Nick Cotric

Nikola "Nick" Cotric[2] (Serbian: Nikola Čotrić; Cyrillic: Никола Чотрић; born 18 November 1998) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who primarily plays on the wing, but has also played as a fullback and centre. He currently plays in the NRL for the Canberra Raiders, and has played for the New South Wales rugby league team as well as Australia on an international level. In 2018, he played one game for the Prime Minister's XIII.

Nick Cotric
Personal information
Full nameNikola Cotric
Born (1998-11-18) 18 November 1998
Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
Playing information
PositionWing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017–20 Canberra Raiders 83 40 0 0 160
2021 Canterbury Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0
Total 83 40 0 0 160
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018– Prime Minister's XIII 1 1 0 0 4
2019 New South Wales 1 0 0 0 0
2019– Australia 2 0 0 0 0
As of 2 July 2020
Source: [1]

Background

Cotric was born in Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, and is of Serbian descent.[3]

He played his junior rugby league for the Valley Dragons, before being signed by the Canberra Raiders.

Playing career

Early years

In 2016, Cotric was a member of the Canberra Raiders' NYC team, playing 21 games primarily at centre.[4][5] In August 2016, Cotric re-signed with the Raiders on a 2-year contract until the end of 2018,[6] In 2016, Cotric played for the Australian Schoolboys.[7] On 5 September 2016, Cotric was named at centre in the 2016 NYC Team of the Year.[8]

2017

Before the season started, Cotric was groomed to fill in the right-wing flank to void the departure of Edrick Lee.[9] In February 2017, Cotric was named in the Raiders 2017 NRL Auckland Nines squad.[10] In Round 1 of the 2017 NRL season, Cotric made his NRL debut for the Canberra Raiders against the North Queensland Cowboys, playing on the wing in the 20-16 Golden Point loss at 1300SMILES Stadium.[11][12] In Round 3 against the Wests Tigers, Cotric scored his first NRL career try in the 46-6 win at Canberra Stadium.[13] On 13 September 2017, Cotric was awarded with the Raiders Rookie of the year at the Mal Meninga Medal Awards night.[14] On 27 September 2017, Cotric received the Rookie of the Year award at the 2017 Dally M Awards night.[15] Even though the Raiders didn’t make the top 8 into the finals, Cotric capped off a great debut season with him playing in all of the Raiders 24 matches and scoring 16 tries in the 2017 NRL season. On 3 November 2017, Cotric extended his contract with the Raiders to the end of the 2020 season.[16] On 19 December 2017, Cotric was selected in Brad Fittler’s emerging New South Wales squad.[17]

2018

On 28 May 2018, Cotric was named as 18th man for New South Wales for Game 1 of the 2018 State of Origin series.[18] Cotric would play some matches at fullback towards the end of the season, filling in for the suspended Jack Wighton.[19] Cotric finished the 2018 NRL season with him playing in all of the Raiders 24 matches and scoring 12 tries. On 6 October 2018, Cotric played for the Prime Minister’s XIII against Papua New Guinea, playing on the wing and scoring a try in the 34-18 win at Port Moresby.[20] At the end of the season, statistics showed that Cotric was on top of tackle break count with 149, pipping the Sydney Roosters Grand Final winning fullback James Tedesco by 2.

2019

After a good start to the season, Cotric was selected to represent New South Wales in the 2019 State of Origin series. He played in game 1, which Queensland won 18-14, but was ruled out for Game 2 with an ankle injury.

In Round 17, Cotric was sent off for a dangerous lifting tackle on St George centre Tim Lafai, and suspended for 3 matches.[21][22][23]

Cotric played a total of 22 games for Canberra in the 2019 NRL season as the club reached their first grand final in 25 years. He played on the wing in the 2019 NRL Grand Final as they were defeated by the Sydney Roosters.[24][25][26]

On 7 October, Cotric was named in the Australian side for the Oceania Cup fixtures.

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References
  1. "Nick Cotric - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
  2. Polkinghorne, David (30 July 2017). "Could Canberra Raiders rookie Nick Cotric be player of the year?". Canberra Times. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. James Hooper (2 February 2017). "NRL: Canberra Raiders Nick Cotric, Wests Tigers contracts, Robbie Farah — The Mail". Fox Sports. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  4. "C". NYC Database. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  5. "Canberra Raiders - 2016". NYC Database. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. Raiders.com.au (5 August 2016). "Nick Cotric re-signs with the Raiders". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  7. "ASSRL Schoolboys rugby league news, Australian Secondary School Rugby League, Australian Schoolboys". Ourfootyteam.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  8. "2016 Holden Cup Team of the Year announced". NRL.com. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  9. http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rugby-league/canberra-raiders/nrl-round-one-canberra-raiders-young-gun-nick-cotric-goes-from-family-kitchen-to-nrl-20170225-gul78q.html
  10. https://www.nrl.com/news/2017/02/04/2017-downer-nrl-auckland-nines-squads/
  11. http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rugby-league/canberra-raiders/nick-cotric-to-make-nrl-debut-in-canberra-raiders-fresh-leftedge-pairing-against-north-queensland-cowboys-20170227-gumqzo.html
  12. https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/live-nrl-north-queensland-cowboys-v-canberra-raiders/news-story/4c08f6df6a67676a45c768d3977190a8
  13. https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/raiders/canberra-raiders-have-beaten-the-wests-tigers-466-to-post-first-win/news-story/1b76fa5934480a404601ec8af5f89760
  14. http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rugby-league/canberra-raiders/junior-paulo-takes-out-canberra-raiders-mal-meninga-medal-20170911-gyeuje.html
  15. https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/dally-m-2017-canberra-raiders-nick-cotric-wins-nrl-rookie-of-the-year/news-story/27b4aebd2cbffd50fe47ffcf6742324d
  16. http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/green-machine-resign-rising-star-winger-nick-cotric-on-threeyear-deal/news-story/cdbe1eb3724537af2786663dba63cdc0
  17. http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/nrl-canberra-raiders-star-nick-cotric-named-in-brad-fittlers-emerging-blues-squad-20171218-h06ys0.html
  18. https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/taste-of-origin-will-only-make-nsw-blues-prospect-nick-cotric-better-20180528-p4zi06.html
  19. https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/nick-cotric-named-at-fullback-for-raiders-clash-against-cowboys-20180710-p4zqne.html
  20. https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/10/06/prime-ministers-xiii-score-hard-earned-win-over-papua-new-guinea-pms-xiii/
  21. "Injury robs Cotric of Origin spot but Raiders flyer set for quick recovery". www.foxsports.com.au.
  22. "Cotric sent off for dangerous throw on Lafai as Raiders down Dragons". www.nrl.com.
  23. "JWH not guilty; Cotric to miss three games". NRL.
  24. "NRL grand final player ratings: Roosters and Raiders hits and misses". SMH.
  25. "Sydney Roosters beat Canberra Raiders to win NRL Grand Final". BBC.
  26. "How Ricky Stuart reacted to grand final 'six-again' refereeing shocker". WWOS.
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