Luke Green (rugby union)

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Luke Green
Full nameLuke Green
Date of birth (2001-05-06) 6 May 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Richmond, England
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight115 kg (254 lb; 18 st 2 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Tight-head Prop
Current team Northampton Saints
Youth career
2007-20?? Richmond
20??-20?? Rosslyn Park
20??-2016 London Irish Amateurs
2016-2022 London Irish
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020–2023 London Irish 8 (0)
2019–2021Richmond (loan) 9 (0)
2023Ampthill (loan) 4 (0)
2023San Diego Legion (loan) 10 (0)
2023–2024 Ampthill 5 (5)
2024 San Diego Legion 7 (0)
2024– Northampton Saints 17 (0)
Correct as of 1 March 2025
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016 Middlesex Under-16
2019 England Under-18 5 (0)
2020–2021 England Under-20 8 (0)
2025– England A 1 (0)
Correct as of 23 February 2025

Luke Green (born 6 May 2001) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Premiership Rugby club Northampton Saints. [1] He previously played for England at Under-18 and Under-20 as well as London Irish before their collapse.

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Club career

Green began playing rugby at Richmond at age six before joining rival side Rosslyn Park, later ending up at London Irish Amateurs. [2] As a youth he played and captained the Middlesex county side. [3] Green joined the London Irish Academy at 15, although not joining the senior academy until 2021 he made his senior debut in 2020, in the first round of the 2020-21 EPCR Challenge Cup, coming off the bench against SU Agen. [4] [5]

Green played on loan at Richmond helping them gain promotion to the RFU Championship and Ampthill. [6] He also competed for San Diego Legion where he started in the 2023 Major League Rugby final against the New England Feejacks. [7] [8] [9] With the collapse of London Irish ahead of the 2023–24 season Green joined his former loan side Ampthill playing five games, [10] before moving stateside and joining San Diego Legion. [11] [12]

In May 2024 Green was signed by Northampton Saints for the 2024–25 season. [13] [14]

International career

In 2019 Green played for England under-18 and the following year saw him make his debut for England under-20 during the 2020 U20 Six Nations. He featured in all five of their matches in the 2021 junior Six Nations winning the Grand Slam at Cardiff Arms Park. [15] [16]

In February 2025 Green played for England A in a victory over Ireland Wolfhounds. [17]

Honours

England Under-20

Richmond

London Irish

San Diego Legion

References

  1. "Meet Luke Green: Forward/Prop". San Diego Legion Rugby Team. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  2. Harvey, Neale (5 February 2020). "Young Guns: London Irish prop Luke Green". The Rugby Paper. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  3. Murdoch, Jonathan (11 March 2019). "Luke Green selected for England u18s". Middlesex Rugby. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  4. "Luke Green". London Irish. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  5. "Luke GREEN profile and stats". all.rugby. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  6. "All time stats Luke Green". Statbunker. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  7. "Green off to America". The Rugby Paper. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  8. April 2023, The TRU Team Tuesday 4. "San Diego Legion sign London Irish Academy prop Luke Green on loan". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 7 May 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. "Luke Green joins San Diego Legion on loan". London Irish. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  10. Miller, Kevin (13 October 2023). "Ampthill reinforcements for Championship Campaign". Ampthill Rugby. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  11. "San Diego Legion Re-Signs Luke Green". djcoilrugby. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  12. "San Diego Legion Adds Luke Green". djcoilrugby. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  13. "Northampton Saints sign three prospects for 2024-25 season". BBC Sport. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  14. Nickson, Frank (1 May 2024). "Northampton sign Luke Green, Fyn Brown and Archie Benson ahead of 2024/25 season". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  15. "U20 Six Nations Championship standings for season 2021". all.rugby. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  16. "England Under-20s 27-17 Italy Under-20s: England win Grand Slam in Cardiff". BBC Sport. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  17. "Van Poortvliet stars as England A beat Ireland". BBC Sport. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2025.