Mitchell Chapman also Mitch, Mark, Chappo, Horse (born 15 March 1983, in Sydney), educated at

The King's School, Sydney , motto_translation = "Bravely and Faithfully" , streetaddress = 87–129 Pennant Hills Road , city = North Parramatta, Sydney , state = New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates ...

. and

Brisbane Grammar School , motto_translation = Nothing Without Labour , established = 1868 , type = Independent, day & boarding , gender = Boys , denomination = Non-denominational , slogan = , key_people = , ...

, is an Australian

Rugby Union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the Comparison of rugby league and rugby union, two codes of ru ...

player for NSW Waratahs in the

Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Building on various Southern Hem ...

competition. Chapman can play at

Blindside Flanker Flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union. Each team of 15 players includes two flankers, who play in the forwards, and are generally classified as either blindside or openside flankers, numbers 6 and 7 respectively. The name comes fr ...

Lock Lock(s) may refer to: Common meanings *Lock and key, a mechanical device used to secure items of importance *Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal Arts and entertainment * ''Lock ...

, or Number 8. Chapman represented Australia at under 21 level in 2003 and 2004 and captained the Australian schoolboys in 2001. Chapman made his Super Rugby debut for the Queendsland Reds in 2005.. A career highlight was his call up for the

2006 Wallabies Spring Tour The 2006 Australian national rugby union team tour to Europe, known in Australia as the 2006 Wallabies Spring Tour, is part of a 2006 end-of-year rugby test series and takes place in November 2006. The tour consist of Test cricket, test matches ...

to replace to injured

Dan Vickerman Daniel Joseph Vickerman (4 June 1979 – 18 February 2017) was a professional rugby union player. The 204 cm, 119 kg lock played 63 Tests with the Wallabies, the national team of his adopted country of Australia. After seven seasons w ...

. He also toured with the Wallabies in 2009. At the end of the 2007 Chapman transferred from the

Queensland Reds The Queensland Reds is the rugby union team for the Australian state of Queensland that competes in the Southern Hemisphere's Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996, they were a representative team selected from the rugby union club competitions ...

to the ACT Brumbies. He subsequently played with the

NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka is a Japanese rugby union team owned by NTT DoCoMo. They qualified for the 2011–12 season and finished 12th place overall. The team rebranded in 2022, ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugb ...

in Japan. In January 2013, he signed with the Waratahs for the

2013 Super Rugby season The 2013 Super Rugby season was the third season of the new 15-team format for the Super Rugby competition involving teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The tournament was won by the Chiefs, who defeated the Canberra-based Brum ...

. Chapman was expected to return to Australia to join the Waratahs in early February, following the completion of his Red Hurricanes season..

Life outside rugby

During school his years, Chapman played cricket and represented Queensland at under 17 and 19 age groups. He lists other interests as golf, fishing, surfing and bird watching. In 2010 he completed a Bachelor of Commerce (finance) at the University of Southern Queensland.

References

External links

Waratahs profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, Mitchell 1983 births Australian rugby union players ACT Brumbies players Queensland Reds players New South Wales Waratahs players New South Wales Country Eagles players Barbarian F.C. players Rugby union locks Rugby union flankers People educated at The King's School, Parramatta Australian expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Japan Rugby union players from Sydney Living people NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Japan