Name Nathan Ross Height 1.81 m | Role Rugby Player Weight 94 kg | |
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Nathan Ross (born 4 November 1988) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. He plays at fullback and wing.
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Background
Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Ross played his junior rugby league for the Coogee Randwick Wombats and Burleigh Bears.
Ross is the son of former Penrith Panthers, South Sydney Rabbitohs and Gold Coast Seagulls player Mark Ross.
Early career
In 2009, Ross played for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the Queensland Cup, before returning to the Burleigh Bears in 2010. In 2011, he moved to Newcastle, New South Wales for work, while playing for Lakes United in the Newcastle Rugby League. In 2012, he moved to France to play for Toulouse Olympique, before returning to Lakes United later that year. His form that year, scoring 11 tries in 8 games for Lakes United, was rewarded by getting games with the Newcastle Knights' New South Wales Cup side. In 2013, he signed with the Western Suburbs Rosellas, before leaving without playing a match to do a pre-season with the Knights' first-grade squad. He was unsuccessful with getting a contract so signed with the Kurri Kurri Bulldogs for the 2013 season. As Kurri Kurri made their way to the 2013 Newcastle Rugby League Grand Final, he was considered "arguably the most lethal player in the competition". In 2014, he joined the Knights' New South Wales Cup side again on a 1-year contract, as their full-time fullback. On 21 September 2014, he was named at fullback in the 2014 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year, after scoring 17 tries in 16 games that season. On 14 October 2014, he re-signed with the Knights on a 2-year contract, almost signing with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs before the Knights decided to offer him a contract.
2015
On 31 January and 1 February, Ross played for the Knights in the 2015 NRL Auckland Nines. On 27 April 2015, he was named as 19th man for the New South Wales Residents to play the Queensland Residents. In Round 21 of the 2015 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Knights against the St. George Illawarra Dragons, scoring a try on debut. He went on to play in the next remaining 5 games of the season for the Knights. In October, he extended his contract with the Knights from the end of 2016 to the end of 2017.