Mark Nicholls (rugby league)

Mark Nicholls
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
2016–17 Melbourne Storm 9 0 0 0 0
2018– South Sydney 12 0 0 0 0
Total 40 1 0 0 4
As of 3 March 2018
Source: [1]

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

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.[2][3] In October 2010, he played for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis.[4]

2012

In round 17 of the 2012 NRL season, Nicholls made his NRL debut for the Raiders against the St. George Illawarra Dragons.[5] He went on to play 12 consecutive games that year, coming off the bench as a prop.[6][7]

Nicholls playing for the Raiders

2013

On 25 April, Nicholls re-signed with the Raiders on a 2-year contract.[8]

2014

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

2015

On 6 October, Nicholls signed a one-year contract with the Melbourne Storm starting in 2016.[10][11]

2016

On 1 February, Nicholls was named in the Storm's 2016 NRL Auckland Nines squad.[12][13]

2017

Nicholls was named in the Storm squad for the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines.[14]

He made his Storm debut against the Penrith Panthers in round five of the 2017 season.[15]

2018

Nicholls made his Rabbitohs debut in Round 1 of the 2018 season, starting at prop in the Rabbitohs 32-20 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.

References

  1. ↑ "Mark Nicholls - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 1990-01-05. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  2. ↑ "N". NYC DATABASE. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Jean, David (17 March 2009). "Dream green start just out of reach". The Sydney Morning Herald. The Canberra Times. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Junior Kangaroos team named". NRL - The official site of the National Rugby League - NRL.com. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Shawn Dollin and Andrew Ferguson (19 August 2015). "NRL 2012". Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Shawn Dollin and Andrew Ferguson (1 September 2015). "Custom Match List". Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  7. ↑ http://www.raiders.com.au/news-display/Player-Review-2012--Mark-Nicholls/65446. Retrieved 14 January 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ "Mark Nicholls re-signs until the end of 2015". NRL - Zero Tackle. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  9. ↑ NRL. "VB NSW Cup Representative Side - Team Announcement". NSWRL. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  10. ↑ "Storm announce four key signings | NRL". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  11. ↑ "STORM SIGN RAIDER". Rugby League Week. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Storm name youthful Nines squad". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  13. ↑ "2016 Downer NRL Auckland Nines Official Squads". NRL. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  14. ↑ "2017 Auckland Nines squads: Every player named for the tournament". The Roar. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  15. ↑ "NRL: Melbourne Storm defence holds out Penrith Panthers". The Examiner. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
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