Luke Quigley (born 20 July 1981) is an Australian former professional

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footballer who played as a for the

Newcastle Knights The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. Playing in red and blue, th ...

in the

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(NRL) and the

Catalans Dragons The Catalans Dragons ( French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. The team competes in the Super League and are the only team from ...

in the

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Background

Quigley went to school at

St Gregory's College, Campbelltown , motto_translation = What you sow, so shall you reap , established = , type = Independent single-sex and co-educational comprehensive and specialist primary and secondary day and boarding school , specialist = Agricultural s ...

Playing career

Quigley made his first grade debut for Newcastle against the

Wests Tigers The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional Rugby league, rugby league football team, based in the Inner West and South West Sydney. They have competed in the National Rugby League since being formed at the end of the 1999 NRL season as a j ...

in Round 15 2002. In 2003, Quigley made 21 appearances as Newcastle reached the finals but were eliminated by the

Sydney Roosters The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby league, Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won ...

. In 2005, Quigley made 16 appearances as Newcastle finished last claiming the wooden spoon. Quigley's final game in the NRL came in 2006 in a 50–6 loss against Brisbane in the elimination semi final. In 2007, Quigley joined the Catalans Dragons and played one season with the club. In March 2007 he was signed to French

club

to replace the injured

Aaron Gorrell Aaron Gorrell (born 31 March 1981) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the 2000s. He played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons and the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL, and for the Catalans Dragons in ...

. Quigley last played in the

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for the Kurri Kurri Bulldogs.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quigley, Luke 1981 births Living people Australian rugby league players Catalans Dragons players Kurri Kurri Bulldogs players Newcastle Knights players Rugby league hookers Rugby league players from Dubbo People educated at St Gregory's College, Campbelltown