Nick Evans
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| Nick Evans | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Nicholas John Evans | ||
| Date of birth | August 14 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | North Shore City | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 84 kg (13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Nickname | Snapper | ||
| School | Westlake Boys' High School | ||
| Occupation(s) | Professional rugby union footballer | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | First Five-Eighth, Fullback | ||
| All Black No. | 1039 | ||
| Provincial/State sides | Caps | (points) | |
| 2008– 2005–2007 2001–2004 |
 Auckland Otago North Harbour |
26 35 |
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| Super Rugby | |||
| 2008 2004-2007 |
Blues Highlanders |
12 23 |
(150) (90) |
| National team(s) | |||
| 2004–present | New Zealand |
15 | (103) |
Nicholas John "Nick" Evans (born 14 August 1980 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays first five-eighth and fullback. He is widely recognised as the second choice first-five behind the mercurial Daniel Carter of the Crusaders. Evans was born on the North Shore, New Zealand, and attended Westlake Boys High School, where he played first five-eighths for his school's First XV.
He will join Harlequins for the start of the 2008-2009 Guinness Premiership season.[1]
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[edit] Early Life
Evans played both rugby union and Australian rules football at the school.
Evans graduated to the NZ under-21 and senior Austalian Rules Football sides, competed against Australian state teams and was offered a trial with the Sydney Swans.[1]
Considered short for professional Aussie Rules at 180cm, 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.
[edit] Career
Evans has wonderful handling and passing skills, a prodigious right boot, explosive acceleration and excellent vision, characteristics which have caused many commentators to claim that he is possibly the second best flyhalf in the world at the moment (implying he would star in any other international team). However, 2005's IRB International Player of the Year Daniel Carter is currently ahead of him in the pecking order.
After impressing in both provincial and Super rugby, Nick Evans 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 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.
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