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George Nicholls

  • Playing Career

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Sunday, 14th May, 1944
Current Age
80 years and 276 days
Place Of Birth
Widnes, Cheshire, England

Honours & Awards

Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.

World Cup
1972
European Championship
1974/1975, 1977/1978
Test Series
New Zealand vs Great Britain 1974, New Zealand vs Great Britain 1979
Lance Todd Trophy
1978
Man Of Steel Award
1978

Playing Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Competitions

Competition   Comp Wins App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Tour Matches Great Britain - 45 7 -   - 21 29 15 2 64.44% List
Test Series 2 18 - -   - - 8 10 0 44.44% List
World Cup 1 14 2 -   - 6 9 2 3 64.29% List
The Ashes - 11 - -   - - 3 8 0 27.27% List
European Championship 2 4 1 -   - 3 3 1 0 75.00% List
Tour Matches England - 7 - -   - - 3 3 2 42.86% List
World Club Challenge - 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Lancashire Cup - 5 - -   - - 2 3 0 40.00% List
English Championship - 22 - -   - - 14 8 0 63.64% List
Tour Matches St Helens - 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Regal Trophy - 5 - -   - - 2 3 0 40.00% List
Challenge Cup - 6 - -   - - 4 2 0 66.67% List
UK Second Division - 44 6 -   - 18 27 17 0 61.36% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Great Britain 1971-74, 1977-79   29 2 -   - 6 17 11 1 58.62% List
England 1975, 1977-78   11 1 -   - 3 7 2 2 63.64% List
Overall1971-1979   40 3 0   0 9 24 13 3 60.00% List

International Matches - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Great Britain 1971-1974   1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Great Britain 1971-1977   7 2 -   - 6 5 1 1 71.43% List
England 1975   7 - -   - - 4 1 2 57.14% List
Overall1972-1977   14 2 0   0 6 9 2 3 64.29% List


Club Career

English Career - By Year

Team Season   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St Helens 1976/77   1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
St Helens 1980/81   23 - -   - - 16 7 0 69.57% List
Cardiff 1981/82   26 5 -   - 15 12 14 0 46.15% List
Salford 1982/83   26 1 -   - 3 18 8 0 69.23% List
Salford 1983/84   7 - -   - - 3 4 0 42.86% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St Helens 1976, 1980   24 - -   - - 16 8 0 66.67% List
Cardiff 1981   26 5 -   - 15 12 14 0 46.15% List
Salford 1982-83   33 1 -   - 3 21 12 0 63.64% List
Overall1976-1984   83 6 0   0 18 49 34 0 59.04% List

Your Say

  • E Sinnott
    26/01/2011

    George Nickolls started his playing days for Widnes and was a member of the 1972 World Cup winning team before moving to St Helens in late 1972.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Bill Bates, Tim Costello, AJ Lucantonio

Sources: Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Newspapers