- Ryan Nicholas
Ryan Nicholas (born
23 May 1979 ) is aRugby union player who was born inBroken Hill, New South Wales ,Australia .Playing career
Highlanders
A talented utility back, Ryan played 31 Super Rugby games for the
Highlanders between 2002 and 2004 and was their leading try-scorer in 2002.He was a member of the New Zealand national Sevens training squad and also played in the New Zealand junior volleyball team.
untory Sungoliath
In the 2006-7 season he played for Japanese club
Suntory Sungoliath in theTop League . Ryan is a strong runner who gets through tackles, is solid in defence and is a 75 per cent-plus goal kicker who came under closer scrutiny while Eddie Jones was working withKatsuyuki Kiyomiya as Suntory's technical advisor. He was the top points scorer in the Top League in 2006-7.It was then announced that he would be staying with Suntory for another year. (He was supposed to join Eddie Jones at the
Queensland Reds for the 2007Super 14 campaign, but he turned down the chance so he could be available to play for Japan from 2008.)Japan squad
Ryan qualified for Japan and was selected in February 2008 as a member of the [http://www.rugbyjapan.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=307&Itemid=26 Japan national squad of 52 players] .
External links
* [http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/sports/20070207TDY23001.htm Tomioka grabs MVP award] - from the
Daily Yomiuri of February 7, 2007 - states that Nicholas will be staying in Japan.
* QLD Reds Profile http://www.redsrugby.com.au/reds/reds.rugby/page/62473/section/40810
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