1. Brent Naden was born on 30 December 1995 and is an Indigenous Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre and winger for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League.
16 Facts About Brent Naden
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Brent Naden was born in Wellington, New South Wales, and is of Indigenous Australian and German descent.
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Brent Naden played his junior rugby league for the Wellington Cowboys, before being signed by the Penrith Panthers.
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From 2014 to 2015, Brent Naden played for the Penrith Panthers' NRL Under-20s team, captaining the side to a premiership and being named on the interchange bench in the NYC Team of the Year in 2015.
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In 2016, Brent Naden graduated to their Intrust Super Premiership NSW team.
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In 2017, Brent Naden joined the Canberra Raiders but failed to make an NRL appearance, only appearing in their ISP NSW team Mount Pritchard Mounties.
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In 2018, Brent Naden joined the Newcastle Knights on a 1-year contract, but again failed to make an NRL appearance.
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In round 12 of the 2019 NRL season, Brent Naden made his NRL debut for the Panthers against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.
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In round 15 against the New Zealand Warriors, Brent Naden scored 2 tries, one of which was an 80-metre effort as he beat several New Zealand players to reach the try line.
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Brent Naden played 19 games for Penrith in the 2020 NRL season scoring 12 tries.
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Brent Naden played a total of ten games for the Wests Tigers in the 2022 NRL season as the club finished bottom of the table and claimed the Wooden Spoon for the first time.
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Brent Naden played a total of eight games for the Wests Tigers in the 2023 NRL season and scored two tries as the club finished with the Wooden Spoon for a second straight year.
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Brent Naden was limited to only nine games with the Wests Tigers in the 2024 NRL season as the club finished with the wooden spoon for a third straight year.
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Brent Naden had suffered a dislocated kneecap and be ruled out for two months.
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In December 2020, Brent Naden received a one-month ban for a doping violation after testing that took place at the 2020 NRL Grand Final.
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Brent Naden received treatment at a rehabilitation clinic in Sydney.