Nicholls played in 2021 Grand Final decider with South Sydney.
Nicholls was a product of the NSW Riverina, who came to South Sydney after stints in the Canberra and Melbourne systems. Having played for junior representative teams in New South Wales and the Junior Kangaroos. He made his senior grade and first grade club debut for South Sydney in the 2018 Tour Trial against Wigan at Stadium Australia. A few weeks later he made his senior grade and first grade premiership debut for South Sydney in the 2018 Round 1 clash against the Warriors at the new Perth Stadium.
Nicholls is a tall prop who defends well, and called upon when required, playing most of his games from the Interchange bench at South Sydney.
Nicholls played 5 seasons with South Sydney between 2018 and 2022. He played 100 first grade premiership games with South Sydney scoring 6 tries. Overall he played 102 senior grade career games with South Sydney.
Nicholls made his captaincy debut for South Sydney in the 2021 Round 25 clash against St George-Illawarra at the Sunshine Coast Stadium.
In 2021, Nicholls was awarded the Bob McCarthy South Sydney clubman of the year award.
Nicholls played his final game for South Sydney in the 2022 Preliminary Final against Penrith at Stadium Australia. Before heading to the new NRL club the Dolphins. Nicholls is one of the great journey men in rugby league
Playing - Height / Weight
194cm / 104kg
Representative Qualification
NSW Country
Date of Birth
Wagga Wagga - 5th January 1990
Previous Clubs First Grade : Lower Grades : Juniors
M T G FG Pt : M T G FG Pt : M T G FG Pt
Leeton
Gungahlin
Canberra (2008-10) : NYC 50 17 5 - 78 :
Canberra (2012-16) 19 1 - - 4 : :
Mt Pritchard (2013-15) : NSWC 17 6 - - 24 :
Sunshine Coast (2016) : QLDC 13 1 - - 4 :
Melbourne (2017) 9 - - - - : :
Easts-Brisbane (2017) : QLDC 14 3 - - 12 :
Previous Rep Honours M T G FG Pt
New South Wales U18 (2008) 1 - - - -
Junior Kangaroos (2010) 2 - - - -
NSW Residents (2014) 1 - - - -
Playing Career at South Sydney (2018-22)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
2018 Feb 17 TourT StAu v Wigan (28y 43d)
2018 Mar 10 Rd01 PrSt v Warriors (28y 64d - Premiership)
First Grade
Premiership
M S I T G/A FG 2FG Pts
2018 12 1 (11) - - - -
2019 24 - (24) - - - -
2020 19 - (19) 2 - - 8
2021 27 16 (11) 3 - - - 12
2022 18 10 (8) 1 - - - 4
TOTAL 100 27 (73) 6 - - - 24
SS FG 100 27 (73) 6 - - - 24
Lower Grades
Reserve Grade
Year M S I T G/A FG 2FG Pts
2018 4 4 - - - - -
2019 2 2 - - - - -
2020 - - - - - - -
2021 - - - - - - - -
2022 - - - - - - - -
TOTAL 2 2 - - - - - -
TOTAL 6 6 - - - - - - (incl. Bears)
South Sydney Senior(FG/RG/3G) Grade Career
Premiership : All Matches
M S I T G/A FG 2FG Pts : M S I T G/A FG 2FG Pts
CAREER 102 29 (73) 6 - - - 24 : 102 29 (73) 6 - - - 24
CAREER 106 33 (73) 6 - - - 24 : 106 33 (73) 6 - - - 24 (incl. Bears)
Short Form
9s
M S I T G/A FG Pts
2020 - - - - - - -
TOTAL - - - - - - -
SS SF - - - - - - -
Scoring at South Sydney
Versus Premiership
T G/A FG 2FG Pts
Brisbane 1 - - - 4
Canterbury 1 - - - 4
Cronulla 1 - - - 4
Newcastle 1 - - - 4
Syd Rstrs 2 - - - 8
Venue Premiership
T G/A FG 2FG Pts
StAu 1 - - - 4
LngS 2 - - - 8
Robi 1 - - - 4
SFS2 1 - - - 4
WSS 1 - - - 4
Match Statistics at South Sydney
2018 First Grade Statistics : Lower Grade Statistics
Min Tac Pe MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G FG : Min Tac Pe MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G FG
Tour Prop #10 Wigan W 41 25 - 1 - 17 - 169 - 1 - 1 - - - :
ChSh Prop #10 St Geo-Ill W 32 27 2 4 - 4 - 31 - - - - - - - :
Rd01 Prop #10 Warriors L 40 22 - - - 6 - 63 - - - - - - - :
Rd02 Int #15 Penrith L 18 12 - 1 - 3 - 32 - - - - - - - :
Rd03 Int #15 Manly W 18 8 - - - 5 - 53 - 1 - - - - - :
Rd04 Int #15 Canterbury W 7 7 1 1 - 2 - 28 - - - - - - - :
Rd05 Int #15 St Geo-Ill L 32 30 - - - 9 - 80 - - - - - - - :
Rd06 Int #15 Syd Rstrs W 44 27 1 3 - 11 - 107 - 2 - - - - - :
Rd07 Int #15 Canberra W 37 24 1 2 - 8 - 96 - - - - - - - :
Rd08 Int #15 Brisbane L 35 27 - 1 - 6 - 54 - - - - - - - :
Rd09 Int #15 Newcastle W 38 26 1 4 - 13 - 136 - - - - - - - :
Rd10 18th St Geo-Ill :
Rd11 18th Nth Qld :
Rd12 : RG Prop #21 Wntwrthvll W 80 52 1 2 - 15 - 132 1 2 - - - - -
Rd13 Int #15 Cronulla W 21 17 - - - 5 - 46 - - - - - - - :
Rd14 Int #20 Gold Coast W 39 18 - 1 - 7 - 54 - - - - - - - :
Rd15 18th Parramatta : RG Prop #19 Wests L 80 49 - 2 - 17 - 159 1 2 - - - - -
Rd16 18th Nth Qld :
Rd17 : RG Prop #8 Blacktown L 47 29 1 2 - 10 - 105 - 1 - - - - -
Rd18 Int #16 Canterbury W 20 16 - 1 - 6 - 52 - - - - - - - :
Rd19 18th Wests-Tig :
Rd20 : RG Prop #8 Mt Prtchrd W 51 26 - 1 - 10 - 125 1 - - - - - -
MF 18th Syd Rstrs :
2018 TOTALS 349 234 4 14 - 81 - 801 - 3 - - - - - : 258 156 2 7 - 52 - 521 3 5 - - - - -
2018 FG Average Minutes - 29.1
2018 FG Average Tackles (80 min) - 53.6
2018 FG Average Runs (80 min) - 18.6
2018 FG Average Meters per run - 9.9m
2018 FG Tackling Ability - 94.4%
2019 First Grade Statistics : Lower Grade Statistics
Min Tac Pe MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G FG : Min Tac Pe MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G FG
Rd01 Int #15 Syd Rstrs W 33 23 - 1 - 8 - 79 1 - - - - - - :
Rd02 Int #15 St Geo-Ill W 31 16 - 1 - 7 - 77 - - - - - - - :
Rd03 Int #15 Gold Coast W 40 24 - - - 11 - 96 - 1 - - - - - :
Rd04 Int #15 Manly L 35 14 - 1 - 16 - 138 - 2 - - - - - :
Rd05 Int #15 Warriors W 29 24 - 2 - 4 - 29 - - - - - - - :
Rd06 Int #15 Canterbury W 25 20 - 1 - 5 - 39 - - - - - - - :
Rd07 Int #15 Penrith W 19 11 - - - 7 - 70 - - - - - - - :
Rd08 Int #15 Brisbane W 24 13 - 3 - 8 - 75 - - - - - - - :
Rd09 Int #15 Nth Qld W 34 26 2 - - 6 - 55 1 - - - - - - :
Rd10 Int #15 Canberra W 31 15 - 1 - 6 - 40 - - - - - - - :
Rd11 Int #15 Wests-Tig W 33 22 - 3 - 7 - 84 1 - - - - - - :
Rd12 Int #15 Parramatta L 29 28 - 4 - 4 - 40 - - - - - - - :
Rd13 18th Newcastle : RG Lock #20 Newcastle L 72 37 - 2 - 24 - 225 - - - - - - -
Rd14 Int #15 Penrith L 39 21 - - - 7 - 72 - - - - - - - :
Rd15 Int #15 Wests-Tig L 33 30 1 1 - 8 - 70 - - - - - - - :
Rd18 Int #15 Nth Qld W 33 20 1 3 - 5 - 35 - - - - - - - :
Rd19 Int #15 St Geo-Ill W 28 19 - 1 - 10 - 93 - - - - - - - :
Rd20 Int #15 Cronulla L 36 19 - 1 - 9 - 75 - 1 - - - - - :
Rd21 Int #15 Melbourne L 33 8 - - - 10 - 96 - - - - - - - :
Rd22 18th Canterbury : RG Prop #10 Canterbury L 80 32 - - - 15 - 112 2 1 1 - - - -
Rd23 Int #14 Brisbane W 38 25 - 2 - 11 - 112 1 - - - - - - :
Rd24 Int #17 Warriors W 29 9 - 1 - 14 - 106 - - - - - - - :
Rd25 Int #17 Syd Rstrs W 51 34 - 4 - 12 - 78 2 - - - - - - :
MPSF Int #17 Syd Rstrs L 38 33 - 1 - 9 - 75 - - - - - - - :
MSF Int #15 Manly W 35 22 - 1 - 8 - 82 - - - - - - - :
MF Int #17 Canberra L 31 10 - - - 6 - 59 - - - - - - - :
2019 TOTALS 787 486 4 32 - 198 - 1775 6 4 - - - - - : 152 69 - 2 - 39 - 337 2 1 1 - - - -
2019 FG Average Minutes - 32.8
2019 FG Average Tackles (80 min) - 49.4
2019 FG Average Runs (80 min) - 20.1
2019 FG Average Meters per run - 9.0m
2019 FG Tackling Ability - 93.8%
2020 First Grade Statistics : Lower Grade Statistics
Min Tac Pe 6A MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G FG : Min Tac Pe MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G FG
Rd01 Int #14 Cronulla W 30 23 - - 2 - 7 - 48 - - - - - - - :
Rd02 Int #14 Brisbane L 33 20 - - - - 8 - 90 - - - - - - - :
Rd03 Int #14 Syd Rstrs L 39 24 1 1 - - 9 - 68 - - - - - - - :
Rd04 Int #14 Melbourne L 32 22 - - 2 - 8 - 71 1 - - - - - - :
Rd06 18th Warriors :
Rd07 18th Penrith :
Rd09 Int #18 Wests-Tig W 12 10 1 - - - 2 - 16 - - - - - - - :
Rd10 Int #14 Newcastle L 16 9 - - - 1 7 - 68 1 - - - 1 - - :
Rd11 Int #14 Canberra L 35 31 1 - 2 - 8 - 74 - - - - - - - :
Rd12 Int #14 St Geo-Ill W 37 23 1 - - - 9 - 90 - - - 1 - - - :
Rd13 Int #14 Brisbane W 43 28 - - 1 1 11 - 123 - - - - 1 - - :
Rd14 Int #14 Nth Qld W 32 19 1 - 2 - 7 - 81 1 - - - - - - :
Rd15 Int #14 Manly W 43 22 - 1 1 - 12 - 95 - 1 - 1 - - - :
Rd16 Int #14 Parramatta W 30 25 - 1 1 - 10 - 85 - 1 - - - - - :
Rd17 Int #14 Melbourne L 33 22 - 1 2 - 11 - 114 - - - - - - - :
Rd18 Int #14 Wests-Tig W 30 23 - - 1 - 7 - 85 - - - - - - - :
Rd19 Int #14 Canterbury L 31 19 - - - - 13 - 133 - - - - - - - :
Rd20 Int #14 Syd Rstrs W 42 15 - 1 1 - 16 - 169 1 - - - - - - :
mPSF Int #14 Newcastle W 29 24 - - 2 - 6 - 65 - - - - - - - :
MSF Int #14 Parramatta W 31 23 - - - - 8 - 110 - - - - - - - :
MF Int #14 Penrith L 49 30 - - 2 - 12 - 121 1 1 - - - - - :
2020 TOTALS 627 412 5 5 19 2 171 - 1706 5 3 - 2 2 - - :
2020 FG Average Minutes - 33.0
2020 FG Average Tackles (80 min) - 52.6
2020 FG Average Runs (80 min) - 21.8
2020 FG Average Meters per run - 10.0m
2020 FG Tackling Ability - 95.6%
2021 First Grade Statistics : Lower Grade Statistics
Min Tac Pe 6A MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G FG 2FG : Min Tac Pe 6A MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G FG 2FG
ChSh Int #21 St Geo-Ill Mudg W 40 21 1 - 2 - 14 - 128 1 - - - 1 - - - :
Rd01 Int #15 Melbourne MRSt L 16 6 - - - - 4 - 34 - - - - - - - - :
Rd02 Int #15 Manly Brok W 51 40 - 1 2 1 14 - 142 - - - - - - - - :
Rd03 Int #15 Syd Rstrs StAu W 34 16 - - 1 - 16 - 157 - 1 - - - - - - :
Rd04 Int #15 Canterbury StAu W 32 19 - - - - 11 - 111 - - - - - - - - :
Rd05 Int #15 Brisbane StAu W 43 32 - - 1 - 16 - 146 - - - - - - - - :
Rd06 Int #15 Wests-Tig StAu W 31 20 - - 2 - 8 - 82 - - - - - - - - :
Rd07 Int #15 Gold Coast Robi W 34 19 - 1 3 - 11 - 100 - 1 - - - - - - :
Rd08 Int #14 Canberra Bruc W 37 26 - 1 1 - 11 - 123 - - - - - - - - :
Rd09 Int #14 Melbourne StAu L 32 19 - 1 2 - 7 - 54 - - - - - - - - :
Rd10 Int #14 Cronulla LngS W 33 26 - - 1 - 8 - 93 - - - - - - - - :
Rd11 Int #15 Penrith Dubb L 42 34 - - 2 - 6 - 52 - - - - - - - - :
Rd12 Prop #15 Parramatta StAu W 11 4 - - - - 6 - 62 - - - - - - - - :
Rd14 Prop #8 Newcastle StAu W 50 38 - - - - 13 - 97 - - - - - - - - :
Rd15 Prop #8 Brisbane LngS W 26 16 - 1 1 - 11 - 116 - - - - - - - - :
Rd16 Prop #8 Wests-Tig Leic W 40 23 - - 1 - 15 - 130 - - - - - - - - :
Rd17 Prop #8 Nth Qld NISC W 40 28 1 - 2 - 9 - 75 - - - - - - - - :
Rd18 Prop #8 Canterbury Robi W 38 19 - - - - 18 - 190 1 - - - 1 - - - :
Rd19 Prop #8 Warriors SunS W 22 7 - - - - 9 - 112 - - - - - - - - :
Rd20 Prop #8 St Geo-Ill LngS W 41 22 1 - - - 21 - 205 - - - - - - - - :
Rd21 Prop #8 Parramatta Robi W 41 27 - - - - 12 - 103 - - - - - - - - :
Rd22 Prop #8 Gold Coast Robi W 35 24 - 2 1 - 14 - 138 1 - - - - - - - :
Rd23 Prop #8 Penrith LngS L 29 21 2 - - - 8 - 48 - - - - - - - - :
Rd24 Prop #8 Syd Rstrs LngS W 44 18 - - 1 2 24 - 245 1 - - - 2 - - - :
Rd25 Lock #13 St Geo-Ill SunS W 49 33 1 1 3 - 17 - 164 - - - - - - - - (c) :
MPSF Prop #8 Penrith NQSt W 36 22 - - 2 - 16 - 106 - - - - - - - - :
mPF Prop #8 Manly LngS W 31 17 - - 1 - 13 - 106 - - - - - - - - :
GF Prop #8 Penrith LngS L 33 29 - - 2 - 10 - 70 1 - - - - - - - :
2021 TOTALS 951 605 5 8 29 3 328 - 3061 4 2 - - 3 - - - :
2021 FG Average Minutes - 35.2
2021 FG Average Tackles (80 min) - 50.9
2021 FG Average Runs (80 min) - 27.6
2021 FG Average Meters per run - 9.3m
2021 FG Tackling Ability - 95.4%
2022 First Grade Statistics : Lower Grade Statistics
Min Tac Pe 6A MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G FG 2FG : Min Tac Pe 6A MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G FG 2FG
ChSh Lock #13 St Geo-Ill Mudg L 38 27 - - 2 1 10 - 95 2 - 1 - - - - - :
Rd01 Prop #10 Brisbane LngS L 36 20 2 - 2 - 9 - 94 1 - - - - - - - :
Rd02 Prop #10 Melbourne MRSt L 37 22 1 - 2 - 17 - 154 - - - - - - - - :
Rd03 Prop #10 Syd Rstrs StAu W 30 17 - - 2 - 10 - 85 - - - - - - - - :
Rd04 Prop #10 Penrith Penr L 1 1 - - - - 1 - 10 - - - - - - - - :
Rd12 Prop #15 Wests-Tig StAu W 38 20 - - - - 11 - 127 - - - - - - - - :
Rd14 Int #15 Gold Coast Robi W 34 27 1 - 2 - 8 - 78 - - - - - - - - :
Rd15 Int #15 St Geo-Ill Woll L 46 29 - - 1 2 16 - 162 - - - - - - - - :
Rd16 Int #10 Parramatta StAu W 23 13 - - - - 8 - 79 - - - - - - - - :
Rd18 Lock #10 Canterbury StAu W 52 30 1 1 3 - 14 - 112 - - - - - - - - :
Rd19 Prop #10 Melbourne StAu W 30 18 1 - 2 - 9 - 78 - - - - - - - - :
Rd21 Int #17 Warriors SunS W 40 22 - - 1 - 11 - 135 - - - - - - - - :
Rd22 Int #15 Parramatta WSS W 42 25 - - - - 9 - 114 2 - - - - - - - :
Rd23 Int #15 Penrith StAu L 29 16 - - 2 - 9 - 84 - - - - - - - - :
Rd24 Int #15 Nth Qld StAu W 30 20 - 1 - - 9 - 72 1 - - - - - - - :
Rd25 Int #15 Syd Rstrs SFS2 L 45 29 - - 1 - 14 - 114 1 - - - - - - - :
mPSF Prop #10 Syd Rstrs SFS2 W 31 22 - - 2 - 6 - 64 - - - - - - - - :
MSF Prop #10 Cronulla SFS2 W 39 22 - - 1 1 12 - 123 1 1 - - 1 - - - :
MF Prop #10 Penrith StAu L 38 23 - - 3 - 12 - 126 - 1 - 1 - - - - :
2022 TOTALS 621 376 6 2 24 3 185 - 1811 6 2 - 1 1 - - - :
2022 FG Average Minutes - 34.5
2022 FG Average Tackles (80 min) - 48.4
2022 FG Average Runs (80 min) - 23.8
2022 FG Average Meters per run - 9.8m
2022 FG Tackling Ability - 94.0%
Captaincy Record
South Sydney First Grade Captaincy Debut
2021 Rd25 SunS v St Geo-Ill (31y)
First Grade
Year Premiership( W- D-L %) : Other( W- D-L %)
2021 1( 1- 0-0 100%) :
TOTAL 1( 1- 0-0 100%) :
SS FG 1( 1- 0-0 100%)
Suspensions
Year Grade v Fine Wk CO Ldg G CHARGE 2020 Rd09 FG Wests-Tig - - 50 0% 1 Dangerous Contact(Head/Neck) [Succesfully downgraded the charge from grade 2]
Sin Bins
Year Grade v CHARGE none
Player Awards
Year Award 2021 - Bob McCarthy South Sydney Clubman of the Year
Representative Honours at South Sydney
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG never
Player News
After Leaving South Sydney
Subsequent Clubs First Grade : Lower Grades
(FG) Premiership : (FG) Cup & Tour :
M T G FG 2FG Pt : M T G FG 2FG Pt : M T G FG 2FG Pt
Dolphins (2023-25) 66 8 1 - - 34 : 4 2 - - - 8 :
First Class Career (2012-25)
M T G FG 2FG Pts
Total FG Premiership 194 15 1 - - 62
Total FG Cup 4 2 - - - 8
Total FG Club Tour 1 - - - - -
Total Internationals - - - - - -
Total State - - - - - -
Total Other Representative - - - - - -
TOTAL FIRST CLASS 199 17 1 - - 70
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