Sam Obst
Encyclopedia
Sam Obst is a rugby league
footballer who plays for Hull. Obst is equally at home playing at scrum-half and at hooker. Obst originates from the rugby league stronghold of Redcliffe
and attended Southern Cross Catholic College
.
in 2004 and was voted National League One Player of the Year for 2004. He went on to join Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.
.
He recently resigned with Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
for another 2 years to keep him as a player there till 2009. He has recently taken up horse riding. He as recently been handed a new 2 year deal by head coach John Kear, and as accepted, keeping him at the club until 2011. In 2008 and 09 Sam received the club's man of steel (best player for club) He wears no.14 on his back. He has been with the wildcats for some time now and is an asset to the club. He continues to enjoy Horse riding.
club Hull. The deal is completed for an undisclosed fee as part of the rescue plan for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
.
club Keighley Cougars
. Sam will follow in his father's footsteps and re-join 2 of his former team mates in Michael Korkidas and cougars player-coach Jason Demetriou
.
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...
footballer who plays for Hull. Obst is equally at home playing at scrum-half and at hooker. Obst originates from the rugby league stronghold of Redcliffe
Redcliffe, Queensland
Redcliffe is a residential suburb of the Moreton Bay Region in the north-east of the Redcliffe peninsula, approximately north-northeast of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia...
and attended Southern Cross Catholic College
Southern Cross Catholic College
Southern Cross Catholic College , opened 30 January 1995, is a co-educational school based in Redcliffe in Queensland, Australia. The college was formed out of the amalgamation of several schools on the Redcliffe Peninsula; in particular: De La Salle College - both the Junior and Secondary College...
.
Whitehaven
Obst joined WhitehavenWhitehaven RLFC
Whitehaven RLFC is a rugby league club playing in Whitehaven in West Cumbria. They play in Co-operative Championship. Their stadium is called the Recreation Ground...
in 2004 and was voted National League One Player of the Year for 2004. He went on to join Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
The Australian had an excellent season with the Wildcats, especially during the latter half of 2006 under John KearJohn Kear
John Kear is an English rugby league coach and former rugby league player. Kear is currently the coach of Batley Bulldogs...
.
He recently resigned with Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...
for another 2 years to keep him as a player there till 2009. He has recently taken up horse riding. He as recently been handed a new 2 year deal by head coach John Kear, and as accepted, keeping him at the club until 2011. In 2008 and 09 Sam received the club's man of steel (best player for club) He wears no.14 on his back. He has been with the wildcats for some time now and is an asset to the club. He continues to enjoy Horse riding.
Hull F.C.
In 2011 Sam Obst signed a 2 year deal with Super LeagueSuper League
Super League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...
club Hull. The deal is completed for an undisclosed fee as part of the rescue plan for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...
.
Keighley Cougars
On December 1 it was announced that Obst had signed a 12 month deal with Co-Operative ChampionshipNational League
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
club Keighley Cougars
Keighley Cougars
Keighley Cougars are a professional rugby league club from Keighley in West Yorkshire, England. As of 2012 they will play in Co-operative Championship having won the Co-operative Championship 1 play off final 32-12 against Workington...
. Sam will follow in his father's footsteps and re-join 2 of his former team mates in Michael Korkidas and cougars player-coach Jason Demetriou
Jason Demetriou
Jason Demetriou is an English-born Cypriot international footballer playing for Cypriot First Division club AEK Larnaca.-Leyton Orient:...
.
External links
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Sam Obst Wakefield Profile
- Wildcats complete move for Obst
- Aussie Obst sticks with Wildcats