Luke Gale

Luke Gale

Personal information
Full name	Luke Gale
Nickname	Galey, Lucky
Born	(1988-06-22) 22 June 1988 Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	87 kg (13 st 10 lb) [1]
Playing information
Position	Stand-off / Scrum-half
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2007–08	Doncaster	43	33	74	6	286
2009–11	Harlequins RL	71	20	93	4	270
2012–14	Bradford Bulls	64	19	119	5	319
2015–	Castleford Tigers	11	4	30	1	77
	Total	189	76	316	16	952
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2011–	England Knights	3	3	8	0	28
As of 26 April 2015
Source: Rugby League Project

Luke Gale (born 22 June 1988 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England) is a rugby league player for the Castleford Tigers in the European Super League. He plays as a stand-off or scrum-half.

A Leeds academy graduate, he joined the Harlequins Rugby League club from Doncaster in 2009, after winning the National League Two Young Player of the Year for 2008, where he became the club's record points scorer in a season. He spent three seasons at Harlequins before moving to Bradford Bulls.

Bradford Bulls

It was announced in July 2011 that Gale signed a 2 Year Deal with the Bradford Bulls.

2012 - 2012 Season

Luke featured in two of the four pre-season friendlies, he played against Dewsbury Rams and Hull FC. He scored against the Rams (2 tries, 7 goals) and against Hull (1 goal).

Gale featured in three consecutive games from Round 1 (Catalans Dragons) to Round 3 (Wigan Warriors). An ankle injury kept him out for Rounds 4-12 and Round 4 of the Challenge Cup. Luke featured in fourteen consecutive games from Round 13 (London Broncos) to Round 27 (Catalans Dragons). He featured in the Challenge Cup game against Warrington Wolves. Luke scored 143 points this season. He scored against Catalans Dragons (5 goals), Castleford Tigers (11 goals), Warrington Wolves (5 goals), London Broncos (1 try, 10 goals, 1 drop goal), Salford City Reds (2 goals), Leeds Rhinos (5 goals), Wakefield Wildcats (7 goals), Wigan Warriors (5 goals), Widnes Vikings (5 goals), Hull KR (6 goals), Huddersfield Giants (1 try, 5 goals) and Hull FC (1 goal).

2013 - 2013 Season

He signed a 3 Year Extension to his contract in the off-season keeping him at the Bulls until 2015. Gale missed the pre-season game against Dewsbury Rams due to injury.

He missed Rounds 1-10 due to an injury. He featured in Round 11 (London Broncos) to Round 15 (Salford City Reds). Gale featured in Round 17 (Hull KR) to Round 19 (Widnes Vikings). Gale missed Round 20 due to the sudden death of his mother. He returned in Round 21 (Wigan Warriors) to Round 24 (Catalan Dragons). Gale missed Round 25 due to injury. He returned in Round 26 (London Broncos) to Round 27 (Huddersfield Giants). Luke also featured in the Challenge Cup against Rochdale Hornets and London Broncos. Gale scored against Rochdale Hornets (2 tries), Salford City Reds (1 try), Hull KR (1 goal), St Helens RLFC (3 goals), Widnes Vikings (4 goals) and Hull FC (1 drop goal).

2014 - 2014 Season

Gale featured in the pre-season friendlies against Hull FC and Castleford Tigers.

He featured in Round 1 (Castleford Tigers) to Round 11 (Warrington Wolves) then in Round 13 (Huddersfield Giants) to Round 27 (London Broncos). Gale featured in Round 4 (Oldham Roughyeds) to the Quarter Final (Warrington Wolves) in the Challenge Cup. He scored against Wakefield Wildcats (4 goals, 1 drop goal), London Broncos (5 tries, 1 drop goal), Widnes Vikings (5 goals), Oldham Roughyeds (3 tries, 8 goals), Leeds Rhinos (1 try, 5 goals), Wigan Warriors (1 try, 3 goals), Catalan Dragons (3 tries, 5 goals, 1 drop goal), Warrington Wolves (5 goals), Salford Red Devils (3 goals), Hull KR (3 goals), St Helens RLFC (1 try) and Castleford Tigers (3 goals).

Castleford Tigers

2015

Gale featured in Round 1 (Wakefield Wildcats) to Round 10 (Hull KR) then in Round 12 (Salford Red Devils). He scored against Wakefield Wildcats (1 try, 3 goals), Catalan Dragons (2 goals), St Helens RLFC (1 goal), Wigan Warriors (7 goals), Salford Red Devils (6 goals), Hull FC (2 tries, 2 goals), Leeds Rhinos (2 goals), Warrington Wolves (3 goals) and Hull KR (1 try, 4 goals, 1 drop goal).

Statistics

Representative

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References

External links

• Harlequins profile