Nikki Walker

Personal information

Full name

Nikki Walker

Date of birth

5 March 1982

Place of birth

Aberdeen, Scotland

Height

6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)

Weight

16 st 12 lb (107 kg)

School

Hawick High School

Club information

Position

Wing

Current club

Hawick RFC

Youth clubs

Years	Club
	Hawick RFC

Senior clubs*

Years	Club	Apps (points)
2006–2010 2010–2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014–	Border Reivers Ospreys Worcester Edinburgh Hawick RFC	43 (50) 13 (20) 1 (0)

Representative teams**

2002–2011

Scotland

24 (30)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.
** Representative team caps and points correct
as of 29 May 2012.

Nikki Walker (born 5 March 1982 in Aberdeen) is a former Scotland international rugby union player, who is now a player coach for Hawick RFC, while still contracted to Edinburgh Rugby. He plays on the wing. He has had a successful career in Scotland, Wales and England, winning the RaboDirect Pro 12 twice with the Ospreys.

He was part of the Hawick team than won the domestic club double in 2001–02. He then joined the Border Reivers in 2002, his form earning him his first cap and first tries for Scotland in the same year.

In 2006 he left Scotland for the Ospreys based in Swansea. This would prove to be a very successful period, playing a key role in the Ospreys winning the RaboDirect Pro 12 in 2006 and 2010, and earning him a recall to the National side.^[1]

He made his first appearance for Scotland in more than four years as a replacement against Wales in the Six Nations 2007. He also started for Scotland against France, four weeks later, and scored a try in the seventh minute.He then scored his next try against Canada in the 2009 autumn Test in Aberdeen, repeating this again this time against Samoa in the 2010 autumn Test. He then scored his first Murryfield try for four years against Italy in the 2011 Six Nations Match which Scotland went on to win giving Italy the wooden spoon

He was five minutes away to be going to the 2011 Rugby World Cup when he got injured in the warm-up match with Italy.

In May 2012 he left the Ospreys to join Worcester Warriors. After 10 months with Worcester Warriors, Walker joined Edinburgh Rugby in the summer of 2013. For the 2014–15 season, Walker is a player/coach with Hawick RFC.^[2]

References

External links

Squads

Scotland squad – 2007 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Barclay Brown Callam Ford Hamilton Hines Hogg Kerr S. Lawson MacLeod E. Murray S. Murray Smith Taylor Thomson White

Backs	Blair Cusiter Dewey Di Rollo Henderson S. Lamont R. Lamont R. Lawson Parks Paterson Southwell Walker Webster

Coach	Hadden

Scotland squad – 2003 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Beattie Bulloch Douglas Mather Grimes Hall Hines Jacobsen Kerr Leslie McIlwham Murray Petrie Smith Russell Taylor White

Backs	Beveridge Blair Craig Danielli Henderson Hinshelwood Logan McLaren Metcalfe Paterson Redpath (c) Ross Townsend Walker

Coach	McGeechan

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