Chad Townsend
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Chad Townsend is a rugby league
player for the Cronulla Sharks
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. 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. 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.
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.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player for the Cronulla Sharks
Cronulla Sharks
The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales...
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Playing career
Chad Townsend, a local Cronulla junior, made his NRL debut for the Cronulla Sharks in round 13 of the 2011 NRL season2011 NRL season
The 2011 NRL season was the 105th season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the fourteenth run by the National Rugby League. The NRL's main championship, called the 2011 Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship from Telstra, was contested by sixteen teams for the...
. 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. 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.
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.