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Nathan McAvoy

Personal information
Full name	Nathan McAvoy
Date of birth	December 31, 1976 (1976-12-31) (age 31)
Place of birth	Salford, England
Height	6 ft 4 ins (1.94 m)
Weight	16 st 5 lbs (104 kg)
Nickname(s)	Macca
Club information
Position(s)	Centre / Wing
Current club	Leigh Centurions
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Eccles ARL
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1993 ‐ 97 1998 ‐ 03 2003 ‐ 04 2004 ‐ 05 2005 ‐ 06 2006 2007 2008	Salford Bradford Saracens Salford Leeds Wigan Bradford Leigh Centurions	118 (75) 93(212) 25(12) 0(0) 17(20) 28 (4)
Representative teams**
1996 ‐ 1996 ‐	England Great Britain
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only and correct as of September 12,2007. ** Representative team caps and points correct as of June 10,2007.

Nathan McAvoy (born December 31, 1976) is a rugby league player and currently plays right centre for Leigh Centurions in National League 1.

Contents 1 Career 2 Reprsenative 3 1998-2003 4 2003-2004 5 2006 6 2007 7 2008 8 External links

Nathan's first professional contract was given to him by Salford City Reds. He had had joined Salford from Eccles ARL where he played alongside Adrian Morley. He made 118 appearances for the City Reds, scoring 75 tries during his six year stint at the club.

During his time at Salford Nathan was given the Captaincy of the Great Britain Amateur squad when they toured in New Zealand. In 1996 he was given his first full cap by Great Britain. He was also selected in the England squad for the 1996 European Championships and made his debut against Wales before being named in the squad for the 2000 World Cup

Super League giants Bradford Bulls signed Nathan in 1998 and during his time at Bradford he lifted the Challenge Cup and the Grand Final in which he scored a spectacular try against bitter rivals Leeds Rhinos in 2000 which is remembered fondly by fans.

Nathan left Bradford and decided it was time for a new challenge and changed codes to play rugby union for Saracens during the 2003-04 season. His rugby union career was frustrating with an early injury causing loss of form and only made a handful of appearances before joining Salford again mid 2004

He joined Leeds Rhinos in January of 2006 and made his debut in the Tetleys Festive Challenge at Headingley against Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and scored a try in a 46 - 18 win

It was announced on April 28, 2006 that Nathan had joined Wigan Warriors on a months loan. A day later it was announced that Leeds Rhinos had released Nathan from his contract.

Nathan was awarded with a 1 year contract at the JJB Stadium this season after successfully helping the Wigan club survive relagation last season.

It was announced February 2, 2007 that Nathan was not offered a contract with Wigan and will be returning to Bradford for the 2007 season taking the squad number 2.

In August 2007 it was announced that Nathan would be released at the end of 2007.

In December 2007, it was announced that Nathan had signed a part time contract to play with Leigh Centurions for the 2008 season.

• Nathan McAvoy Player Profile
• McAvoy returns for second spell at Bradford

Bradford Bulls
The Club Representatives • History • Statistics • Honours • Players
Seasons 1996 • 1997 •1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002• 2003 2004• 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 •2011
Stadiums Greenfield Athletic Ground • Birth Lane • Grattan Stadium • Valley Parade
Captains Robbie Paul (1996-2004) • Jamie Peacock (2005) Iestyn Harris (2006) • Paul Deacon (2007 -present)
Coaches David Hobbs (1990 - 1993) • Peter Fox (1993-1995) Brian Smith (1995-1996) • Matthew Elliott (1996-2000) Brian Noble (2001-2006) • Steve McNamara (2006 - present)

England squad - 2000 Rugby League World Cup Semi-Finalists - Current squad

Andy Farrell (c) •  Paul Anderson •  Paul Deacon •  Stuart Fielden •  Darren Fleary •  Mike Forshaw •  Andy Hay •  Harvey Howard •  Sean Long •  Nathan McAvoy •  Adrian Morley •  Scott Naylor •  Jamie Peacock •  Leon Pryce •  Kris Radlinski •  Paul Rowley •  Paul Sculthorpe •  Keith Senior •  Kevin Sinfield •  Tony Smith •  Stuart Spruce •  Francis Stephenson •  Chev Walker •  Paul Wellens • coach John Kear

v • d • e 1999 Bradford Bulls Super League Grand Finalists
1. Stuart Spruce • 2. Tevita Vaikona • 3. Scott Naylor • 4. Michael Withers • 5. Leon Pryce • 6. Henry Paul • 7. Robbie Paul(captain) 8. Paul Anderson • 9. James Lowes • 10. Stuart Fielden • 11. David Boyle • 12. Bernard Dwyer • 13. Steve McNamara 14. Paul Deacon • 15. Nathan McAvoy • 16. Mike Forshaw • 17. Brian McDermott Coach. Matthew Elliott