Nathan Sharpe
Nathan Sharpe was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia on February 26th, 1978 and is the Rugby Player. At the age of 46, Nathan Sharpe biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Nathan Sharpe (born 26 February 1978) is a retired professional Australian rugby union player.
He started his rugby career with the Queensland Reds in 1999 before joining the newly formed Western Force in 2006, where he captained the team until his retirement in 2012.
He appeared in 116 test matches for Australia, with 20 of them as captain.
His normal position was locked.
Early life
Sharpe was born in Wagga, New South Wales, and his first sporting passion was Australian rules football. After transferring to Brisbane at age 11, he began playing rugby union. He competed for the schoolboy team in 1994 and 1995 as well as being the school captain. Sharpe competed for the under-19 Australian rugby union team in 1996. He was selected for the Australian under-21s national team for three years in a row, captaining the team in 1999.
Rugby career
At the age of 18, Sharpe was chosen in the Queensland Reds senior squad for the 1996 Super 12 competition. It was the first year of professional rugby and the team included Wallabies John Eales and Garrick Morgan. He had to wait until 1998 to make his Queensland debut. Sharpe gained his first cap for Australia against France in Melbourne in 2002. He passed the 50-cap mark during 2006 with a remarkable sequence of Test appearances: when he was rested for the Test against Fiji in Perth in June 2007 it ended a run of 28 consecutive matches for the Wallabies since 2005.
For the 2006 season the Super 12 competition was expanded to become the Super 14 with the addition of two new teams; the Western Force in Perth, and the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein. Sharpe was recruited by the Force, and became their inaugural team captain. In 2007, Sharpe's outstanding work in the line-out and effective work around the field was recognised when he was awarded the John Eales Medal as Australia's Player of the Year. He earned his 100th Test cap against Wales at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, where Australia finished in third place. After the following Super Rugby season, Sharpe retired from the game. He was persuaded to stay on, however, for the Wallabies matches in the 2012 Rugby Championship and the 2012 end-of-year tour. Sharpe's presence in the second row took on added importance in the absence of the injured James Horwill, and he captained the side for the remainder of the year. Sharpe won the John Eales Medal for a second time in 2012. His final match playing for Australia was a win against Wales at Millennium Stadium on 1 December 2012.