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Tom Nicholls

Tom Nicholls

Gold Coast
Ruck Retired
Career games
45
Debut
2011
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Player Information

Height 203 cm
Date of Birth 4-Mar-1992
AFL Debut 2011

Player bio

A career in numbers

Tom Nicholls made his AFL debut for Gold Coast in 2011 and played 45 games for the club. His last recorded season was 2016.

His primary role in the recorded starting lineups from 2013 to 2016 was ruck. Across his recorded games, he averaged 22.2 hitouts and 3.6 clearances per game. His highest recorded season total was 337 hitouts, from 15 games in 2016 at an average of 22.5 per game. Across seasons with at least five games and complete disposal records, the highest average is 13.00 per game in 2013. The largest total in those seasons is 192 disposals, recorded in 2016.

Selected seasons: disposals
SeasonAppearancesTotalPer game
20161519212.80
2013810413.00
20151518312.20
About these season figures

Compared 4 recorded seasons with at least five appearances and disposals recorded for every included appearance. Regular-season and finals appearances are included. Rates are total divided by appearances; ties use unrounded rates. Ongoing seasons can change. This compares the player’s own seasons, not their rank against other players.

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Career and season figures include finals where played.

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Recent Games

-- Not recorded. Coverage varies by statistic.

Year Round Team Opponent Result Score Venue POS APOS
# D K HB M G B T HO I50 R50 CL CP UP CG FF FA CM M50 IM 1% BO GA TOG EFF MIN SC DT MG GBG CC SCL TO HTA HOW% HTA% SP CD1 CDL% CO1 COW% INT CBA% SOG SHACC% GACC% SI PA CBA KI KIPO KI% RC EK KE% MOL T50 APR D50P DMP AMP A50P Tagged
2016 20
Gold Coast GCS
Greater Western Sydney vs GWS
L
84-92
People First Stadium RUC RUC 22 10 3 7 2 1 0 5 18 0 0 1 8 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 78% 40% 91 66 73 118 5 0 1 2 4 29 22.2 1 0 0 1 100 1 -- 1 100% 100% 3 10 -- -- -- -- -- 1 33.3% 0 0 9.4 1 5 2 3 —
2016 19
Gold Coast GCS
Melbourne @ MEL
L
64-66
MCG RUC RUC 22 13 2 11 2 0 0 7 9 0 1 4 13 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 80% 85% 92 90 71 33 10 1 3 1 1 16.4 11.1 1 1 0 1 0 7 -- 0 0% 0% 1 10 -- -- -- -- -- 2 100% 0 1 16.1 3 8 5 0 —
2016 18
Gold Coast GCS
Fremantle vs FRE
W
105-81
People First Stadium RUC RUC 22 13 6 7 4 0 0 5 24 3 1 6 11 2 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 82% 77% 100 87 83 110 6 1 5 2 6 36.9 25 1 0 0 1 0 2 -- 0 0% 0% 7 13 -- -- -- -- -- 5 83.3% 0 0 16.4 2 4 7 0 —
2016 17
Gold Coast GCS
Western Bulldogs @ WBD
L
59-107
Cazaly's Stadium RUC RUC 22 10 2 8 2 0 0 4 25 2 0 4 10 2 4 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 81% 70% 93 58 60 65 5 2 2 1 6 48.1 24 0 0 0 2 0 3 -- 0 0% 0% 1 18 -- -- -- -- -- 1 50% 0 0 11.8 2 4 6 0 —
2016 16
Gold Coast GCS
Brisbane Lions vs BRL
W
139-113
People First Stadium RUC RUC 22 16 5 11 2 0 0 7 31 0 1 3 11 4 3 1 1 1 0 -- 3 0 0 91% 56% 116 119 100 77 -- 0 3 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 -- 0 0% 0% 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 -- 7 3 5 0 —
Latest 5 of 45 career games

Games

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Grand Final

Grand Final Sat 26 Sep FINAL
Fremantle FRE
89–96
Brisbane Lions BRI
M.C.G.
AFLW
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sat 7 Nov AFLW FINAL
Geelong GEE
52–56
Melbourne MEL
IKON Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sat 7 Nov AFLW FINAL
North Melbourne NTH
49–13
Carlton CAR
IKON Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sun 8 Nov AFLW FULL TIME Final data pending
Sydney SYD
—–—
Western Bulldogs WBD
Henson Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sun 8 Nov AFLW FULL TIME Final data pending
Gold Coast GCS
—–—
Hawthorn HAW
People First Stadium
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