Chris McQueen

Chris McQueen

Personal information
Full name	Christopher McQueen
Born	3 August 1987 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Centre, Lock
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2009–15	South Sydney Rabbitohs	115	24	0	0	96
2016–	Gold Coast Titans	25	9	0	0	36
	Total	140	33	0	0	132
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2011–15	Prime Minister's XIII	2	1	0	0	4
2013–14	Queensland	6	0	0	0	0
As of 15 July 2016
Source: [1]

Chris McQueen (born 3 August 1987, in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League. A Queensland State of Origin representative, he primarily plays at second-row and lock, but can also fill in at wing and centre. He previously played for South Sydney Rabbitohs, with whom he won the 2014 NRL Premiership.

Background

Born in Brisbane, McQueen grew up in country town of Kingaroy, where he played his junior rugby league for the Kingaroy Red Ants. He is the nephew of Australian former Olympic swimmer Geoff Huegill.^[2] McQueen moved to Brisbane in 2006 to join the Wynnum Manly Seagulls, where he progressed through their Colts system to the Queensland Cup competition. In 2006, his first year playing with the Wynnum Manly Colts side, the team made the grand final, losing to a Norths Devils team that featured future NRL stars Israel Folau and Will Chambers. He played 9 Queensland Cup games in 2007 and cemented his spot in the starting side in 2008, playing 19 games.^[3][4] 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.^[5] Due to injury, McQueen missed the entire 2010 season.^[6] He returned to first grade in 2011, playing almost every game for the Rabbitohs, switching between wing and second row, and was named in Australia's 34-man Four Nations train on squad.^[7] Later that year he represented the Prime Minister's XIII against Papua New Guinea.^[8]

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.^[9] In 2013, he made his State of Origin debut for Queensland.^[10] He played all three games of the 2013 State of Origin series in which Queensland extended their record for consecutive series victories to eight.

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.^[11][12]

On 26 September 2015, McQueen again played for the Prime Minister's XIII against Papua New Guinea.^[13]

Gold Coast Titans

On 11 December 2015, McQueen signed a 2-year contract with the Gold Coast Titans starting in 2016, after being released from the final year of his Rabbitohs contract.^[14][15]

References

1. Rugby League Project
2. "Player Poll: Olympians in the making". Retrieved 2016-08-11.
3. "EMERGING TALENT SQUAD - Red Ant Junior - Wide Bay Division - FOX SPORTS PULSE". Sportingpulse.com. 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
4. "Souths sign Chris McQueen - The Front Row Forum :: Rugby League". Forums.leagueunlimited.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
5. "NRL 2009 - Round 22". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
6. "Rabbitohs Backrower Chris McQueen Chooses Maroons Over England". Dailytelegrpah.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
7. "Kangaroos train-on squad named". NRL.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 January 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
10. Phil Lutton. "Chris McQueen Named In Queensland Maroons State Of Origin Squad". Brisbanetimes.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
11. "Rabbitohs Win 2014 NRL Grand Final Defeating Bulldogs 30-6". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
12. "Rabbitohs Grand Final Player Ratings". NRL.com. 2014-10-05. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
13. "Merrin to lead Prime Minister's XIII". NRL.com. 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
14. "McQueen to become a Titan | NRL". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
15. "Chris McQueen Signs Two Year Deal with Titans". Couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-13.

External links

• Gold Coast Titans profile