Mike Nicholas
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Personal information
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| Full name | Michael Nicholas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Nicko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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Rugby union
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Rugby league
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| Position | Prop, Back Row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mike Nicholas is a former rugby league and rugby union footballer of the 1970s and 1980s, and coach or team manager of the Wales Rugby League team since the 1980s, he is currently President of Wales Rugby League. He played club level rugby union for Aberavon. In rugby league he played for Warrington and the Cardiff Blue Dragons, and at representative Rugby League level for Wales and Great Britain. He played as a Front Row forward or Second Row, i.e. numbers 8, 10, 11 or 12.
Mike Nicholas won caps for Wales while at Warrington in 1975 against France and England; in 1977 against England and France, in 1978 against France, and in 1979 against England. He also represented Great Britain in non-Test Matches.
Mike Nicholas played Left-Second-row, i.e. number 11, in Warrington's 24-9 victory over Featherstone Rovers in the 1974 Challenge Cup Final during the 1973–74 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 11 May 1974, in front of a crowd of 77,400, and played as an Interchange/Substitute, i.e. number 15, (replacing Right-Second-row Thomas Martyn) in the 7-14 defeat to Widnes in the 1975 Challenge Cup Final during the 1974–75 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 10 May 1975, in front of a crowd of 85,998.
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