Luke Page

Luke Page

Page playing for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1991-01-12) 12 January 1991 (age 33) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2015 St. George Illawarra 1 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2014 Queensland Residents 1 0 0 0 0 2015–19 Papua New Guinea 11 1 0 0 4
Source: [1] As of 6 January 2024

Luke Page (born 12 January 1991) is a former Papua New Guinea international rugby league footballer who last played as a prop for the Burleigh Bears in the Queensland Cup.

Page played one National Rugby League match in his career, for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in 2015. Nicknamed the 'White Kumul', he has represented the Papua New Guinean national team, and was a member of their 2017 World Cup squad.

Background

Page was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

He played his junior rugby league for the Centenary Panthers, before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos. ^[2] He is eligible to represent Papua New Guinea as his father and paternal grandfather were born and raised there after his great-grandparents established a firearm business in Port Moresby. ^{[3] [4]}

Playing career

Early career

Page joined the Gold Coast Titans and played for their NYC team between 2009 and 2011. ^[5] At the end of the 2011 season, he won the Titans' NYC Player of the Year award. ^[6] In 2012, he moved on to the Titans' Queensland Cup team, Ipswich Jets. ^{[2] [7]} In 2013, he joined the Burleigh Bears. ^[8]

In May 2014, he joined the Canberra Raiders effective immediately until the end of 2015. ^{[6] [9]} He played the remainder of the season with Canberra's affiliate club, the Souths Logan Magpies, in the Queensland Cup. He represented the Queensland Residents against the New South Wales Residents on 9 July, ^[10] and won the 2014 Queensland Cup Player of the Year award at the end of the season. ^[11]

2015

Page began the 2015 season playing for Canberra's feeder club, the Mount Pritchard Mounties, in the New South Wales Cup. In April, he gained wide-spread recognition after the Mounties uploaded a highlights package of him to their YouTube account, playing against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. It attracted more than 200,000 hits online. ^[12] On 2 May, he played for Papua New Guinea against Fiji in the 2015 Melanesian Cup. ^[13] On 1 July, he joined the St. George Illawarra Dragons mid-season effective immediately for the rest of the year. ^[14] In Round 17 of the 2015 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Dragons against the North Queensland Cowboys. ^{[15] [16]} On 27 September, he was named at prop in the 2015 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year, having finished the season with the Dragons' feeder club, the Illawarra Cutters. ^[17]

2016

In 2016, Page returned to the Burleigh Bears in the Queensland Cup, after failing to gain a new contract with the Dragons. ^[18] On 7 May, he played for Papua New Guinea against Fiji in the 2016 Melanesian Cup. ^[19]

2017 - 2021

Page would continue to play for Burleigh over the next five seasons and was part of the Burleigh side which won the 2019 Queensland Cup competition. Page would later play for Burleigh in their 2019 NRL State Championship final defeat against Newtown. In October 2021, Page announced he would be retiring from rugby league. Page played his final game for Burleigh in their preliminary final defeat against Norths Devils. Page had a conversion attempt in his final match which was relatively close to the uprights but his kick went well wide and bounced towards the corner post. ^{[20] [21] [22]}

References

1. "Luke Page - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
2. Gould, By Joel (2 March 2012). "Ipswich talent on way to NRL future". Ipswich Queensland Times.
3. "Canberra Raiders prop Luke Page turns down Big Mal to kickstart NRL career". Smh.com.au. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
4. "Luke Page: The story behind 'The White Kumul'". QRL.com.au. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
5. "P". NYC DATABASE. 27 December 2012.
6. "Former Titan Luke Page given a second shot at the NRL signing with Canberra Raiders". GoldCoastBulletin.
7. Jbuchan, By (17 April 2012). "Jets look for new NRL club". Ipswich Queensland Times.
8. "2013 Player Gains & Losses (Updated)". QRL.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
9. "New recruit Luke Page arrives at Raiders HQ". Raiders.com.au. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
10. "VB NSW Cup Rep Team go down to QLD Residents". NSWRL.com.au. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
11. "Luke Page Wins Queensland Cup Player of the Year". Raiders.com.au. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
12. "Rivals circle Luke Page as Canberra Raiders sign English international Elliott Whitehead". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 April 2015.
13. "Representative Round team lists". NRL.com. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
14. "Add Depth To Squad". Dragons.com.au. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
15. "NRL 2015 - Round 17". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
16. "Late Mail: Round 17 v North Queensland Cowboys". Dragons.com.au. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
17. "2015 VB NSW Cup Team of the Year". NSWRL. 27 September 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
18. NRL (18 November 2015). "Burleigh Bears Gains and Losses". QRL. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
19. "PNG stuns Fiji in a thriller". nrl.com. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
20. "Newtown Jets steal the State Championship with a last second freak try". Sporting News.
21. "Intrust Super Cup grand final teams". www.qrl.com.au. 24 September 2019.
22. "Burleigh claim Intrust Super Cup title, defeating Wynnum Manly". leagueunlimited.com.

External links

• St. George Illawarra Dragons profile
• 2017 RLWC profile