Sam Thaiday

Sam Thaiday

Personal information
Full name	Samuel Arthur Thaiday
Nickname	Slammin' Sam
Born	(1985-06-12) 12 June 1985 (age 31) Sydney, Australia
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	112 kg (17 st 9 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2003– Brisbane Broncos 254 36 1 0 146 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2006–16 Queensland 28 3 0 0 12 2006–16 Australia 31 2 0 0 8 2007–13 Prime Minister's XIII 2 0 0 0 0 2010–16 Indigenous All Stars 3 0 0 0 0
As of 19 February 2017 Source:

Statistics
Rated at	Heavyweight
Nationality	Australia
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	1
Wins	1

Samuel Arthur Thaiday (/θaɪdeɪ/; born 12 June 1985 in Sydney, New South Wales), is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League, captaining them from 2012-13. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative second-rower, he can also play prop and lock and has spent all of his career at the Broncos, with whom he won the 2006 premiership. In 2008, Australia's centenary of rugby league and Thaiday's sixth year at the top level, he was one of only three current players to be named in the Indigenous Australian rugby league team of the century.

Thaiday was born in Sydney, New South Wales and moved to Townsville, Queensland at the age of four years. He is of Torres Strait Islander descent. He played junior rugby league for the Brothers club in Townsville as well as attending Kirwan State High School. His cousin Milton Thaiday also became an NRL footballer.