Lucas Friday

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Lucas Friday
Born (2006-07-13) 13 July 2006 (age 19) [1]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2]
Weight73 kg (11 st 7 lb; 161 lb)
School Trinity School of John Whitgift
Notable relative Mike Friday
Rugby union career
Position Scrum half
Current team Harlequins
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2024- Harlequins 4 (0)
2024- → London Scottish (loan) 3 (10)
Correct as of 1 February 2025
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2023–2024 England U18
2024– England U20 6 (0)
Correct as of 1 February 2025

Lucas Friday (born 13 July 2006) is an English professional rugby union footballer who plays as a scrum-half for Premiership Rugby side Harlequins. He is the son of Mike Friday. [3]

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Club career

In November 2024, he made his debut for Harlequins in the Premiership Rugby Cup against London Scottish. [4] He is also dual registered with London Scottish, featuring on loan for them throughout 2024. [5] In January 2025, he made his Premiership debut for Harlequins at the age of 18 years-old, replacing Will Porter as they beat Newcastle Falcons 38–14 at Kingston Park. [6] The following month, Friday suffered a knee injury that required surgery and he did not make his return for Harlequins until November 2025. [7]

International career

He represented England at U18 level. [8] He played for the England national under-20 rugby union team which won the 2024 World Rugby U20 Championship. [9] In January 2025, he made his tournament debut off the bench in the Six Nations Under 20s Championship in a 19–3 away win over Ireland, marking the first time they had beaten them at their home ground since 2017. He was then injured in a later game in the same tournament. [10]

Personal life

He attended Trinity School of John Whitgift, where he captained the school first XV rugby side. [11] [12] He is the son of former Harlequins and Wasps player Mike Friday. [13]

Honours

England U20

References

  1. ↑ "Lucas Friday". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Lucas Friday". All.Rugby. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Lucas Friday Profile". Harlequins. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Schmid and Friday reflected on dream debuts for Harlequins". Ealing Times. 5 November 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Lucas Friday Profile". Harlequins. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  6. ↑ Coles, Ben (3 January 2025). "Harlequins grind way to bonus-point win at Newcastle – latest reaction". The Telegraph. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  7. ↑ Morgan, Charlie (19 January 2026). "Harlequins trusted 19-year-old Lucas Friday to replace Danny Care and the signs are good". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  8. ↑ Jaycock, Ben (10 September 2023). "Young Guns: Harlequins and England U18 scrum-half Lucas Friday" . Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  9. ↑ Morgan, Charlie (20 July 2024). "England U20: Where the world champions will be playing next season". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  10. ↑ Mccann, Jude (30 January 2025). "England beat Ireland in Under-20 Six Nations opener". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  11. ↑ Savage, Angus (7 August 2023). "U18 International Series: Five to Watch". nextgenxv. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  12. ↑ "Student named U18 England Rugby Man of the Match". Trinity-school.org. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  13. ↑ "Top of the world". The Rugby Paper. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
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