Corey Oates

Corey Oates
Personal information
Born (1994-10-20) 20 October 1994
Biloela, Queensland, Australia
Height 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 106 kg (16 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Position Wing, Second-row

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013– Brisbane Broncos 90 55 0 0 220
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–17 Queensland 4 2 0 0 8
As of 3 March 2017
Source: [1]

Corey Oates (born 20 October 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League. Oates primarily plays on the wing. Oates is a Queensland State of Origin series representative.

Background

Born in Biloela, Queensland, Oates played his junior football for the Baralaba Panthers before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos.

Playing career

Oates playing for the Queensland under-20s team in 2012

2012

Oates played for the Broncos' under 20s competition team in 2012 and that year played for the Queensland under 20s team.[2]

2013

In 2013 he continued playing for the Broncos in the under 20s and again represented the Queensland under 20s.[3]

In round 17 of the 2013 NRL season, Oates made his NRL premiership debut for the Broncos against the Melbourne Storm, coming off the bench in the Broncos 0-32 loss at AAMI Park.[4] 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 18-19 loss.[5] Oates finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 9 matches and scoring 8 tries for the Broncos. Oates was named the 2013 Brisbane Broncos season's rookie of the year.[6] On 27 August 2013, Oates was named at second-row in the 2013 NYC team of the year.[7]

2014

Oates missed the first 2 matches of the season with a knee injury, returning in round 3 against the Sydney Roosters.[8] On 18 July, he was demoted to the Queensland Cup along with Jack Reed and Daniel Vidot by coach Anthony Griffin after breaching team protocol with a mid-week boozing session.[9][10] Oates returned a week later, playing off the bench in the Broncos 8-30 loss against the Storm.[11] He finished the season with him playing in 20 matches and scoring 5 tries. On 9 October, Oates extended his contract with the Broncos, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2017 season.[12][13]

2015

In round 9, against the Penrith Panthers, Oates scored the winning try with 2 minutes to go in the Broncos' 8-5 win.[14] In round 25, Oates scored a 95-metre try against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, fending off an attempted tackle from Dylan Walker in doing so.[15] Leading into the Broncos' 2015 finals campaign, Oates edged out Lachlan Maranta for the left wing spot. On 4 October, Oates played on the wing and scored the first try of the match in the Broncos' 16-17 golden point extra time loss to the North Queensland Cowboys in the 2015 NRL Grand Final.[16][17] He finished the season with 14 tries from 25 matches.[18]

2016

On 12 January, Oates was selected in the QAS Emerging Maroons squad.[19] He was named in the Broncos' Auckland Nines squad, but was later ruled out.[20] In Round 7 against the Newcastle Knights, Oates scored his first career hatrick of tries in the Broncos smashing 53-0 win at Suncorp Stadium.[21] After showing some great try scoring form in the early rounds, Oates earn himself a wing spot for Queensland in the 2016 State of Origin series.[22] On 1 June 2016 Oates made his debut for Queensland in Game 1, on the wing in the Maroons low scoring 6-4 win at ANZ Stadium.[23] In Game 2 of the series, Oates scored his first try for the Maroons in the series winning 26-16 victory at Suncorp Stadium.[24] Oates finished the 2016 NRL season as the Broncos highest tryscorer with 18 tries in 22 matches. On 20 September 2016, Oates was added to the Australia Kangaroos 2016 Four Nations train-on squad but later make the final 24-man squad.[25]

2017

After another solid start to the season, Oates was selected for Queensland on the wing for Game 1 of the 2017 State of Origin series, scoring the Maroons only try in the shock 28-4 loss against New South Wales at Suncorp Stadium.[26] Despite being the lone try scorer for Queensland, Oates was axed from the team for Game 2 in favour of Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks flyer Valentine Holmes in one of many omissions from the Maroons team.[27][28] On 3rd of July, Oates checked into hospital for a staph infection effecting his lower body

References

  1. ↑ "Corey Oates - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  2. ↑ "Six Broncos in Queensland Under 20s State of Origin Team". Couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  3. ↑ "Corey Oates". Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Late Mail: Broncos Pull Late Selection Shock". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Broncos v Sharks Coverage". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  6. ↑ "Honour Board". broncos.com.au. Brisbane Broncos. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "2013 Holden Cup Team of the Year". NRL.com. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  8. ↑ Phil Lutton. "All eyes on Corey Oates in NRL return for Brisbane Broncos". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  9. ↑ "Broncos Drop Daniel Vidot, Corey Oates and Jack Reed for a Breach of Team Protocols". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  10. ↑ "Jack Reed, Daniel Vidot, Corey Oates stood down by Brisbane Broncos for 'lowering team standards' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Abc.net.au. 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  11. ↑ "Corey Oates Photos - Broncos v Storm". Zimbio. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  12. ↑ "Broncos Sign Youngster Corey Oates to Two Year Extension". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  13. ↑ "Corey Oates re-signs with Broncos". NRL.com. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  14. ↑ "NRL Live: Brisbane Broncos v Penrith Panthers". Smh.com.au. 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  15. ↑ "Don’t argue: Brisbane winger Corey Oates drags South Sydney ace Dylan Walker in 100m try". Fox Sports. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "NRL Grand Final 2015: North Queensland Cowboys outgun Brisbane Broncos to win premiership". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  17. ↑ "NRL Grand Final Player Ratings". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  18. ↑ "Custom Match List". Rugby League Project. 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  19. ↑ "Maroons name Emerging Origin squad". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  20. ↑ "Thaiday to captain Broncos' Nines squad". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  21. ↑ "Anthony Milford Stars as Brisbane Broncos Heap Misery on Hapless Newcastle Knights". Couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  22. ↑ "Maroons Debutants Corey Oates and Justin Oneill are United by Hardship". Couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  23. ↑ "State of Origin 2016: Game 1 score, live results, highlights, video". News.com.au. 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  24. ↑ "Queensland State of Origin Star Labels NSW Stars Dirty Players". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  25. ↑ Luca, Rocco (2016-09-20). "Kangaroos train-on squad announced". Rugby League Week. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  26. ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/nrl/state-of-origin-2017-cameron-smith-carries-maroons-hopes/news-story/c22f4326f56faa14891c91d914e0206e
  27. ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/nrl/queensland-maroons-origin-side-five-players-axed-in-cleanout/news-story/e3052b7cac3699bb6ea48153e26b371a
  28. ↑ http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/state-of-origin/state-of-origin-2017-sam-thaidays-maroons-career-may-be-over/news-story/3b951dcbe7d458bfb211791d06790946
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