Jason Chan (born 26 January 1984) is a former

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international

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footballer who played for the Celtic Crusaders, the

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and

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in the

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, primarily as a , but also as a or .

Background

He was born in Sydney, Australia. He is of Chinese descent.

Early career

Chan played junior football for the

Windsor Wolves The Windsor Wolves are a rugby league team based in the town of Windsor, New South Wales. The club fields both junior and senior teams in the Penrith District Rugby League competitions. The club has fielded teams in semi-professional, New Sout ...

in the

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. His 16 tries and 64 goals helped the Wolves to win the 2008 title.

Super League career

Chan joined the Crusaders in 2009 as they embarked on their first

season. Chan played 23 games for Crusaders that season, including all three of their wins. In 2010, Chan maintained his position in first team, earning the number 12 jumper. Following the demise of the Crusaders, Chan joined the

, starting in 2012. Chan spent part of the 2014 season on loan at

. He returned to Australia at the end of the season.

Representative career

In the lead up to the

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, Chan was named to the Papua New Guinea training squad and subsequently was named to the final World Cup squad. He played in all three of Papua New Guinea's matches during the World Cup, scoring a single try for the Kumuls in their loss against

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. Chan was named as part of the

squad for the

2009 Pacific Cup The 2009 Pacific Cup, known as the 2009 SP Brewery Pacific Cup due to sponsorship, was a rugby league competition held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The competing teams were the , , , , . Tonga, Fiji and PNG had their places in the draw c ...

.Kumuls named
''The National'', 12 October 2009 Chan played in both games for PNG, scoring a try in the first round against

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. He played for

in the

2013 Rugby League World Cup The 2013 Rugby League World Cup was the fourteenth World Cup for men’s national rugby league teams. It took place between the 26 October and 30 November and was hosted by England and Wales (although some games were played in France and Ire ...

References

External links

RLWC profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Jason 1984 births Living people Australian expatriate rugby league players in England Australian expatriate sportspeople in Wales Australian people of Chinese descent Australian people of Papua New Guinean descent Australian rugby league players Crusaders Rugby League players Papua New Guinean expatriate rugby league players in England Expatriate rugby league players in Wales Huddersfield Giants players Hull Kingston Rovers players Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players Papua New Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Wales Rugby league centres Rugby league players from Sydney Rugby league props Rugby league second-rows Windsor Wolves players 21st-century Australian sportsmen