Nico Slain

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}

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| first = RU

| name = Nico Slain

| fullname = Nico Slain

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| birth_date = {{bda|df=y|1983|4|19}}

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| position = {{rlp|PR}}

| club1 = {{nowrap|Hunslet Hawks}}

| year1start = 2009

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| appearances1 = 1

| tries1 = 1

| goals1 = 0

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| points1 = 4

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

| yearAstart = 2007

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| appearancesA = 1

| triesA = 0

| goalsA = 0

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| teamB = {{nowrap|Papua New Guinea}}

| yearBstart = 2007

| yearBend = 08

| appearancesB = 2

| triesB = 0

| goalsB = 0

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| pointsB = 0

| updated = 9 November 2023

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Nico Slain is an international rugby league footballer who represented Papua New Guinea at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. Slain is a {{rlp|pr}} by preference and played domestically in the English Championship 1 for Hunslet Hawks, after previously playing for the Goroka Lahanis in his native Papua New Guinea.

He made one appearance for the Kumuls in their 2008 World Cup campaign in a 46–6 defeat by Australia at the Dairy Farmers Stadium.{{cite web|url=http://www.rleague.com//db/player/s/slain_nico/index.php|title=Nico Slain Profile|publisher=rleague.com|date=2010-04-14|accessdate=2010-04-14}}{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24626581-5016947,00.html|title=Wolfman bags three on début – Other League – Fox Sports|publisher=Fox Sports|location=Australia|date=2010-04-14|accessdate=2010-04-14}}[http://nrl.com/News/Latest/tabid/10244/default.aspx?id=53195 PNG will shock big guns, says Costigan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714210956/http://nrl.com/News/Latest/tabid/10244/default.aspx?id=53195 |date=2011-07-14 }} @ NRL Official site, 13 October 2008[http://nrl.com/News/Latest/tabid/10244/default.aspx?id=53267 Kumuls get Pidgin lesson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714211103/http://nrl.com/News/Latest/tabid/10244/default.aspx?id=53267 |date=2011-07-14 }} @ NRL Official site, 21 October 2008