Dane Chisholm (born 4 July 1990) is a retired

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-Australian international

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footballer who last played as a for

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in the Championship. He previously played for the

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and the

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and the

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and

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and the

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Background

Chisholm was born in

Manly, New South Wales Manly is a beach-side suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is north-east of the Sydney central business district and is currently one of the three administrative centres of the Local government in Australia ...

, Australia.

Playing career

Melbourne Storm

After playing for junior club

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, Chisholm was a part of the under 18s NRRRL premiership win in 2008 for the Giants. Dane Chisholm

Chisholm signed with

and was called into their under-20s side. He played in the Storm's Toyota Cup win over

Wests Tigers The Wests Tigers is an Australian professional rugby league football team, based in the Inner West of Sydney and South Western Sydney. The Tigers have competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) since being formed at the end of the 1999 N ...

in the 2009 Grand Final. Chisholm made his NRL debut for

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in round 10 of the

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against

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Wests Tigers

In November 2011, Chisholm signed to play for

in the

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. He failed to make an appearance in first grade, playing for feeder team

Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers The Balmain Tigers (also known as the Sydney Tigers from 1995 to 1996) are a rugby league club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain, New South Wales, Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and on ...

and was a member of the side that lost the

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grand final.

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

Chisholm signed for the

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in the

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Manly Marlins

In 2014 he made the switch to Rugby Union signing with

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in the

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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

Chisholm was on a loan deal from the

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until the end of the 2015 season.

Hull Kingston Rovers

He made his debut for

, 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 Bulls

Chisholm signed a one-and-a-half-year deal to play for

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side

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. 2016 – 2016 Season Chisholm featured in Round 21 against

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to Round 23 against

. Chisholm played in the Championship Shield Game 1 against Whitehaven to Game 5 Swinton then in Game 7

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to the final against Sheffield. 2017 – 2017 Season After spending the start of 2017 with Sheffield, Chisholm returned to Bradford. He featured in Round 15 against

. However he suffered a season ending injury. Chisholm signed a two-year extension with Bradford at the end of the season. 2018 – 2018 Season Chisholm played in Round 2 against the

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to Round 22 against

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then in Round 24

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to Final Workington Town. He also featured in the

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in Round 3 against the

to Round 4

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At the end of the season he signed a one-year extension with the Bradford side. 2019 –

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Chisholm featured in the pre-season friendlies against

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and the

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. Chisholm played in Round 1 match against Featherstone to Round 2 against Swinton then in Round 4 against York. Chisholm was sent on loan to Featherstone Rovers for the remainder of the season, after a fall out with club coach

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. He then signed with Featherstone on a permanent basis until the end of the 2019 season.

Featherstone Rovers

In 2019 Chisholm signed for

He played for Featherstone in the club's 2021

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loss against

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. In June 2023 Chisholm rejoined

, after playing two seasons at

. In January 2024 he announced his retirement from professional rugby league

Statistics

Statistics do not include pre-season friendlies.

International

In 2010, Chisholm was named in the French preliminary squad for the

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. 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

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. He also scored 3 tries in France's 42–10 victory over Scotland.

Family

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, 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, he has a little girl named Nyah Kiki a boy named Kai Ricky after his late father & wife Chelsey.

References

External links

Bradford Bulls profileMelbourne Storm profile
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