Nicholas James Easter (born 15 August 1978) is an English rugby union coach and former player.

In the penultimate game of the 2013–14 season, against Bath, Nick became the most capped Harlequin in the professional era with 233 appearances.

A skilful and powerful No 8, Easter a late comer to professional rugby made his England debut in their Six Nations victory over Italy on 10 February 2007.

Easter was part of the England squad that won the 2011 Six Nations, despite defeat to Ireland 24–8, which resulted in them missing out on the grand slam.

After being overlooked for the initial 31-man England squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Easter was called up as injury replacement for Billy Vunipola.

He put in a man of the match performance in England's final fixture against Uruguay, scoring a hat trick of tries.

He then joined the Natal Sharks in South Africa as forwards and attack coach for the Currie Cup campaign in 2018 which they won beating Western Province in the final 17–12.

[13] After his stint overseas Nick returned to England and signed for Premiership club Newcastle Falcons as defence and breakdown coach in 2020.

The following season Chinnor RFC won the league and got promoted to the RFU Championship for the first time in their history beating Birmingham Moseley away 52-0 with a game to spare.