Nigel Watts
Australian rugby league footballer
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Nigel Kevin Watts (21 October 1919 – February 17, 1995) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.[2]
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| Full name | Nigel Kevin Watts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 October 1919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 February 1995 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 7 August 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career
Watts was a schoolboy rugby union standout at St Joseph's College, going on to star for the Eastern Suburbs Rugby Union club before embarking on a brief rugby league career at St. George during World War II.[3] Since he had never played rugby league before, the residential rule did not apply to Watts, who was a resident of Bondi at the time. Watts served in the Australian Army during his time at the Saints,.[4] After being discharged from the Army, he transitioned to a captain-coach role in the Illawarra competition in 1946. He represented a combined South Coast Division representative team that defeated the touring Great Britain national rugby league team 15–12 at Wollongong, New South Wales on 2 June 1946.[5]
Death
Watts died in Sydney on 17 February 1995[6]
