Nigel Staniforth (born 19 June 1981) is an Australian former professional

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player. Raised in

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, Staniforth is the youngest son of New South Wales Country winger Peter and a nephew of Wallabies loose forward Tony Gelling. He was one of four rugby playing brothers, consisting of Wallaby

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, national rugby sevens player Graydon and New South Wales under-19s representative Mitchell, who is the eldest. Staniforth attended

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, where he was first XV captain, and toured Europe with the Australian Schools side at the end of 1998, under the captaincy of David Lyons. A fullback, Staniforth played for

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in the Shute Shield. He earned state representative honours in 2006, played in New Zealand for Counties Manukau the following year, then competed with French club US Bressane in the 2008–09 Rugby Pro D2 season. Retiring in 2022, Staniforth finished his career at the Orange Emus.

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