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| Human Interest | |
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Further Personal Information | |
| Residence | Sydney, NSW, AUS |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | New South Wales [NSW] Waratahs: Sydney, NSW, AUS |
Further Personal Information | |
| Higher education | Economics - Sydney University: Australia |
General Interest | |
| Hobbies | Playing cricket. (waratahs.com.au, 13 Aug 2013) |
| Injuries | He missed the Adelaide and Hong Kong legs of the International Rugby Board [IRB] World Series in the 2009/2010 season due to injury. (rugby.com.au, 04 Aug 2010) |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Captaining the Australian rugby sevens side at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. (nswrugby.com.au, 27 Jun 2013) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Name of coach | Michael Chieka [Club], Michael O'Connor [Country] |
| Preferred position / style / stance / technique | Flyhalf |
International Debut | |
| Year | 2009 |
| Competing for | Australia |
| Location | Dubai |
Further Personal Information | |
| Occupation | Athlete |
| Languages | English |
General Interest | |
| Nicknames | Nard (rugby.com.au, 04 Aug 2010) |
| Awards and honours | In 2011 he was named the Australian rugby sevens Player of the Year. (smh.com.au, 01 Mar 2012) He was named the 2009 Sydney University Colts Best and Fairest Player. (Australian Commonwealth Games Team Handbook, 2010) |
| Famous relatives | His father was a weightlifter for Sydney University in Australia. (waratahs.com.au, 13 Aug 2013) |
| Hero / Idol | Australian rugby union players Matt Burke, Phil Waugh and David Lyons. (waratahs.com.au, 13 Aug 2013) |
| Other information | SEVENS EXPERIENCE He has also represented the New South Wales Waratahs in the Super Rugby competition, where he finds his experience playing rugby sevens gives him an advantage. "You've got to react a lot quicker in sevens and you probably see the space and identify it a lot more easily. That's just the whole game, moving the ball to space and playing free-flowing rugby." (smh.com.au, 01 Mar 2012) |