Jaime Chapman: NRLW Star, TV Debut & Online Abuse

Sitting in the Channel 9 broadcast seat during the NRL’s Magic Round, Jaime Chapman looked like she’d been doing television for years. The 24-year-old NRLW winger had already played for the St George Illawarra Dragons and the Gold Coast Titans, according to her NRL (official player database) profile, before the cameras made her a national talking point. Then the same visibility produced a wave of misogynistic abuse and pulled her private life, including her relationship with Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, into public view.

Born: 17 March 2002 · Age (2026): 24 · Team: St George Illawarra Dragons · Position: Winger · TV debut: Channel 9, 2026

Eight profile fields, one pattern: the career facts are public, and the personal details — relationship, family, money — are not.

Are Hamiso and Jaime Chapman still together?

Who is Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow?

• He is a professional rugby league player, described alongside Chapman as a new NRL “power couple” when they went public (Geelong Advertiser (regional daily)).
• He was seen cheering Chapman during NSW Origin-related play in 2025 (Love Rugby League (rugby league outlet)).

In the Chapman story, Tabuai-Fidow’s name appears mainly because of the relationship. The reporting has focused on their public moments — the Instagram announcement in 2024 and the match-day support in 2025.

Evidence of their relationship

• December 2024: the couple made the relationship public (Geelong Advertiser (regional daily)).
• Late June 2025: news reports said the relationship had ended (news.com.au (Australian news outlet)).

So are they still together? The reporting points one way: public in December 2024, reportedly split by late June 2025. What’s missing is a personal confirmation from either Chapman or Tabuai-Fidow — no joint statement, no individual denial.

The implication: the “still together?” search is really about the lack of an official breakup announcement. The documented timeline already tells a consistent story.

Does Jaime Chapman have a child?

How many children does Jaime Chapman have?

• No public record of Chapman having a child was located in club bios, league profiles, or the news coverage reviewed for this article.
• The question shows up in search engines, but no mainstream outlet covered here has documented a pregnancy, birth, or child.

The honest answer is that there is no documented answer. Search volume is not evidence; without a birth record, a court record, or a statement from Chapman, the question stays in the “unverified” column.

Paternity details

• No source connects Chapman to a child or names a father.
• Neither Chapman nor Tabuai-Fidow has ever publicly addressed paternity questions.

If social-media rumors are behind this query, they have not crossed into credible reporting. In the absence of any verified source, the responsible position is to treat the claim as unproven.

What this means: an unanswered question is not a hidden confirmation. The absence of a record is exactly that — an absence.

What happened to Jaime Chapman?

Jaime Chapman’s broadcast debut

• Chapman appeared on Channel 9’s NRL coverage during Magic Round in 2026 — her debut as a TV broadcaster.
• The broadcast came after she had been part of NSW Origin-related coverage in 2025 (Nine (NRL coverage)).

The debut itself was not the problem; the reaction was. The appearance triggered what news.com.au (Australian news outlet) described as vile abuse from online trolls — including a comment that referenced her split from Tabuai-Fidow. A career milestone turned into a national story about online harassment.

This was not Chapman’s first encounter with online attacks. A year earlier, she had been targeted with deepfake AI images, and the Gold Coast Titans said they were supporting her (Gold Coast Titans (official club site)). By the time she reached the Channel 9 studio, the trolls already knew her name.

The pattern: the broadcast was the milestone; the abuse became the headline. The trolling framed her as a victim, but the timeline of her career — from Origin coverage to a Channel 9 seat — shows a player who kept moving forward.

What does Jaime Chapman do for a living?

Jaime Chapman’s rugby league career

• She plays as a winger for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRLW, and previously played for the Gold Coast Titans (NRL (official player database)).
• Rugby League Project records her in the Dragons’ women’s side for the 2020 Telstra NRLW Premiership (Rugby League Project (stats database)).

Chapman’s path explains the profile: an NRLW debut at St George Illawarra in 2020, a subsequent move to the Gold Coast Titans, and a return to the Dragons’ squad for the 2026 season. Some profiles, such as Aussie Pulse (rugby league profile site), list her as a centre rather than a winger, a reminder that positional listings vary across the league’s record-keeping.

TV broadcasting work

• Chapman made her Channel 9 broadcast debut during Magic Round 2026.
• The TV role now runs alongside her playing career.

Broadcasting is a second professional lane, not a one-off. Her Channel 9 appearance came after she had already been part of NSW Origin-related coverage in 2025, so the debut was an acceleration of an existing media profile, not a first audition.

The trade-off: every broadcast increases her visibility, and every increase in visibility gives trolls another excuse to attack. Chapman’s answer so far has been to keep playing and keep showing up.

How much does Jaime Chapman get paid?

Jaime Chapman’s earnings from NRLW

• No exact contract or salary figure for Chapman appears in any source reviewed for this article.
• League and club profiles list her performance data, not her pay.

For now, the only verifiable comparison is structural: NRLW salaries sit below NRL male counterparts, and Chapman’s individual figure has not been disclosed.

Comparison with other NRL players

• Questions about Nathan Cleary’s salary, Reece Walsh’s salary, and the richest retired NRL players are frequent searches, but the exact figures are not part of the sources used here.
• “Highest-paid female NRL player of all time” is a related question with no verified figure in this article’s record.

If you came here for a number, the honest answer is that the record doesn’t have one. If you came for context, the context is the gap: the women’s game produces the same public interest as the men’s game, but not the same public disclosure.

The catch: salary secrecy is a feature of the NRLW, not a bug in this article. Until Chapman’s club or Channel 9 publishes a figure, any number you find online is a guess.

Four of the most-searched questions, one verdict: the public record answers the career questions and stays silent on the personal and financial ones.

Timeline: the record so far

• 17 March 2002 — Born.
• 2020 — Made NRLW appearances for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the Telstra Premiership (Rugby League Project (stats database)).
• December 2024 — Relationship with Tabuai-Fidow made public (Geelong Advertiser (regional daily)).
• May 2025 — Deepfake images circulated; NRL Integrity Unit and NSW Police were involved (Nine (NRL coverage)).
• Late June 2025 — News reports said the relationship with Tabuai-Fidow ended.
• 2026 — Channel 9 broadcast debut during Magic Round; online abuse followed (news.com.au (Australian news outlet)).

The dates show a player who celebrated public milestones — going public, making the broadcast debut — and then had to deal with the online consequences. Each step forward came with a new kind of exposure.

Clarity check: confirmed facts vs speculation

The split between those two lists is the whole story: the public record is detailed on Chapman’s career and thin on her private life, and the thin parts are exactly what the trolls targeted.

Key statements, as reported

The Titans said they were supporting Chapman after being alerted to the production and distribution of malicious fake images online.

Gold Coast Titans (official club site)

The Titans said they were working with the NRL Integrity Unit and New South Wales Police to trace the origin of the deepfake images.

Nine (NRL coverage)

In both cases the reporting points the same direction: Chapman was attacked, and the institutions around her had to respond. The published record after that goes quiet — which is its own answer.

Related reading

• Jahream Bula: Age, Height, Contract, and NRL Career — another NRL career guide.
• Mark Nawaqanitawase: Career, Salary, and Pronunciation Guide — salary and contract context for another rugby league name.

Why this matters: Jaime Chapman’s career now runs on two tracks — the field at the Dragons and the Channel 9 studio — and the abuse she received shows what those tracks cost. For the NRL and its broadcast partners, the choice is clear: build real support systems around players the moment the cameras turn on, or keep turning women’s rugby league milestones into stories about the trolls.

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