Nathaniel Neale

Nathaniel Neale (born 16 September 1988) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer. He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League. He primarily plays as a prop and second-rower.

Nathaniel Neale

Neale playing for the North Sydney Bears in 2014.
Personal information
Born	16 September 1988 Auckland, New Zealand
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	99 kg (15 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2014 South Sydney Rabbitohs 1 0 0 0 0
As of 13 July 2015 Source: [1]

Background

Neal was born and raised in Westmere, a central suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.

He played for the Ponsonby Ponies Under 21s team before being signed by the New Zealand Warriors.

Playing career

He played for the Warriors' NYC team in 2008[2] before moving on to the Warriors' New South Wales Cup team, Auckland Vulcans in 2009. At this time, he was also aligned with the Auckland Rugby League club, Mount Albert Lions.

Wanting to further his professional Rugby league career, Neale signed a 2-year contract with the Ipswich Jets in the Queensland Cup starting in 2011. He made his debut in Round 1 of 2011 under coaches Ben Walker and Shane Walker. It was not long before Neale made his mark in the competition and was regularly nominated as the team's best.[3]

In his second year at the club, Neale continued to prove an asset to the team.[4] At the end of 2012, Neale was rewarded with the top award, the Alan Langer Medal for "best and fairest"[5] and signed on for a third year at the Ipswich Jets.[6] In Neale's third year at the Ipswich Jets he earned the top 2 awards for the club, the Alan Langer Medal and the Players' Player award.

In October 2013, Neale signed a 1-year contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs starting in 2014.[7]

In Round 3 of the 2014 NRL season, Neale made his NRL debut for the Rabbitohs against the Wests Tigers.[8]

Representative career

In 2013, Neale played for the Queensland Residents.

References

1. Rugby League Project
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. The Queensland Times, 13 July 2011
4. The Queensland Times, 13 April 2012
5. The Queensland Times, 15 October 2012
6. The Queensland Times, 31 December 2012
7. "Turbo-charged Jet a Rabbitoh".
8. http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news/2014/03/21/late_mail_team_changes_rd_3_2014.html

External links

• 2014 South Sydney Rabbitohs profile