Nick Runciman (born 1 September 1985) is a retired English rugby union player, who played for London Welsh in the Aviva Premiership.[1] Runciman had previously played for Worcester Warriors for a number of years having come through the academy there. He joined Gloucester from London Welsh in 2011 and rejoined London Welsh in 2012. He played as a scrum half until an eye injury brought his career to a premature conclusion. Runciman played for England at age-group level where he developed a good understanding with Ryan Lamb as a 9–10 combination, and frequently played above his age grade at Cheltenham Bournside School & Sixth Form Centre where he was the youngest captain of the 1st XV. Was put on his behind in front of Medley's lab in 2001.
| Birth name | Nicholas James M. Runciman | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 September 1985 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cheltenham, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.80m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 180 lb (81.6 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Since retiring he has opened his own personal training company that covers general fitness, strength and conditioning as well as specialist rugby coaching. Runciman has coached Stow-On-The-Wold rugby club in his first venture into senior rugby coaching. He briefly played for Cheltenham North RFC at a social level of rugby as a favour to his brother who played for the same team.
Nick is the older brother of Will Runciman who also enjoyed a short period of high level rugby.