Nathan Graham (born 23 November 1971) is a professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of Scotland and a former rugby league footballer who played as a fullback, wing, centre, hooker or loose forward in the 1990s and 2000s.

Nathan Graham
Personal information
Full nameNathan James Graham[1]
Born (1971-11-23) 23 November 1971 (age 52)
Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England
Playing information
PositionFullback, Wing, Centre, Hooker, Loose forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1989–95 Dewsbury Rams 148 7 9 0 28
1995–98 Bradford Bulls 50 4 0 1 78
2000–01 Dewsbury Rams 31 8 0 0 32
2001–03 Featherstone Rovers 67 21 0 1 85
2004 York City Knights 26 7 1 0 30
Batley Bulldogs
Total 322 47 10 2 253
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1998–04 Scotland 10 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2019– Scotland 5 2 1 2 40
Source: [2][3]
As of 12 October 2023

He played at international level for Scotland, and at club level for the Dewsbury Rams (two spells), Bradford Bulls, Featherstone Rovers, York City Knights and the Batley Bulldogs.[2]

Playing career

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Bradford Bulls

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Graham played for the Bradford Bulls at fullback in their 1996 Challenge Cup Final loss to St Helens.[4] He made 26 appearances for York City Knights in 2004.[5]

Featherstone Rovers

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Nathan Graham made his début for Featherstone Rovers on 2 December 2001.

International

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Graham was a Scotland international and played at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.[2]

Coaching career

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After his playing career ended Graham moved into coaching and in October 2016 joined Keighley Cougars as assistant coach after five years of amateur team Drighlington ARLFC.[6]

Graham was appointed head coach of Scotland at the end of 2019.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Companies House
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ^ "steveprescottfoundation.co.uk". Steve Prescott Stats. Steve Prescott Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Appearances 04". York City Knights. Archived from the original on 28 September 2006. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Former Bradford Bulls Challenge Cup finalist appointed Keighley Cougars assistant". Keighley News. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Scotland head coach Nathan Graham ready for Rugby League World Cup return". Sky Sports. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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