Nathan Cayless

Nathan Cayless

Cayless in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Nathan Frederick Cayless
Born	28 March 1978 (1978-03-28) (age 33) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	106 kg (16 st 9 lbs)
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1997–2010	Parramatta Eels	259	28	0	1	113
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1998–2008	New Zealand	38	3	0	0	12
As of 16 July 2010
Source: Rugby League Project

Nathan Frederick Cayless (born 28 March 1978 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a retired New Zealand-Australian professional rugby league footballer, who was a long-time captain the Parramatta Eels of the National Rugby League. His position of choice was 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 fellow New Zealand international Jason Cayless.

While attending Parramatta Marist High School, 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.

Cayless was never a prolific try-scorer; the most he ever scored in a season was 5. He also endured a scoring drought spanning over 80 games in his last several NRL seasons. In the final game of his career, Cayless finally brought the drought to an end, touching down in front of his home crowd.

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.

References

1. ^ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2130-0-0-0&sID=26424. Retrieved 2008-10-10. 
2. ^ "http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25379772-5016947,00.html". Fox Sports. 2009-04-24. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25379772-5016947,00.html. Retrieved 2009-04-24. 

Persondata
Name	Cayless, Nathan Frederick
Alternative names
Short description	Rugby league player
Date of birth	28 March 1978
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death
Place of death