Nigel Watts

Nigel Kevin Watts (21 October 1919 – February 17, 1995) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.^[2]

Nigel Watts

Personal information
Full name	Nigel Kevin Watts
Born	(1919-10-21)21 October 1919 Enmore, New South Wales, Australia
Died	17 February 1995(1995-02-17) (aged 75) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1944–45 St. George 14 1 10 0 23 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1946 NSW Country 1 0 1 0 2
Source: [1] As of 7 August 2019

Playing career

Watts was a schoolboy rugby union standout at St Joseph's College, going on to star for the Eastern Suburbs Rugby Union club before embarking on a brief rugby league career at St. George during World War II.^[3] Since he had never played rugby league before, the residential rule did not apply to Watts, who was a resident of Bondi at the time. Watts served in the Australian Army during his time at the Saints,^[4]. After being discharged from the Army, he transitioned to a captain-coach role in the Illawarra competition in 1946. He represented a combined South Coast Division representative team that defeated the touring Great Britain national rugby league team 15–12 at Wollongong, New South Wales on 2 June 1946.^[5]

Death

Watts died in Sydney on 17 February 1995^[6]