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Faith Nathan

Faith Nathan

Age

23

Place of Birth

Manly

Olympic History

Tokyo 2020

Career Events

Rugby Sevens Womens 12-team Tournament

 

Faith's Story

Fast Facts

Sport: Rugby Sevens
Event: Women's Rugby Sevens
Olympic History: Tokyo 2020
Year Born: 2000
State Born: NSW

About Faith

Faith Nathan debuted with the Australian rugby sevens in December 2019, after being named to the squad for the World Seven Series round two in Dubai. 

In the lead-up to her debut, Faith played for the 2018 premiership-winning Cronulla Sharks in the U18s Tarsha Gale Cup competition, scoring a hat-trick of tries in the 32-22 win over St George in the grand final.

Faith was a standout player at the Aon Uni Sevens Series as a member of the University of Newcastle side, with an upset 19-12 win over the University of Queensland side in the qualifying finals. Faith set up most of Newcastle’s points to make it to the semis, but they lost there to the powerful Sydney University side.

Before a home crowd in the Newcastle round, a length-of-the-field try by Faith set up a 19-10 win for Newcastle Uni over the University of Adelaide side.

The next match Faith was again a standout for Newcastle against Canberra, with four breakaway tries and some staunch defence in the 24-19 win.

In 2021, Faith was selected to play both the six-match series against the Black Ferns in New Zealand in May and in the Oceania Games in Townsville in June.

Nathan made her Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, as part of the Australian squad competing in the Women's Rugby 7s competition. Faith would make her debut known scoring on four occasions throughout the tournament, against; China, Fiji, ROC and the United States. After a quarter-final loss to Fiji Australia would go on to finish 5th overall at the tournament.

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