Career
He was one of the club"s underage recruits, and played in the Gold Coast"s first season. Nicholls made his debut in Round 8 of the 2011 American Federation of Labor-Congress season, against Adelaide. During that game he played against his girlfriend"s brother, Kurt Tippett.
Nicholls was born in Yarrawonga in country Victoria to a Fijian mother and an Australian father.
He completed his high school studies at Street Kevin"s College in Melbourne. Nicholls began playing his junior football for the Cheltenham Junior Football Club in Melbourne.
He later moved to the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup for the 2009 season. At the completion of the 2009 season, Nicholls signed for the newly formed GC17 team that would compete in the VFL for the 2010 season.
Nicholls made his American Federation of Labor-Congress debut for the Gold Coast Suns against the Adelaide Crows in Round 8 of the 2011 American Federation of Labor-Congress season.
A knee injury kept him out of the team for the rest of the 2011 season. He was selected as the ruckman in the American Federation of Labor-Congress Players" Association"s inaugural 22under22 team