Nick Royle

Nick Royle

Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	83 kg (13 st 1 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Wing
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Warrington Wolves Widnes Vikings Fylde
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2009-Present	England 7s	11 Tournaments	29 tries

Nick Royle is a current England Rugby Sevens International rugby union player. He plays as a winger.

Career

Rugby league

Educated at Wade Deacon High School in Widnes, Nick has a strong rugby league background emanating from the age of six at local club Halton Hornets. Nick went on to appear for Widnes Vikings and Warrington Wolves, as well as Sale Sharks and Fylde Rugby Club in the union game. Nick’s best memory before joining England Sevens was a 70 metre try on his Super League debut in a 24-16 Widnes’ win over Warrington. He was noted for his speed, however his defensive frailties were exposed and he chose to move to the 15 a-side code and then onto the Sevens circuit.

Rugby union

Previously unknown to most, Nick Royle emerged as a talent on the IRB Sevens World Series scene with four tries in his debut tournament in Dubai in early December 2009 that has led to 29 overall so far. They include four off the bench in the final event of 2009-10 at Murrayfield, one against France in Las Vegas in February this year and another in the USA match in Hong Kong the following month.

In early April, he became the Adelaide tournament’s overall leading try-scorer with eight, having bagged successive hat tricks in the opening matches against Scotland and Papua New Guinea before plundering two in the next game against Argentina.

A powerful and irrepressible runner, he even scored in four consecutive matches spanning the Dubai and George tournaments in 2009, a telling tally that introduced him to opposing defences in an exalted competition.

In 2011, he finished best try scorer of the Sevens Grand Prix Series with 35 tries.

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References

1. ^ http://www.fylderugby.co.uk/Latest-News/nick-royle-selected-for-england-7s-squad.html

External links

• Sale Sharks profile
• RFU England Sevens Profile
• Flyde Rugby Profle

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