Tomas Chester (born 11 May 2001) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a centre or fullback for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League (NRL).
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| Full name | Tomas Chester | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 May 2001 Townsville, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (14 st 0 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 30 June 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Background
editBorn in Townsville, Queensland, Chester played his junior rugby league for Norths Thuringowa Devils and Townsville Brothers. He attended Ignatius Park College.[2]
Playing career
editEarly career
editIn 2020, Chester played for the Townsville Brothers A-Grade side before signing for the North Queensland Cowboys.[3]
In 2021, Chester joined the Cowboys' Young Guns squad and played for the Townsville Blackhawks Hastings Deering Colts side, starting at lock in their Grand Final loss to the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.[4][5]
2022
editIn the 2022 pre-season, Chester joined the North Queensland NRL squad and played in their trial win over the South Sydney Rabbitohs, making the move to fullback.[6][7] He then began the season playing for the Blackhawks in the Queensland Cup.[8]
On 6 April, he re-signed with the North Queensland outfit until the end of the 2024 season.[9]
In round 18 of the 2022 NRL season, he made his first grade debut off the bench against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.[10]
2023
editOn 2 May, it was announced that Chester would be ruled out for the remainder of the 2023 NRL season with an ACL injury.[11]
References
edit- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ "Meet six players set to join the rejuvenated Cowboys 'Young Guns' program". Townsville Bulletin. 18 November 2020.
- ^ "Brothers coach Roy Baira says they will "dig deep" for Tom Chester". Townsville Bulletin. 18 September 2020.
- ^ "For six months Townsville junior Tomas Chester has bided his time. Now, he's ready to explode". Townsville Bulletin. 24 July 2021.
- ^ "U21 Hastings Deering Colts TEAMS - 2021 Grand Final". LeagueUnlimited. 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Get to know the Cowboys training block players". NQ Cowboys. 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Cowboys team list: Trial v Rabbitohs". NQ Cowboys. 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Seven Cowboys named in Q-Cup team lists". NQ Cowboys. 23 March 2022.
- ^ "Chester to join Cowboys Top 30". NQ Cowboys. 6 April 2022.
- ^ "Updated Cowboys team list: Round 18 v Sharks". NQ Cowboys. 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Casualty Ward: Trbojevic in doubt for Origin; Burns, Stone ruled out". www.nrl.com.