Luke Abraham (born 26 September 1983) is a retired professional

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player, who played for

Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its hom ...

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and

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in the French

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between 2003 and 2014.

Career

A strong and pacy

Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city l ...

-born back-row player, Abraham came through the ranks after joining

at the age of 15. He took up the sport three years earlier at

Bushloe High School Bushloe High School was a middle school with academy status located in Wigston, Leicestershire, England. Admissions It was a middle school, using the three-tier education system (invented in Leicestershire in the early 1960s as part of the '' ...

and joined his local club, the Vipers RFC, before becoming part of the Tigers set-up. He made his first-team debut as an 18-year-old against

Worcester Warriors Worcester Warriors Rugby Football Club is a professional rugby union club, based in Worcester, England, that is currently in Administration (law), administration and which has been suspended and will be relegated from Premiership Rugby, the top ...

in January 2002. A former England U-18, U-19 and U-21 international, he has also played for the

England Saxons England A is England's men's second national rugby union team. The team has previously been known by a number of names, such as England B, Emerging England and, most recently, England Saxons. England A play a key role in the development of emer ...

. Abraham had a short spell playing at hooker during his time with Nelson's Bay Club Stoke in New Zealand during the summer of 2005. He was an U-21 League winner with the Tigers in 2002–03. He also won the Guinness A League in 2004–05 and 2005–06. He played an important role in the 2006–07 Guinness Premiership and the 2006-07 Heineken Cup double-winning campaign, making 12

Guinness Premiership Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition. The Premiership has consisted of thirteen clubs since 2021, and is the ...

appearances including eight starts as well as a single appearance in the

2006–07 EDF Energy Cup The 2006–07 EDF Energy Cup marked the 36th season of English domestic rugby union cup competition. It was the second season under the Anglo-Welsh format and the first with EDF Energy as title sponsor. The competition began on 1 September and con ...

success. In May 2008 it was announced that he had signed for

for the 2008–09 Guinness Premiership. For the 2010–11 Rugby Pro D2 season, Abraham signed for

References

External links

Sale Sharks profile

Leicester Tigers profile

Guinness Premiership profile
1983 births Living people English rugby union players Leicester Tigers players Lyon OU players Sale Sharks players Rugby union players from Leicester Rugby union flankers People educated at Leicester Grammar School {{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub