Rugby player
Birth name | Mitchell Chapman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1983-03-15) 15 March 1983 (age 41) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (240 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | The King's School, Sydney Brisbane Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mitchell Chapman also Mitch, Mark, Chappo, Horse (born 15 March 1983, in Sydney), educated at The King's School, Sydney and Brisbane Grammar School, is an Australian Rugby Union player for NSW Waratahs in the Super Rugby competition. Chapman can play at Blindside Flanker, Lock, or Number 8.
Chapman represented Australia at under 21 level in 2003 and 2004 and captained the Australian schoolboys in 2001.
Chapman made his Super Rugby debut for the Queensland Reds in 2005.
A career highlight was his call up for the 2006 Wallabies Spring Tour to replace to injured Dan Vickerman. He also toured with the Wallabies in 2009. At the end of the 2007 Chapman transferred from the Queensland Reds to the ACT Brumbies.
He subsequently played with the NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes in Japan.
In January 2013, he signed with the Waratahs for the 2013 Super Rugby season. Chapman was expected to return to Australia to join the Waratahs in early February, following the completion of his Red Hurricanes season.
Life outside rugby
During school his years, Chapman played cricket and represented Queensland at under 17 and 19 age groups. He lists other interests as golf, fishing, surfing and bird watching. In 2010 he completed a Bachelor of Commerce (finance) at the University of Southern Queensland.
References
- Quartermaine, Jeff (1 June 2007), "The Launch of the 2007 Rugby Season" (PDF), The King's Herald, no. 7, Sydney, NSW: The King's School, p. 13, archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2007, retrieved 23 October 2007.
- ^ "Mitchell Chapman Profile". Waratahs. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2013..
- ^ Waratahs Media Unit (11 January 2013). "Mitchell Chapman joins Waratahs". Sydney: Waratahs. Retrieved 11 January 2013..
External links
Categories:- 1983 births
- Australian rugby union players
- ACT Brumbies players
- Queensland Reds players
- New South Wales Waratahs players
- New South Wales Country Eagles players
- Barbarian F.C. players
- Rugby union locks
- Rugby union flankers
- People educated at The King's School, Parramatta
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Rugby union players from Sydney
- Living people
- NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka players
- People educated at Brisbane Grammar School
- Australia international rugby union players