Nikorima was a well establish NRL player who had played 145 NRL games and a New Zealand internal. He came to South Sydney the Brisbane and then Warriors systems. He arrived in 2022 as a mid-season transfer from the Warriors. He made his South Sydney senior grade and first grade club and premiership debut in the 2022 Round 10 clash against the Warriors at Lang Park Stadium.
Nikorima is a small in stature scheming player, who has a good passing and running game, and a handy goalkicker. He mainly player as a interchange utility off the bench.
Nikorima only played 1 season with South Sydney in 2022. He played 15 senior grade and first grade club and premiership games for South Sydney.
Nikorima played his final senior grade and first grade club and premiership game for South Sydney in the 2022 Preliminary Final against Penrith at Stadium Australia. He then left you join the new Dolphins teams.
Player Relatives
Brother - Nikorima, Jayden (Brisbane/Sydney Roosters/Bradford)
Playing - Height / Weight
174cm / 82kg
Representative Qualification
New Zealand
NZ Maori
Ireland
Date of Birth
Palmerston North, NZ - 3rd April 1994
Previous Clubs First Grade : Lower Grades : Juniors
(FG) Premiership : (FG) Cup :
M T G FG Pt : M T G FG Pt : M T G FG Pt : M T G FG Pt
Bris-Norths (2010) : : : U16 . 4 29 - 74
Bris-Norths (2011) : : : U18 . 10 3 - 46
Brisbane (2012-14) : : NYC 67 40 9 - 178 :
Brisbane (2015-19) NRL 86 22 - - 88 : 2 2 - - 8 : :
Bris-Norths (2017) : : QLDC 10 4 - - 16 :
Warriors (2019-22) NRL 59 11 60 1 165 : : :
Previous Rep Honours M T G FG Pt
Queensland U16 (2010) 1 - - - -
Queensland U18 (2012) 1 - - - -
Junior Kiwis (2014) 1 1 - - 4
New Zealand (2015-19) 15 2 - - 8 (incl 2017RLWC)
NZ Maori (2020-22) 2 2 1 - 10
Playing Career at South Sydney (2022)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
2022 May 14 Rd10 LngS v Warriors (28y 25d)
First Grade
Premiership
M S I T G/A FG 2FG Pts
2022 15 4 (11) - 10/12 - - 20
TOTAL 15 4 (11) - 10/12 - - 20
SS FG 15 4 (11) - 10/12 - - 20
Lower Grades
Reserve Grade :
Year M S I T G/A FG 2FG Pts :
2022 - - - - - - - - :
TOTAL - - - - - - - - :
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 15 4 (11) - 10/12 - - 20 : 15 4 (11) - 10/12 - - 20
Scoring at South Sydney
Versus Premiership
T G/A FG 2FG Pts
Gold Coast - 5/5 - - 10
St Geo-Ill - 2/2 - - 4
Wests-Tig - 3/5 - - 6
Venue Premiership
T G/A FG 2FG Pts
StAu - 3/5 - - 6
Robi - 5/5 - - 10
Woll - 2/2 - - 4
Match Statistics at South Sydney
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
Rd10 Int #14 Warriors LngS W 24 14 - - 3 - 1 - 11 - - - - - - - - :
Rd11 Int #14 Canberra Dubb L 53 6 - - - - 12 1 92 1 - - 1 - - - - :
Rd12 Flbk #17 Wests-Tig StAu W 61 6 - - 1 - 6 - 22 2 - 2 - - 3/5 - - :
Rd14 Flbk #1 Gold Coast Robi W 80 11 - - - - 15 1 156 1 - 2 - - 5/5 - - :
Rd15 Flbk #1 St Geo-Ill Woll L 80 18 - - 2 - 16 1 98 - 3 4 - - 2/2 - - :
Rd16 Int #14 Parramatta StAu W 21 14 2 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - :
Rd17 Hook #14 Newcastle NISC W 80 18 - - 2 1 3 - 49 - - 7 - - - - - :
Rd18 Int #14 Canterbury StAu W 46 23 - - 2 - 4 3 32 - 1 - 1 - - - - :
Rd19 Int #14 Melbourne StAu W 11 5 1 - - - 2 - 14 - - 1 - - - - - :
Rd20 Int #14 Cronulla Ende L 57 5 - - - - 12 1 101 - 1 - - - - - - :
Rd21 Int #14 Nth Qld StAu W 16 9 - - 1 - 2 2 11 - - 1 - - - - - :
Rd25 Int #19 Syd Rstrs SFS2 L 34 19 - - - - 4 - 25 2 - - - - - - - :
mPSF Int #14 Syd Rstrs SFS2 W 4 3 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - :
MSF Int #14 Cronulla SFS2 W 24 6 - - - - 1 - 12 - - - - - - - - :
MF Int #14 Penrith StAu L 23 5 - - 1 - 2 - 11 - 1 - - - - - - :
2022 TOTALS 614 162 3 - 13 1 80 9 634 7 6 17 2 - 10/12 - - :
2022 FG Average Minutes - 40.9
2022 FG Average Tackles (80 min) - 21.1
2022 FG Average Runs (80 min) - 10.4
2022 FG Average Meters per run - 7.9m
2022 FG Tackling Ability - 92.6%
2022 FG Goalkicking - 83.3%
Captaincy Record
Year Grade M( W- D-L %) never
Suspensions
Year Grade v Fine Wk CO Ldg G CHARGE none
Sin Bins
Year Grade v CHARGE 2022 Rd19 FG Melbourne 10SB Professional Foul
Player Awards
Year Award none
Representative Honours at South Sydney
Domestic none Internationals none Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG 2FG 2022 New Zealand (RLWC2021 Train-On Squad)
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 (2023-26) 62 15 1 - - 62 : 3 - 1 - - 2 :
Central Queensland (2023) : : QLDC 1 1 - - - 4
Subsequent Rep Honours M T G FG 2FG Pt
New Zealand (2024) 3 - - - - -
NZ Maori (2024-25) 2 - 3 - - 6
First Class Career (2015-25)
M T G FG 2FG Pts
Total FG Premiership 222 48 79 1 - 335
Total FG Cup 5 2 1 - - 10
Total FG Club Tour - - - - - -
Total Internationals 18 2 - - - 8
Total State - - - - - -
Total Other Representative 4 2 4 - - 16
TOTAL FIRST CLASS 259 54 84 1 - 369
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