Mick Nanyn (born 3 June 1982) is a former

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

international

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer. He played as a and was a specialist goal-kicker. He set point scoring records at several of the clubs he played for. Nanyn started his career at Swinton, and went on to play for the

Rochdale Hornets The Rochdale Hornets are a professional rugby league club from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, competing in the Championship, the second tier of European rugby league. The Rochdale Hornets are one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs ...

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Widnes Widnes ( ) is an Industrial city, industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census had a population of 61,464. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, it is on t ...

Oldham Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, wh ...

( Heritage № 1225) and the

Leigh Centurions The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, who compete in the Betfred Super League. The club was founded in 1878, and is one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern R ...

. He also played for

at international level.

Background

Nanyn was born in

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, England.

Club career

Nanyn had a reputation as a journeyman, playing for the Widnes Vikings,

, the

and the

Swinton Lions The Swinton Lions are a professional rugby league club based in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the Championship. The club has won the Championship six times and three Challenge Cups. Before 1996, the club was known s ...

. Starting out at Swinton Lions in 1999, Nanyn made his debut at the age of 16. Despite his age, Nanyn was a standout performer for the Lions during the more turbulent years of 1999-2003. Thus defining himself as both a try scorer and prolific goal kicker. Nanyn signed for the Widnes Vikings in 2006. In his first season at the club, he scored 388 points, breaking the record for most points scored in a single season, an accolade he took from Jonathan Davies. He beat his own record a year later, scoring 434 points in 2007. In 2008 he beat

Pat Rich Patrick (or Pat) Rich is an English former professional rugby league footballer who represented the Oldham ( Heritage No. 1095) in the Northern Ford Premiership (later National League One in the National Leagues). Playing career Started his c ...

's seven-year-old record at

for points in a season (362, 139 goals, 21 tries). He joined

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side the Harlequins RL for the 2009 season. He only managed a couple of appearances in trial games for the Harlequins RL.

Representative honours

In 2001, Nanyn represented the

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in an Under-21 trial game against the

, scoring a try in a surprise 27–20 win. Nanyn was named in the

training squad for the

2008 Rugby League World Cup The 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup since its inauguration in 1954, and the first since the 2000 tournament. The tournament was held in Australia from 26 October, culminating in the final b ...

. Nanyn won ten caps for Scotland, including one appearance as a substitute. In 2009, he scored 40 points (two tries and 16 goals) in a 104–0 victory over

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Career records

As of 2015, with 3714-points he is sixth on British rugby league's "most points in a career" record list behind Neil Fox, Jim Sullivan, Kevin Sinfield,

Gus Risman Augustus "Gus" John Ferdinand Risman (21 March 1911 – 17 October 1994) was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s through to the 1950s, and coached in the 1940s through to the 1970s. A devastating three-quarter ...

and John Woods.

Genealogical information

Mick Nanyn is the son of the rugby league who played in the 1970s and 1980s for

and Springfield Borough; Michael "Mick" Nanyn.

References

External links

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Oldham ProfileHarlequins RL sign Mick Nanyn
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nanyn, Mick 1982 births Living people English people of Scottish descent English rugby league players Halifax R.L.F.C. players Leigh Centurions players London Broncos players Oldham R.L.F.C. players Rochdale Hornets players Rugby league centres Rugby league players from Wigan Scotland national rugby league team players Swinton Lions players Whitehaven R.L.F.C. players Widnes Vikings players