Steele Retchless
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| Full name | Steele Andrew Retchless | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Steelo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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16 June 1971 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Steele Retchless (born 16 June 1971) is an Australian retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He previously played for the Brisbane Broncos and London Broncos, primarily in the second row. Retchless played his last game for Easts Tigers in a Queensland Wizard Cup preliminary final defeat to Redcliffe Dolphins in 2006.
Steele Retchless is the son of former Brisbane Rugby League player Mick Retchless. He played his junior football for Fortitude Valley Diehards and made his senior debut for the club in 1991. In 1993, Retchless switched to Wests Panthers contesting successive finals and winning the Brisbane Rugby League premiership in his first year at the club.
Retchless joined first grade Australian Rugby League premiership side the Brisbane Broncos in 1995. During a two-year contract he made just 11 appearances. In 1997, Retchless moved to the South Queensland Crushers and participated in 22 matches. The Crushers picked up a second successive wooden spoon and folded at the end of the season.
The collapse of the Crushers presented an opportunity to play in Britain's Super League for the London Broncos. During seven seasons at the club, Retchless set a club record number of appearances. In 1998 against Bradford Bulls, he made a Super League record of 66 tackles in a game. That season he was named in 1998's Super League III Dream Team.
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