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Nathan Smith (rugby league)
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Nathan Smith born 21 April 1983 in Canberra
, Australia
is a rugby league
player for the Penrith Panthers
in the NRL
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Nathan Smith's position of choice is as a lock, however, Smith has also played at second row and centre.
Smith created headlines in the 2008 season for reneging on a contract with the Canberra Raiders for 2009 and re-signing with Penrith. The Raiders took legal action against Smith and the Panthers for breach of contract, albeit unsuccessfully.
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
is a rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player for the Penrith Panthers
Penrith Panthers
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, the top rugby league football competition in Australasia. For the 2012 NRL season they will be coached by Ivan...
in the NRL
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
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Nathan Smith's position of choice is as a lock, however, Smith has also played at second row and centre.
- First Grade debut: Canberra v North Queensland, Canberra Stadium, 10/7/04 (Rd 18)
Smith created headlines in the 2008 season for reneging on a contract with the Canberra Raiders for 2009 and re-signing with Penrith. The Raiders took legal action against Smith and the Panthers for breach of contract, albeit unsuccessfully.