Luke Romano

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Luke Romano
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Romano playing for New Zealand, August 2017
Date of birth (1986-02-16) 16 February 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Nelson, New Zealand
Height199 cm (6 ft 6 in) [1]
Weight120 kg (265 lb; 18 st 13 lb) [2]
School Christchurch Boys' High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Current team Canterbury, Blues
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2009–22 Canterbury 77 (25)
2011–21 Crusaders 136 (40)
2022 Blues 15 (5)
Correct as of 12 June 2022
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2012–2017 New Zealand 31 (10)
Correct as of 10 March 2022

Luke Romano (born 16 February 1986) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays as a lock for the Blues in Super Rugby [3] and Canterbury in the Mitre 10 Cup. [4] He played for the All Blacks from 2012 - 2017 and was a key member of 2015 Rugby World Cup winning team.

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Career

Romano is a New Zealand international, making his debut on 23 June 2012 in a 60–0 win against Ireland in Hamilton. He currently has over 30 caps and has scored 2 tries. [5] [6]

Romano was a regular starter for the early stages of his international career, but missed many opportunities to play through injuries which saw his starting spot taken by Brodie Retallick. Romano only played one international match in 2014, a 24-16 victory over Scotland off the bench. Romano's return from injury in 2015 saw him named in the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Romano earned starts against Namibia and Tonga in the tournament, with both fixtures being victories for New Zealand.

Romano had good form throughout Super Rugby in 2016, allowing him to start against Wales for the first test of the year. He missed the end of year fixtures however, allowing Scott Barrett to make his debut for New Zealand after coming into the squad as injury cover for Romano and Sam Whitelock. After returning to rugby in the 2017 Brisbane Global Rugby Tens, Romano lost his regular starting spot in the Crusaders to Barrett in 2017. Romano started against the touring British and Irish Lions team in a 3-12 loss that year however, due to injury to Barrett. Romano reverted to a regular role off the bench upon Barrett's return from injury and was used as a replacement in all three of the knockout rounds of the 2017 Super Rugby season, including the 25-17 winning final against the Lions.

Romano was retained for the 2017 Rugby Championship, and was used as a replacement in the record 54-34 in over Australia to open the competition. Romano went on to make five more appearances for the All Blacks in 2017, starting in all of them after Retallick opted not to play any more rugby in 2017 for personal reasons. Those fixtures were two wins against Argentina in the Rugby Championship and against the Barbarians, France and Scotland on the end-of-year tour.

The test cap against Scotland on 19 November 2017 was Romano’s last All Black appearance as he was ruled out for the year's final test against Wales due to illness and not selected for the All Blacks in the 2018 or subsequent seasons.

In 2022, the 35 year old Romano was not reselected for the Crusaders team. He was instead picked up, by the rival Blues, to bolster the number of experienced players in their line-up. [7] On 15 April 2022, he helped the Blues to their first win over his old team the Crusaders at Christchurch in 18 years. [8]

Romano continues to play for the Canterbury NPC team.

Personal life

Romano did not play international rugby for the Autumn Internationals in 2016 due to the death of a relative. Romano is a qualified builder and he is of Italian heritage through his grandfather. Romano is married and has two sons. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=1114 [ bare URL ]
  2. ↑ http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=1114 [ bare URL ]
  3. ↑ "Luke Romano Crusaders Player Profile". Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Luke Romano Canterbury Player Profile". Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Luke Romano All Blacks Player Profile". Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "Luke Romano ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "Super Rugby Pacific: Blues believe old hand Luke Romano fits their needs perfectly". Stuff . 23 November 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "Drought over: Blues beat Crusaders in Christchurch for the first time since 2004". 15 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "Rugby: 60 seconds with Luke Romano". 14 April 2024.
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