Johnathan Thurston

Johnathan Thurston

Thurston after winning the 2015 NRL Grand Final
Personal information
Full name	Johnathan Dean Thurston
Nickname	JT
Born	(1983-04-25) 25 April 1983 (age 33) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Weight	87 kg (13 st 10 lb; 192 lb)
Playing information
Position	Halfback, Five-eighth
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2002–04 Bulldogs 29 10 0 0 40 2005– North Qld Cowboys 264 75 822 15 1959 Total 293 85 822 15 1999 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2005–16 Queensland 36 5 102 2 238 2006–16 Australia 37 13 160 0 372 2006–09 Prime Minister's XIII 2 0 7 0 14 2010–15 Indigenous All Stars 5 0 13 0 26
As of 21 November 2016 Source:

Johnathan Dean Thurston (born 25 April 1983) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer and captain of National Rugby League team the North Queensland Cowboys. During his NRL career he has frequently been cited as rugby league's best player and arguably the greatest player to ever play the game. Thurston is an Australian international, Queensland State of Origin and Indigenous All Stars representative halfback, five-eighth and goal-kicker. In 2015 he became the first ever four-time Dally M Medallist for the NRL season's best player, and later that year became the first ever three-time winner of the Golden Boot Award for the World's best player.

Thurston started his career at the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 2002, where he won the 2004 NRL premiership, before moving to the North Queensland Cowboys in 2005, playing in that year's grand final. In that year, he made his debut for Queensland, before making his Australian debut in 2006. He was the 2008 Wally Lewis medalist for State of Origin player of the series. Also in 2008, he was named as halfback of the Australian Aboriginal team of the century. Thurston was the only player to play in all 24 games of Queensland's eight-year State of Origin winning streak from 2006, having played 33 consecutive Origin matches to date since his debut in 2005. Thurston broke the record for most points in State of Origin history during the 2015 State of Origin Series. Also in 2015, Thurston captained the North Queensland Cowboys to their inaugural NRL Premiership. He was also the 2015 Clive Churchill Medallist for Grand Final man of the match.