Nathan Cayless
Personal information
Full name	Nathan Frederick Cayless
Born	28 March 1978 (1978-03-28) (age 31)
	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–	Parramatta Eels	235	27	0	1	109
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1998–08	New Zealand	38	3	0	0	12
As of 11 April 2009
Source: Rugby League Project

Nathan Frederick Cayless (born 28 March 1978 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer for the Parramatta Eels of the National Rugby League. His position of choice is prop forward. He is the captain of the Parramatta club and a former captain of the New Zealand, who 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 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

[edit] 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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