Corey Oates

Background

Born in Biloela, Queensland, Oates played his junior football for the Baralaba Panthers before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos.

2012

Oates played for the Broncos' under 20s competition team in 2012 and that year played for the Queensland under 20s team.

2013

In 2013 he continued playing for the Broncos in the under 20s and again represented the Queensland under 20s.

In round 17 of the 2013 NRL season, Oates made his NRL premiership debut for the Broncos against the Melbourne Storm, coming off the bench in the Broncos 0-32 loss at AAMI Park. In his next match, in round 18 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at Suncorp Stadium, Oates scored his first NRL career try in the Broncos 18-19 loss. Oates finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 9 matches and scoring 8 tries for the Broncos. Oates was named the 2013 Brisbane Broncos season's rookie of the year. On 27 August 2013, Oates was named at second-row in the 2013 NYC team of the year.

2014

Oates missed the first 2 matches of the season with a knee injury, returning in round 3 against the Sydney Roosters. On 18 July, he was demoted to the Queensland Cup along with Jack Reed and Daniel Vidot by coach Anthony Griffin after breaching team protocol with a mid-week boozing session. Oates returned a week later, playing off the bench in the Broncos 8-30 loss against the Storm. He finished the season with him playing in 20 matches and scoring 5 tries. On 9 October, Oates extended his contract with the Broncos, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2017 season.

2015

In round 9, against the Penrith Panthers, Oates scored the winning try with 2 minutes to go in the Broncos' 8-5 win. In round 25, Oates scored a 95-metre try against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, fending off an attempted tackle from Dylan Walker in doing so. Leading into the Broncos' 2015 finals campaign, Oates edged out Lachlan Maranta for the left wing spot. On 4 October, Oates played on the wing and scored the first try of the match in the Broncos' 16-17 golden point extra time loss to the North Queensland Cowboys in the 2015 NRL Grand Final. He finished the season with 14 tries from 25 matches.

2016

On 12 January, Oates was selected in the QAS Emerging Maroons squad. He was named in the Broncos' Auckland Nines squad, but was later ruled out. In Round 7 against the Newcastle Knights, Oates scored his first career hatrick of tries in the Broncos smashing 53-0 win at Suncorp Stadium. After showing some great try scoring form in the early rounds, Oates earn himself a wing spot for Queensland in the 2016 State of Origin series. On 1 June 2016 Oates made his debut for Queensland in Game 1, on the wing in the Maroons low scoring 6-4 win at ANZ Stadium. In Game 2 of the series, Oates scored his first try for the Maroons in the series winning 26-16 victory at Suncorp Stadium. Oates finished the 2016 NRL season as the Broncos highest tryscorer with 18 tries in 22 matches. On 20 September 2016, Oates was added to the Australia Kangaroos 2016 Four Nations train-on squad but later make the final 24-man squad.

2017

After another solid start to the season, Oates was selected for Queensland on the wing for Game 1 of the 2017 State of Origin series, scoring the Maroons only try in the shock 28-4 loss against New South Wales at Suncorp Stadium. Despite being the lone try scorer for Queensland, Oates was axed from the team for Game 2 in favour of Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks flyer Valentine Holmes in one of many omissions from the Maroons team. On 3rd of July, Oates checked into hospital for a staph infection effecting his lower body