Nicholas Frederick Youngquest (born 28 July 1983) is an Australian model and former professional

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footballer. He played in the

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for the

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the Sutherland Shire of Southern Sydney, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. Cronulla compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugb ...

St. George Illawarra Dragons The St. George Illawarra Dragons are an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) since 1999 after a j ...

Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Greater Western Sydney suburb of Penrith, New South Wales, Penrith that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL). The team is based west of the cen ...

and the

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilitated by ...

, and in the UK for the

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, Celtic Crusaders and the

Castleford Tigers The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. They play their home games at Wheldon Road (currently known as the Mend-A-Hose Jungle for sponsorship reasons) and compete in the Super League, t ...

, mainly as a er.

Background

Youngquest was born in

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, Australia.

Cronulla-Sutherland

Youngquest made his first grade debut for Cronulla-Sutherland in round 1 of the

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against

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St. George Illawarra Dragons

Youngquest then played for St George between 2004 and 2005. He played five games for the club in the

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as they finished second on the table but he did not feature in St. George's finals campaign.

Penrith Panthers

Youngquest spent two seasons with Penrith in 2006 and 2007. His final year at Penrith saw the club finish last on the table and claim the wooden spoon.

Wests Tigers

In late 2007, Youngquest agreed to a one-year deal with the

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, his fourth club in six years, but failed to make the NRL squad. NICK_YOUNGQUEST

Canterbury-Bankstown

Youngquest was released midway through the

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and signed with Canterbury as a replacement for the released

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. He played four games for Canterbury in the 2008 season as the club finished last on the table.

Pia Donkeys

After failing to make an impact in the

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after six seasons, Youngquest moved to play for the French rugby league team Salanque Meditérrannée PIA XIII (also known as the

Pia Donkeys Baroudeurs de Pia XIII are a French Rugby league team based in Pia, Pyrénées-Orientales in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. SM Pia XIII was founded in 1960 and were national champions four times before they dropped out of the Elite 1 division ...

) following the conclusion of the

Gateshead Thunder

In 2009, Youngquest played for English Championship team Gateshead Thunder, where he caught the eye of Brian Noble, the coach for Crusaders RL.

Crusaders RL

Youngquest signed with the Crusaders shortly before the start of the 2010 Super League season.

Castleford Tigers

2011 brought a move to Super League team

, Youngquest possibly played his best rugby there making 40 appearances and scoring 29 tries and 2 goals. Youngquest scored his last try at the last home game of the season against

Catalans Dragons The Catalans Dragons (French language, French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan language, Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. Despite being based in France the ...

Highlights

*''First Grade Debut:'' 2003 - Round 1, Cronulla v

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, 16 March *''First Career hat-trick'' 2010 - Round 24, Crusaders v. Salford City Reds, The Racecourse Ground, 1 August

Outside rugby

In 2006, Youngquest posed nude for the '' Naked Rugby League Calendar 2007-08'', stirring controversy after his revealing pose - in which one hand is placed partially over his genitalia. The NRL reacted by distancing itself from the project, stating that they do not endorse nor authorise the calendar. The sales of the calendar helped to raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Youngquest has also worked as a professional model. He is hired by agencies

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and DT Model Management, and has done advertising campaign for designer fragrances

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. During his time as a professional rugby league player, Youngquest gained exposure from his involvement with a variety of charitable organizations and was featured on the cover of numerous magazines worldwide. In 2008, Youngquest was discovered by David Todd and has since been represented exclusively by DT Model Management in the U.S. In late 2012, Youngquest decided to step away from rugby to pursue opportunities in modeling, appearing in a campaign for

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shot by Bruce Weber. He currently resides in New York City. In 2013, he became the face of the new masculine fragrance INVICTUS by

Brooklyn Kings Rugby League Club

In 2014, Youngquest became the head coach for semi-professional rugby league club, the

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, who play in the USARL. Youngquest has been developing new and older players with the goal of expanding rugby league in the United States, and as well as develop star players for team USA for the Rugby League World Cup.

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