Nick Evans (rugby union)
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| Full name | Nicholas John Evans | ||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Snapper | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 August 1980 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Westlake Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fly-half, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand No. | 1039 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Professional / senior clubs | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2008– | Harlequins | 204 | (2,193) |
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Correct as of 25 March 2017
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| Provincial/State sides | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2001–04 2005–06 2007–08 |
N. Harbour Otago Auckland |
? 35 26 |
(?) (?) (391) |
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Correct as of 31 January 2013
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| Super Rugby | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2004–07 2008 |
Highlanders Blues |
32 12 |
(164) (150) |
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Correct as of 31 January 2013
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| National team(s) | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2004–07 | New Zealand | 16 | (103) |
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Correct as of 31 January 2013
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Nicholas John "Nick" Evans (born 14 August 1980 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays fly-half and fullback. He joined Harlequins for the 2008–09 Guinness Premiership season, and has remained with the club since on a deal reportedly worth £320,000 a year.
Evans was born in North Shore City in New Zealand, and attended Westlake Boys High School, where he played first five-eighth (fly-half) for his school's First XV. He played both rugby union and Aussie rules football at the school. He played club rugby with the East Coast Bays Rugby Club in the North Harbour Premiers.
Evans graduated to the NZ under-21 and senior Aussie Rules Football sides, competed against state teams and was offered a trial with the Sydney Swans.[1], turning it down to commit his future to rugby union.
Although he has grown since, he was at the time considered short for professional Aussie Rules at 176 cm. He later decided to commit to rugby union and played for the Highlanders in the Super 14 and for Otago in the National Provincial Championship. However, on 25 May 2007 Evans announced he would not be re-signing with the Otago Rugby Football Union and would either sign for a Union closer to his family on the North Shore, or become one of many New Zealand rugby players heading overseas if he did not make the All Blacks World Cup squad. He decided to move closer to his family.
After impressing in both provincial and Super rugby, he made his All Blacks debut aged 23 against England in 2004. In his last game against Wales when he came on as a replacement for Carter, he broke the line with his first touch (off first phase, a very rare occurrence at international level) to set up Sitiveni Sivivatu for an easy try underneath the posts. Evans was selected in the 30 man New Zealand Squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup. He started at first five-eighth against Portugal in a game which New Zealand won 108–13, and in the process accumulated 33 points via 14 conversions and a try. He played in the game against Scotland, having been summoned from the bench to play at fullback and looked very handy. He was rewarded with a further start at fullback against Romania and scored 17 points through a try and six conversions.
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