Rangi Chase

For the earlier player, see Rangi Chase (rugby league, born 1918).

Rangi Chase
Personal information
Full nameMoutoa Lance Chase[1]
Born (1986-04-11) 11 April 1986 (age 38)
Dannevirke, New Zealand
Height5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.71 m)[2]
Weight13 st 12 lb (88 kg)[2]
Playing information
PositionStand-off, Scrum-half
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2006 Wests Tigers 1 1 0 0 4
2007–08 St George Illawarra 31 7 0 0 28
2009–14 Castleford Tigers 129 47 0 3 191
2014–15 Salford Red Devils 42 15 13 3 89
2016 Leigh Centurions 5 2 0 0 8
2016–17 Castleford Tigers 7 1 0 0 4
2017(loan) → Widnes Vikings 5 0 0 0 0
2017 Widnes Vikings 1 0 0 0 0
2019–20 Doncaster 11 3 0 0 12
2021 West Wales Raiders 4 1 0 0 4
2021–23 Rochdale Hornets 18 5 0 0 20
Total 254 82 13 6 360
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008–10 New Zealand Māori 2 1 0 0 4
2011 Exiles 1 0 0 0 0
2011–13 England 8 1 0 0 4
Source: [3][4][5][6]
As of 21 March 2023

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

He played at representative level for the New Zealand Māori before moving to Britain and playing for the Exiles, and then the England national team. Chase played in the National Rugby League for Australian clubs Wests Tigers and St. George Illawarra Dragons before playing in the Super League for English clubs Castleford Tigers and Salford Red Devils. Chase was the 2011 Albert Goldthorpe Medal winner and was selected in the England squad for the 2011 Gillette Four Nations.[6] On 4 October 2011, Chase was presented with the Man of Steel Award whilst playing for Castleford Tigers. On 4 August 2017 it was announced that he had been suspended a result of a failed drug test from the previous month and on 23 November 2017 the UKAD confirmed a two-year ban from rugby. On 14 May 2019, it was announced Chase would return to rugby league with Doncaster until the end of the season.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference courier was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Rangi Chase Salford Red Devils". www.superleague.co.uk. Rugby Football League. 2015. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  3. ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Rangi Chase - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  4. ^ NRL Stats[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Players - Love Rugby League". loverugbyleague.com. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  6. ^ a b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Rangi Chase: Widnes Vikings half-back given two-year ban for positive drugs test". BBC Sport. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.