Luther Burrell

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Luther Burrell
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Personal information
Born (1987-12-06) 6 December 1987 (age 35)
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight16 st 5 lb (104 kg) [1]
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2006–11 Leeds Carnegie 4180030
→ Huddersfield R.U.F.C. 10000
2007–09→ Otley 2140020
→ Sedgley Park 920010
→ Rotherham Titans 51005
2011–12 Sale Sharks 1230015
2012–19 Northampton Saints 1213200160
2020 Newcastle Falcons 13000
Total2235000240
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2014–16 England 1540020
Rugby league
Position Centre, Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019–20 Warrington Wolves 80000
Source: [2] [3] [4] [5]
As of 5 September 2019

Luther Burrell (born 6 December 1987) is a professional rugby union footballer who last played as a centre for the Newcastle Falcons in the Premiership Rugby.

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He played rugby union for Leeds Carnegie (2006–2011), Sale Sharks (2011–2012) and Northampton Saints (2012–2019), and won 15 caps for England between 2014 and 2016. He switched codes and played for Warrington in 2019. Then returned to Rugby Union after signing for Newcastle Falcons in 2020

Background

Burrell was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. He is of Jamaican descent. [6]

Club career

Burrell studied at All Saints Catholic College and Huddersfield New College and started his career playing rugby league at U14 and U15 for the Huddersfield Giants before moving to Huddersfield Rugby Union Football Club. [7] He made his senior rugby union debut for Leeds Carnegie aged 19 in 2006–07, and went on to make 41 appearances for the club. His rugby development was aided by several spells on loan to Championship clubs, including Sedgley Park (2007/08) and Otley. Burrell spent four seasons at Leeds before moving over the Pennines to Sale Sharks in 2011, and the following season he signed for Northampton Saints. At Saints he won the Aviva Premiership in the 2013–14 season, starting the final, [8] and gained 7 England caps. He also represented the West Indies at sevens.

On 19 February 2019 it was announced that Burrell would be leaving Saints at the end of the 2018–19 season to join Warrington Wolves in July 2019. [9]

On 20 September 2020, Burrell made a switch back to union code to sign for Newcastle Falcons in the Premiership Rugby on a two-year contract from the 2020–21 season. [10]

International career

He was called up by Stuart Lancaster to represent England in May 2013 after his good form and an injury to another League convert Joel Tomkins. [11]

In January 2014, he was named in the England starting XV for the 2014 Six Nations Championship opening game away to France on 1 February, where he scored his first international try in a 26–24 defeat, running onto a pass to go over and score under the posts. [12] A week later on 8 February, he scored his second try in two matches at Murrayfield against Scotland in a 20–0 win. [13] He continued his fine form in the 2014 Six Nations by scoring another try in the 29–18 victory against defending champions Wales with a good finish in the corner, beating two Welsh defenders to latch on to a Billy Twelvetrees grubber-kick. On 27 August 2015, he was left out of England's 2015 World Cup squad.

In May 2016, Burrell was recalled to the England side under Eddie Jones and played in the summer Test at Twickenham against Wales. [14] After scoring in the 20th minute of that game, Burrell was rewarded by being selected for England's tour of Australia and playing in the first game of their Test series win. [15] [16]

International tries

TryOpponentLocationVenueCompetitionDateResultScore
1Flag of France.svg  France Saint-Denis, France Stade de France 2014 Six Nations Championship 1 February 2014Loss26 – 24 [17]
2Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland Murrayfield Stadium 2014 Six Nations Championship 8 February 2014Win20 – 0 [18]
3Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales London, England Twickenham Stadium 2014 Six Nations Championship 9 March 2014Win29 – 18 [19]
4Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales London, England Twickenham Stadium Old Mutual Wealth Cup 29 May 2016Win27 – 13 [20]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Luther Burrell - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  3. ↑ "Players". LoveRugbyLeague.
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  6. ↑ "England Knights v Jamaica: How the two teams could line-up". Serious About Rugby League. 16 July 2019.
  7. ↑ Robert Sutcliffe (18 January 1947). "Lindley mum's tears of joy after son Luther Burrell wins England Six Nations call up – Huddersfield Examiner". Examiner.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Premiership final: Saracens 20–24 Northampton Saints". BBC. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "Luther Burrell: Warrington Wolves to sign ex-England rugby union centre". 1 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  10. ↑ "Luther Burrell: Newcastle Falcons sign ex-England centre for union return". BBC Sport. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "League converts, Luther Burrell and Stephen Myler added to England squad for South America tour". web page. Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "Last gasp try breaks English hearts". ESPN. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  13. ↑ "England ease past pointless Scotland". ESPN. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  14. ↑ Southcombe, Matthew (27 May 2016). "England v Wales team announcement LIVE". WalesOnline.
  15. ↑ "Five-try England see off Wales despite indifferent George Ford". Sky Sports.
  16. ↑ Mole, Giles; Mairs, Gavin (9 June 2016). "England name physical team to face Australia in first Test - Farrell starts at fly-half, Yarde replaces Nowell" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
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  19. ↑ Tom Fordyce. "Six Nations 2014: England 29–18 Wales". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
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