Luke Thompson (rugby league)

Luke Thompson (born (1995-04-27) 27 April 1995) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as prop and lock for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and has represented England and Great Britain at international level.

Luke Thompson
Personal information
Born (1995-04-27) 27 April 1995
St Helens, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–20 St Helens 158 28 0 0 112
2015(loan) → Rochdale Hornets 1 0 0 0 0
2020– Canterbury Bulldogs 10 0 0 0 0
Total 169 28 0 0 112
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 England 4 1 0 0 4
2019 Great Britain 3 0 0 0 0
As of 6 July 2019
Source: [1][2]

He has spent time on loan from Saints at the Rochdale Hornets in the Championship 1. He has played his most of his professional career to date for St Helens, with whom he won the 2014 Super League Grand Final.

Thompson agreed a deal with Canterbury to join in 2021, but made the move in July 2020. He completed two weeks of isolation on his arrival in Australia before his first game for the Canterbury-Bankstown club.

Background

Thompson was born in St Helens, Merseyside, England.

Career

Thompson has been at his hometown club of St Helens since he was 11 (signing from Bold Miners).

Thompson's début came during the 2013 season away at London Broncos where he was "sensational" according to coach Nathan Brown. The most notable match of his career so far came when Saints beat Wigan Warriors 16-12 at the DW Stadium in June 2014.

St Helens reached the 2014 Super League Grand Final and Thompson was selected to play from the interchange bench in their 14-6 victory over the Wigan Warriors at Old Trafford.[3][4][5][6]

He played in the 2019 Challenge Cup Final defeat to the Warrington Wolves at Wembley Stadium.[7]

He played in the 2019 Super League Grand Final victory over the Salford Red Devils at Old Trafford.[8][9][10]

Thompson made his NRL debut for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs against the Brisbane Broncos in round 9 of the 2020 NRL season.

In round 20 of the 2020 NRL season, Thompson was placed on report for reportedly eye gouging one of the Penrith players during Canterbury's 42-0 loss. Thompson was later suspended for four matches after being found guilty.[11] Thompson made 10 appearances for Canterbury in the 2020 NRL season as the club narrowly avoided the wooden spoon finishing 15th on the table.[12]

International career

In 2018 he was selected for England against France at the Leigh Sports Village.[13]

He was selected in squad for the 2019 Great Britain Lions tour of the Southern Hemisphere.[14] He made his Great Britain test debut in the defeat to Tonga.[15]

References
  1. loverugbyleague
  2. RLP
  3. "St Helens 14 Wigan Warriors 6: Moment of madness from Wales international Ben Flower costs Wigan dear". Daily Telegraph. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  4. "St Helens win Grand Final after Wigan's Ben Flower is sent off". Guardian. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  5. "St Helens 14–6 Wigan Warriors". BBC Sport. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  6. Cartwright, Phil (11 October 2014). "St Helens v Wigan as it happened". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  7. "St Helens 4-18 Warrington RESULT: Challenge Cup Final as it happened from Wembley". Mirror. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  8. "St Helens give Justin Holbrook the perfect send-off with commanding Grand Final victory over Salford". Telegraph. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  9. "St Helens 23-6 Salford Red Devils: Super League Grand Final – as it happened". The Guardian.
  10. "St Helens win 2019 Super League League Leaders' shield". Sky Sports.
  11. "Thompson cops four-week ban for eye gouge; King three for hip drop". www.nrl.com.
  12. "Dogs confirm EIGHT-man clean-out in first glimpse of Barrett era". www.foxsports.com.au.
  13. "Tom Johnstone marks debut with England hat-trick against France". Guardian. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  14. "Zak Hardaker shock inclusion in 24-man Great Britain squad for tour of New Zealand and Papua New Guinea". Telegraph. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  15. "Great Britain left bruised at Tonga party". Times. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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