Nathan Fien

Nathan Fien

Personal information
Full name	Nathan Leigh Fien
Born	(1979-08-01) 1 August 1979 (age 37) Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	84 kg (13 st 3 lb)
Playing information
Position	Hooker, Five-eighth, Halfback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2000–04 North Queensland Cowboys 91 17 0 4 72 2005–09 New Zealand Warriors 105 17 0 0 68 2009–13 St. George Illawarra Dragons 80 7 0 0 28 Total 276 41 0 4 168 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2001 Queensland 1 0 0 0 0 2006–12 New Zealand 22 5 0 0 20 2012 NRL All Stars 0 0 0 0 0
Source: RLP

Nathan Fien (born 1 August 1979) is a former Australian born professional rugby league footballer who last played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons of the National Rugby League. A former New Zealand international and Queensland State of Origin representative Hooker, Halfback, he previously played club football with the North Queensland Cowboys and New Zealand Warriors before moving to the Dragons in 2009.

He was a member of the 2008 World Cup winning New Zealand team and a member of the 2010 NRL (National Rugby League) Premiership winning St. George Illawarra Dragons. Fien played in all four of the Kiwi's 2010 Four Nations internationals at halfback, including scoring the match winning try in the 79th minute of the final. Fien's impressive late season form saw him winning the halfback spot in Rugby League World's 2010 team of the year.

Fien was educated at Blackheath and Thornburgh College, Charters Towers and played his junior rugby league for the Mount Isa Brothers. In 2000 he made his debut with the North Queensland Cowboys, playing against the Penrith Panthers. In 2001 his form warranted selection to the Queensland side, where he came off the bench for one State of Origin match.