- Sam Thaiday
Infobox rugby league biography
playername = Sam Thaiday
fullname = Sam Thaiday
caption =
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1985|6|12|df=yes
placeofbirth =Sydney, New South Wales
countryofbirth =Australia
height = 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
weight = 108 kg (17 st 0 in)
position = Second row
club1 = leagueicon|Brisbane Broncos|16Brisbane Broncos
year1start = 2003
year1end = present
appearances1 = 80
tries1 = 10
goals1 = 1
fieldgoals1 = 0
points1 = 42
teamA = leagueicon|Queensland Maroons|16 Queensland
yearAstart = 2006
yearAend = present
appearancesA = 6
triesA = 0
goalsA = 0
fieldgoalsA = 0
pointsA = 0
teamB = leagueicon|Australia Kangaroos|16 Australia
yearBstart = 2006
yearBend =
appearancesB = 2
triesB = 0
goalsB = 0
fieldgoalsB = 0
pointsB = 0
updated =22 August 2008
source =Sam Thaiday (born
12 June 1985 inSydney, New South Wales ) is anAustralia n, with a proudTorres Strait Islands background; he is a professionalrugby league player. He plays for theBrisbane Broncos in theNational Rugby League competition. His favoured position is the Second Row but he has played Prop and Lock on numerous occasions in his career.Career
Sam Thaiday was born in Sydney, but later moved to
Queensland . He made his debut for theBrisbane Broncos against theCanterbury Bulldogs in Round 18 of the 2003 season, at the age of 18. He had played just 10 games before 2005, and in 2005 he still only played 14 games.It wasn't until 2006 that Sam Thaiday's career, still at a young age of 20, started to lift. Solid form in the first 10 weeks of the Broncos season earned him a spot on the Queensland bench for Game I of the 2006 Origin series. He was also selected on the bench for the following 2 games for the Maroons, who went on to win the series. After that, when the Broncos were in the "slump that wasn't a slump", coach Wayne Bennett moved Thaiday from the bench to the starting side. This, among other changes, saw the Broncos' season turn around, and they ended up winning the premiership.
Thaiday was selected for the Australian Tri-Nations team in 2006 and made his international debut in Game 2 against New Zealand after concussion ruled
Willie Mason out.In the
2007 NRL season Thaiday suffered an injury to the bone around his eye socket and missed all three games of the State of Origin series for the Queensland Maroons while waiting to recover. Thaiday made his 50th First Grade Appearance in the NRL in 2007 and re-signed with the Brisbane Broncos until the end of 2009.In the
2008 NRL season Sam was back in form and started the year on a bang winning back to back man of the match awards in round 8 and 9 to earn himself a starting spot in the2008 State Of Origin series .
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