Nick Grigg

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Nick Grigg
Birth nameNick Grigg
Date of birth (1992-09-18) 18 September 1992 (age 29)
Place of birthTawa Flat, New Zealand
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight89 kg (14 st 0 lb; 196 lb)
SchoolNewlands College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
-
2015–18		 Petone Rugby Club
Stirling County		 ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015–21
2022		 Glasgow Warriors
Red Hurricanes Osaka		 95 (100)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017– Scotland 9 (0)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2016 Scotland 7s 11 (5)

Nick Grigg (born 18 September 1992) is a Scotland international rugby union player who plays for Red Hurricanes Osaka in Japan. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors.[1]

Rugby union career[]

Amateur career[]

He previously played for Petone and for the under-20 Wellington side in New Zealand.[2]

When not playing for Glasgow Warriors, Grigg plays for Stirling County.[3]

Grigg has been drafted to Stirling County in the Scottish Premiership for the 2017–18 season.[4]

Professional career[]

He was part of the Hurricanes Development XV in New Zealand.[5]

Grigg trialled with the Warriors in March 2015 before signing for Glasgow Warriors and securing a place at the Scottish Rugby Academy for Glasgow District[6] as a Stage 3 player. Membership of the academy is restricted to Scottish-Qualified players. Stage 3 players are aligned to a professional club and given regional support.[7]

He has played for Glasgow Warriors in their pre-season match against Clermont.[8] The Warriors lost the match 28–10.

He also featured in an early season friendly against the British Army Rugby Union side.[9] Glasgow Warriors beat the Army side 71–0.

He started in the derby match against Edinburgh in an 'A' match at Broadwood Stadium. Glasgow Warriors beat Edinburgh, 26–5.[10] He made his competitive debut for the Glasgow side on 18 March 2016 against Leinster at Scotstoun Stadium in the Pro12 in a 12 - 6 victory for the Scottish side.[11] He became Glasgow Warrior No. 262.

He graduated from the Scottish Rugby Academy and signed a professional contract with Glasgow Warriors on 23 March 2016.[12]

He was named in the Pro14 dream team for the 2017-18 season.[13]

He made 95 appearances for the Warriors, scoring 20 tries for the side.[14]

It was announced on December 2021 that Grigg would join Japanese side Osaka Red Hurricanes in 2022, joining the club in the new year.[15]

Grigg said of the move:[16]

Playing for Glasgow Warriors has completely changed my life for the better and I’ve loved every minute of it. It was such a scary thing to do to leave your home country and to move to the other side of the world, but the prospect of playing at Glasgow Warriors and playing professional rugby was too good to turn down. It’s been so good being a Glasgow Warrior. Everyone who comes into the club comments on how good the environment here is – the players, the people and the culture – and I’ve got to experience than that for six years. It’s what makes this club so special and it’s going to be sad to leave.

There have been a lot of highlights for me both on and off the pitch at Glasgow. I’ll always remember my first cap against Leinster back in March 2016, and my 50th against Scarlets when we went down to 14 men early on and still got the victory – there have been so many amazing moments. It’s sad to leave Glasgow but I’m looking forward to my next adventure. Danny [Wilson], Al [Kellock] and my agent Tom Beattie have worked hard and given me the chance to take this new opportunity – it’s a fresh start for me.

I’ll be closer to home and my family, and I get to experience a new culture. Again, it’s quite scary but when I made that move here it completely changed my life. I’m going to miss Glasgow, the fans and the boys but it’s going to be another amazing experience to move over to Japan and play rugby.

International career[]

He is Scottish-qualified as his grandfather is from Ayrshire.[12]

On 25 January 2016, Grigg was named in the Scotland Sevens squad for the upcoming Wellington Sevens tournament.[17] He made his international debut in the tournament, confirming his Scottish nationality, on 30 January 2016. He played against South Africa, coming off the bench for his debut.

Grigg made his international XV debut for Scotland against Fiji on 24 June 2017 (3.30am BST).[18]

References[]

  1. ^ "As it happened - Scotland lose to Fiji". BBC. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Glasgow Warriors - Nick Grigg". glasgowwarriors.com.
  3. ^ "Glasgow Warriors - Two tries for Nick Grigg in big County win". glasgowwarriors.com.
  4. ^ "News".
  5. ^ "Elevate+ Player Spotlight: Nick Grigg Petone". Club Rugby.
  6. ^ "Petone Rugby".
  7. ^ "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academies".
  8. ^ "Townsend pleased despite Clermont defeat".
  9. ^ "Warriors overcome Army in friendly".
  10. ^ "Glasgow Warriors 'A' triumph in derby".
  11. ^ "Glasgow Warriors | Glasgow Warriors v Leinster". www.glasgowwarriors.com.
  12. ^ a b "Academy trio sign Glasgow Warriors contracts".
  13. ^ @GlasgowWarriors (20 August 2018). "Congratulations to Callum Gibbins and Nick Grigg who have been named in the @PRO14Official Dream Team for 2017/18!…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ "Nick Grigg". Glasgow Warriors.
  15. ^ Barnes, David (22 December 2021). "Nick Grigg to leave Glasgow Warriors to take up deal in Japan". The Offside Line.
  16. ^ Rugby, Planet (22 December 2021). "Nick Grigg swaps Glasgow Warriors for Japanese club".
  17. ^ "Two debutants named for Wellington 7s".
  18. ^ "As it happened - Scotland lose to Fiji". BBC Sport. 22 June 2017.

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