Nathan Merritt

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nathan Merritt
Occupation	Rugby Player
Date Of Birth	May 26, 1983(1983-05-26)
Age	41
Birthplace	Redfern
Country	United States
Birth City	South Dakota
Horoscope	Taurus

Nathan Merritt Biography

Nathan Merritt is one of the most popular and richest Rugby Player who was born on May 26, 1983 in Redfern, South Dakota, United States. Indigenous Australians who played fullback and wing for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, National Rugby League.

Snoop dogg, an American rapper, called Merritt the NRL’s favorite player.

His first-grade debut was for the South Sydney Rabbitohs against the New Zealand Warriors at Ericsson Stadium in round 9 of the 2002 NRL season, scoring a try on debut. At the end of the 2003 season Merritt agreed to terms with the Cronulla Sharks where he was to play for the next two years. In the 2005 season, Merritt endured a tough year. He played only three first grade games for the Sharks, but was a stand-out player in the lower grade NSWRL Premier League matches for the Newtown Jets, scoring almost 300 points for the year. In one game against the Windsor Wolves, he scored 40 points (including 5 tries). At the end of the season, Merritt picked up a number of awards including Newtown RLFC VB Premier League Players’ Player award, as well as having the distinction of being the Jets highest season point scorer, as well as most points in a game. (as of 2005). His outstanding showing that year was rewarded when his old club South Sydney offered him a two-year contract to play in the NRL.

For the 2006 NRL season, Merritt rejoined the Rabbitohs and was a standout performer in an underachieving side all year, being one of only three players to play all 24 games for the club. He was the highest try scorer for the 2006 season with 22 tries, beating Manly Sea Eagles’ fullback Brett Stewart who scored 20. It was the first time since Nathan Blacklock in 2000 that the leading try scorer in a season played for a club that missed the finals, and the first time in Australian rugby league history that the leading try scorer in a season played for the club that finished last on the competition ladder. Notably, in the first three rounds of the season Merritt scored a try in the final minute of each game, a feat that had never been achieved in three consecutive games. Nathan’s hard work and great performances through the year culminated in the announcement that he had earned his first representative honor, to play for the Prime Minister’s XIII on their annual end of season tour to Papua New Guinea, the only South Sydney player to make in the squad. The Australians beat the Papua New Guinea Kumuls 28–8, with Merritt one of the try-scorers. He was also included in the train-on squad for the Kangaroos squad for the 2006 Tri-Nations tournament against England and New Zealand, but missed out on a starting position.

He was born in Sydney, New South Wales.

Nathan Merritt Net Worth

Nathan Merritt is one of the richest Rugby Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nathan Merritt 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He struggled in the first few years of rugby’s first-grade, but he started to thrive with the Rabbitohs.

With five tries in a 56-6 victory over Parramatta Eels, he set the South’s record for team play.

Nathan Merritt (born 26 May 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. A New South Wales State of Origin representative positions, he played in the National Rugby League for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, with whom he won the 2014 NRL Premiership, and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Merritt has also played representative football for the City New South Wales, Indigenous All Stars and Prime Minister’s XIII sides. A prolific try-scorer, he was the NRL’s top try-scorer in 2006 and 2011, and in 2013 became the 9th player in the history of the League to score 150 tries.

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On 8 August 2011 Merritt equalled the South Sydney club record of 5 tries in a match when he scored five against the Parramatta at ANZ Stadium in a 56–6 win, joining greats such as Harold Horder, Johnny Graves and Ian Moir to have scored five tries in a match for the Rabbitohs. He followed this up just six days later with a three try performance against the Canberra Raiders at Canberra Stadium and in doing so he became the first player since former Raiders fullback Brett Mullins in 1994 to score eight tries within eight days in the NRL. Merritt’s haul also saw him become clear leading try scorer for the 2011 NRL season with 21 from 21 games, six tries more than Canterbury’s Ben Barba with four rounds left to play before the Finals. After the regular season Merritt finished on 23 tries for the year [equal with Barba], a personal best with his previous best being 22 in 2006. After his brilliant form in 2011, Merritt was again selected to play for the Prime Minister’s XIII against Papua New Guinea.

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Nathan Ranked on the list of most popular Rugby Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Nathan Merritt celebrates birthday on May 26 of every year.

On 27 September 2013, Merritt equaled Benny Wearing’s record for the most number of tries scored (144) by an individual while playing for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, and broke this record with his 145th try, scoring against Penrith at Centrebet Stadium on 11 April 2014.