Adam Nicol
| 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 | 110 kg (17 st 5 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 Stirling County and Glasgow Warriors at the Tighthead Prop position.[1]
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. On return to Scotland he started out with Dunfermline,[2] Nicol moved on to play for Glasgow University[3] and then Stirling County.[4] He studies Earth Sciences at Glasgow University.[5]
Nicol has been drafted to Stirling County in the Scottish Premiership for the 2018-19 season.[6]
Professional career
On 25 November 2016, Nicol played for Glasgow Warriors against Ospreys in the Pro12, replacing D'Arcy Rae at Tighthead Prop.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9]
International career
Nicol was picked for Scotland at U16 level.[10]
He then moved up in his international career with Scotland at Under 18 level, playing against England in Match 2015.[4]
He received his first Scotland U20 cap against England in the Under 20 Six Nations of 2016.[4]
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.
References
- ^ "Adam Nicol".
- ^ "Adam Nicol. Another Dunfie success story - News - Dunfermline Rugby Football Club".
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "Scotland U20 (Adam Nicol) - Scottish Rugby Union".
- ^ "Moving to Glasgow".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Glasgow Warriors vs Ospreys, Fri, 25/11/2016 - 19:35 - Glasgow Warriors".
- ^ http://www.scottishrugby.org/news/17/05/23/latest-intake-top-young-talent-confirmed
- ^ http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/17/08/19/glasgow-warriors-14-19-northampton-saints
- ^ "Scotland under-16 selected for Wellington - Scottish Rugby Union".