Nicholas Newlin is an American

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 who has represented the

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. The captain of the Hawks' domestic-based team, Newlin was named as co-captain of the side for the 2017 World Cup.

Early life

Born and raised in

Port Washington, Wisconsin Port Washington is the county seat of Ozaukee County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located on Lake Michigan's western shore east of Interstate 43, the community is a suburb in the Milwaukee metropolitan area 27 miles north of the City of Mil ...

, Newlin played

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baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

and

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as a child. In 2008, Newlin joined the

United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...

and spent four years serving in

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

. He moved to

Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

at the completion of his service, and discovered

in 2014 through the

Atlanta Rhinos The Atlanta Rhinos are an American professional rugby league team based in Atlanta, Georgia. 2014 was their inaugural season in the USA Rugby League. Starting in 2021, the club turned professional, and became founding members of the North Amer ...

Playing career

In his debut season of rugby league, Newlin was named captain of the Atlanta Rhinos for their inaugural season in the

USA Rugby League The USA Rugby League (USARL) is the official governing body for rugby league, a code of rugby football, in the United States. The organization also runs the national amateur competition for club teams in the US. The league consists of six te ...

. He made his debut for the United States national team against

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in September 2015, and was named captain of the side in July 2016 for their match against

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

. For the 2017 World Cup, Newlin was named co-captain alongside professional

Mark Offerdahl Mark Offerdahl (born 15 October 1987) is a United States international rugby league footballer who plays for and coaches his hometown club the Goondiwindi Boars in Australia. Primarily playing as a , he can also play as a or . He was a member ...

International caps

References

External links

2017 RLWC profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Newlin, Nick 1980s births Living people American rugby league players Atlanta Rhinos captains Atlanta Rhinos players People from Port Washington, Wisconsin Rugby league props United States Marine Corps personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) United States national rugby league team captains United States national rugby league team players