Mike Nicholas

Mike Nicholas
Personal information
Full name	Mike Nicholas
Nickname	Nicko
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Aberavon RFC
Rugby league
Position	Prop, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1972–80	Warrington	152	14	8	0	58
1980–≥80	Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons
	Total	152	14	8	0	58
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1975–79	Wales	6
	Great Britain	0
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org

Mike Nicholas is a rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and '80s, coach of the 1980s–2000s, and current Wales Rugby League president, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Aberavon RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and Wales, and at club level for Warrington, and Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons, as a Prop, or Second-row, i.e. number 8 or 10, or, 11 or 12.^[1]

1 Playing career
2 Coaching career
3 References
4 External links

Playing career [edit]

International honours [edit]

Mike Nicholas won caps for Wales (RL) while at Warrington in 1975 against France, and England, in 1977 against England, and France, in 1978 against France, and in 1979 against England, and represented Great Britain (RL) in non-test matches.^[2]

Challenge Cup final appearances [edit]

Mike Nicholas played in Warrington's 24-9 victory over Featherstone Rovers in the 1973-74 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 11 May 1974, and was a playing substitute in the 7-14 defeat to Widnes in the 1974-75 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 10 May 1975.

Notable tour matches [edit]

Mike Nicholas played Right-Prop, i.e. number 10, in Warrington's 15-12 victory over Australia at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Wednesday 11 October 1978.^[3]

Coaching career [edit]

Mike Nicholas was the coach of Wales at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.

References [edit]

^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
^ "Warrington :: 15 - Australia :: 12 - date: 11th October 1978". wire2wolves.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

External links [edit]

Wales squad - 1975 Rugby League World Cup

Coaches: R. Simpson Coach Leslie "Les" Pearce

(5/8), e.g. The Number of Games Played in the 1975 World Cup.

v t e Wales squad – 2000 Rugby League World Cup

Harris (c) Atcheson Briers Busby Carvell Critchley Cunningham Davies Devereux Eaton Farrell Highton Jenkins Luckwell Moriarty Morgan Morley O'Hare Price Smith Sterling Sullivan Tassell Watson Whittle Coach: Griffiths

Persondata
Name	Nicholas, Mike
Alternative names
Short description	Welsh rugby union player and rugby league player and coach
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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