Nick Easter

Nick Easter

Personal information
Full name	Nicholas James Easter
Date of birth	August 15, 1978 (1978-08-15)
Place of birth	Epsom, Surrey, England
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	117 kg (18 st 6 lb)
School(s) attended	Dulwich College
University(s)	Nottingham Trent University
Relatives	Mark Easter, Anne Easter Smith
Club information
Position(s)	Number Eight, Blindside Flanker
Current club	Harlequins
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Old Alleynian Villagers Club
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
2001–2004 2004 –	Orrell Harlequins	1290(185)
Representative teams**
2007 - 2007 –	England Saxons England	470(25)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only and correct as of 13:39, 07 July, 2010 (UTC). ** Representative team caps and points correct as of 12 November 2011.

Nick Easter (born 15 August 1978 in Epsom, Surrey) is a rugby union rugby player who plays at No. 8 or Flanker for Harlequins and England.

He is the brother of Sale Sharks player Mark Easter and the nephew of author Anne Easter Smith. His father John, played squash professionally and reached number 1 in Britain and No.9 in the world. His great grandfather, Pieter Le Roux, played for the Springboks. He attended the South London public school Dulwich College and Nottingham Trent University.

Playing career

After a period working in London, Easter moved to Rosslyn Park F.C. before swiftly moving onto Orrell and then Harlequins where he has stayed since.

He made his England debut in the 2007 Six Nations win against Italy.

On 4 August 2007, Easter scored four tries as England beat Wales by a record 62–5 at Twickenham in a World Cup warm-up game. Easter was the first No.8 to score four tries in one match for England.

Easter won the Harlequins Player of the year award for two consecutive seasons in 2004/5 and 2005/6 which helped him gain England recognition.

Easter was selected for the World Cup squad. He started 6 matches of the 2007 Rugby World Cup where he was a key influence in helping the team make the final.

During the 2008 Six Nations he was named man of match against France away in Englands 24–13 win. He also started all 5 matches of the 2009 Six Nations.

On the recent England tour to Australia he was named man of the match in the second test victory 21–20, helping secure England's first win down under for 7 years.

He was involved in the 2011 Rugby Union World Cup scandal and was reported to be the player to have reacted to England's quarter-final defeat by France in Auckland by saying: "There's £35k just gone down the toilet."

External links

• Harlequins Profile
• England Profile
• Nick Easter photo by Sportingheroes.net
• Report about Nick Easter
• Nick Easter Interview