Olympian's tragic loss fuels NRL switch with Dragons

How Olympics team-mate helped Lawson get off the Marky Mark

Dragons rugby sevens convert Nathan Lawson leaned on fellow code-hopper Mark Nawaqanitawase to help prepare for his NRL debut.

Olympian’s tragic loss fuels NRL switch with Dragons

Nathan Lawson reckoned he had 80 family members and friends crammed into the grandstand at Jubilee Oval as the two-time Olympian made his NRL debut. But there was one person missing on Friday as the rugby sevens convert got his first taste of first grade action on the left wing in St George Illawarra’s 20-6 win over Newcastle. Late last year, just before he was about to embark on one of his final sevens tour events – and weeks out from switching…

Olympian's tragic loss fuels NRL switch with Dragons

Nathan Lawson did not look out of place in his NRL debut for St George Illawarra just over six months after he made the switch from rugby sevens.