Nathan Cayless

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Nathan Cayless
Personal information

Cayless in 2008
Full name	Nathan Frederick Cayless
Born	(1978-03-28) 28 March 1978 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	106 kg (16 st 9 lb)
Position	Prop, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1997–10	Parramatta Eels	259	28	0	1	113
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1998–08	New Zealand	39	3	0	0	12
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 for 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.

Background

While attending Parramatta Marist High School, Nathan played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1995 and 1996.^[1] However, he later chose to represent New Zealand at senior level.

Playing career

Cayless was selected for the New Zealand team to compete in the end of season 1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament. In the final against Australia he played from the interchange bench in the Kiwis' 22-20 loss. Cayless was part of the Kiwis squad for the 2000 Rugby League World Cup, in which they reached the final.

Cayless was selected to play for the New Zealand national team as a prop forward in the 2007 ANZAC Test loss against Australia.^[2]

Cayless captained New Zealand to victory in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. Cayless became one of the New Zealand Kiwis' most-capped players, having appeared on 38 occasions by April 2009 when he retired from international rugby league, stating that he wanted to focus the rest of his football career on the Eels.^[3] 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. He also kicked a Field Goal in 2008 against the Newcastle Knights to send the match into extra time. Luke Burt then kicked the winning Field Goal.

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

↑ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
↑ "Anzac Test Match 2007". rugbyleagueproject.org. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
↑ "http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25379772-5016947,00.html". Fox Sports. 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-04-24.

v t e Parramatta Eels

Est. 1947 in Parramatta, New South Wales

Club	History Records Players Coaches

Home grounds	Parramatta Stadium

Culture	Jack Gibson Cup Johnny Mannah Cup

Important figures	Ken Thornett Grothe family Brett Kenny Michael Cronin Denis Fitzgerald Ray Price Peter Sterling Ian Hindmarsh Nathan Hindmarsh Nathan Cayless Jarryd Hayne Luke Burt

League	NSWRL ARL NRL

Premierships (4)	1981 1982 1983 1986

Seasons (66)	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Other competitions	Current Holden Cup S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Past Amco Cup Jersey Flegg Cup New South Wales Cup

Affiliations	Wentworthville Magpies Cabramatta Two-Blues Hills District Bulls

v t e New Zealand – 2008 Rugby League World Cup Champions (1st Title)

Cayless (c) Blair Eastwood Fa'alogo Fien Halatau Harrison Hohaia Inu Kidwell Leuluai Luke Mannering Manu Marshall Matai Nightingale Perrett Rapira Ropati Sa Smith Tuimavave Vatuvei Coach: Kearney

v t e New Zealand squad – 2000 Rugby League World Cup Finalists

Barnett (c) Blackmore Carroll Cayless Jellick Jones Kearney Lauitiiti Lavea H. Paul R. Paul Pongia Puletua Rua Swain Swann Talau Vaealiki J. Vagana N. Vagana Vainikolo Wiki Coach: Endacott

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

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