Nathan Hindmarsh

Nathan Hindmarsh

Hindmarsh playing for Parramatta in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Nathan William Hindmarsh
Nickname	Hindy
Born	(1979-09-07) 7 September 1979 (age 37) Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Position	Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1998–12 Parramatta Eels 330 60 1 0 242 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2000–09 Australia 23 6 0 0 24 2001–10 New South Wales 17 1 0 0 4 2008 NSW Country 1 0 0 0 0 2011–12 NRL All Stars 2 0 0 0 0 2005–11 Prime Minister's XIII 3 1 1 0 6
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Nathan William Hindmarsh (born 7 September 1979 in Bowral, New South Wales, Australia) is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who captained the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative second-row forward, he played his entire career at the Eels, in 2010 breaking the record for most games with the club.

Of Scottish descent, Hindmarsh played for the junior club, Robertson near Moss Vale as part of Group 6 in the Country Rugby League. He later attended renowned rugby league school Patrician Brothers College, Fairfield.

Hindmarsh and his brother Ian Hindmarsh both played in the National Rugby League for Sydney's Parramatta Eels club. In 1998 Hindmarsh received the club's rookie of the year award.

Hindmarsh was selected to play for the Australian national team at second-row forward in the 2007 ANZAC Test match against New Zealand, scoring a try in the Kangaroos' 30-6 victory. He set a new world record for the most tackles made in a single game: in Round 23 of the 2007 NRL season he made 75 tackles against the Melbourne Storm. He is also believed to be the first player to make 10,000 tackles in the NRL.

Hindmarsh was selected in the Australian team to go and compete in the end of season 2004 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament. In the final against Great Britain he played at second-row forward in the Kangaroos' 44-4 victory. At his peak (2004–2006) Hindmarsh was considered the best second-rower in the NRL by the Dally M judges. He was an automatic pick for NSW and Australia from 2004 to 2007 and was often picked alongside Craig Fitzgibbon. After a courageous performance in the 2009 NRL Grand Final, Nathan Hindmarsh earned a well-deserved Test recall after two years of being overlooked for representative honours. He was appointed co-captain of the Parramatta Eels in 2010, with Nathan Cayless, becoming sole captain for the 2011 season following Cayless's retirement.