Nick Paterson (born 24 September 1979) is an Australian former professional
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...
footballer who played for
North Queensland,
Cronulla
Cronulla is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Boasting numerous surf beaches and swimming spots, the suburb attracts both tourists and Greater Sydney residents. Cronulla is located 26 kilometres south of the Sydne ...
and
Manly-Warringah in the
NRL.
Playing career
A prop from
Toowoomba
Toowoomba ( , nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar') is a city in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. It is west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 ...
, Paterson started his NRL career at North Queensland, where he played a total of 15 first-grade games in three seasons. Most of his appearances came in the
2001 NRL season
The 2001 NRL season was the 94th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the fourth run by the National Rugby League. Also called the 2001 Telstra Premiership (due to sponsorship from Telstra Corporation) it was contested b ...
, featuring in 12 rounds. From 2002 to 2003, Paterson played under Chris Anderson at Cronulla, then switched to Manly-Warringah in 2004, but was unable to get regular games at either club.
Since leaving the NRL, Paterson played locally in Queensland before retiring in 2008 to pursue a coaching career. Paterson, a
Queensland Police
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is the principal law enforcement agency responsible for policing the Australian state of Queensland. In 1990, the Queensland Police Force was officially renamed the Queensland Police Service and the old motto ...
officer outside of football, coached the Caloundra Sharks to an A-Grade premiership in 2009 and has been as assistant coach with
Sunshine Coast.
References
External links
Nick Patersonat Rugby League project
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1979 births
Living people
Australian police officers
Australian rugby league coaches
Australian rugby league players
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles players
North Queensland Cowboys players
Rugby league players from Toowoomba
Rugby league props
Sunshine Coast Falcons players