Nathan Fien

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nathan Fien
Personal information
Full name Nathan Fien
Date of birth August 1, 1979 (1979-08-01) (age 28)
Place of birth Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Height 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 83 kg (13 st 1 lb)
Nickname(s) Fieny
Club information
Position(s) Hooker
Current club New Zealand Warriors
Number 9
Youth clubs
Years Club
Mt Isa Brothers
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2000 - 04
2005- 07		 North Queensland Cowboys
New Zealand Warriors		 91 (76)
81 (56)
Representative teams**
2001
2006 - 07		 Queensland
New Zealand		 1 (0)
2 (0)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only and
correct as of 22/10/06.
** Representative team caps and points correct
as of 22/10/06.

Nathan Fien is a rugby league player, who currently plays for the New Zealand Warriors and formerly the North Queensland Cowboys. He was educated at Columba Catholic College, Charters Towers.

After playing 91 games for the Cowboys, Nathan signed with the Warriors from season 2005 onwards. He has since extended his contract until the end of 2009.

Born in Australia, he claimed eligibility to play for New Zealand through a New Zealand-born grandmother, and has played in two 2006 Rugby League Tri-Nations matches to date. Since then it has emerged that he has a New Zealand born great grandmother, not grandmother, leading to debate over the legal definition of the term "grandmother". He was later forced out by the International Board, and New Zealand was stripped of its 2 championship points they got from beating Great Britain. [1].

Fien now qualfies for Kiwi selection through residency.

[edit] External links



 This Australian rugby league biography is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.