26 Facts About Rangi Chase

Moutoa Lance "Rangi" Chase was born on 11 April 1986 and is a rugby league footballer who last played for the Rochdale Hornets in RFL League 1.

Rangi Chase played at representative level for the New Zealand Maori before moving to Britain and playing for the Exiles, and then the England national team.

Rangi Chase was the 2011 Albert Goldthorpe Medal winner and was selected in the England squad for the 2011 Gillette Four Nations.

On 4 October 2011, Rangi Chase was presented with the Man of Steel Award whilst playing for Castleford Tigers.

Rangi Chase begun his career with Manawatu in the 2002 North Island Super 6 competition.

Rangi Chase started his career in the National Rugby League with Sydney team Wests Tigers, making his debut in the 2006 NRL season.

Rangi Chase was named for the New Zealand training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

Rangi Chase joined English club Castleford Tigers for 2009's Super League XIV, linking up in the halves with Brent Sherwin.

Rangi Chase scored ten tries and made more tackle busts than any other player in Super League, earning him the Castleford Tigers player of the year award.

Rangi Chase again played for the New Zealand Maori team in 2010.

In 2011, at Southport Magistrate's Court in Queensland, Australia Rangi Chase pleaded guilty to a charge of causing Grievous Bodily Harm and was sentenced to two years imprisonment, suspended.

Rangi Chase was selected to play against the Exiles in Game 1 of the International Origin, this was the first time a player has represented both teams in the Origin, after Rangi Chase received Man of the Match in the 2011 game for the Exiles.

Rangi Chase was selected for the Exiles squad for the International Origin Match against England at Headingley on 10 June 2011, Being named man-of-the-match in the Exiles' victory.

Rangi Chase was selected by England despite having played against them earlier in the year, drawing criticism from former player Garry Schofield.

Rangi Chase said that he asked to represent England as he found himself more "at home" in Castleford than New Zealand.

Rangi Chase made his debut in the warm up test against France where he won the Man of the Match award.

Rangi Chase was suspended indefinitely after an apparent breach of club discipline on the weekend of 24 June 2012.

Rangi Chase featured in the 2012 Autumn International Series Final against France.

Rangi Chase was given a two-game ban for a grade B offence.

Rangi Chase was part of England's 2013 Rugby League World Cup squad.

Rangi Chase was then selected at stand-off for the group games against Australia, Ireland and Fiji.

Rangi Chase signed for the then Championship club Leigh for the 2016 and 2017 seasons.

On 1 July 2016, it was speculated via Sky Sports that Rangi Chase had re-signed with Castleford.

On 15 May 2017, it was confirmed that Rangi Chase had signed a season long loan deal with Super League Rivals, Widnes.

The deal was made permanent, when Rangi Chase signed for the Widnes club on a two-year deal, signed on 7 July 2017 In August 2017, Rangi Chase was suspended by Widnes after failing a drugs test and on 23 November 2017 the UKAD confirmed a two-year ban from rugby.

On 9 October 2020 it was reported that Rangi Chase had signed for the West Wales Raiders starting in the 2021.