Chad Townsend

Chad Townsend
Personal information
Full nameChad Townsend
Born (1991-01-10) 10 January 1991
Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
Playing information
PositionHalfback, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011–13 Cronulla Sharks 19 3 28 0 68
2014–15 New Zealand Warriors 41 5 14 1 49
2016–21 Cronulla Sharks 127 25 112 10 334
2021 New Zealand Warriors 5 0 3 0 6
2022–24 North Qld Cowboys 70 7 10 9 57
2025– Sydney Roosters 5 0 0 0 0
Total 267 40 167 20 514
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–17 NSW City 2 0 0 0 0
2018 Prime Minister's XIII 1 1 0 0 4
Source:
As of 4 April 2025
RelativesScott Sorensen (brother-in-law)

Chad Townsend (born 10 January 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a halfback for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL).

He previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks from 2011-2013 as halfback and five-eighth before playing as a five-eighth for the New Zealand Warriors from 2014-2015. Townsend returned to the Sharks in 2016 as halfback, winning the 2016 NRL Grand Final, and was the only local junior in the clubs maiden premiership before joining the Warriors in mid-2021 at halfback before moving to the North Queensland Cowboys in 2022, co-captaining the side from 2022-23 as-well as filling in twice in 2024. He represented NSW City at halfback twice and the Prime Minister's XIII off the bench once.