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| Birth name | Adam Scott Nicol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 July 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (18 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Queen Anne High School, Dunfermline | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Glasgow University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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]
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]
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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