Dane Chisholm

Dane Chisholm
Personal information
Full name Dane Chisholm
Born (1990-07-04) 4 July 1990
Mullumbimby, New South Wales, Australia
Height 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 84 kg (13 st 3 lb)
Playing information
Position Five-eighth, Halfback, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011 Melbourne Storm 1 0 0 0 0
2015–16 Canterbury Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0
2015(loan) Hull KR 7 3 0 0 12
2016– Bradford Bulls 11 9 6 1 49
Total 19 12 6 1 61
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011 France 4 3 0 0 12
As of 2 October 2016
Source: Rugby League Project &

Dane Chisholm (born 4 July 1990) is an Australian professional footballer who currently plays for the Bradford Bulls in the Super Leauge competiton in England. He previously played for the Melbourne Storm.

Career

After playing for junior club The Mullumbimby Giants, Chisholm was a part of the under 18's NRRRL premiership win in 2008 for the Giants. Chisholm signed with the Melbourne Storm and was called into their under-20 side. He played in the Storm's Toyota Cup win over Wests Tigers in the 2009 Grand Final.[1]

Chisholm made his NRL debut for the Melbourne Storm in round 10 of the 2011 season against the Canberra Raiders.[2]

In 2010, Chisholm was named in the French preliminary squad for the 2010 European Cup. Chisholm qualifies for the French side because of his mother and grandparents.[3] He played 4 games for France in 2011, debuting at fullback in France's loss to the England Knights. He also scored 3 tries in France's 42-10 victory over Scotland.[4]

In November 2011, Chisholm signed to play for the Wests Tigers in the 2012 season.[5] He failed to make an appearance in first grade, and finished the season playing for feeder team Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers and was a member of the side that lost the NSW Cup grand final.[6]

Chisholm signed for the Manly Sea Eagles for the 2013 season but in 2014 made the switch to Rugby Union signing with the Manly Marlins in the Shute Shield.[7]

Chisholm was on a loan deal from the Canterbury Bulldogs until the end of the 2015 season. He made his debut for Hull Kingston Rovers, in the final game of the First Utility Super League season, against reigning Super League Champions, St. Helens. He then went on to play six out of seven games, in the Super 8s Qualifiers. In total, he made seven appearances, scoring on three occasions for Rovers.

Bradford Bulls

Chisholm signed a 1 and a half year deal to play for RFL Championship side Bradford Bulls.

2016 - 2016 Season

Chisholm featured in Round 21 (Whitehaven RLFC) to Round 23 (Featherstone Rovers). Dane played in the Championship Shield Game 1 (Whitehaven RLFC) to Game 5 (Swinton Lions) then in Game 7 (Sheffield Eagles) to the Final (Sheffield Eagles). He scored against Whitehaven RLFC (2 tries, 2 goals), Oldham Roughyeds (2 tries), Dewsbury Rams (2 tries), Swinton Lions (1 try) and Sheffield Eagles (2 tries, 4 goals, 1 drop goal).

Statistics

Statistics do not include pre-season friendlies.

Season Appearance Tries Goals F/G Points
2016 Bradford Bulls 11 9 6 1 49
2017 Bradford Bulls 0 0 0 0 0
Total 11 9 6 1 49

Family

Rick, Dane's father, played in 30 first-grade matches for Manly and Newtown in the early 1980s.[5][8] His uncle Wayne Chisholm played over 100 games with South Sydney.

References

External links

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