Nick Kouparitsas

Nick Kouparitsas

Personal information
Full name	Nicholas Kouparitsas
Nickname	Koups
Born	26 February 1984 (1984-02-26) (age 27) Canberra, Australia
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	103 kg (16 st 3 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Hooker
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2006–09	Bulldogs	34	3	0	0	12
2009–2010	Sydney Roosters	31	2	0	0	8
2011–	Harlequins	16	2	0	0	8
	Total	81	7	0	0	28
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2005–06	Greece	2	0	0	0	0

Nick Kouparitsas (born 26 February 1984 in Canberra, ACT) is an Greek/Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Sydney Roosters of the National Rugby League (NRL). A Greece international representative second-row forward, he previously played for the Bulldogs.

Playing career

While attending Daramalan College, Canberra, Kouparitsas played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2001.^[1]

Kouparitsas made his NRL debut for the Bulldogs in 2006, making a total of 3 NRL appearances in 2006. He became a regular part of the Bulldogs first grade team in 2007. He scored his first NRL try on the 22 June 2007 against Manly at Brookvale Oval.

In 2009, Kouparitsas spent the beginning of the season playing NSW Cup for Bulldogs' feeder club, the Bankstown City Bulls. As a result of not playing first grade, a release was sought from the Bulldogs and Kouparitsas signed with the Sydney Roosters prior to round 8. The deal was meant to go ahead weeks earlier, but the Bulldogs pulled out of the deal.^[2] At the conclusion of the 2009 season, Kouparitsas has played in two consecutive wooden spoon teams (the Bulldogs in 2008 and then the Roosters in 2009).

He has joined English club Harlequins Rugby League on a one year deal for the 2011 Engage Super League season.

Representative career

At an international level, Kouparitsas played for the Greek Rugby League side in 2005 in a friendly match against Malta. He also took part in the historic first Rugby League match to take place in Greece, which was played in Athens on the 28 October 2006.^[3] Greece beat Serbia 44–26 in a match that featured Michael Korkidas, who captained Greece.

References

1. ^ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2130-0-0-0&sID=26424. Retrieved 2008-10-10. 
2. ^ "RLeague - The World of Rugby League". RLeague. http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=33117. Retrieved 2008-04-30. 
3. ^ New South Wales Cup Round #6, Auckland Vulcans, 3 July 2009

External links

• Sydney Roosters profile
• Bulldogs Profile

Persondata
Name	Kouparitsas, Nick
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Date of birth	26 February 1984
Place of birth	Canberra
Date of death
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