Nigel Ah Wong

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Nigel Ah Wong
Full name Nigel Ah Wong
Date of birth (1990-05-30) 30 May 1990
Place of birth Wellington, New Zealand
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Loose Forward
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2013 – Japan Red Sparks
Super Rugby
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2013 Australia Reds 0 (0)
Current local club Sunnybank

Nigel Ah Wong (born 30 May 1990) is a rugby union footballer who plays as a loose forward. He currently plays for the Coca Cola West Red Sparks in the Japanese Top League.

Rugby career

Ah Wong played for Sunnybank in their inaugural Queensland Premier Rugby Hospital Cup victory in 2011. He played for the Melbourne Rebels on their 2011 European Tour after being selected for the ‘Rebels Rising’ development squad.[1]

In 2012, Ah Wong was a member of the Australian Rugby Union’s National Academy, and was also chosen to represent the Queensland Reds in their exhibition match against the Hurricanes on the Sunshine Coast.[1]

Ah Wong joined the Reds Extended Playing Squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season.[1] He was initially named in the Reds first ever College Squad, however, he was later promoted to the EPS when Joel Faulkner was forced to withdraw due to personal commitments.

After the 2103 Super Rugby season, Ah Wong was recruited by the Coca Cola West Red Sparks to play in the Japanese Top League.[3]

Reference List

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Nigel Ah Wong Reds Player Profile". Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 14 Feb 2013. 
  2. "Nigel Ah Wong rejoint Coca-Cola West Red Sparks". JaponRugby (in French). 1 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013. 
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