Nick Beal

For other people named Nick Beal, see Nick Beal (disambiguation).

Nicholas David 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.

Nick Beal

Birth name	Nicholas David Beal
Date of birth	(1970-12-02) 2 December 1970 (age 54)
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
Position(s) Fullback Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1991–2004 Northampton Saints 268 (482) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1996–1999 England 15 (15) 1997 British and Irish Lions National sevens team Years Team Comps 1993 England 1993 Sevens World Cup

Career

Club

Beal spent his whole professional career at Northampton Saints, and captained the squad that won the Middlesex Sevens trophy in 2003. He missed out on their victory in the 2000 Heineken Cup Final due to injury.^[1] He retired in 2004.^[2]

International

Beal was a part of the England team that won the World Sevens title in 1993. He also joined the 1997 British Lions tour to South Africa.^[3]

Personal life

Beal is married with two sons.^[4] He attended Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe where he was schoolmates with Northampton and England teammate Matt Dawson.^[5][6]

After retiring he worked as a financial advisor.^[4] In 2007 he was appointed a non-executive director of the Saints' board.^[7]