Luke Whitelock
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luke Charles Whitelock | ||
| Born |
29 January 1991 Palmerston North, New Zealand |
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| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb) | ||
| School(s) attended | Feilding High School | ||
| University | University of Canterbury | ||
| Relatives |
Adam Whitelock George Whitelock Sam Whitelock (brothers) Ben Funnell (cousin) |
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| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Loose Forward | ||
| Current club | Canterbury / Highlanders | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2011– | Canterbury | 56 | (40) |
| 2012−15 | Crusaders | 50 | (15) |
| 2016− | Highlanders | 12 | (0) |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2008 | New Zealand Schools | () | |
| 2010−11 | New Zealand U20 | 9 | (5) |
| 2013− | New Zealand | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 11 January 2017. |
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* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 11 January 2017.
† Appearances (Points).
Luke Whitelock (born 29 January 1991) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a loose forward for Canterbury in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup and the Highlanders in the international Super Rugby competition.
Born in Palmerston North and raised on a dairy farm in the suburb of Linton, 11 km south-west of the city, Luke was born into a rugby household with his grandfather being 1950's All Black, Nelson Dalzell, father Braeden being a former Manawatu and New Zealand Colts representative and 3 older brothers; George, Adam and Sam all going on to play for Canterbury and the Crusaders with George and Sam also becoming All Blacks.
After attending a local primary school, Whitelock was send to Feilding High School as a boarder and while there played first XV rugby, captaining the side in his final year. Following his graduation from high school, he moved south to attend university in Christchurch and began playing local club rugby for the University of Canterbury.
Whitelock first made the Canterbury squad at the age of 20 ahead of the 2011 ITM Cup and went on to play 4 times during his first season of provincial rugby, earning his first ITM Cup Premiership winners medal as his side defeated Waikato 12-3 in the final. The following year, having gained some Super Rugby experience with the Crusaders, he became much more of a regular in Canterbury's starting XV, this time featuring 9 times and scoring his first ever provincial try as the men in red and black retained their ITM Cup title, this time overcoming Auckland 31-18 in the final.
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