Rugby player
Nic Dolly
Born Nicholas Dolly (1999-06-11 ) 11 June 1999 (age 26) Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Weight 103 kg (227 lb) Rugby union career
Nic Dolly (born 11 June 1999)[ 1] rugby union player who plays as ahooker forWestern Force inSuper Rugby . He previously played forLeicester Tigers inPremiership Rugby .[ 2]
Born in Australia, Dolly is English qualified though his mother,[ 3] England under 20 side at the2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship [ 2] [ 4] senior England team in 2021.
Dolly grew up inSydney ,Australia and initially played rugby union forEastwood Rugby Club andNew South Wales Waratahs junior age sides.[ 2] [ 5] Denton, Greater Manchester and while on an extended visit he was spotted bySale Sharks . He subsequently joined their under 18s.[ 6]
In 2017 Dolly signed a five-year contract withSale Sharks ,[ 7] Rotherham Titans in theRFU Championship ,[ 8] Sale F.C. inNational League 2 North . In 2017 he also represented theEngland under-18 team .[ 8] [ 9] Jersey Reds announced the signing of Dolly of a year long loan.[ 10] England under-20 in the2019 Six Nations Under 20s Championship [ 11] 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship .[ 12]
In February 2021 Dolly joinedCoventry for the delayed2021 RFU Championship season ,[ 13] Leicester Tigers on what was reported as a multi-year deal.[ 4] [ 14]
Dolly made his firstPremiership start againstExeter Chiefs on 18 September 2021, Dolly scored two tries, the first forward to do so on his Premiership debut for over 20 years.[ 15] Gloucester and was named asBT Sports' man of the match .[ 16]
He scored further tries againstLondon Irish andWorcester Warriors , after which Dolly was called up to the senior England squad in October 2021 for Tests against Tonga, Australia and South Africa.[ 17]
Dolly made his international debut forEngland againstSouth Africa on 20 November 2021.[ 18] [ 19] 2022 Six Nations Championship but did not feature in the matches, his form for Leicester earned him a call up to an England training camp in May 2022 but on 21 May 2022 Dolly suffered a significant knee injury following an illegal crocodile roll byAdam Brocklebank as Leicester beat Newcastle 27–5.[ 20]
After an injury plagued spell Dolly was released from Leicester in April 2024, and quickly signed withWestern Force , the Perth, Australia, based side.[ 21]
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