1. Chris McQueen was born on 3 August 1987 and is a former England international rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row or loose forward for the Brisbane Tigers in the Queensland Cup.
26 Facts About Chris McQueen
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Chris McQueen previously played for the Wests Tigers, Gold Coast Titans and the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL, winning the 2014 NRL Grand Final with the Rabbitohs.
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Chris McQueen played for the Prime Minister's XIII and Queensland in the State of Origin series and played as a winger and centre earlier in his career.
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Chris McQueen played his junior rugby league for the Kingaroy Red Ants.
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Chris McQueen is the nephew of Australian former Olympic swimmer Geoff Huegill.
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Chris McQueen moved to Brisbane in 2006 to join the Wynnum Manly Seagulls, where he progressed through their Colts system to the Queensland Cup competition.
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Chris McQueen played 9 Queensland Cup games in 2007 and cemented his spot in the starting side in 2008, playing 19 games.
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Chris McQueen joined South Sydney in 2009 and spent the majority of the season playing for the Rabbitohs feeder team, the North Sydney Bears in the New South Wales Cup competition.
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Chris McQueen made his NRL debut in Round 22 of the 2009 season, days after his 22nd birthday.
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Chris McQueen returned to first grade in 2011, playing almost every game for the South Sydney side, switching between wing and second row, and was named in Australia's 34-man Four Nations train on squad.
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In 2013, Chris McQueen cemented his spot in the South Sydney starting side.
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Chris McQueen played all three games of the 2013 State of Origin series in which Queensland extended their record for consecutive series victories to eight.
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On 26 September 2015, Chris McQueen again played for the Prime Minister's XIII against Papua New Guinea.
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On 11 December 2015, Chris McQueen signed a two-year contract with the Gold Coast Titans starting in 2016, after being released from the final year of his Souths contract.
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On 12 April 2017, it was announced that Chris McQueen would join the Wests Tigers on a three-year deal, starting in 2018.
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Chris McQueen started off the 2018 season playing for Intrust Super Premiership NSW side Western Suburbs after being unable to break into the starting 17 for The Tigers.
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Chris McQueen was limited to only six games for the Wests Tigers in the 2019 NRL season.
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Chris McQueen instead spent most of the year playing for Western Suburbs in the Canterbury Cup NSW competition.
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On 4 September 2020, Chris McQueen was released by the Wests Tigers effective immediately.
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Chris McQueen joined Huddersfield in the European Super League following his release from the Wests Tigers.
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On 28 May 2022, Chris McQueen played for Huddersfield in their 2022 Challenge Cup Final loss against Wigan.
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Chris McQueen was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy as man of the match.
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On 18 September 2023, Chris McQueen announced he would be retiring from rugby league at the end of the 2023 Super League season.
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Chris McQueen was called up to the England national team by coach Wayne Bennett for the test against Samoa on 6 May 2017.
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In 2024, Chris McQueen was part of the Brooklyn Kings RLFC men's side that participated in the NRL Las Vegas 9's, a tournament organised as part of the lead-up to the 2024 NRL season opening matches being played at Las Vegas.
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On 24 January 2025, it was announced that Chris McQueen had signed to play with the Moranbrah Miners in the Mackay competition.