Shannon Gallant (born 26 February 1986) is an Australian

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 11 ...

footballer. He has 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 ...

(NRL) for the

North Queensland Cowboys The North Queensland Cowboys is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, the largest town in North Queensland. They compete in Australia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL). Sinc ...

and the

Wests Tigers The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional 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 joint-venture ...

. He primarily plays as a and is known for his speed and small stature.

Early life

Gallant played junior

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 11 ...

with the

Narellan Jets Narellan Jets Rugby League Football Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Narellan, New South Wales Narellan is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. Narellan is located 60 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central busine ...

and

Campbelltown City Kangaroos Campbelltown City Kangaroos Rugby League Football Club is an Australian semi-professional rugby league football club based in Campbelltown, New South Wales. The club was formed in 1908, after a breakaway from the local Rugby Union club, 'The Walla ...

, and joined the

Western Suburbs Magpies The Western Suburbs Magpies (legal name: Western Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club Ltd) are an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 1908, Wests, as they are commonly r ...

when he was 13 years old.

Playing career

Gallant made his NRL debut for the

(a joint venture between Western Suburbs and Balmain) in 2007, and went on to play 12 games there in three seasons. Gallant joined the

for the 2010 and 2011 seasons after seeking a release from the

, claiming that there would be more first-grade opportunities for him at the North Queensland club. His contract with North Queensland ended in 2011, having played in nine NRL matches for the club. Gallant re-emerged in 2014 as a member of the Newtown

NSW Cup The NSW Cup, currently known as the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales. The competition has a history dating back to the NSWRFL's origins in 1908, starting off as a reserv ...

side, the reserve grade team for NRL club

Sydney Roosters The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won fifteen Ne ...

. After playing one season with Newtown, Gallant spent the next two seasons back with Western Suburbs and finished as the leading point scorer in the 2016

Ron Massey Cup The Ron Massey Cup (formerly known as the Bundaberg Red Cup and Jim Beam Cup) is a semi-professional development level rugby league competition in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, run jointly by the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) and the ...

with 228 points. In 2017, Gallant left Wests to join the

in the local Group 6 competition. In 2018, Gallant joined

Sydney Shield The Sydney Shield is a rugby league football competition played in Sydney, New South Wales. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League. Clubs Seven teams are competing in the 2022 Sydney Shield. The season commenced on M ...

side the

East Campbelltown Eagles East Campbelltown Eagles are an Australian Junior Rugby League Club that also supports a semi-professional rugby league team. The team previously competed in the Western Suburbs 1st Grade competition, Canterbury 1st Grade competition, Jim Beam C ...

. Gallant went on to win the Sydney Shield with East Campbelltown, his first premiership victory in his 16-year playing career.

Career highlights

*''First Grade Debut:'' 2007 - Round 19, Wests Tigers v

New Zealand Warriors The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as ...

Campbelltown Stadium Campbelltown Stadium, formerly Orana Park and Campbelltown Sports Ground, is a multi-use stadium in Leumeah, New South Wales, Australia, owned by Campbelltown City Council. It is the home ground of the Western Suburbs Magpies and the Wests Ti ...

, 22 July *''Sydney Shield:'' 2018 premiership winner with East Campbelltown

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gallant, Shannon 1986 births Australian rugby league players Wests Tigers players Mackay Cutters players North Queensland Cowboys players Rugby league fullbacks Western Suburbs Magpies NSW Cup players Newtown Jets NSW Cup players Living people Rugby league players from Sydney