Nick Cotric

Nick Cotric
Personal information
Full name Nikola Cotric
Born (1998-11-18) 18 November 1998
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
Playing information
Position Wing, Centre, Fullback

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017– Canberra Raiders 48 28 0 0 112
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 Prime Minister’s XIII 1 1 0 0 0
As of 7 May 2018
Source: [1]

Nikola "Nick" Cotric[2] (Serbian: Nikola Čotrić; Cyrillic: Никола Чотрић; born 18 November 1998) is a Serbian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League. He plays as a centre, fullback and wing.

Background

Born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Cotric is of Serbian descent.[3] He played his junior rugby league for the Valley Dragons, before being signed by the Canberra Raiders.

Playing career

Early years

In 2016, Cotric was a member of the Canberra Raiders' NYC team, playing 21 games primarily at centre.[4][5] In August, he re-signed with the Raiders on a 2-year contract until the end of 2018[6] and played for the Australian Schoolboys.[7] In September, he was named at centre in the 2016 NYC Team of the Year.[8]

2017

Before the season started, Cotric was groomed to fill in the right-wing flank to void the departure of Edrick Lee.[9] In February 2017, Cotric was named in the Raiders 2017 NRL Auckland Nines squad.[10] In Round 1 of the 2017 NRL season, Cotric made his NRL debut for the Canberra Raiders against the North Queensland Cowboys, playing on the wing in the 20-16 Golden Point loss at 1300SMILES Stadium.[11][12] In Round 3 against the Wests Tigers, Cotric scored his first NRL career try in the 46-6 win at Canberra Stadium.[13] On 13 September 2017, Cotric was awarded with the Raiders Rookie of the year at the Mal Meninga Medal Awards night.[14] On 27 September 2017, Cotric received the Rookie of the Year award at the 2017 Dally M Awards night.[15] Even though the Raiders didn’t make the top 8 into the finals, Cotric capped off a great debut season with him playing in all of the Raiders 24 matches and scoring 16 tries in the 2017 NRL season. On 3 November 2017, Cotric extended his contract with the Raiders to the end of the 2020 season.[16] On 19 December 2017, Cotric was selected in Brad Fittler’s emerging New South Wales squad.[17]

2018

In round 12 of the 2018 NRL season against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, Cotric scored 2 tries in the Raiders' 21-20 win at Canberra Stadium.

References

  1. ↑ "Nick Cotric - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
  2. ↑ Polkinghorne, David (30 July 2017). "Could Canberra Raiders rookie Nick Cotric be player of the year?". Canberra Times. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. ↑ James Hooper (2017-02-02). "NRL: Canberra Raiders Nick Cotric, Wests Tigers contracts, Robbie Farah — The Mail". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  4. ↑ "C". NYC Database. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Canberra Raiders - 2016". NYC Database. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. ↑ Raiders.com.au (2016-08-05). "Nick Cotric re-signs with the Raiders". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  7. ↑ "ASSRL Schoolboys rugby league news, Australian Secondary School Rugby League, Australian Schoolboys". Ourfootyteam.com. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  8. ↑ "2016 Holden Cup Team of the Year announced". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  9. ↑ http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rugby-league/canberra-raiders/nrl-round-one-canberra-raiders-young-gun-nick-cotric-goes-from-family-kitchen-to-nrl-20170225-gul78q.html
  10. ↑ https://www.nrl.com/news/2017/02/04/2017-downer-nrl-auckland-nines-squads/
  11. ↑ http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rugby-league/canberra-raiders/nick-cotric-to-make-nrl-debut-in-canberra-raiders-fresh-leftedge-pairing-against-north-queensland-cowboys-20170227-gumqzo.html
  12. ↑ https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/live-nrl-north-queensland-cowboys-v-canberra-raiders/news-story/4c08f6df6a67676a45c768d3977190a8
  13. ↑ https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/raiders/canberra-raiders-have-beaten-the-wests-tigers-466-to-post-first-win/news-story/1b76fa5934480a404601ec8af5f89760
  14. ↑ http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rugby-league/canberra-raiders/junior-paulo-takes-out-canberra-raiders-mal-meninga-medal-20170911-gyeuje.html
  15. ↑ https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/dally-m-2017-canberra-raiders-nick-cotric-wins-nrl-rookie-of-the-year/news-story/27b4aebd2cbffd50fe47ffcf6742324d
  16. ↑ http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/green-machine-resign-rising-star-winger-nick-cotric-on-threeyear-deal/news-story/cdbe1eb3724537af2786663dba63cdc0
  17. ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/nrl-canberra-raiders-star-nick-cotric-named-in-brad-fittlers-emerging-blues-squad-20171218-h06ys0.html
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