Referee Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Nathan Leigh Fien
- Born
- Wednesday, 1st August, 1979
- Current Age
- 44 years and 241 days
- Place Of Birth
- Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Biography
Mt Isa junior gave great service to the North Queensland for five seasons match before surprisingly signing with the Warriors in 2005 – the year after the North Queensland qualified for the finals for the first time. A halfback/hooker with the Warriors, Fein declared his intention to represent the Kiwis in the 2006 Tri-Nations competition and told officials that his grandmother was born in NZ in order to fast-track residential qualification rules. Fein made his ‘Test’ debut in NZ’s 18-14 win over Great Britain in Christchurch before the media discovered that the birth certificate he furnished to officials was for his great-grandmother – making him ineligible to represent the Kiwis. NZ were stripped of its competition points and Fein disqualified from playing for the remainder of the series. He has since restated his intention to qualify for NZ via the three-year resident rule.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Referee Career Statistics
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Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, AJ Lucantonio, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Bill Bates
Sources:
NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2001, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2002, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2003, NRL 2004 Official Rugby League Annual, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2004, 2006 Official Rugby League Annual
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