Luther Burrell

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Luther Burrell
Rugby union career
Date of birth	(1987-12-06) 6 December 1987
Place of birth	Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	104 kg (16 st 5 lb) ^[1]
School	All Saints Catholic College Huddersfield New College
Playing career
Position	Centre
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2006–2011 2011-2012 2012-	Leeds Carnegie Sale Sharks Northampton Saints	41 12 37	(40) (15) (55)
correct as of 1 January 2014.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2014-	England	1	(5)

Luther Burrell (born 6 December 1987) is a professional rugby union player for Northampton Saints, he signed from Sale Sharks in the Summer of 2012 after a 1 year stint at the club.

Club career

Burrell studied at All Saints Catholic College and Huddersfield New College and started his career at Huddersfield Rugby Union Football Club.^[2] Burrell has experienced playing Rugby League and before joining his local Rugby Union side spent two years with Huddersfield RL. During the close season, Burrell has also been working hard to build up his fitness and has been training with the club's sister club Leeds Rhinos to gain some match experience. His favoured position is centre. He also represented the West Indies.

International career

He was called up by Stuart Lancaster to represent England in May 2013 after his good form and an injury to Joel Tomkins.^[3]

In January 2014, he was named in the England starting XV for the 2014 Six Nations Championship opening game versus France where he scored his first international try.

References

↑ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Sale Sharks". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
↑ Robert Sutcliffe (1947-01-18). "Lindley mum's tears of joy after son Luther Burrell wins England Six Nations call up - Huddersfield Examiner". Examiner.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
↑ "Luther Burrell and Stephen Myler added to England squad for South America tour". web page. Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 May 2013.

External links

England Rugby Profile

v t e Sale Sharks squad

Forwards	Buckley Cobîlaş Croall Dickinson Easter Fourie Gaskell Imiolek M.Jones Lewaravu McKenzie Mills Myall Ostrikov Paterson Powell Seymour Sheridan Thomas Vernon Ward

Backs	Addison Amesbury Brady Burrell Cliff Cueto Higgins Lavea Leota Macleod Mathie Miller Peel Thornley Tonetti Tuculet Tuitupou

Coach	Hanks

Persondata
Name	Burrell, Luther
Alternative names
Short description	English rugby union player
Date of birth	1987-12-06
Place of birth	Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Date of death
Place of death

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