Sam Obst (born ) is a

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footballer who plays for Australian

Queensland Cup The Queensland Cup, currently known as the Hostplus Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level regional rugby league football competition in Queensland, Australia. It is run by the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) and is contested by four ...

club Northern Pride. Obst is equally at home playing at scrum-half and at . Obst originates from the rugby league stronghold of Redcliffe and attended

Southern Cross Catholic College The Southern Cross Catholic College (SCCC) is a co-educational Roman Catholic day school located in the suburb of Scarborough on the Redcliffe peninsula north-east of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. History The college opened 30 January 199 ...

Whitehaven

Obst joined

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in 2004 and was voted National League One Player of the Year for 2004. He went on to join Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

The Australian had an excellent season with the Wildcats, especially during the latter half of 2006 under

John Kear John Kear (born 25 November 1954) is an English professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Widnes Vikings in the Betfred Championship and the Wales national rugby league team. He also works as a pundit for BBC Sport and is a f ...

. He later re-signed with

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the c ...

for another 2 years to keep him as a player there till 2009. He has recently taken up horse riding. He has recently been handed a new 2-year deal by head coach John Kear, and has accepted, keeping him at the club until 2011. In 2008 and 09 Sam received the club's man of steel (best player for club) He wears no.14 on his back.

Hull F.C.

In 2011 Sam Obst signed a 2-year deal with

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club

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The deal is completed for an undisclosed fee as part of the rescue plan for

Keighley Cougars

On 1 December 2011 it was announced that Obst had signed a 12-month deal with

Co-operative Championship The Championship, known as the Betfred Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a professional rugby league competition. It is the Rugby Football League Championship Second Division, second-tier competition organised by the Rugby Football Lea ...

club

Keighley Cougars The Keighley Cougars are a professional rugby league club from Keighley in West Yorkshire, England who compete in League 1, the third tier of English rugby league. Keighley's home ground, Cougar Park has a capacity of 7,800. History Early y ...

. Sam has followed in his father's (Tony Obst played for Keighley in the 1970s) footsteps and re-joined two of his former teammates in Michael Korkidas and cougars

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Jason Demetriou.

Northern Pride

In 2013 Obst played for the

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based

Intrust Super Cup The Queensland Cup, currently known as the Hostplus Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level regional rugby league football competition in Queensland, Australia. It is run by the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) and is contested by four ...

team, the Northern Pride.

References

External links

Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org

Wildcats complete move for Obst

Aussie Obst sticks with Wildcats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Obst, Sam Australian rugby league players 1980 births Wakefield Trinity players Living people Australian people of Russian descent Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Keighley Cougars players Northern Pride RLFC players Rugby league halfbacks Sydney Roosters players Rugby league hookers Place of birth missing (living people)