Chad Townsend

Chad Townsend

Personal information
Full name	Chad Townsend
Nickname	T-Dog
Born	1 October 1991 (1991-10-01) (age 20) Sydney, Australia
Height	181 cm
Weight	86 kg
Playing information
Position	Halfback
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2011–	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	10	2	19	0	46

Chad Townsend (born 10 January 1991 in Sydney, Australia) is a rugby league player for the Cronulla Sharks.

Playing career

Chad Townsend, a local Cronulla junior, made his NRL debut for the Cronulla Sharks in round 13 of the 2011 NRL season. In his first match, played against the Brisbane Broncos, he managed to convert two tries scored by fellow players Jonathan Mannah and Colin Best in the 40th and 80th minutes respectively.^[1] As a result of the injury of Albert Kelly early in the season and the subsequent poor performance of Cronulla's other half options Townsend was given the opportunity to play in the NRL, after his good form in the Toyota Cup competition. According to Sharks officials, he has recently had his contract extended until the end of the 2013 NRL season. He scored his first in Round 17 against the Rabbitohs. The sharks won that game 26 - 4.^[2]

Chad Townsend played his junior rugby league for the Yarrawarrah Tigers in the Cronulla-Sutherland local rugby league competition. During his junior football he managed to be a part of 7 premiership teams.^[3]

Representative career

Townsend has to date represented NSW under 18's and NSW CHS in rugby league.

References

1. ^ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/game?matchid=NRL20111302
2. ^ http://www.sharks.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=37564&sharks-wrap-up-promising-youngsters
3. ^ http://www.sharks.com.au/default.aspx?s=player-profile-display&id=2216&player=chad-townsend&team=Sharks

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Persondata
Name	Townsend, Chad
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	10 January 1991
Place of birth	Sydney
Date of death
Place of death