Nick Kouparitsas

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Nick Kouparitsas
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Kouparitsas
Date of birth 26 February 1984 (1984-02-26) (age 24)
Place of birth Canberra, Australia
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
Nickname(s) Koups
School(s) Daramalan College
Club information
Position(s) Second row
Current club Bulldogs
Number 15
Youth clubs
Years Club
West Belconnen
Canberra Raiders
Western Suburbs
Youth representative teams
2001 Australian Schoolboys
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2006 ‐ Bulldogs 21 (12)
Representative teams
2006 ‐ Greece 1

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only and
correct as of 05:06, 29 October 2007 (UTC).

Nick Kouparitsas (born 26 February 1984 in Canberra, Australia) is a professional rugby league player in the National Rugby League (NRL). He currently plays for the Bulldogs and his position of choice is in the second-row.

Kouparitsas played for the Greek Rugby League side in 2005 in a friendly match against Malta. He also took part in the historic first Rugby League match to take place in Greece, which was played in Athens on the 28 October, 2006. Greece beat Serbia 44–26 in a match that featured Michael Korkidas, who captained Greece.

Kouparitsas made his NRL debut for the Bulldogs in 2006, making a total of 3 NRL appearances in 2006. He has become a regular part of the Bulldogs first grade team in 2007 and scored his first NRL try on the 22nd of June against Manly at Brookvale Oval.

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