Went to school in Toowoomba (Qld) with Nathan Stapleton.
In yr7 (2002) we were divided into groups of 3 to give presentations to the class explaining a particular area of Australian history - the topic that was assigned to myself, Stapo and another kid was Federation. I painstakingly and repeatedly tried to explain the basic concepts, but poor Stapo had NFI shaking his head in dismay at how "smart" I was for understanding Federation. We decided to give a role-play: I was the reporter for a talk-show, the other kid was Edmund Barton and Stapo was Sir Henry Parkes...I'll never forget him wearing the fake white beard, looking between the paper I had written him and the audience giggling at him struggling.
He wasn't a bad kid though - bit of a loudmouth, but boy could he run. He left my school a couple of years later and went to TSS (The Southport School) when his older brother Brett was expelled. Pleased to see Nathan made it, but no idea what happened to his brother - last I heard (about 5yrs ago) he was signed to the soon-to-be-doomed East Coast Aces.
