Adam Nicol

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Adam Nicol
Birth nameAdam Scott Nicol
Date of birth (1997-07-02) 2 July 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight120 kg (18 st 13 lb)
School Queen Anne High School, Dunfermline
University Glasgow University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Tighthead Prop
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Dunfermline ()
– Glasgow University ()
– Glasgow Hawks ()
– Stirling County ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016 - 21 Glasgow Warriors 18 (0)
2021 Jersey Reds ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Scotland U16
Scotland U18 5 (0)
2015-17 Scotland U20 10 (0)

Adam Nicol (born 2 July 1997 in Aberdeen, Scotland) is a Scotland U20 international rugby union player who plays for Coventry at the Tighthead Prop position. [1] He previously played for Glasgow Warriors and Stirling County. [2]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Nicol grew up in Bermuda and started at the Bermuda Youth Rugby Program, representing Bermuda as a school boy V Cayman in 2008. [3] On return to Scotland he started out with Dunfermline, [4] Nicol moved on to play for Glasgow University, [5] Glasgow Hawks [6] and then Stirling County. [7] He studies Earth Sciences at Glasgow University. [8]

Nicol has been drafted to Stirling County in the Scottish Premiership for the 2018-19 season. [9]

Professional career

On 25 November 2016, Nicol played for Glasgow Warriors against Ospreys in the Pro12, replacing D'Arcy Rae at Tighthead Prop. [10] He became Glasgow Warrior No. 275.

He was enrolled in the Scottish Rugby Academy for their 2017-18 intake as a Stage 3 player. Stage 3 players are assigned a professional club; Nicol was assigned to Glasgow Warriors. [11]

He played again for Glasgow Warriors in their opening match of the 2017-18 season - against Northampton Saints at Bridgehaugh Park, Stirling on 19 August 2017. [12] He made 18 competitive appearances for the club. [13]

On 9 April 2021 it was announced that he had joined Jersey Reds with immediate effect. The deal is initially a loan to the end of the season, but the move will be made permanent thereafter. [13] [14]

International career

Nicol was picked for Scotland at U16 level. [15]

He then moved up in his international career with Scotland at Under 18 level, playing against England in Match 2015. [7]

He received his first Scotland U20 cap against England in the Under 20 Six Nations of 2016. [7]

Whilst with the U20 side Nicol displayed a level of destructive scrummaging rare in age grade rugby and confirmed his status as one of the biggest prospects in Scottish rugby.

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References

  1. ↑ "Reds boost front five with brace of Warrior signings". Jersey Reds.
  2. ↑ "Adam Nicol".
  3. ↑ "Youth Team Win in England". www.islandstats.com. 29 September 2007.
  4. ↑ "Adam Nicol. Another Dunfie success story - News - Dunfermline Rugby Football Club".
  5. ↑ "Nicol puts in Adam fine effort to get on Warriors bench". 25 November 2016. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Adam Nicol: Getting the Balance Right". 8 March 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 "Scotland U20 (Adam Nicol) - Scottish Rugby Union".
  8. ↑ "Moving to Glasgow".
  9. ↑ "Tennent's Premiership clubs decide pro-player draft | Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "Glasgow Warriors vs Ospreys, Fri, 25/11/2016 - 19:35 - Glasgow Warriors". Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "Latest intake of top young talent confirmed". Scottish Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Glasgow Warriors v Northampton Saints". Glasgow Warriors. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  13. 1 2 Barnes, David (9 April 2021). "Adam Nicol leaves Glasgow Warriors to join Jersey Reds". The Offside Line.
  14. ↑ "Nicol makes Jersey switch". Glasgow Warriors. 9 April 2021.
  15. ↑ "Scotland under-16 selected for Wellington - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.


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