Nathan Graham
Professional rugby league coach & former Scotland international rugby league footballer
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Nathan Graham (born 23 November 1971) is a professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of Huddersfield Giants Women and a former rugby league footballer who played as a fullback, wing, centre, hooker or loose forward in the 1990s and 2000s.
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| Full name | Nathan James Graham[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 November 1971 Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback, Wing, Centre, Hooker, Loose forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He played at international level for Scotland, and at club level for the Dewsbury Rams (two spells), Bradford Bulls, Featherstone Rovers, York City Knights and the Batley Bulldogs.[2]
Playing career
Bradford Bulls
Graham played for the Bradford Bulls at fullback in their 1996 Challenge Cup Final loss to St Helens.[4] He made 26 appearances for York City Knights in 2004.[5]
Featherstone Rovers
Nathan Graham made his début for Featherstone Rovers on 2 December 2001.
International
Graham was a Scotland international and played at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.[2]
Coaching career
Keighley Cougars
After his playing career ended Graham moved into coaching and in October 2016 joined Keighley Cougars as assistant coach after five years of amateur team Drighlington ARLFC.[6]
Scotland
Graham was appointed head coach of Scotland at the end of 2019.[7]
On 1 August 2025 it was reported that he had stepped down from the Scotland head coach role[8]
Huddersfield Giants Women
On 6 November 2025 he was announced as the new head coach of Huddersfield Giants Women[9]
