Lukhan Tui

Lukhan Tui
Full name Lukhan Lealaiauloto Tui
Date of birth (1996-09-19) 19 September 1996
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) [1]
Weight 121 kg (19 st 1 lb) [1]
School John Edmondson High, NSW
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Lock
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2015
2015–
2016–
Randwick
Queensland Country
Brothers [2]
1
1
(0)
(0)
correct as of 3 November 2015.
Super Rugby
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2016− Queensland Reds 1 (0)
correct as of 16 April 2016.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2015–16 Australia U20

Lukhan Tui (born 19 September 1996), is an Australian rugby union player of Samoan descent. He plays for the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby, and his usual position is lock.[3]

Family and early life

Tui was born in Auckland, New Zealand, but moved at a young age with his family to Sydney, Australia. He attended John Edmondson High School in Liverpool.[1] Tui initially played junior rugby league and was selected in age-group teams for Western Suburbs,[4] and NSW Samoa.[5]

Rugby career

Tui joined the Randwick club in 2014 to play rugby union for their colts side.[6] In 2015, he played for Randwick's first grade Shute Shield team,[7] and was selected for the Australia under-20 team that played in the World Junior Championship in Italy.[8]

Later in 2015, he signed a three-year deal with the Queensland Reds.[9] He was named in the Queensland Country squad for the National Rugby Championship in 2015.[1]

Tui made his Super Rugby debut for the Reds against the Bulls in Pretoria on 16 April 2016.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Player Profiles: Lukhan Tui". Queensland Rugby. 2016. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  2. Tucker, Jim (8 March 2016). "The Tight Five with Jim Tucker: Reds players must fire up, phony suspensions and the howler of the round". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  3. Phillips, Sam (29 March 2016). "Queensland Reds prospect Lukhan Tui likened to Brad Thorn — by the great man himself". The Courier Mail. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  4. "Wests beat Balmain 54-4 in U17s development match". Wests Tigers. 3 July 2013. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  5. "Photos". Rugby League Samoa NSW. 2 June 2015. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  6. "Randwick Colt Lukhan Tui chats". Randwick Rugby. 2 June 2015. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  7. Seiser, Paul (4 July 2015). "Tui, Lukhan runs". SPA Images. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  8. "2015 World U20 Championship: Wales U20 23-28 Australia U20". British Broadcastng Corporation. 20 June 2015. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  9. Ryan, Sam (2016). "Intrust Shute Shield graduating class of 2015". Rugby News. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.

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