Nathan Graham

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Nathan Graham (born 23 November 1971) is a professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of Scotland and a former rugby league footballer who played as a fullback, wing, centre, hooker or loose forward in the 1990s and 2000s.

Nathan Graham

Personal information
Full name	Nathan James Graham[1]
Born	(1971-11-23) 23 November 1971 (age 53) Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England
Playing information
Position	Fullback, Wing, Centre, Hooker, Loose forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1989–95 Dewsbury Rams 148 7 9 0 28 1995–98 Bradford Bulls 50 4 0 1 78 2000–01 Dewsbury Rams 31 8 0 0 32 2001–03 Featherstone Rovers 67 21 0 1 85 2004 York City Knights 26 7 1 0 30 Batley Bulldogs Total 322 47 10 2 253 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1998–04 Scotland 10 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 2019– Scotland 5 2 1 2 40
Source: [2][3] As of 12 October 2023

He played at international level for Scotland, and at club level for the Dewsbury Rams (two spells), Bradford Bulls, Featherstone Rovers, York City Knights and the Batley Bulldogs.^[2]

Playing career

Bradford Bulls

Graham played for the Bradford Bulls at fullback in their 1996 Challenge Cup Final loss to St Helens.^[4] He made 26 appearances for York City Knights in 2004.^[5]

Featherstone Rovers

Nathan Graham made his début for Featherstone Rovers on 2 December 2001.

International

Graham was a Scotland international and played at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.^[2]

Coaching career

After his playing career ended Graham moved into coaching and in October 2016 joined Keighley Cougars as assistant coach after five years of amateur team Drighlington ARLFC.^[6]

Graham was appointed head coach of Scotland at the end of 2019.^[7]