Nickson Kolo

Nickson Kolo
Personal information
Born (1985-08-17) 17 August 1985 (age 39)
Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
Playing information
PositionLock, Second-row, Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2006–07 Wari Vele Raiders 39 11 0 0 44
2008–09 Master Mak City Rangers 20 8 0 0 32
2010–11 Hela Wigmen 15 7 0 0 28
2012 Mt Hagen Eagles 6 4 0 0 16
2013– Gulf Isapea 5 4 0 0 16
Total 85 34 0 0 136
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2006–10 Papua New Guinea 20 5 0 0 20
2007–10 PNG Prime Minister's XIII 4 3 0 0 12
Source: [1][2]
As of 9 November 2023

Nickson Kolo is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer, a blockbusting forward who plays for the newly formed club Gulf Isapeas in the Digicel Cup in Papua New Guinea, He is a former Papua New Guinea international.

He has represented Papua New Guinea in the Prime Minister's XIII games between Australia and PNG between 2007 and 2010. His trade mark, blockbusting runs had earned him a place in the Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[3]

He played for PNG in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[4]

He has also played for Papua New Guinea in the 2010 Four Nations tournament in New Zealand and Australia.

  1. ^ Rugby League Project
  2. ^ "Rugby League Foundation". Archived from the original on 2012-05-26. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  3. ^ "PNG name preliminary squad". RLWC.com. 2008-08-01. Archived from the original on 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  4. ^ "Wilshere handed Kumuls captaincy". BBC. 2008-10-14. Retrieved 2008-10-14.