Timothy Brasher was born on 16 March 1971 and is an Australian former rugby league footballer who primarily played as a fullback in the 1990s and 2000s.
14 Facts About Tim Brasher
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Tim Brasher began his career with the Balmain Tigers, where he played the majority of his career.
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Tim Brasher then moved to the South Sydney Rabbitohs for two seasons, before finishing his career with a season at the North Queensland Cowboys.
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Tim Brasher single-handedly carried a very weak Tigers side to within one win of a finals berth that year, and his Origin and Kangaroo performances continued to be exceptional.
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Tim Brasher was in talks with the Canberra Raiders, but after talks with the club stalled, it was announced that Tim Brasher had signed for the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
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Tim Brasher enjoyed a very successful career with the Tigers playing in 185 games, which included 182 starts and 3 replacement appearances, and scoring 538 points, which included 82 tries and 105 goals.
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Tim Brasher was named on the bench in the official Balmain Tigers Team of the Century.
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Tim Brasher moved to the North Queensland Cowboys in 2000, and was appointed captain in his first season with the club, in which he made 16 appearances, scoring four tries, and being voted Players Player of the Year.
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The career-ending injury was widely reported at the time as a knee injury as a result of Brasher falling from a chair cleaning a fan.
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Tim Brasher did however make a very brief comeback when he filled in for a depleted Bath side during the 2003 Rugby World Cup.
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Tim Brasher beat out Newcastle Knights fullback Brad Godden for the vacant Australian fullback spot on the back of impressive big game displays in both the final State of Origin game that year, as well as with Balmain as an 18 year old in the 1989 Grand Final.
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Tim Brasher played 15 games on tour, scoring six tries and kicking eleven goals.
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In 1995, Tim Brasher finally made the Australian fullback spot his own and he was selected there for all three tests against New Zealand in the Trans-Tasman Test series.
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Between 1996 and 1998, Brasher was selected a further five times, against Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Rest of the World and two Tests against New Zealand.