Luke Page
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| Page playing for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in 2015. | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Born | 12 January 1991 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||
| Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2015 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2015–16 | Papua New Guinea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| As of 4 July 2015 | ||||||
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Luke Page (born 12 January 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Burleigh Bears in the Queensland Cup. He plays at prop and previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League.
Background
Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Page is of Papua New Guinean descent[2] and played his junior rugby league for Centenary Panthers, before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos.[3]
Playing career
Early career
In 2009, Page joined the Gold Coast Titans and played for their NYC team through to 2011.[4] At the end of the 2011 season, he won the Titans' NYC Player of the Year award.[5] In 2012, he moved on to the Titans' Queensland Cup team, Ipswich Jets.[3][6] In 2013, he joined the Burleigh Bears.[7] In May 2014, he joined the Canberra Raiders mid-season effective immediately for the rest of the year.[5][8] On 9 July 2014, he played for the Queensland Residents against the New South Wales Residents.[9] On 11 September 2014, he won the 2014 Queensland Cup Player of the Year award.[10]
2015
In April, Page gained recognition after the Mount Pritchard Mounties, the Raiders' New South Wales Cup team, uploaded a highlights package of him to their YouTube account, playing against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. It attracted more than 200,000 hits online.[11] On 2 May, he played for Papua New Guinea against Fiji in the 2015 Melanesian Cup.[12] On 1 July, he joined the St. George Illawarra Dragons mid-season effective immediately for the rest of the year.[13] In Round 17 of the 2015 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Dragons against the North Queensland Cowboys.[14][15] On 27 September, he was named at prop in the 2015 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year.[16]
2016
In 2016, Page returned to the Burleigh Bears in the Queensland Cup, after failing to gain a new contract with the Dragons.[17] On 7 May, he played for Papua New Guinea against Fiji in the 2016 Melanesian Cup.[18]
References
- ↑ "Luke Page - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 1991-01-12. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
- ↑ "Canberra Raiders prop Luke Page turns down Big Mal to kickstart NRL career". Smh.com.au. 2014-09-20. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
- 1 2 "Ipswich talent on way to NRL future". Ipswich Queensland Times.
- ↑ "P". NYC DATABASE.
- 1 2 "Former Titan Luke Page given a second shot at the NRL signing with Canberra Raiders". GoldCoastBulletin.
- ↑ "Jets look for new NRL club". Ipswich Queensland Times.
- ↑ "2013 Player Gains & Losses (Updated)". QRL.com.au. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- ↑ "New recruit Luke Page arrives at Raiders HQ". Raiders.com.au. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- ↑ "VB NSW Cup Rep Team go down to QLD Residents". NSWRL.com.au. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
- ↑ "Luke Page Wins Queensland Cup Player of the Year". Raiders.com.au. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- ↑ "Rivals circle Luke Page as Canberra Raiders sign English international Elliott Whitehead". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ↑ "Representative Round team lists". NRL.com. 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ↑ "Add Depth To Squad". Dragons.com.au. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- ↑ "NRL 2015 - Round 17". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
- ↑ "Late Mail: Round 17 v North Queensland Cowboys". Dragons.com.au. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- ↑ "2015 VB NSW Cup Team of the Year". NSWRL. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
- ↑ NRL. "Burleigh Bears Gains and Losses". QRL. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
- ↑ "PNG stuns Fiji in a thriller". nrl.com. Retrieved 7 May 2016.