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 San Diego Legion
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)
2019-2021 → Richmond (loan) 9 (0)
2023 → Ampthill (loan) 4 (0)
2023 → San Diego Legion (loan) 10 (0)
2023-2024 Ampthill 5 (5)
2024 San Diego Legion 7 (0)
2024- Northampton Saints 3 (0)
Correct as of 7 May 2024
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016 Middlesex Under-16
2018 England Under-18
2019-2020 England Under-20 8 (0)
Correct as of 7 May 2024

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

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Club career

He began playing rugby at Richmond at age 6 before joining rival side Rosslyn Park F.C., later ending up at London Irish Amateurs. [2] As a youth he played and captained the Middlesex county side. [3] He 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]

He played on loan at Richmond helping them gain promotion to the RFU Championship, Ampthill and San Diego Legion where he started in the 2023 Major League Rugby final against the New England Feejacks. [6] [7] [8] [9] With the collapse of London Irish ahead of the 2023–24 season he joined his former loan side Ampthill playing 5 games, [10] before moving stateside and joining San Diego Legion. [11] [12]

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

International career

Green played for England under-18 before making his debut for England under-20 in the 2020 U20 Six Nations. He featured in all 5 of England Under-20 matches in the 2021 Six Nations winning the Grand Slam. [15]

Honors

England Under-20

Richmond

London Irish

San Diego Legion

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References

  1. ↑ "Meet Luke Green: Forward/Prop". San Diego Legion Rugby Team. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  2. ↑ HARVEY, NEALE. "Young Guns: London Irish prop Luke Green". The Rugby Paper.
  3. ↑ Murdoch, Jonathan (2019-03-11). "Luke Green selected for England u18s". Middlesex Rugby. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  4. ↑ "Luke Green". London Irish. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  5. ↑ "Luke GREEN profile and stats". all.rugby. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  6. ↑ "All time stats Luke Green". Statbunker. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  7. ↑ "Green off to America". The Rugby Paper. 9 April 2023.
  8. ↑ April 2023, The TRU Team Tuesday 4. "San Diego Legion sign London Irish Academy prop Luke Green on loan". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 2024-05-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ "Luke Green joins San Diego Legion on loan". London Irish. 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  10. ↑ Miller, Kevin (2023-10-13). "Ampthill reinforcements for Championship Campaign". Ampthill Rugby. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  11. ↑ "San Diego Legion Re-Signs Luke Green". djcoilrugby. 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  12. ↑ "San Diego Legion Adds Luke Green". djcoilrugby. 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  13. ↑ "Northampton Saints sign three prospects for 2024-25 season". BBC Sport. 2024-05-01. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  14. ↑ May 2024, Frank Nickson Wednesday 1. "Northampton sign Luke Green, Fyn Brown and Archie Benson ahead of 2024/25 season". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 2024-05-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ↑ "U20 Six Nations Championship standings for season 2021". all.rugby. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
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