Luke Brooks

Luke Brooks
Brooks playing for the Tigers in 2013.
Personal information
Born (1994-12-21) 21 December 1994
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
Playing information
Position Halfback, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013– Wests Tigers 66 22 0 1 89
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015 NRL All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
As of 21 May 2016
Source: [1]

Luke Brooks (born 21 December 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. He currently plays at halfback, and made an appearance for the NRL All Stars in 2015.

Background

Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Brooks played his junior football for the Holy Cross Rhinos and Leichhardt Wanderers before being signed by the Wests Tigers. In 2012 he played for the Australian Schoolboys and also played in the Balmain Tigers' S. G. Ball Cup Grand Final win over the Canberra Raiders.

Wests Tigers

2013

Having spent the pre-season training with the first-grade team, Brooks was receiving attention in the press, with Andrew Johns saying he was one of the best young talents he had seen in some time.[2] Brooks played for the Tigers' NYC team in 2013. In April, Brooks played for the New South Wales U20s State of Origin team.[3] On 29 July, Brooks re-signed with the Tigers on a 4-year contract.[4]

Brooks with the NSW Under-20s

In Round 24 of the 2013, Brooks made his NRL debut for the Wests Tigers against the St. George Illawarra Dragons.[5] Although the Wests Tigers had exceeded their second tier salary cap, Brooks was given a special dispensation to play as neither team could make the semi-finals.[6] Brooks scored a try and was awarded Man of the Match in the Tigers 34-16 victory, in what was described as, "a stunning NRL debut."[6] The salary cap prevented Brooks from playing in any further games that year. At the end of the year, Brooks was named at halfback in the 2013 NYC Team of the Year.[7]

2014

Brooks became the Wests Tigers regular halfback for the 2014 season. Brooks finished off the Tigers year playing in 21 matches, scoring 6 tries and kicking 1 field goal. He was named 2014 Dally M Rookie of the Year.[8][9]

2015

In 2015, Brooks was selected on the interchange bench for the NRL All Stars team in the 2015 All Stars match, the youngest player to ever take part in the game.[10] In the first half, he came on and played right centre. In the second half, he played five-eighth when Kieran Foran left the field injured. The Indigenous All Stars won 20-6.[11]

Brooks finished the year with a personal best 10 tries from 23 appearances, the 5th highest amongst NRL halves.[12] His 16 try assists were also the 5th most in the entire NRL for the year.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Luke Brooks - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  2. ↑ Paul Crawley (24 August 2013). "Never judge a Brooks by its cover". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Under 20's Origin squads named". NRL.com. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Major player news for Wests Tigers". Weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "NRL Late Changes v Dragons". Weststigers.com.au. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  6. 1 2 Adrian Proszenko (27 August 2013). "Brooks knows hard work has only just begun after dazzling on debut". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Holden Cup Under-20s team of the year named". News.com.au. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Michael Carayannis. "Dally M 2014: Johnathan Thurston, Jarryd Hayne named first joint winners". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "Thurston, Hayne share Dally M Medal". NRL.com. 2014-09-29. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Talintyre, Dan (20 February 2015). "Spine for Success finally on show". weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "Indigenous All Stars leave it late". NRL.com. 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
  12. ↑ Brock Corfe. "2015 Season Review: Luke Brooks". weststigers.com.au.
  13. ↑ "Try Assists". nrl.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
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