Nigel Melville
Full name | Nigel David Melville | ||
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Date of birth | 6 January 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Leeds, Yorkshire | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 76 kg (12 st 0 lb) | ||
Rugby union career | |||
Playing career | |||
Position | Scrum-half | ||
Professional / senior clubs | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
1981–1988 |
Otley R.U.F.C. Wakefield RFC Wasps FC |
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National team(s) | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
1984–1988 | England | 13 | (0) |
Coaching career | |||
Years | Club / team | ||
2002–2005 |
Otley R.U.F.C. London Wasps Gloucester Rugby | ||
Rugby union career | |||
Nigel David Melville (born 6 January 1961) is a former England national rugby union team scrum half and captain, and has served as the CEO of USA Rugby since 2006.
Melville became the youngest player to captain England on his début when he led them against Australia in November 1984. He went onto make another twelve appearances over the next four years.
Playing career
Melville attended Aireborough Grammar School and North East London polytechnic. He played club rugby for Otley R.U.F.C., Wakefield RFC and Wasps FC.
Melville was captain of the England Schools 19 age group on their tour to New Zealand and Australia in 1979, England B – the youngest captain at the time, England Under 23 on their tour of Romania in 1983.
He captained the full England side seven times, winning four games. Melville toured with England to Argentina in 1981, North America in 1982 and New Zealand in 1985. Melville was a replacement for the injured Terry Holmes on the British Lions tour to New Zealand in 1983 but picked up a spinal injury in his second game and took no further part on the tour.
Melville's career was blighted by a number of serious injuries including a serious neck injury, shoulder damage, five knee operations and a chipped ankle. These partly restricted the number of matches he played for England.
Coaching and management
During his playing career, Melville was the Head of UK Promotions for Nike working alongside elite athletes from a wide range of sports.
On retirement, Melville entered coaching and as Director of Rugby at London Wasps, Melville coached the team to their first professional Premiership title in 1996, followed by three National Cup Final appearances, winning two. In 2002 he moved to Gloucester Rugby, winning the Zurich Championship Final, Powergen Cup and topped the Zurich Premiership table by a record 15 clear points. He left in 2005.[1]
Melville was appointed CEO and President of Rugby Operations for USA Rugby on 11 October 2006.
See also
References
- Scotland v England official match programme 15/2/1986
- "Nigel Melville—Biography". sporting-heroes.net.
- "Nigel Melville—Statistics". sporting-heroes.net.
- Wasps Profile
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by John Scott Paul Dodge Mike Harrison |
English National Rugby Union Captain Nov 1984 1986 Mar 1988 |
Succeeded by Paul Dodge Richard Hill John Orwin |
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