Nickson Kolo

{{short description|PNG international rugby league footballer}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

|name = Nickson Kolo

|fullname =

|image =

|position = {{rlp|LK|SR|PR}}

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|8|17|df=y}}

|birth_place = Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea

|height = {{convert|175|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

|weight = {{convert|97|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}

|club1 = Wari Vele Raiders

|year1start = 2006

|year1end = 07

|appearances1 = 39

|tries1 = 11

|goals1 = 0

|fieldgoals1 = 0

|points1 = 44

|club2 = {{nowrap|Master Mak City Rangers}}

|year2start = 2008

|year2end = 09

|appearances2 = 20

|tries2 = 8

|goals2 = 0

|fieldgoals2 = 0

|points2 = 32

|club3 = Hela Wigmen

|year3start = 2010

|year3end = 11

|appearances3 = 15

|tries3 = 7

|goals3 = 0

|fieldgoals3 = 0

|points3 = 28

|club4 = Mt Hagen Eagles

|year4start = 2012

|year4end =

|appearances4 = 6

|tries4 = 4

|goals4 = 0

|fieldgoals4 = 0

|points4 = 16

|club5 = Gulf Isapea

|year5start = 2013

|year5end = present

|appearances5 = 5

|tries5 = 4

|goals5 = 0

|fieldgoals5 = 0

|points5 = 16

|teamA = Papua New Guinea

|yearAstart = 2006

|yearAend = 10

|appearancesA = 20

|triesA = 5

|goalsA = 0

|fieldgoalsA = 0

|pointsA = 20

| teamB = {{nowrap|PNG Prime Minister's XIII}}

| yearBstart = 2007

| yearBend = 10

| appearancesB = 4

| triesB = 3

| goalsB = 0

| fieldgoalsB = 0

| pointsB = 12

|updated = 9 November 2023

|source = [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/nickson-kolo/summary.html Rugby League Project]{{Cite web |url=http://www.rlfournations.com/default.aspx?s=player-profile-display-png&id=3424&player=nixon-kolo&team=Papua%20New%20Guinea |title=Rugby League Foundation |access-date=2013-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526184726/http://www.rlfournations.com/default.aspx?s=player-profile-display-png&id=3424&player=nixon-kolo&team=Papua%20New%20Guinea |archive-date=2012-05-26 |url-status=dead }}

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Nickson Kolo is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer, a blockbusting forward who plays for the newly formed club Gulf Isapeas in the Digicel Cup in Papua New Guinea, He is a former Papua New Guinea international.

He has represented Papua New Guinea in the Prime Minister's XIII games between Australia and PNG between 2007 and 2010.

His trade mark, blockbusting runs had earned him a place in the Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.rlwc08.com/news/news/archive/2008/08/03/png-name-preliminary-squad.aspx|title=PNG name preliminary squad|publisher=RLWC.com|date=2008-08-01|accessdate=2008-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410150913/http://www.rlwc08.com/news/news/archive/2008/08/03/png-name-preliminary-squad.aspx|archive-date=2010-04-10|url-status=dead}}

He played for PNG in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7669326.stm|title=Wilshere handed Kumuls captaincy|publisher=BBC|date=2008-10-14|accessdate=2008-10-14}}

He has also played for Papua New Guinea in the 2010 Four Nations tournament in New Zealand and Australia.