRL premiership debut for the Broncos against the Melbourne Storm off the bench in the Broncos 32-0 loss at AAMI Park.^[3] In his next match in Round 18 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at Suncorp Stadium, Oates scored his first NRL career try in the Broncos 19-18 loss.^[4] Oates finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 9 matches and scoring 8 tries (32p) for the Broncos in the 2013 NRL season. Oates was named the 2013 Brisbane Broncos season's rookie of the year.^[5] On 27 August 2013, Oates was named at second-row in the 2013 NYC Team of the Year.^[6]

2014

Oates missed the first 2 matches of the 2014 NRL season with a knee injury, Oates made his return for the Broncos in Round 3 against the Sydney Roosters in the Broncos 30-26 loss at Suncorp Stadium.^[7] On 18 July 2014, Oates was demoted to the QLD Cup along with Jack Reed and Daniel Vidot by Coach Anthony Griffin after being stood down for breaching team protocol after a mid-week boozing session, missing the Broncos 28-22 win against the New Zealand Warriors at Suncorp Stadium.^[8][9] Oates returned a week later, being named on the 21 man extended bench in the Round 20 match against the Melbourne Storm at Suncorp Stadium, Oates later getting chosen to play off the bench in the Broncos 30-8 loss.^[10] Oates finished off the Broncos 2014 season with him playing in 20 matches and scoring 5 tries (20p). On 9 October 2014, Oates extended his contract with the Broncos for a further 3 years, keeping him at the club till the end of the 2017 season.^[11][12]

References

External links

• 2013 Brisbane Broncos profile