Nick Cummins

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Nick Cummins
Full name Nick M. Cummins
Date of birth (1987-10-05) 5 October 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 99 kg (15 st 8 lb)[1]
School St Francis' College Crestmead
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Wing, Centre
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2007
2014−		 Perth Spirit
Coca-Cola Red Sparks		 7
12		 (10)2t
(0)
Super Rugby
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2008– Western Force 87 (85)17t
correct as of 12 June 2015.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2012–2014 Australia 15 (30)6t
correct as of 22 June 2014.
Sevens national teams
Years Club / team Comps
2010- Australia 2
Nick Cummins
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Men's Rugby sevens
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi Rugby 7's

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nick 'The Honey Badger' Cummins (born 5 October 1987) is an Australian rugby union footballer who plays for Western Force in Super Rugby and for the Wallabies in international matches. On 4 July 2014 Nick announced that he would leave Western Force and move to Japan at the end of the super rugby season due to family reasons. His usual position is wing.[1][2]However, after a season in Japan he returned to Western Force for the 2014/15 season.

Cummins answers to the nickname 'The Honey Badger', bestowed on him after he drew inspiration from the fierce nature of the honey badger and attempted to think like the animal in defence.[1][2][3][4]

Early life

Nick Cummins was born in Port Macquarie, New South Wales.[2] One of eight siblings, he was raised in Logan City south of Brisbane by his father Mark Cummins, who was a single dad.[3][5] He attended St Francis' College in Crestmead,[3] where he starred in the swimming pool and on the athletics track, as well as on the rugby field.[6]

In 2005, Cummins represented Queensland at the Australian Schools Rugby Championships in Canberra.[6] He moved to Sydney in 2006, where he joined the Randwick rugby club and played for their grand final-winning Colts side that year.[1]

Rugby career

In 2007, Cummins was selected for the Australian Sevens squad and he was the top try scorer for the team at the IRB Sevens World Series.[1] Later that year, he moved to Perth after signing a two-year contract with the Western Force.[6]

Cummins played for the Perth Spirit team that reached the semi-final stage of the Australian Rugby Championship in 2007.[1] He made his Super Rugby debut for the Western Force in 2008, starting in the first round against the Sharks in Durban.[1]

In 2009, Cummins was invited to the Wallabies training camp prior to the northern Spring Tour, although injury prevented his involvement on that tour.[2]

In 2010, he was selected for the Australian Barbarians and played in two home matches against England.[2] He was then selected in Australia's 28 man squad that travelled to South Africa as part of the 2010 Tri-Nations series, although he wasn’t required to play.[2] Later that year, Cummins went to the Commonwealth Games Sevens tournament in Delhi, where he played in Australia’s silver medal-winning team.[1][2]

In 2012, Cummins was selected for the Australia squad for the inaugural Rugby Championship. He made his Test debut on 6 October 2012, and played on the wing in the Wallabies 25-19 win over Argentina in Rosario.[1][2]

On 4 July 2014 it was announced that Cummins would be released early from his Western Force and Australian Rugby Union contracts on compassionate grounds. He announced he would be moving to Japan due to health concerns in his family. He signed a new contract with Japanese club the Coca-Cola Red Sparks.[7][8]

Super Rugby Statistics

As of 14 June 2015
Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red
2008 Force 9 6 3 520 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 Force 6 6 0 417 2 0 0 0 10 0 0
2010 Force 9 8 1 594 2 0 0 0 10 0 0
2011 Force 15 14 1 1084 2 0 0 0 10 1 0
2012 Force 14 14 0 1074 3 0 0 0 15 0 0
2013 Force 6 6 0 480 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014 Force 15 15 0 1200 7 0 0 0 35 0 0
2015 Force 13 13 0 1020 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
Total 87 82 5 6389 17 0 0 0 85 1 0

References

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