Nigel Staniforth

Nigel Staniforth is an Australian former professional rugby union player.
Raised in West Wyalong, 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 Scott, national rugby sevens player Graydon and New South Wales under-19s representative Mitchell, who is the eldest.
Staniforth attended All Saints' [College, Bathurst], 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 (rugby union, born 1980)|David Lyons].
A fullback, Staniforth played for Sydney [University Football Club|Sydney University] in the Shute Shield. He earned state representative honours in 2006, played in New Zealand for Counties Manukau [Rugby Football Union|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.