Moutoa Lance "Rangi" Chase (born 11 April 1986) is a

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footballer who plays for the

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. 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

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for Australian clubs

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and

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before playing in the

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for English clubs

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( Heritage № 894) and

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. Chase was the 2011

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Winner and was selected in the England squad for the 2011 Gillette Four Nations. On 4 October 2011, Chase was presented with the

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whilst playing for

. 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

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confirmed a two-year ban from rugby. On 14 May 2019, it was announced Chase would return to rugby league with

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until the end of the season.

Background

Born in

Dannevirke Dannevirke ( "Earthworks (archaeology), work of the Danes", a reference to Danevirke; mi, Taniwaka, lit= or ''Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua'', the area where the town is), is a rural service town in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of the North Island, New ...

, New Zealand, Chase is of

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descent and attended

Te Aute College Te Aute College (Māori language, Māori: Te Kura o Te Aute) is a school in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand. It opened in 1854 with twelve pupils under Samuel Williams (missionary), Samuel Williams, an Anglicanism, Anglican missionary, and n ...

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, New Zealand, before moving to Australia where he attended Keebra Park State High School in

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. Chase begun his career with Manawatu in the 2002 North Island Super 6 competition.Wellington and Manawatu Teams
''rleague.com'', 20 September 2002

Playing career

National Rugby League

Chase started his career in the

with Sydney team

, making his début in the

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. At the end of the year, he moved to the

. He played there for two seasons. Rangi Chase

Chase was named for the New Zealand training squad for the

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. Instead he played for the New Zealand Māori team.

Super League

Chase joined English club

for 2009's

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, linking up in the halves with

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. Chase scored ten tries and made more tackle busts than any other player in Super League, earning him the Castleford Tigers player of the year award. In August 2009, Chase signed a four-year contract with the Tigers, lasting until the end of the 2013 season. He again played for the New Zealand Maori team in 2010. In 2011, at Southport Magistrate's Court in Queensland, Australia Chase pleaded guilty to a charge of causing Grievous Bodily Harm and was sentenced to two years imprisonment, suspended. Chase was selected to play against the Exiles in Game 1 of the International Origin, this was the first time a player has represented both teams in the Origin, after Chase received Man of the Match in the 2011 game for the Exiles. Chase was selected for the Exiles squad for the International Origin Match against

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on 10 June 2011, Being named man-of-the-match in the Exiles' victory. Despite this, on 3 October 2011, Chase made himself available for selection for the English national side. In 2011 he became the third consecutive Australasian import to win the

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for

's player of the season. He was selected by England despite having played against them earlier in the year, drawing criticism from former player

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. Chase said that he asked to represent England as he found himself more "at home" in Castleford than New Zealand. Chase made his début in the warm up test against France where he won the Man of the Match award. His next game was in the 42-4 win against Wales in the

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. He also played against Australia at

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, against former schoolmate

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, when England beat New Zealand 28-6. Chase's cousin

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bent his leg back in a tackle in the win over New Zealand: Luke, who was put on report for the incident by referee

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, later apologised to Chase for the play. Chase was the scrum-half in the 30-8 loss to Australia in the

Final. At the end of 2011 Chase was awarded the

. Chase was suspended indefinitely after an apparent breach of club discipline on the weekend of 24 June 2012. He also featured in the

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Final against France. On 11 February 2013, he was charged by the Super League after a high hit on England teammate Zak Hardaker against Leeds. He was given a two-game ban for a grade B offence. Chase signed for

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in September 2013 for a sum believed to be in the region of £115,000 on a four-year deal. He made his début in an 18-14 win over the

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, but was injured and taken off after 17 minutes. Chase was part of England's

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squad. He featured in the warm up against Italy which England lost 15-14. Chase was then selected at stand-off for the group games against Australia, Ireland and Fiji. He also featured in the Quarter Final against France. He scored a try against Ireland. On 22 September 2015, controversy occurred as Chase, alongside teammates

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and

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, had their Salford contracts terminated in order to free up salary cap space for the club to sign eight new players. Chase signed for the then

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club

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for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Midway through the 2016 Championship season, Chase left the Leigh club to "pursue other options outside of Rugby League." It was later revealed he was battling depression. On 1 July 2016, it was speculated via Sky Sports that Chase had re-signed with

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. This was confirmed the next day by the club and he will return for the remainder of the 2016 Super League season with the club option to extend the deal at the end of the season. On 15 May 2017, it was confirmed that Chase had signed a season long loan deal with Super League Rivals, Widnes. The deal was made permanent, when Chase signed for the Widnes club on a two-year deal, signed on 7 July 2017 In August 2017, Chase was suspended by Widnes after failing a drugs test and on 23 November 2017 the

confirmed a two-year ban from rugby.

West Wales Raiders

On 9 October 2020 it was reported that Chase had signed for the

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starting in the 2021.

Rochdale Hornets

On 21 June 2021 it was reported that he had signed for

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in the

References

External links

* *(archived by web.archive.org
St George Illawarra Dragons profileStatistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk
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