Adam Nicol


Adam Nicol is a Scotland U20 international rugby union player who plays for Stirling County and Glasgow Warriors at the Tighthead Prop position.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Nicol grew up in Bermuda and started at the Bermuda Youth Rugby Program, representing Bermuda as a school boy V Cayman in 2008. On return to Scotland he started out with Dunfermline, Nicol moved on to play for Glasgow University and then Stirling County. He studies Earth Sciences at Glasgow University.
Nicol has been drafted to Stirling County in the Scottish Premiership for the 2018-19 season.

Professional career

On 25 November 2016, Nicol played for Glasgow Warriors against Ospreys in the Pro12, replacing D'Arcy Rae at Tighthead Prop.
He was enrolled in the Scottish Rugby Academy for their 2017-18 intake as a Stage 3 player. Stage 3 players are assigned a professional club; Nicol was assigned to Glasgow Warriors.
He played again for Glasgow Warriors in their opening match of the 2017-18 season - against Northampton Saints at Bridgehaugh Park, Stirling on 19 August 2017.

International career

Nicol was picked for Scotland at U16 level.
He then moved up in his international career with Scotland at Under 18 level, playing against England in Match 2015.
He received his first Scotland U20 cap against England in the Under 20 Six Nations of 2016.
Whilst with the U20 side Nicol displayed a level of destructive scrummaging rare in age grade rugby and confirmed his status as one of the biggest prospects in Scottish rugby.