Nick Grigg (born 18 September 1992) is a

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player, who currently plays as a midfield back for

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in the French

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competition. He previously played for Red Hurricanes Osaka in Japan,

Glasgow Warriors Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland. The team plays in the United Rugby Championship league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014–15 season they won the Pro12 title and became t ...

in Scotland and in New Zealand. Grigg was born and raised in

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, but has represented

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– for which he is eligible due to his Scottish heritage – both in the fifteen-a-side form of the game and rugby sevens.

Rugby union career

Amateur career

He previously played for

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and for the under-20

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side in New Zealand. When not playing for Glasgow Warriors, Grigg plays for Stirling County. Grigg has been drafted to Stirling County in the

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for the 2017–18 season.

Professional career

He was part of the

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Development XV in New Zealand. Grigg trialled with the Warriors in March 2015 before signing for Glasgow Warriors and securing a place at the

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for Glasgow District as a Stage 3 player. Membership of the academy is restricted to Scottish-Qualified players. Stage 3 players are aligned to a professional club and given regional support. He has played for Glasgow Warriors in their pre-season match against Clermont. The Warriors lost the match 28–10. He also featured in an early season friendly against the British

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side.

beat the Army side 71–0. He started in the derby match against

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in an 'A' match at

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. Glasgow Warriors beat

, 26–5. He made his competitive debut for the Glasgow side on 18 March 2016 against

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in the

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in a 12 - 6 victory for the Scottish side. He became Glasgow Warrior No. 262. He graduated from the Scottish Rugby Academy and signed a professional contract with Glasgow Warriors on 23 March 2016. He was named in the Pro14 dream team for the 2017–18 season. He made 95 appearances for the Warriors, scoring 20 tries for the side. It was announced in December 2021 that Grigg would join Japanese side Osaka Red Hurricanes in 2022, joining the club in the new year. Grigg said of the move:

Playing for Glasgow Warriors has completely changed my life for the better and I’ve loved every minute of it. It was such a scary thing to do to leave your home country and to move to the other side of the world, but the prospect of playing at Glasgow Warriors and playing professional rugby was too good to turn down. It’s been so good being a Glasgow Warrior. Everyone who comes into the club comments on how good the environment here is – the players, the people and the culture – and I’ve got to experience than that for six years. It’s what makes this club so special and it’s going to be sad to leave. There have been a lot of highlights for me both on and off the pitch at Glasgow. I’ll always remember my first cap against Leinster back in March 2016, and my 50th against Scarlets when we went down to 14 men early on and still got the victory – there have been so many amazing moments. It’s sad to leave Glasgow but I’m looking forward to my next adventure. Danny
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Al ellockand my agent Tom Beattie have worked hard and given me the chance to take this new opportunity – it’s a fresh start for me. I’ll be closer to home and my family, and I get to experience a new culture. Again, it’s quite scary but when I made that move here it completely changed my life. I’m going to miss Glasgow, the fans and the boys but it’s going to be another amazing experience to move over to Japan and play rugby.

On 29 July 2022, Grigg was named in the squad for the

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season. He made his debut for the province on 6 August 2022 against . On 6 October 2022, it was announced that Grigg signed an injury replacement contract with French side

to play in the

, where he joined with fellow ex-Scotland international and ex-Glasgow Warrior

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International career

He is Scottish-qualified as his grandfather is from Ayrshire. On 25 January 2016, Grigg was named in the

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squad for the upcoming Wellington Sevens tournament. He made his international debut in the tournament, confirming his Scottish nationality, on 30 January 2016. He played against

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, coming off the bench for his debut. Grigg made his international XV debut for

against

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on 24 June 2017 (3.30am BST).

References

External links

itsrugby.co.uk profileJapan Rugby League One 2022 player statisticsGlasgow Warriors biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grigg, Nick 1992 births Living people Rugby union players from Wellington City New Zealand rugby union players Scottish rugby union players Male rugby sevens players Scotland international rugby sevens players Scotland international rugby union players Rugby union centres Stirling County RFC players Glasgow Warriors players NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka players Hawke's Bay rugby union players US Carcassonne players