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	85 kg (13 st 5 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	71	20	93	4	270
2012–14	Bradford	64	19	119	5	319
2015–	Castleford	31	11	110	1	265
	Total	209	83	396	16	1140
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2011–12	England Knights	3	3	8	0	28
As of 14 February 2016
Source: Rugby League Project

Luke Gale (born 22 June 1988 in Leeds, England) is a professional rugby league player for Castleford Tigers in the Super League. He previously played for Bradford Bulls and Harlequins RL in Super League and for Doncaster in the Championships. He plays as a stand-off or scrum-half.

Club career

Gale in action for Harlequins RL

A Leeds academy graduate, Gale joined joined Doncaster in 2007 and established himself as a first-choice player, winning the National League Two Young Player of the Year award in 2008, in which he became the club's record points scorer in a season. Gale's form at Doncaster attracted interest from Super League clubs and he moved to Harlequins Rugby League, spending three years at the club before joining Bradford Bulls.

Bradford Bulls

Gale immediately became first-choice scrum-half for Bradford, scoring 143 points for the club in his debut season. He signed a three-year extension to his contract at the start of 2013, however he missed the first three months of the season due to injury and only made 16 appearances in total during the year. Gale missed only one match for Bradford in 2014, however the team struggled on the field and the club was relegated from Super League at the end of the season, following which Gale left the club.

Castleford Tigers

Gale joined Castleford in 2015 as a replacement for the departing Marc Sneyd, and scored a try on his debut for the club against Wakefield. Gale enjoyed a productive season, scoring 205 points and becoming an integral part of the team that narrowly missed out on the Super League semi-finals. His form was recognised as he won the Albert Goldthorpe Medal at the end of the season.^[2]

Gale was made acting captain for the 2016 due to injury to Michael Shenton

Representative career

In 2011 and 2012, Gale played for the England Knights team. He kicked 8 goals, as well as scoring 1 try, in the Knights' 56–4 victory over Ireland in the 2012 European Cup.

After an outstanding 2015 Super League season, Gale was selected in the senior England team for their end-of-year internationals against France and New Zealand.^[3] However he would not feature in a single game.

Statistics

As of 14 February 2016

References