Brent Naden

Brent Naden (born 30 December 1995) is an Indigenous Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a wing and centre for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL.

Brent Naden
Personal information
Born (1995-12-30) 30 December 1995
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
Playing information
PositionCentre, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– Penrith Panthers 30 20 0 0 80
As of 16 November 2020
Source: [1]

Background

Naden was born in Wellington, New South Wales, and is of Indigenous Australian descent - from Wiradjuri people. He was educated at Wellington High School.[2]

He played his junior rugby league for the Wellington Cowboys, before being signed by the Penrith Panthers.

Playing career

Early years

From 2014 to 2015, Naden played for the Penrith Panthers' NRL Under-20s team, captaining the side to a premiership[3] and being named on the interchange bench in the NYC Team of the Year in 2015.[4] In 2016, he graduated to their Intrust Super Premiership NSW team.[5] In 2017, he joined the Canberra Raiders but failed to make an NRL appearance, only appearing in their ISP NSW team Mount Pritchard Mounties.[6] In 2018, he joined the Newcastle Knights on a 1-year contract,[7] but again failed to make an NRL appearance.

2019

In 2019, Naden rejoined the Panthers.[3] In round 12 of the 2019 NRL season, Naden made his NRL debut for the Panthers against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.[2]

In round 15 against the New Zealand Warriors, Naden scored 2 tries, one of which was an 80 metre effort as he beat several New Zealand players to reach the try line. Penrith would go on to win the match in extra time 19-18.[8]

In Round 18 against St George, Naden scored two tries as Penrith won the match 40-18 at Penrith Stadium.[9]

2020

In round 20 of the 2020 NRL season, Naden scored two tries in a 42-0 victory over Canterbury-Bankstown at ANZ Stadium. Penrith finished the regular season having already claimed the Minor Premiership at week earlier.[10]

Naden played 19 games for Penrith in the 2020 NRL season scoring 12 tries. He played in the 2020 NRL Grand Final where Penrith lost to Melbourne 26-20.[11]

Personal life

In November 2020, Naden entered a rehabilitation clinic in Sydney. The Penrith club released a statement which said "Following the 2020 NRL grand final, Brent Naden approached the club and disclosed a number of personal issues he wished to address. As a result, Brent is currently undertaking a voluntary rehabilitation program in a private Sydney facility".[12]

On 1 December 2020, Naden was provisionally suspended by the NRL after testing positive for Cocaine. The NRL released a statement which read “The National Rugby League (NRL) has today provisionally suspended Penrith Panthers player Brent Naden under the NRL’s Anti-Doping Policy.

“The mandatory Provisional Suspension Notice asserts that Mr Naden returned a positive A-sample for metabolites of cocaine following a test conducted by Sport Integrity Australia after the Grand Final match on 25 October 2020. Cocaine is prohibited In-Competition by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the NRL’s Anti-Doping Policy".[13]

References
  1. "Brent Naden - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. "Round 12 team lists, NRL squad announcements & updates". National Rugby League. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. "Piazza D'Oro NRL Teamlist: Round 12". Penrith Panthers. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  4. "2015 Holden Cup Team of the Year". NRL.com. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  5. "TEAMS - Intrust Super Premiership NSW Rd 11". New South Wales Rugby League. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  6. Polkinghorne, David (14 June 2017). "Canberra Raiders and Mounties centre Brent Naden gets one-week ban for biting". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  7. NewcastleKnights.com.au (21 November 2017). "Johns and Naden sign with Knights for 2018". Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  8. "Maloney nails field goal as Panthers down Warriors in extra time". NRL.
  9. "Hot Panthers to keep riding rookie wave". 7News.
  10. "Parramatta beats Wests Tigers to claim third spot on NRL ladder, Panthers and Raiders score wins". www.abc.net.au.
  11. "Melbourne Storm beat Penrith Panthers as it happened". www.theguardian.com.
  12. "Naden enters rehab facility to address personal issues". www.nrl.com.
  13. "Why Naden could cop just a one month ban despite testing positive to cocaine". www.foxsports.com.au.
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