Steve Nash (rugby league)

For the Dewsbury Rams prop, see Stephen Nash (rugby league).
Steve Nash
Personal information
Born (1949-04-07) 7 April 1949
England
Playing information
Position Scrum-half/Halfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1971–75 Featherstone Rovers
1975–84 Salford City Reds 2 3 5 18
Total 0 2 3 5 18
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1971–82 Great Britain 25 2 0 1 7
1975–81 England 7 1 0 0 3
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1989 Mansfield
Source: RLP

Steve Nash (born 7 April 1949) is an English Rugby League World Cup winning footballer of the 1970s and 1980s, and coach of the 1980s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers and Salford, as a Scrum-half/Halfback, and coaching at club level for Mansfield Marksman. Nash won 24 Great Britain caps altogether and also played 7 games for the England team.

Playing career

Featherstone

During the 1969–70 Northern Rugby Football League season Steve Nash played at half back and scored a try in Featherstone Rovers' 9-12 loss against Hull in the 1969 Yorkshire Cup final at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 20 September 1969. In 1971, while playing for Featherstone, Nash played his first matches for the Great Britain Lions against France, and New Zealand, and in 1972 against France (2 matches). He played in the 1972 World Cup final against Australia which was drawn 10-all, enabling Great Britain to claim the Cup. Nash then helped Featherstone to victory in the 1972–73 Northern Rugby Football League season's Challenge Cup final, winning the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance. During the 1973 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Nash was selected to play for Great Britain at scrum half back in the first two Ashes Test matches against Australia. Nash continued to play for Great Britain in 1974 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (3 matches). Nash won caps for England while at Featherstone Rovers in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against Wales, New Zealand, and Australia, and in 1975 against Papua New Guinea.

Salford

In 1975 Nash moved to Salford, for a cash world-record £15,000 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £161,900 in 2013).[1] During the 1975–76 Northern Rugby Football League season Nash played at scrum half back for Salford in the Premiership final loss against St Helens. He played scrum half back in Salford's 7-16 loss to Widnes in the 1975 Lancashire Cup final at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 4 October 1975. He continued to represent Great Britain and narrowly missed out on a second World Cup victory in the 1977 Final which was lost to Australia 12-13. In the first Test against Bob Fulton's Australia at Central Park, Wigan, in October, 1978 Britain lost 15-9 and Nash and his opposite number, Tommy Raudonikis, were sent off for fighting early in the second half. During the 1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France Nash continued to play at half back in all three Ashes Test matches. Nash continued to represent England in 1978 against France, and Wales, and in 1981 against Wales (2 matches),[2] For the 1982 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France Nash was recalled to the Great Britain team as captain for the first Test against Australia at Hull in 1982. Australia won 40-4. Steve Nash also played Scrum-half/Halfback in Great Britain's 7-8 defeat to France in the friendly at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo, Venice on Saturday 31 July 1982.[3]

Nash finished his career with Rochdale.[4] His Testimonial match at Salford took place in 1984.

References

  1. ↑ "Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Hughes, Ed (31 October 2004). "Caught in Time: Great Britain prepare for 1972 rugby league World Cup final". The Sunday Times. UK: Times Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 18 October 2010.

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