Nathan Cayless
 Cayless in 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Nathan Frederick Cayless | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 106 kg (16 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Rugby League Project As of 16 July 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nathan Frederick Cayless (born 28 March 1978 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an New Zealand-Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently captains the Parramatta Eels of the National Rugby League. His position of choice is prop forward. He is also a former captain of the New Zealand national team, whom he led to World Cup glory against Australia in 2008. He is the older brother of Jason Cayless.
While attending Parramatta Marist High, Nathan played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1995 and 1996.[1] However, he chose to represent New Zealand at senior level and became one of his nation's most-capped players, appearing on 38 occasions between 1998 and 2009. He was part of the squad for both the 2000 and 2008 World Cups, and captained the side to victory in the latter event.
He retired from international rugby league in April 2009, stating that he wanted to focus the rest of his football career on the Eels.[2] With the Eels, he holds the record for the most games as captain of any team in the NRL.
Career highlights
- Junior Club: Wentworthville
- Career Stats: 184 career games to date scoring 27 tries, 1 Field Goal
- National: 38 tests for New Zealand. World Cup winning captain 2008.
- Most capped Captain in the NRL. 217 Games captained to date.
He played his late game on 4/9/10 scoring a try that he won't forget which took him over 80 first grade games to do. 11,000 fans showed up at parramatta to watch him play his final game ever. the crowd was great and even the opposite fans couldn't help but cheer when he came out for his late game.
References
- ^ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
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External links
- Nathan Cayless New Zealand Play Profile
- Blog Site with all Parramatta Eels info for seasons 2006 and the upcoming 2007 season
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