Nicky Little

Nicky Little

Full name	Nick Tyrone Little
Date of birth	13 September 1976 (1976-09-13) (age 35)
Place of birth	Tokoroa, New Zealand
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
School	Mosman Park Primary, Australia
University	Te Awamutu College, NZ
Notable relative(s)	Walter Little (Uncle), Lawrence Little (Uncle)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Fly-half
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1994–1996 1996–1997 1997–1998 1998–1999 1999–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2006 2006–2009 2009–	Te Awamutu Canterbury Waikato N. Harbour Sale Sharks Dax Pontypridd Saracens Petrarca Bath	3 14 22 55 20	(0) (110) (291) (123)
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1996–present	Fiji	67	(670)

Nicky Tyrone Little (born 13 September 1976) in Tokoroa, New Zealand, is a rugby union footballer. He plays at fly-half. He is a nephew of All Blacks centre Walter Little, but represents Fiji at international level.

Career

He has scored 652 points for Fiji and is the Pacific region's second highest point scorer of players who are currently active. He previously played for Canterbury and North Harbour in New Zealand provincial rugby, before moving to England where he played for the Sale Sharks in late 1999. He signed with Dax in France, but soon moved to Pontypridd, before signing with the Saracens.

Little made his test debut for Fiji in 1996 in a match against the Springboks in Pretoria, at just 19 years of age. He finished the 2000 and 2001 Pacific Rim tournaments as the top points scorer. He entered the 2003 Rugby World Cup as Fiji's all-time highest points scorer, with 488 points. He got four caps for Fiji at the 2003 World Cup, scoring a total of 45 points in those games. At the 2007 event he starred as Fiji defeated Wales to reach the quarter-finals, but was injured late in the final group game and missed the quarter-final.

On 15 July 2009, it was announced that Little had signed a one year deal with Bath, with Head Coach Steve Meehan stating that he would be in the squad for the tour to Portugal in late July 2009.

On 26 February 2010 it was announced that Little would be playing for Bristol Rugby from the 2010–11 season onwards.^[1] But at the end of the 2010/2011 season it was announced that Little would be part of the clearout of players departing Bristol Rugby.

References

1. ^ "Fijian star Little joins Bristol". BristolRugby.co.uk. http://www.bristolrugby.co.uk/6611.php. Retrieved 2010-04-19. 

External links

• Pontypridd profile
• Bath Rugby
• Fiji profile
• Scrum profile

Persondata
Name	Little, Nicky
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	13 September 1976
Place of birth	Tokoroa, New Zealand
Date of death
Place of death