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

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer. He played in the

National Rugby League The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...

for the

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

St. George Illawarra Dragons The St. George Illawarra Dragons is 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 since 1999 after a joint-ve ...

Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the NRL. The team is based west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penrith ...

and the

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

, and in the UK for the

Gateshead Thunder Gateshead Thunder may refer to: *Gateshead Thunder (1999) Gateshead Thunder was a professional rugby league club founded in 1999 in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which competed in the 1999 Super League but then merged with Hull Sharks af ...

Celtic Crusaders Crusaders Rugby League ( cy, Croesgadwyr Rygbi'r Gynghrair) was a professional rugby league club based in Bridgend and later in Wrexham, Wales. They played for six seasons in the Rugby Football League competitions, including three years in the ...

and the

Castleford Tigers The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, that compete in the Super League, the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern Hemisphere. The club have competed i ...

( Heritage № 912), 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

2003 NRL season The 2003 NRL premiership was the 96th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the sixth run by the National Rugby League. Fifteen teams competed, with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles returning in place of their failed joint ...

against

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

St. George Illawarra Dragons

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

2005 NRL season The 2005 NRL season was the 98th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the eighth run by the National Rugby League. The lineup of clubs remained unchanged from the previous year, with fifteen teams contesting the 2005 Telst ...

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

Wests Tigers The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional Rugby league, rugby league football team, based in the Inner West and South West Sydney. They have competed in the National Rugby League since being formed at the end of the 1999 NRL season as a j ...

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

Canterbury-Bankstown

Youngquest was released midway through the 2008 season and signed with Canterbury as a replacement for the released Cameron Phelps. He played four games for Canterbury in the

2008 NRL season The 2008 NRL season was the 101st season of professional rugby league club competition in Australia, and the eleventh run by the National Rugby League. For the second year, National Rugby League teams, sixteen teams competed for the 2008 Telstr ...

as the club finished last on the table.

Pia Donkeys

After failing to make an impact in the

NRL The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...

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

Pia Donkeys The Baroudeurs de Pia XIII, later known as the Pia Donkeys, are a French Rugby league team based in Pia, Pyrénées-Orientales in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. The ''Baroudeurs'' play in the Elite Two Championship during their existence the ...

) following the conclusion of the 2008 NRL season.

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: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. The team competes in the Super League and are the only team from ...

Highlights

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

Melbourne Storm The Melbourne Storm are a rugby league club based in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia that participates in the National Rugby League. The first fully professional rugby league team based in the state, the Storm entered the competition in 1998. ...

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, 16 March *''First Career hat-trick'' 2010 - Round 24, Crusaders v.

Salford City Reds The Salford Red Devils are a professional rugby league club in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, who play in the Super League. Formed in 1873, they have won six Championships and one Challenge Cup. Their home ground since 2012 has been t ...

, The Racecourse Ground, 1 August

Outside rugby

In 2006, Youngquest posed nude for the ''

Naked Rugby League Naked Rugby League is a black-and-white nude calendar featuring professional rugby league footballers of Australasia's National Rugby League competition. Released in October 2006, the 2007-2008 14-month calendar spanning from January 2007 to Febr ...

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

Ford Models Ford Models, originally the Ford Modeling Agency, is an American international modeling agency based in New York City. It was established in 1946 by Eileen Ford and her husband Gerard W. Ford. Company Ford Models was started in 1946 by Eileen ...

and

DT Model Management DT may refer to: Arts Music * Dt. (band), a Japanese dance/rock group * "D.T.", an instrumental song on ''Who Made Who'', AC/DC's 1986 album * Dark Tranquillity, Swedish melodic death metal band * Dream Theater, American progressive metal band * ...

, and has done advertising campaign for designer fragrances

Paco Rabanne Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo (born 18 February 1934), more commonly known under the pseudonym of Paco Rabanne (; ), is a Spanish fashion designer who became known as an ''enfant terrible'' of the 1960s French fashion world. Early life and educati ...

. 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

Abercrombie & Fitch Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) is an American lifestyle retailer that focuses on casual wear. Its headquarters are in New Albany, Ohio. The company operates three other offshoot brands: Abercrombie Kids, Hollister Co., and Gilly Hicks. As of Februar ...

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 Brooklyn Kings, who play in the

USARL The USA Rugby League (USARL) is the official governing body for rugby league, a code of rugby football, in the United States. The organization also runs the national amateur competition for club teams in the US. The league consists of six te ...

. 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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