Luke George
Personal information
Full nameLuke George
Born (1987-10-30) 30 October 1987
Huddersfield, England
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight14 st 13 lb (95 kg) [1]
Playing information
PositionWing, Centre, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2007–11 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 55 40 0 0 160
2012–13 Huddersfield Giants 33 28 3 0 118
2013(loan) Hull Kingston Rovers 5 4 0 0 16
2014 Bradford Bulls 12 4 0 0 16
Total 105 76 3 0 310
Source: [2][3]
As of 15 September 2014

Luke George (born 30 October 1987) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Central Queensland Capras in the Queensland Cup. Luke George's usual position is centre and he can play on the wing.

Huddersfield Giants

Luke is already popular at Huddersfield. On his home début in his hometown, he scored a hat-trick resulting in the Giants merchandise teams selling 'Luke George wigs'.

Bradford Bulls

Mid-way through the 2013 season the Bradford Bulls announced that they had signed George for the 2014 and 2015 seasons by signing him on a 2 Year Deal.

2014

George missed the pre-season games against Hull FC, Dewsbury Rams and Castleford Tigers due to injury.

He missed Round 1 due to injury. He featured in Round 2 (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats) to Round 3 (London Broncos). George was injured for Round 4. He featured in Round 5 (Huddersfield Giants). Luke was injured for Round 6–7. Luke featured in Round 12 (St. Helens) to Round 13 (Huddersfield Giants) then in Round 15 (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats) to Round 17 (Hull Kingston Rovers). Luke featured in Round 21 (Huddersfield Giants) then in Round 25 (Castleford Tigers). George played in Round 5 (Catalans Dragons) to the Quarter Final (Warrington Wolves) of the Challenge Cup. He scored against Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (1 try), Warrington Wolves (1 try) and Huddersfield Giants (2 tries).

SeasonAppearancesTriesGoalsF/GPoints
2014 Bradford Bulls1240016
Total1240016

Genealogical Information

Luke George is the son of the rugby league footballer Wilf George, and the younger brother of the rugby league footballer Marcus George.[4]

References

  1. "Official site of the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats". web page. Wakefield wildcats. 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  2. loverugbyleague
  3. Rugby League Project
  4. "Wildcats squad: Luke George". Yorkshire Post. 20 February 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
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