Towards the end of the season it was announced that 2004 would be his final year for the Sydney club as he was signed by the North Queensland Cowboys for 2005. Price was then able to give Thurston another ring in return. As Price had initially housed and mentored him upon his arrival in Sydney, Thurston gave his premiership ring to Price as a thank you. Thurston wore jersey #18 for the match as he had been a late inclusion for regular captain Steve Price who, in the lead up to the match, was ruled out with a knee injury.
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2004 Īlthough Thurston never cemented a starting position and only took part in 29 matches throughout three seasons at Canterbury-Bankstown, in his final year in 2004, he was part of the Premiership-winning side, coming off the bench in the club's 16–13 win over the Sydney Roosters in the 2004 NRL Grand Final. Thurston played in 15 matches and scored four tries in 2003. Thurston was limited to 7 appearances for the 2002 season due to the Bulldogs' salary cap breach, as his payments for first-grade matches would have continued to breach the NRL's salary cap. As a specialist in the halves, Thurston was behind established Canterbury halves pairing Brent Sherwin and Braith Anasta and many of his critics still believed he was still too small in stature to be competitive in the NRL. Thurston scored 2 tries from 7 games in his debut season. In round 21 against the North Queensland Cowboys, Thurston scored his first and second NRL career tries in Canterbury-Bankstown's 34–26 win at Dairy Farmers Stadium.
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Thurston made his NRL debut for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in round 13 of the 2002 NRL season against the Penrith Panthers, coming off the interchange bench in the 38–24 win at Penrith Stadium. Once Thurston had the opportunity he was selected for the Queensland U-19 side that year. The Bulldogs eventually signed Thurston in the 2001 NRL season for 'nil playing fee'. Ultimately, Ayoub negotiated with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs to sign him as he had promised Thurston's mother he would keep an eye on him, and Belmore (the Bulldogs' home ground) was closer to where he lived. Only St George Illawarra Dragons coach Nathan Brown was willing to sign him because he was going to play for nothing. According to Thurston's manager, Sam Ayoub, a number of the clubs were not even willing to take him for free. Īlthough a stand-out player at school and club level at 18 years of age, none of the National Rugby League clubs were willing to sign the Queenslander with many citing his small size as a problem. Mary's College, playing rugby league for the school and the Toowoomba Rugby League's All Whites club. Later during his youth he moved to Toowoomba where he attended St. At 12, Thurston signed a scholarship deal with the South Queensland Crushers. He began playing rugby league at a very young age for Souths Sunnybank RLFC in Brisbane's southside. Thurston was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, to a Gunggari ( Indigenous Australian) mother and a New Zealander father. The JTAcademy provides a forum, which encourages Australian youth to access the educational and vocational resources needed to secure meaningful employment. In 2018, Thurston founded and launched the Johnathan Thurston Academy (JTAcademy) of which is he now the Managing Director. He was also the 2015 Clive Churchill Medallist for grand final man of the match. Also in 2015, Thurston co-captained the North Queensland Cowboys, along with teammate Matt Scott, to their inaugural NRL Premiership. Thurston broke the record for most points in State of Origin history during the 2015 State of Origin Series. Thurston was the only player to play in all 24 games of Queensland's eight-year State of Origin winning streak from 2006, having played 36 consecutive Origin matches from his debut in 2005. Also in 2008, he was named as halfback of the Australian Aboriginal team of the century. He was the 2008 Wally Lewis medalist for State of Origin player of the series.
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In that year, he made his debut for Queensland, before making his Australian debut in 2006. \2, where he won the 2004 NRL premiership, before moving to the North Queensland Cowboys in 2005, playing in that year's grand final. Johnathan Thurston started his career at the Canterburhv necjklwxq In 2015, he became the first ever four-time Dally M Medallist for the NRL season's best player, and later that year became the first ever three-time winner of the Golden Boot Award for the World's best player. He played as a halfback or five-eighth and was a noted goal-kicker. Thurston was an Australian international, Queensland State of Origin and Indigenous All Stars representative.
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Johnathan Dean Thurston AM (born 25 April 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the NRL.