Mark Nicholls (rugby league)

Mark Nicholls
Nicholls playing for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in 2013.
Personal information
Born (1990-01-05) 5 January 1990
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Height 194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012–15 Canberra Raiders 19 1 0 0 4
2016– Melbourne Storm 0 0 0 0 0
Total 19 1 0 0 4
As of 21 September 2015
Source: Rugby League Project

Mark Nicholls (born 5 January 1990) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League. He plays at prop and second-row and previously played for the Canberra Raiders.

Background

Born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Nicholls played his junior rugby league for the Leeton Raiders and Gungahlin Bulls, before being signed by the Canberra Raiders.

Playing career

Early career

From 2008 to 2010, Nicholls played for the Canberra Raiders' NYC team.[1][2] In October 2010, he played for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis.[3]

2012

In Round 17 of the 2012 NRL season, Nicholls made his NRL debut for the Raiders against the St. George Illawarra Dragons.[4] He went on to play 12 consecutive games that year, coming off the bench as a prop.[5][6]

2013

On 25 April, Nicholls re-signed with the Raiders on a 2-year contract.[7]

2014

On 9 July, Nicholls played for the New South Wales Residents against the Queensland Residents.[8]

2015

On 6 October, Nicholls signed a 1-year contract with the Melbourne Storm starting in 2016.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "N". NYC DATABASE. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Jean, David (17 March 2009). "Dream green start just out of reach". The Sydney Morning Herald. The Canberra Times. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Junior Kangaroos team named". NRL - The official site of the National Rugby League - NRL.com. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Shawn Dollin and Andrew Ferguson (19 August 2015). "NRL 2012". Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Shawn Dollin and Andrew Ferguson (1 September 2015). "Custom Match List". Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  6. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20150925131853/http://www.raiders.com.au/news-display/Player-Review-2012--Mark-Nicholls/65446. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ "Mark Nicholls re-signs until the end of 2015". NRL - Zero Tackle. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  8. ↑ NRL. "VB NSW Cup Representative Side - Team Announcement". NSWRL. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  9. ↑ "Storm announce four key signings | NRL". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  10. ↑ "STORM SIGN RAIDER". Rugby League Week. Retrieved 24 September 2015.

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