Beau Champion

Beau Champion

Champion at the Man Of Steel movie premiere in June 2013
Personal information
Nickname	Champ
Born	(1986-12-23) 23 December 1986 (age 30) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
Position	Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2005–10 South Sydney Rabbitohs 70 33 5 0 142 2011 Melbourne Storm 16 8 0 0 32 2012 Gold Coast Titans 9 4 0 0 16 2013–14 South Sydney Rabbitohs 10 4 0 0 16 2015 Parramatta Eels 2 0 0 0 0 Total 107 49 5 0 206 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2010–11 Indigenous All Stars 2 0 0 0 0 2010–11 NSW City 2 1 0 0 4
Source: Rugby League Project, Yesterday's Hero

Beau Champion (born 23 December 1986) is an Australian retired professional rugby league footballer. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Melbourne Storm, Gold Coast Titans and Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League. He is the second cousin of teammate Greg Inglis. Champion's preferred playing position is at Centre after being groomed as a halfback in his debut year. Champion has represented City in the 2010 City v Country Origin as well as making the 2010 Indigenous All-Stars Squad.

Champion is a South Sydney Junior who played for the South Eastern Seagulls and La Perouse Panthers.

During Beau's first stint at the Rabbitohs he played 70 games scoring 33 tries and kicking 5 goals.

On 8 November 2011, it was revealed that Champion's cousin Greg Inglis would most likely sign with the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Champion, along with Rabbitohs owner and Australian actor Russell Crowe, Inglis's close friend Anthony Mundine and billionaire Andrew Forrest, were influences for Inglis's shock move to Redfern.

When it was officially announced that Greg Inglis would be moving to the Rabbitohs it was Champion who had to make way due to salary cap pressure. On 24 December 2010, Champion signed a 3-year deal with Melbourne Storm, ironically replacing and inheriting the position of his cousin Inglis.