Nathan McAvoy
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Nathan McAvoy | |
| Date of birth | December 31, 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Salford, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |
| Weight | 16 st 5 lbs (104 kg) | |
| Nickname(s) | Macca | |
| Club information | ||
| Position(s) | Centre / Wing | |
| Current club | Leigh Centurions | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Years | Club | |
| Eccles ARL | ||
| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1993 ‐ 97 1998 ‐ 03 2003 ‐ 04 2004 ‐ 05 2005 ‐ 06 2006 2007 2008 |
Salford Bradford Saracens Salford Leeds Wigan Bradford Leigh Centurions |
118 (75) 93(212) 25(12) 0(0) 17(20) 28 (4) |
| Representative teams** | ||
| 1996 ‐ 1996 ‐ |
England Great Britain |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Nathan McAvoy (born December 31, 1976) is a rugby league player and currently plays right centre for Leigh Centurions in National League 1.
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[edit] Career
Nathan's first professional contract was given to him by Salford City Reds. He had had joined Salford from Eccles ARL where he played alongside Adrian Morley. He made 118 appearances for the City Reds, scoring 75 tries during his six year stint at the club.
[edit] Representative
During his time at Salford Nathan was given the Captaincy of the Great Britain Amateur squad when they toured in New Zealand. In 1996 he was given his first full cap by Great Britain. He was also selected in the England squad for the 1996 European Championships and made his debut against Wales before being named in the squad for the 2000 World Cup
[edit] 1998-2003
Super League giants Bradford Bulls signed Nathan in 1998 and during his time at Bradford he lifted the Challenge Cup and the Grand Final in which he scored a spectacular try against bitter rivals Leeds Rhinos in 2000 which is remembered fondly by fans.
[edit] 2003-2004
Nathan left Bradford and decided it was time for a new challenge and changed codes to play rugby union for Saracens during the 2003-04 season. His rugby union career was frustrating with an early injury causing loss of form and only made a handful of appearances before joining Salford again mid 2004
[edit] 2006
He joined Leeds Rhinos in January of 2006 and made his debut in the Tetleys Festive Challenge at Headingley against Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and scored a try in a 46 - 18 win
It was announced on April 28, 2006 that Nathan had joined Wigan Warriors on a months loan. A day later it was announced that Leeds Rhinos had released Nathan from his contract.
[edit] 2007
Nathan was awarded with a 1 year contract at the JJB Stadium this season after successfully helping the Wigan club survive relagation last season.
It was announced February 2, 2007 that Nathan was not offered a contract with Wigan and will be returning to Bradford for the 2007 season taking the squad number 2.
In August 2007 it was announced that Nathan would be released at the end of 2007.
[edit] 2008
In December 2007, it was announced that Nathan had signed a part time contract to play with Leigh Centurions for the 2008 season.
[edit] External links
| Bradford Bulls |
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| The Club Representatives • History • Statistics • Honours • Players |
| Seasons 1996 • 1997 •1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002• 2003 2004• 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 •2011 |
| Stadiums Greenfield Athletic Ground • Birth Lane • Grattan Stadium • Valley Parade |
| Captains Robbie Paul (1996-2004) • Jamie Peacock (2005) Iestyn Harris (2006) • Paul Deacon (2007 -present) |
| Coaches David Hobbs (1990 - 1993) • Peter Fox (1993-1995) Brian Smith (1995-1996) • Matthew Elliott (1996-2000) Brian Noble (2001-2006) • Steve McNamara (2006 - present) |
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