Nick Evans (rugby union)

Nick Evans (rugby union)
Nick Evans
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Full name Nicholas John Evans
Date of birth 14 August 1980 (1980-08-14) (age 31)
Place of birth North Shore City
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 90 kg (14 st 2 lb)[1]
School Westlake Boys' High School
Occupation(s) Professional rugby union footballer
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Fly Half
New Zealand No. 1039
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2008- Harlequins 52 (562)
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2008
2005–2007
2001–2004
Auckland
Otago
North Harbour

26
35
(-)
(391)
(???)
correct as of 16 September 2007.
Super Rugby
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2008
2004–2007
Blues
Highlanders
12
23
(150)
(90)
correct as of 25 May 2008.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2004–2007 New Zealand New Zealand 16 (103)
correct as of 25 October 2011.

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 2008–2009 Guinness Premiership season, and has remained with the club since [2] on a deal reportedly worth £320,000 a year.[3]

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Biography

Evans was born in North Shore City in New Zealand, and attended Westlake Boys High School, where he played fly half for his school's First XV. He played both rugby union and Aussie rules football at the school.

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 recently. 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.

Career

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 (fly-half) 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.

Evans was overlooked for New Zealand's 2008 Tri Nations series. After signing with English Premiership side Harlequin FC, he has become ineligible to play for his national side due to the NZRU's policy of only selecting players within New Zealand to play for the All Blacks side.

Since joining the Harlequins, Evans has been a chief architect of on-field success of the club. He was instrumental in the Harlequins back-to-back defeats of Stade Français in the Heineken Cup and helped salvage a draw for his side in their Boxing Day clash with the Leicester Tigers in the Guinness Premiership. During the 2010–11 season Evans has continued his on field success at Harlequins with his most notable performance coming in the European Challenge Cup, putting a man of the match effort against London Wasps in the quarter finals and kicking the winning conversion in the final against Stade Francais.[4] Evans signed a new contract with Harlequins to see him with the club until 2013.

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