Luke Abraham

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Luke Abraham
Date of birth (1983-09-26) 26 September 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Leicester, England
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight107 kg (16 st 12 lb)
School Bushloe High School
Leicester Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2003-2008 Leicester Tigers 73 ()
2008-2010 Sale Sharks 29 ()
2010-2014 Lyon OU 36 ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
England U18
England U19
England Saxons

Luke Abraham (born 26 September 1983) is a retired professional rugby union player, who played for Leicester Tigers & Sale Sharks in Premiership Rugby and Lyon OU in the French Top 14 between 2003 and 2014.

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Career

A strong and pacy Leicester-born back-row player, Abraham came through the ranks after joining Leicester Tigers at the age of 15. He took up the sport three years earlier at Bushloe High School and joined his local club, the Vipers RFC, before becoming part of the Tigers set-up. He made his first-team debut as an 18-year-old against Worcester Warriors in January 2002.

A former England U-18, U-19 and U-21 international, he has also played for the England Saxons. Abraham had a short spell playing at hooker during his time with Nelson's Bay Club Stoke in New Zealand during the summer of 2005. He was an U-21 League winner with the Tigers in 2002–03. He also won the Guinness A League in 2004–05 and 2005–06. He played an important role in the 2006–07 Guinness Premiership and the 2006-07 Heineken Cup double-winning campaign, making 12 Guinness Premiership appearances including eight starts as well as a single appearance in the 2006–07 EDF Energy Cup success.

In May 2008 it was announced that he had signed for Sale Sharks for the 2008–09 Guinness Premiership. [1]

For the 2010–11 Rugby Pro D2 season, Abraham signed for Lyon OU. [2]

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References

  1. "Abraham completes Sharks switch". BBC. 6 May 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  2. "LOU TERRITOIRE". lourugby.fr. Retrieved 8 June 2024.