Connor Vest

Career Vest was born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales on the outskirts of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). He was educated at Grafton High School in Northern New South Wales where he played junior rugby for the Grafton Rugby Club.

After playing club rugby in Sydney's Shute Shield, Vest joined the North Harbour Rays (later known as Sydney Rays) in the National Rugby Championship (NRC), being announced in their 32-player squad for 2017. Vest had trained with the squad ahead of the 2016 season but was not selected. Vest played three seasons with the Rays alongside club rugby in the Shute Shield before disruptions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic ended the NRC.

Reds Vest was named in the Queensland Reds' 23-man team sheet in March 2022 ahead of their fourth round fixture against the Fijian Drua in the inaugural Super Rugby Pacific season. Vest played in ten matches throughout his debut season, scoring one try in the process. Following his first season with the Reds, Vest signed with Auckland in New Zealand's National Provincial Championship (NPC). He played in eight games, starting in four of them, all in the lock position. Vest, whom had the ball, ran head-first into opposing player Shannon Frizell, whom was trying to tackle. He received a protocol head-injury assessment (HIA) by his teams medics during a pause of play. Vest failed to pass the HIA, The Super Rugby replied in a statement: "The comments attributed to Harry Wilson of the Reds in the media are factually incorrect and whilst they may have been well intending in support of a teammate, he has been issued with a reminder that care must be taken with public comments not to impair the public confidence in the integrity of match officials."

Return from injury Vest made his return to the squad by Round 10 of the following season (2024). He made most of his impact from the bench, and played six matches for the Reds overall.