Nathan Davis (born 15 November 1995) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League. He played as a centre, wing and fullback. He has previously played for the Gold Coast Titans.
 Davis playing for the Eels in 2014. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 15 November 1995 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre, Wing, Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
editBorn in Sydney, New South Wales, Davis is of Indigenous Australian descent.[3] He played his junior rugby league for the Hinchinbrook Hornets[4] and Mount Pritchard Mounties, before being signed by the Parramatta Eels.
Playing career
editEarly career
editIn September and November 2013, Davis played for the Australian Schoolboys.[5] In 2014 and 2015, he played for the Parramatta Eels' NYC team.[6]
2016
editIn 2016, Davis joined the Gold Coast Titans.[7] In round 1 of the 2016 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Titans against the Newcastle Knights.[8][9]
2017
editIn March, Davis rejoined the Parramatta club after gaining a release from his Gold Coast Titans contract.[10] Parramatta exercised an option to extend Davis until the end of the 2018 season.[11] He made his debut for Parramatta against the North Queensland Cowboys in Darwin on 10 June 2017.[12][13] Davis made no further appearances for Parramatta in the 2017 season and spent the rest of the year with Wentworthville in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW competition.[14]
2018
editIn 2018, Davis spent the entire season with the Wentworthville Magpies after being unable to break into the Parramatta first grade team.[15] On 24 September 2018, Davis was handed a 12-week suspension by the NRL and fined by Parramatta after testing positive to "illicit and hazardous drugs". It was the second time that Davis had failed a drugs test at the club. Davis was released by the club following the conclusion of the season.[16][17][18]
References
edit- ^ "Nathan Davis - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 15 November 1995. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ "Davo talks about painful momentpublisher=Gold Coast Titans". 27 June 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ NRL (3 December 2015). "Indigenous Titans go back to roots". Titans. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Hinchinbrook Hornets". Hinchinbrook Hornets. 22 March 2009. Archived from the original on 27 February 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "Australians Win Second Test - Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League - FOX SPORTS PULSE". foxsportspulse.com. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "D". Nyc Database. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Titans make additions to second-tier squad". NRL.com. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Updated: Round 1 NRL team lists". NRL.com. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ Cadigan, Neil. "NRL PREVIEW V Knights". Titans. Retrieved 6 March 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ NRL Digital Media (21 March 2017). "Parramatta Eels sign Nathan Davis - Eels". Parraeels.com.au. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ Nathan Ryan (4 July 2017). "NRL: Nathan Ross, Luke Lewis, Tyrone Roberts, Will Smith, Willis Meehan contract 2017, deals, future — Market Watch". Fox Sports. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ "JT-inspired Cowboys cruise in Darwin". Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ "Johnathan Thurston Eels v Cowboys: NRL scores, result, SuperCoach, updates — Parramatta v North Queensland". 10 June 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ "Official Intrust Super Premiership profile of Nathan Davis for Wentworthville Magpies - NSWRL". Archived from the original on 29 March 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Bears' Late Charge Not Enough to Stop Magpies". 12 August 2018.
- ^ "Tony Williams sacked from Parramatta Eels, Nathan Davis suspended over drug tests". www.abc.net.au.
- ^ "Eels sack Williams over drugs breach, Davis sanctioned". www.nrl.com.
- ^ "Club Statement: Tony Williams and Nathan Davis". www.parraeels.com.au.