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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2013}}
{{infobox rugby biography
| name = Mitchell Chapman
| image = Mitch Chapman.jpg
| birth_name = Mitchell Chapman
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|3|15}}
| birth_place = [[Sydney]], New South Wales, [[Australia]]
| height = {{height|m=1.97}}
| weight = {{convert|110|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| nickname =
| school = The King's School, Sydney<br>[[Brisbane Grammar School]]
| university =
| relatives =
| ru_position = [[Lock (rugby union)|Lock / Flank]]
| years1 = 2011–13
| years2 = 2014−
| clubs1 = [[NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes]]
| clubs2 = [[New South Wales Country Eagles|NSW Country Eagles]]
| apps1 = 14
| apps2 = 4
| points1 = 5
| points2 = 5
| ru_clubupdate = 4 December 2014
| provinceyears1 =
| province1 =
| provinceapps1 =
| superyears1 = 2005–07
| superyears2 = 2008–11
| superyears3 = 2013–
| super1 = {{Rut|Reds}}
| super2 = {{Rut|Brumbies}}
| super3 = {{Rut|Waratahs}}
| superapps1 = 28
| superapps2 = 40
| superapps3 = 35
| superpoints1 = 10
| superpoints2 = 10
| superpoints3 = 0
| super14update = 28 June 2015
| repyears1 = 2001
| repyears2 = 2003–04
| repteam1 = [[Australia Schoolboys]]
| repteam2 = [[Australia national under-21 rugby union team|Australia U-21]]
| repcaps1 = 5
| reppoints1 =
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}}

'''Mitchell Chapman''' also Mitch, Mark, Chappo, Horse (born 15 March 1983, in Sydney), educated at [[The King's School, Sydney]]<ref name="TKS">{{Citation|last=Quartermaine |first=Jeff |date=1 June 2007 |title=The Launch of the 2007 Rugby Season |periodical=The King's Herald |location=Sydney, NSW |publisher=The King's School |issue=7 |pages=13 |url=http://www.kings.edu.au/documents/heralds07/herald0707.pdf |accessdate=23 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829100541/http://www.kings.edu.au/documents/heralds07/herald0707.pdf |archivedate=29 August 2007 }}.</ref> and [[Brisbane Grammar School]], is an Australian [[Rugby Union]] player for NSW [[New South Wales Waratahs|Waratahs]] in the [[Super Rugby]] competition. Chapman can play at [[Rugby union positions#6. Blindside flanker .26 7. Openside flanker|Blindside Flanker]], [[Rugby union positions#4. .26 5. Lock|Lock]], or [[Rugby union positions#8. Number Eight|Number 8]].

Chapman represented Australia at under 21 level in 2003 and 2004 and captained the Australian schoolboys in 2001.

Chapman made his Super Rugby debut for the Queensland Reds in 2005.<ref name=tahs-profile>{{cite web | year=2013 | title=Mitchell Chapman Profile | publisher=Waratahs | url=http://www.waratahs.com.au/Waratahs/Team/SuperRugbySquad/PlayerPage/tabid/182/playerid/66/Default.aspx | accessdate=11 January 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125220621/http://www.waratahs.com.au/Waratahs/Team/SuperRugbySquad/PlayerPage/tabid/182/playerid/66/Default.aspx | archive-date=25 January 2014 | url-status=dead }}.</ref>

A career highlight was his call up for the [[2006 Wallabies Spring Tour]] to replace to injured [[Dan Vickerman]].{{citation needed|date = January 2013}} He also toured with the Wallabies in 2009.<ref name=tahs-profile /> At the end of the 2007 Chapman transferred from the [[Queensland Reds]] to the ACT Brumbies.

He subsequently{{when|date = January 2013}} played with the [[NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes]] in Japan.<ref name=tahs />

In January 2013, he signed with the [[New South Wales Waratahs|Waratahs]] for the [[2013 Super Rugby season]]. Chapman was expected to return to Australia to join the Waratahs in early February, following the completion of his Red Hurricanes season.<ref name=tahs>{{cite web | author=Waratahs Media Unit | date=11 January 2013 | title=Mitchell Chapman joins Waratahs | location =Sydney | publisher=Waratahs | url=http://www.waratahs.com.au/News/NewsArticle/tabid/157/ArticleID/8208/Default.aspx| accessdate=11 January 2013 }}.</ref>

==Life outside rugby==
During school his years, Chapman played cricket and represented Queensland at under 17 and 19 age groups.{{citation needed|date = January 2013}} He lists other interests as golf, fishing, surfing and bird watching.{{citation needed|date = January 2013}} In 2010 he completed a Bachelor of Commerce (finance) at the University of Southern Queensland.<ref name=tahs-profile />

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140125220621/http://www.waratahs.com.au/Waratahs/Team/SuperRugbySquad/PlayerPage/tabid/182/playerid/66/Default.aspx Waratahs profile]

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[[Category:New South Wales Country Eagles players]]
[[Category:Barbarian F.C. players]]
[[Category:Rugby union locks]]
[[Category:Rugby union flankers]]
[[Category:People educated at The King's School, Parramatta]]
[[Category:Australian expatriate rugby union players in Japan]]
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka players]]
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[[Category:Australia international rugby union players]]
[[Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen]]

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