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| Date of birth | 15 April 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lukas Ripley (born 15 April 2002) [1] is an Australian rugby union player, who currently plays as a wing or centre for the Rebels in Super Rugby and for Hawke's Bay in New Zealand's domestic National Provincial Championship competition. [2] [3]
Ripley was named in the Rebels wider-training squad for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season. [4] He made his Rebels debut in Round 3 of the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season against the Drua. [5]
On 29 July 2024, Ripley was named in the Hawke's Bay squad for the 2024 Bunnings NPC season. [2]
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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| 2022 | Rebels | 6 | 4 | 2 | 360 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Rebels | 7 | 2 | 5 | 296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 13 | 6 | 7 | 656 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
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