Luke Wallace
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| Full name | Luke Wallace | ||||||
| Date of birth | 2 October 1990 | ||||||
| Place of birth | St Albans, England | ||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) [1] | ||||||
| School | Tonbridge School | ||||||
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| Position | Openside Flanker, Blindside Flanker | ||||||
| Current club | Harlequins | ||||||
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* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only. | |||||||
Luke Wallace (born 2 October 1990 in St Albans, England), is a rugby union player for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership. He is a Flanker, usually playing at Open-side.
Luke Wallace, educated at Cottesmore School[2] & Tonbridge School, started playing rugby at school and progressed through Harlequins Elite Player Development Group to the senior Academy. He was selected to play for Quins in the 2009 Middlesex Sevens and in November that year made his first XV debut against Newcastle Falcons in the LV Cup. He continued developing and in January 2011 signed his first senior contract.[3]
2011/12 was a breakthrough season for Wallace, starting with a strong performance in the Premiership Sevens. Luke was dual registered to Esher, but World Cup call ups and two backrow injuries in the opening match of the season saw him starting for the club in rounds 2-7 of the Aviva Premiership. Harlequins were unbeaten during this period and Wallace attracted considerable praise, winning several man of the match awards, the first Etihad player of the month award [4] and later being short listed for the Land Rover Discovery of the Year. Wallace made another 11 first team starts through the season and totalled 24 appearances.[5]
International career
Wallace was selected for the England squad to face the Barbarians in the summer of 2014.[6]
References
- ↑ "Harlequins 1st XV". Harlequins website. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
- ↑ http://www.educatedschoolguide.com/school/cottesmore-school/
- ↑ "Luke Wallace Re-signs". Harlequins website. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
- ↑ "Luke Wallace Scoops Maiden Etihad Award". Harlequins website. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
- ↑ "Luke Wallace Player Profile". Harlequins website. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
- ↑ "Mike Brown: Harlequins full-back one of 21 added by England". BBC Sport. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2016.