Nick Easter
Birth name | Nicholas James Easter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 15 August 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Epsom, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb; 254 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicholas James Easter (born 15 August 1978) is an English
.He began his career in 2001, playing for Orrell, before moving to Harlequins three years later. He began playing for the England national team in 2007, playing in the 2007, 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cups, as well as the annual Six Nations Championships. Aged 38, he retired in 2016.
Early life
Easter is the brother of
Club career
After a period working in London, Easter moved to Rosslyn Park F.C. before moving onto Orrell. In 2004, Easter signed for Harlequins.
Easter has won the Harlequins Player of the year award four times in 2004–05, 2005–06, 2012–13 and 2014–15 season at the age of 36. He was voted Aviva Premiership forward of the year in 2013 & 2014.
In the penultimate game of the 2013–14 season, against Bath, Nick became the most capped Harlequin in the professional era with 233 appearances.
During this period he won the 2012 Premiership, 2011 Amlin Cup and 2013 LV Cup. His final game was in the European Challenge Cup final loss to Montpellier in May 2016.
Retirement
After 15 seasons, 54 international appearances and a record 281 appearances for Harlequins, Easter announced his retirement on 29 July 2016.
International career
A skilful and powerful No 8, Easter a late comer to professional rugby made his England debut in their
During the
Easter was part of the England squad that won the
Between 2012 and 2014 he found his road into the England squad blocked, before being recalled to the squad for their
After being overlooked for the initial 31-man England squad for the
International Tries
Try | Opposing team | Location | Venue | Competition | Date | Result | Score |
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1 | Wales | London, England | Twickenham Stadium | 2007 Rugby World Cup Warm-Up | 4 August 2007 | Win | 62 – 5 |
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5 | Australia | London, England | Twickenham Stadium | 2008 end-of-year rugby union internationals | 15 November 2008 | Loss | 14 – 28 |
6 | Italy | London, England | Twickenham Stadium | 2015 Six Nations Championship | 14 February 2015 | Win | 47 – 17 |
7 | Uruguay | Manchester, England | City of Manchester Stadium | 2015 Rugby World Cup | 10 October 2015 | Win | 60 – 3 |
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Coaching career
In 2016, immediately after confirming his retirement as a player, Easter became
Outside rugby
Easter has appeared in three episodes of
In 2020 he launched a podcast with World Cup winner Kyran Bracken called Ruck It!
References
- ^ "England Elite Squad - Nick Easter". web page. Rugby Football Union. 2011. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ "Nick Easter". Sportsvibe. 6 February 2009. Archived from the original on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ Shea, Julian (10 February 2007). "England 20–7 Italy". BBC. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ Standley, James (4 August 2007). "England 62–5 Wales". BBC. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
- ^ Shea, Julian (6 October 2007). "England 12–10 Australia". BBC. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ Standley, James (13 October 2007). "England 14–9 France". BBC. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ Standley, James (20 October 2007). "World Cup final 2007". BBC. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ Gordos, Phil (15 March 2008). "Six Nations 2008". BBC. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ Standley, James (21 March 2009). "2009 Six Nations". BBC. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ Twickenham, Eddie Butler at (4 October 2015). "England's Rugby World Cup shambles: 10 reasons why campaign was botched - Eddie Butler". Retrieved 13 December 2017 – via theguardian.com.
- ^ "Nicholas James Easter". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Nick Easter retires from rugby to become Harlequins coach". Sports Mole. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Harlequins clear-out continues as Nick Easter leaves role as defence coach". The Telegraph. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 17 May 2017.