Cayo Simões Nicolau (born September 24, 1977) is a Brazilian-born former international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby career

Born in Belém, Nicolau was a Brazil junior World Cup representative, recruited by Middle Tennessee State University after they spotted him at a rugby sevens tournament in Dallas. He joined the university in 1998 on a rugby scholarship.[2]

Nicolau competed for the United States in 2002 and 2003. His first two appearances were off the bench and included a try against Japan in San Francisco during the 2003 Super Cup. He gained a further two caps in the 2003 Churchill Cup, as starting fly-half in their over Canada, then as a centre against England "A", scoring a try in the latter.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Região Norte sedia Campeonato Brasileiro Seven de Rugby". Portal do Holanda (in Brazilian Portuguese). 18 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Rugby team gets Brazilian". The Tennessean. September 13, 1998.
  3. ^ "Horak stars for England A". BBC News. 21 June 2003.
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