Name Luke Page Date joined 2015 Weight 108 kg | Height 1.86 m Role Rugby Player | |
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Luke Page (born 12 January 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Burleigh Bears in the Queensland Cup. He plays at prop and previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League.
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Background
Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Page is of Papua New Guinean descent and played his junior rugby league for Centenary Panthers, before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos.
Early career
In 2009, Page joined the Gold Coast Titans and played for their NYC team through to 2011. At the end of the 2011 season, he won the Titans' NYC Player of the Year award. In 2012, he moved on to the Titans' Queensland Cup team, Ipswich Jets. In 2013, he joined the Burleigh Bears. In May 2014, he joined the Canberra Raiders mid-season effective immediately for the rest of the year. On 9 July 2014, he played for the Queensland Residents against the New South Wales Residents. On 11 September 2014, he won the 2014 Queensland Cup Player of the Year award.
2015
In April, Page gained recognition after the Mount Pritchard Mounties, the Raiders' New South Wales Cup team, 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. On 2 May, he played for Papua New Guinea against Fiji in the 2015 Melanesian Cup. On 1 July, he joined the St. George Illawarra Dragons mid-season effective immediately for the rest of the year. In Round 17 of the 2015 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Dragons against the North Queensland Cowboys. On 27 September, he was named at prop in the 2015 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year.
2016
In 2016, Page returned to the Burleigh Bears in the Queensland Cup, after failing to gain a new contract with the Dragons. On 7 May, he played for Papua New Guinea against Fiji in the 2016 Melanesian Cup.
