Nick Beal

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Nick Beal
Full name Nicholas David Beal
Date of birth (1970-12-02) 2 December 1970
Place of birth Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 14 st 10 lb (93 kg)
School Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Fullback
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1991–2004 Northampton Saints 109 (119)
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1996–1999
1997		  England
British and Irish Lions		 15 (15)
Sevens national teams
Years Club / team Comps
1993 England 1993 Sevens World Cup

Nicholas David "Nick" Beal (born 2 December 1970 in Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire) is a rugby union player who played at Fullback for Northampton Saints, England and the Lions.

Career

Beal was a part of the England team that won the World Sevens title in 1993, he captained the Saints squad that won the Middlesex Sevens trophy in 2003. He joined the 1997 British Lions tour to South Africa.

He retired in 2004.[1]

Personal life

Beal is married with two sons.[2] He attended Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe where he was schoolmates with Northampton and England teammate Matt Dawson.[3][4]

After retiring he worked as a financial advisor.[2] In 2007 he was appointed a non-executive director of the Saints' board.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Beal calls time at Saints". BBC. 7 April 2004.
  2. 1 2 "Nick Beal calls time after 13 years of Saints' service". RFU. 7 April 2004.
  3. ↑ FRORGS - RGS International Honours
  4. ↑ "Rugby stars in shock report". Bucks Free Press. 20 July 2000. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Beal joins Saints' board". ESPN Scrum. 7 February 2007.


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