Ethan Lowe (born 20 March 1991) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a goal kicking second-row for the North Queensland Cowboys and South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL.
That year he played for the Newtown Jets SG Ball side and made his debut for the Roosters NYC team.
The forward then returned to play for the Northern Pride where he went on to win the Queensland Cup[16] and the NRL State Championship.
On 1 October, Lowe started at second row in the Cowboys' 2017 NRL Grand Final loss to the Melbourne Storm, kicking a goal.
Lowe endured a difficult 2018 NRL season, being relegated to the interchange from his usual starting role in Round 3.
[35] On 26 February, Lowe was granted an immediate release from the final year of his contract by the Cowboys to join the South Sydney Rabbitohs on a one-year deal.
On 11 July, Lowe made his debut for Queensland in Game 3 of the 2019 State of Origin series in place of the injured Matt Gillett.
[36][37] In Round 10 against the Newcastle Knights, Lowe suffered a recurrence of a neck injury first sustained in 2016 and took no further part in the season.
[39] In 2024, Lowe announced that he was suing the NRL insurer after they denied his claim of permanent hemiplegia after his career was ended by a crusher tackle.
[40] It was announced that a few weeks after launching the action against the insurer and the federal judge had dismissed the case on findings that Lowe was not suffering from permanent hemiplegia after evidence produced included him dancing at a concert and a photo of him jet skiing..[41][42]