Darren Nicholls (born 15 April 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played as a halfback for the Brisbane Tigers in the Queensland Cup.

[8] In May 2014, he joined the Brisbane Broncos mid-season on a contract until the end of 2015, playing with their Queensland Cup feeder side, Norths Devils.

He became the second oldest player to ever debut in the modern NRL era after Brian Carney, playing at halfback against the Melbourne Storm in place of Ben Hunt who was called up to the Queensland State of Origin team.

[4][13] Nicholls spent nearly the entire 2019 season playing for St George Illawarra's reserve grade team in the Canterbury Cup NSW competition.

Nicholls was part of the St George team in the NSW Cup which won the minor premiership but were defeated by eventual premiers Newtown in the preliminary final.