Sam Thaiday

Sam Thaiday
Personal information
Full nameSamuel Arthur Thaiday
Born (1985-06-12) 12 June 1985 (age 39)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight112 kg (17 st 9 lb)
PositionSecond-row, Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2003–18 Brisbane Broncos 304 40 1 0 162
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2006–17 Queensland 29 3 0 0 12
2006–17 Australia 32 2 0 0 8
2007–13 Prime Minister's XIII 2 0 0 0 0
2010–16 Indigenous All Stars 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Samuel Arthur Thaiday (/θaɪdeɪ/; born 12 June 1985) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League, serving as their captain from 2012 until 2013. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative second-row, he could also play prop and lock as well as hooker and spent all of his career at the Broncos, with whom he won the 2006 premiership. In 2008, Australia's centenary of rugby league and Thaiday's sixth year at the top level, he was one of only three current players to be named in the Indigenous Australian rugby league team of the century.[2] On 6 July 2018, Thaiday announced his intention to retire from the NRL at the end of the 2018 season. He currently plays for the Samford Stags in the Brisbane open men’s division 2 competition.

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  1. ^ "Sam Thaiday – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  2. ^ Modern stars join greats in Indigenous Team of Century ABC News 9 August 2008
  3. ^ "League: Sam Thaiday announces retirement from rugby league in bizarre fashion". The New Zealand Herald. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.