Ryan Nicholas
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Ryan Nicholas is a Rugby union player who was born in Broken Hill, NSW, Australia 23/05/1979.
A talented utility back, Ryan played 31 Super Rugby games for the Highlanders between 2002 and 2004 and was their leading try-scorer in 2002.
He was a member of the New Zealand national Sevens training squad and also played in the New Zealand junior volleyball team.
In the 2006-7 season he played for Japanese club Suntory Sungoliath in the Top League. Ryan is a strong runner who gets through tackles, is solid in defence and is a 75 per cent-plus goal kicker who came under closer scrutiny while Eddie Jones was working with Katsuyuki Kiyomiya as Suntory's technical advisor. He was the top points scorer in the Top League in 2006-7.
It has since been announced that he will be staying with Suntory for another year. (He was supposed to join Eddie Jones at the Queensland Reds for this year's Super 14 campaign, but he has turned down the chance so he can be available to play for Japan from next year.)
[edit] External Links
- Tomioka grabs MVP award - from the Daily Yomiuri of February 7, 2007 - states that Nicholas will be staying in Japan.
- QLD Reds Profile http://www.redsrugby.com.au/reds/reds.rugby/page/62473/section/40810
