Luke Felsch (born 5 April 1974) is a former professional Australian

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer.

Career

Felsch came to

St. George Dragons The St. George Dragons is an Australian rugby league football club from St George District in Sydney, New South Wales that played in the top level New South Wales competition and Australian Rugby League competitions from the 1921 until the ...

via Woodlawn College, in

Lismore, New South Wales Lismore is a city in northeastern New South Wales, Australia and the main population centre in the City of Lismore Local government in Australia, local government area; it is also a regional centre in the Northern Rivers region of the State. It ...

where he played in the Commonwealth Bank Cup. Felsch played for the

for five seasons between 1994 and 1998, including the

Australian Rugby League The Australian Rugby League Commission (ARL), formerly the Australian Rugby Football League known as the Australian Rugby League is an Australian rugby league football competition operator. It was founded in 1986 as the Australian Rugby Footbal ...

grand final loss to

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rugb ...

in 1996. Felsch played in St. George's final game before they formed a joint venture with the

Illawarra Steelers The Illawarra Steelers are an Australian rugby league football club based in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales. The club competed in Australia's top-level rugby league competition from 1982 until 1998. On the 13th of December 1980, the ...

to become

St. George Illawarra The St. George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 after a joint-ve ...

. A semi-final loss to

Canterbury-Bankstown Canterbury-Bankstown is a customary region of Sydney, Australia, in the south-western suburbs. The area is located around the Bankstown railway line, to the west of the St George region and to the south of the Inner West region. The suburbs o ...

Kogarah Oval Jubilee Stadium, also known as Kogarah Oval or by its sponsored name Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, is a multipurpose stadium in Carlton, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The stadium is mainly used for rugby league and the A-League, and is one ...

. He then moved to

Gateshead Thunder Gateshead Thunder may refer to: *Gateshead Thunder (1999), a rugby league team formed in 1999 and then merged with Hull Sharks *Gateshead Thunder (2000) Gateshead Thunder may refer to: *Gateshead Thunder (1999) Gateshead Thunder was a profes ...

in 1999 and

Hull F.C. Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league football club established in 1865 and based in West Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The club plays in the Super League competition and were ...

in 2000-2001 before joining

in 2002 before retiring.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedoa of Rugby League Players. 2005 ()

References

1974 births Living people Australian rugby league players Gateshead Thunder (1999) players Hull F.C. players Rugby league players from New South Wales Rugby league locks St. George Illawarra Dragons players St. George Dragons players {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1970s-stub