Mick Nanyn (born 3 June 1982) is a former

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international

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footballer. He played as a and was a specialist

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-kicker. He set point scoring records at several of the clubs he played for. Nanyn started his career at Swinton, and went on to play for the

Rochdale Hornets The Rochdale Hornets are a professional rugby league club from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, competing in the League 1, the third tier of European rugby league. The Rochdale Hornets are one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs tha ...

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Widnes Widnes ( ) is an Industrial city, industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2021–2022 United Kingdom censuses, 2021 census had a population of 62,400. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, ...

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and the

Leigh Centurions The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. Leigh play homes games at Leigh Sports Village and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. ...

. He also played for

at international level.

Background

Nanyn was born in

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, England.

Club career

Nanyn had a reputation as a

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, playing for the

Widnes Vikings The Widnes Vikings are an English rugby league club in Widnes, Cheshire, which competes in the RFL Championship, Betfred Championship. The club plays home matches at DCBL Stadium. Founded as Widnes Football Club, they are one of the original twe ...

, the

and the

Swinton Lions The Swinton Lions are a professional rugby league club based in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the RFL League 1 . The club has won the Rugby Football League Championship, Championship six times and three Challenge Cups ...

. Starting out at Swinton Lions in 1999, Nanyn made his debut at the age of 16. Despite his age, Nanyn was a standout performer for the Lions during the more turbulent years of 1999-2003. Thus defining himself as both a try scorer and prolific goal kicker. Nanyn signed for the

in 2006. In his first season at the club, he scored 388 points, breaking the record for most points scored in a single season, an accolade he took from Jonathan Davies. He beat his own record a year later, scoring 434 points in 2007. In 2008 he beat Pat Rich's seven-year-old record at

for points in a season (362, 139 goals, 21 tries). He joined

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side the Harlequins RL for the 2009 season. He only managed a couple of appearances in trial games for the Harlequins RL.

Representative honours

In 2001, Nanyn represented the

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in an Under-21 trial game against the

, scoring a try in a surprise 27–20 win. Nanyn was named in the

training squad for the

2008 Rugby League World Cup The 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth World Cup for men’s rugby league national teams. It was held between 26 October and 22 November and was won by New Zealand, who defeated Australia 34–20 in the final in one of the greatest ...

. Nanyn won ten caps for Scotland, including one appearance as a substitute. In 2009, he scored 40 points (two tries and 16 goals) in a 104–0 victory over

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Career records

As of 2015, with 3714-points he is sixth on British rugby league's "most points in a career" record list behind Neil Fox, Jim Sullivan,

Kevin Sinfield Kevin Sinfield (born 12 September 1980) is an English rugby union coach, currently the skills and kicking coach for the England national rugby union team, England national team. He is a former professional rugby league player for Leeds Rhinos, ...

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and John Woods.

Genealogical information

Mick Nanyn is the son of the rugby league who played in the 1970s and 1980s for

and Springfield Borough; Michael "Mick" Nanyn.

References

External links

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Oldham ProfileHarlequins RL sign Mick Nanyn
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nanyn, Mick 1982 births Living people English people of Scottish descent English rugby league players Halifax Panthers players Leigh Leopards players London Broncos players Oldham R.L.F.C. players Rochdale Hornets players Rugby league centres Rugby league players from Wigan Scotland national rugby league team players Swinton Lions players Whitehaven R.L.F.C. players Widnes Vikings players