Dane Chisholm


Dane Chisholm is a France international rugby league footballer who plays as a for Featherstone Rovers in the Betfred Championship .
He previously played for the Sheffield Eagles and the Melbourne Storm and the Bradford Bulls and the Hull Kingston Rovers

Background

Chisholm was born in Manly, New South Wales, Australia.

Career

After playing for junior club Mullumbimby Giants, Chisholm was a part of the under 18s NRRRL premiership win in 2008 for the Giants.
Chisholm signed with Melbourne Storm and was called into their under-20s side. He played in the Storm's Toyota Cup win over Wests Tigers in the 2009 Grand Final.
Chisholm made his NRL debut for Melbourne Storm in round 10 of the 2011 season against Canberra Raiders.
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. 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.
In November 2011, Chisholm signed to play for Wests Tigers in the 2012 season. He failed to make an appearance in first grade, playing for feeder team Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers and was a member of the side that lost the NSW Cup grand final.
Chisholm signed for Manly Sea Eagles for the 2013 season but in 2014 made the switch to Rugby Union signing with Manly Marlins in the Shute Shield.
Chisholm was on a loan deal from 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

Chisholm signed a 1 and a half year deal to play for RFL Championship side Bradford.
2016 - 2016 Season
Chisholm featured in Round 21 to Round 23. Dane played in the Championship Shield Game 1 to Game 5 then in Game 7 to the Final. He scored against Whitehaven, Oldham R.L.F.C., Dewsbury Rams, Swinton Lions and Sheffield Eagles.
2017 - 2017 Season
After spending the start of 2017 with Sheffield Eagles, Dane Chisholm returned to Bradford.
He featured in Round 15. However he suffered a season ending injury. He scored against Hull Kingston Rovers.
Chisholm signed a 2 Year extension with the Bulls at the end of the season.
2018 - 2018 Season
Dane played in Round 2 to Round 22 then in Round 24 to Final. He also featured in the 2018 Challenge Cup in Round 3 to Round 4. He scored against West Wales Raiders, Hunslet R.L.F.C., Oldham R.L.F.C., London Skolars, Newcastle Thunder, Hemel Stags, North Wales Crusaders, Whitehaven R.L.F.C., Doncaster R.L.F.C., Coventry Bears, York City Knights and Workington Town.
At the end of the season he signed a 1 Year extension with the Bulls.
2019 - 2019 Season
Dane featured in the pre-season friendlies against York City Knights, Huddersfield Giants and Toronto Wolfpack. He scored against York City Knights, Huddersfield Giants and Toronto Wolfpack.
Dane played in Round 1 to Round 2 then in Round 4. He scored against Featherstone Rovers, Swinton Lions and York City Knights.
He was sent on loan to Featherstone Rovers for the remainder of the season, after a fall out with club coach John Kear. He then signed with Featherstone Rovers on permanent basis until end of 2019 season.

Statistics

Statistics do not include pre-season friendlies.
SeasonAppearanceTriesGoalsD/GPoints
2016 Bradford1196149
2017 Bradford11015
2018 Bradford28191284334
2019 Bradford318121
2019 Featherstone4421058

Family

, Dane's father, played in 30 first-grade matches for Manly and Newtown in the early 1980s. His uncle Wayne Chisholm played over 100 games with South Sydney. Dane has since gone on to start a family of his own with a baby daughter Nyah KiKi Chisholm.