Luke Thompson (rugby league)
Luke Thompson is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as and for Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League, and has represented England and Great Britain at international level.
He has spent time on loan from Saints at the Rochdale Hornets in the Championship 1. He has played his most of his professional career to date for St Helens, with whom he won the 2014 Super League Grand Final.
Thompson agreed a deal with the Bulldogs to join in 2021, but made the move in July 2020. He completed two weeks of isolation on his arrival in Australia before his first game for the Bulldogs.Background
Thompson was born in St Helens, Merseyside, England.Career
Thompson has been at his hometown club of St Helens since he was 11 and recently signed a new deal with the Saints.
Thompson's début came during the 2013 season away at London Broncos where he was "sensational" according to coach Nathan Brown. The most notable match of his career so far came when Saints beat Wigan Warriors 16-12 at the DW Stadium in June 2014.
St Helens reached the 2014 Super League Grand Final and Thompson was selected to play from the interchange bench in their 14-6 victory over the Wigan Warriors at Old Trafford.
He played in the 2019 Challenge Cup Final defeat to the Warrington Wolves at Wembley Stadium.
He played in the 2019 Super League Grand Final victory over the Salford Red Devils at Old Trafford.
Thompson made his NRL debut for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs against the Brisbane Broncos in round 9 of the 2020 NRL season.International career
In 2018 he was selected for England against France at the Leigh Sports Village.
He was selected in squad for the 2019 Great Britain Lions tour of the Southern Hemisphere. He made his Great Britain test debut in the defeat to Tonga.
