Dan Luger
| Full name | Daniel Darko Luger | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 January 1975 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chiswick, West London | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing Three Quarter | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | ||
| 1991-1993 | Richmond | ||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1993–1995 1995–1996 1996–1999 1999–2001 2001–2003 2003–2005 2005–2006 2006 2006–2010 |
Richmond Orrell Harlequins Saracens Harlequins Perpignan RC Toulon RK Nada Nice Côte d'Azur |
20 5 ? 15 59 |
(25) (5) (?) (30) (120) |
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Correct as of 2014-06-20
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1998–2003 2001 |
England British and Irish Lions |
38 | (120) |
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| Coaching career | |||
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| Years | Club / team | ||
| 2008–2010 | Rugby Nice Côte d'Azur | ||
Daniel Darko Luger MBE (born 11 January 1975) is a former English rugby union international who was a member of the squad that won the Webb Ellis Cup in 2003.
Dan Luger was born in Chiswick and is the son of a Croatian father (head of Croatia's rugby federation) and Czech mother. Dan was firstly educated at Ashton House School, then moving on to Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith joining local club Richmond as a junior.
Dan Luger played top flight rugby as a left or right wing for a number of England Premiership clubs from 1994 to 2003. He began as a junior at Richmond graduating to the senior XV before his twentieth birthday. Their professional demise was followed by a season (1995–96) at Orrell where he was first selected for the national team at U-21 level. His blistering pace could not stop Orrell being relegated that season and he moved on to his first spell at Harlequins where he prospered earning the first of his full caps. Luger suffered a series of injuries and was released by Quins at the conclusion of the 1998-99 season.
He joined London rivals Saracens for two injury hit seasons before returning to Harlequins where he became a regular with the national team. In 2003 he began a three season stint with USA Perpignan in Catalonia. On leaving Perpignan he played for RC Toulon and Rugby Nice Côte d'Azur where he combined playing with a coaching role.
Although plagued by injury, his international record is exceptional: 24 tries in 38 matches. Only five players have scored more England tries having started his international career by scoring in both of his first two internationals against the Netherlands and Italy in World Cup qualifiers in 1998.
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