Johnathan Thurston

Johnathan Dean Thurston (born 25 April 1983) is an Australian rugby league player and co-captain of National Rugby League team the North Queensland Cowboys. During his NRL career he has frequently been cited as rugby league's best player. Thurston is an Australian international, Queensland State of Origin, Prime Minister's XIII and Indigenous All Stars representative halfback, five-eighth and goal-kicker. Thurston is also a four time Dally M Medallist, 2008 Wally Lewis Medallist and the 2015 Clive Churchill Medallist. Thurston started his career at the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 2002, where he won the 2004 NRL premiership, before moving to the North Queensland Cowboys in 2005, playing in that year's grand final. In 2008 he was named as halfback of the Australian Aboriginal team of the century. In 2011, 2013 and 2015 Thurston won the Golden Boot Award for the World's best player. In 2015, Thurston and the North Queensland Cowboys won their inaugural NRL Premiership, with Thurston as Captain.