Luke Rooney
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Personal information
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16 January 1983 Penrith, New South Wales, Australia |
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Playing information
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| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby league
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union
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| Position | Fullback, Wing, Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luke Rooney (born 16 January 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer of the 2000s and 2010s. He played rugby league, becoming an Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative winger while playing his club football in the National Rugby League for the Penrith Panthers, with whom he won the 2003 NRL Premiership. From 2009 Rooney played rugby union for Toulon as well as a stint with the Melbourne Rebels of SupeRugby. He ended his career playing for RC Toulonnais in the Top 14 competition.
Born in Penrith, New South Wales on 16 January 1983, Luke Rooney was a junior player of Emu Plains JRLFC. He completed his final year of high school at St Dominic's College, Penrith in 2000.
Rooney made his Penrith Panthers' debut on 21 April for Round 10 of the 2001 NRL season. In the 2003 NRL Grand Final Rooney played on the wing and scored two tries in the Panthers' victory over the Sydney Roosters. As 2003 NRL premiers, the Panthers travelled to England to face Super League VIII champions, the Bradford Bulls in the 2004 World Club Challenge. Rooney played on the wing in the Panthers' 22-4 loss.
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