Chantelle Graham

Australian rugby league footballer

Chantelle Graham

Personal information

Born|  (1995-11-25) 25 November 1995 (age 29)
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Height| 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight| 72 kg (11 st 5 lb)

Playing information

Position| Second-row, Lock
| Club

Years  | Team  | Pld | T | G | FG | P
2021  | Newcastle Knights | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0

Source: [1]

As of 9 August 2022

Chantelle Graham (born 25 November 1995) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer. Her positions are second-row and lock. She previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership.

## Background

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Graham was born in Newcastle, New South Wales. She grew up playing league tag, touch football and Oztag.[2]

## Playing career

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### Early years

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In 2015, Graham played for the Wyong Roos league tag team.[3] In 2017 and 2018, she played for the South Newcastle Lions in the Newcastle Rugby League.[4][5] She also spent time playing for the Aberglasslyn Ants.[6] In 2019, she represented the CRL Newcastle[7] and Central Coast Roosters sides.[8] In 2020, she represented the Newcastle and Hunter side in the Women's Country Championships.[9] In 2021, she played for the Newcastle Maitland Region Knights representative side.[10][11] In November 2021, she joined the Newcastle Knights' inaugural NRLW squad.[12] In December 2021, she received the Country Women's Player of the Year award.[13]

### 2022

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In round 5 of the delayed 2021 NRL Women's season, Graham made her NRLW debut for the Knights against the Gold Coast Titans.[14] She played in 1 match for the Knights, before parting ways with the club at the end of the season.[15]

## References

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1. ^ "Chantelee Graham - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
2. ^ "Get to know: Chantelle Graham". Newcastle Knights. 21 January 2022.
3. ^ "CCDRL Round 5 Wash" (PDF). Central Coast Rugby League. August 2015.
4. ^ Hartshorn, Michael (7 March 2017). "Six Pickers named in Rebels' squads". The Maitland Mercury.
5. ^ "Finals Week 3" (PDF). Newcastle Rugby League. September 2018.
6. ^ Tigani, Alex (7 January 2019). "Newcastle squad looks forward to Singleton's Ford". The Singleton Argus.
7. ^ "HNWP Team List - Sharks v CRL Newcastle". Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. 30 July 2019.
8. ^ "Wyong Roos - Roos In CCR Women's Rugby League Rep Squad". www.facebook.com.
9. ^ "TEAM LISTS | Women's Country Championships Round 2". New South Wales Rugby League. 10 March 2020.
10. ^ "Bulls bank on stars to help defend title in GF". New South Wales Rugby League. 6 May 2021.
11. ^ "Women's tackle side leading Knights' charge". 6 May 2021.
12. ^ "History confirmed: Knights announce first NRLW signings". Newcastle Knights. 25 November 2021.
13. ^ "Country Mens [sic] and Womens [sic] Player of the Year | Brad Fittler Medal 2021" - via www.nswrl.com.au.
14. ^ "Squad Update: Multiple changes made to NRLW squad". Newcastle Knights. 25 March 2022.
15. ^ "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.

## External links

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* Newcastle Knights profile

*[Pld]: Played
*[T]: Tries
*[G]: Goals
*[FG]: Field goals
*[P]: Points