Charlie McAlister is a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 former rugby league footballer who played professionally in England and Australia.

Playing career

McAlister played for the Newcastle Knights

Newcastle Knights

The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...

 in 1988. He then moved to England and played for the Oldham Bears

Oldham Roughyeds

Oldham Roughyeds is an English professional rugby league club based in Oldham, Greater Manchester. They currently play in the Championship One. Oldham is one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895....

 between 1988/89 and 1990/91. McAlister earned a Kiwi Trial in 1989. McAlister then spent the 1992/93 season with the Sheffield Eagles

Sheffield Eagles

Sheffield Eagles RLFC are an English rugby league club based in the South Yorkshire city of Sheffield. They currently play in the Co-operative Championship. Their home games are played at Bramall Lane after leaving Don Valley Stadium in late 2009....

 before returning to Oldham for the 1993/94 season.

McAlister also played for the Castleford Tigers

Castleford Tigers

Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club based in Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. They participate in the professional European competition Super League. They are sometimes known as 'Cas', 'Cas Tigers', 'Classy Cas' or the 'Black & Amber'...

 and was later the coach of the Manawatu Rugby Union

Manawatu Rugby Union

Manawatu Rugby Union is the governing body of the sport of Rugby union in the Manawatu rugby province. The Union is based in the city of Palmerston North but has a catchment area from nearby towns in the province, including Feilding, Rongotea, Linton, Bulls, Pahiatua, Dannevirke and...

 team.

He is also father of All Black and Blues player Luke McAlister

Luke McAlister

Charles Luke McAlister is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays first five-eighths and second five-eighths ....

 and northern mystics player Kayla McAlister. He currently acts as Luke's manager.

External links

• http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Charlie_McAlister/summary.html