Luke Yates

Luke Yates
Personal information
Born (1995-03-06) 6 March 1995 (age 29)
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Height5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)
Weight14 st 11 lb (94 kg)
Playing information
PositionLoose forward, Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017–18 Newcastle Knights 25 0 0 0 0
2019 London Broncos 28 2 0 0 8
2020 Salford Red Devils 19 3 0 0 12
2021–24 Huddersfield Giants 78 14 0 0 52
2024(loan) →Warrington Wolves 10 0 0 0 0
2025– Warrington Wolves 0 0 0 0 0
Total 160 19 0 0 72
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2021 Combined Nations All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2]
As of 18 Aug 2024

Luke Yates (born 6 March 1995) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a loose forward and prop for Warrington Wolves in the Super League.

He previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL, and the Huddersfield Giants, the London Broncos and the Salford Red Devils in the Super League.

Background

Yates was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

He played his junior rugby league for the Western Suburbs Rosellas, before being signed by the Newcastle Knights.

Playing career

Early career

From 2013 to 2015, Yates played for the Newcastle Knights' NYC team.[3] In May 2015, he re-signed with the Newcastle club on two-year contract until the end of 2017.[4]

In July 2015, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against the Queensland under-20s team.[5]

In 2016, he graduated to Newcastle's Intrust Super Premiership NSW team.[6]

Newcastle Knights

In round 1 of the 2017 NRL season, Yates made his NRL debut for Newcastle against the New Zealand Warriors.[7][8]

Yates made a total of 19 appearances for Newcastle in his debut year as the club finished with the wooden spoon for a third consecutive year.[9]

In September, he re-signed with Newcastle on a one- contract until the end of 2018.[10] He finished the year with 19 appearances.[11]

Yates playing for the Newcastle Knights in 2018

Yates only managed to play 6 NRL matches for the Newcastle club in 2018 before parting ways at the end of the season.[12][13]

London Broncos

Ahead of the 2019 season, Yates joined the London Broncos in the Super League on a one-year contract.[14]

He was second in the Top Tackler award at the Betfred Super League Awards evening on 6 October 2019, after completing 1211 tackles over the course of 28 games in the 2019 Super League season.[citation needed]

After being relegated from the Super League on points difference, he left the club at the end of his contract.

Salford Red Devils

Yates signed for Salford from the London Broncos in October 2019. During the 2020 season he signed a two-year contract extension, which would see him through to the end of the 2022 season.

On 17 October 2020, Yates played in the 2020 Challenge Cup Final defeat for Salford against Leeds at Wembley Stadium.[15]

Huddersfield Giants

On 24 December 2020, it was announced that Yates would join the Huddersfield Giants from the 2021 season.[16] He joined Huddersfield for a significant transfer fee as his Salford contract still had two seasons left to run. He was made team captain for Huddersfield for the 2022 season

Luke Yates at Huddersfield in 2021

On 28 May 2022, Yates played for Huddersfield in their 2022 Challenge Cup Final loss to Wigan.[17] Yates played 24 matches for Huddersfield in the 2023 Super League season as the club finished ninth on the table and missed the playoffs.[18] Yates played 14 games for Huddersfield in the 2024 Super League season which saw the club finish 9th on the table.[19]

Warrington Wolves

On 15 July 2024 it was reported that he had signed for Warrington Wolves in the Super League initially on loan until the end of the 2024 season, and then a permanent two-year deal thereafter.[20][21]

Representative

On 25 June 2021 he played for the Combined Nations All Stars in their 26-24 victory over England, staged at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington, as part of England’s 2021 Rugby League World Cup preparation.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ loverugbyleague
  2. ^ "Luke Yates - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 6 March 1995. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Y". Nyc Database. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  4. ^ NRL Digital Media. "Luke Yates re-signs - Knights". Newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  5. ^ "PAY'S SAY: NSW Under-20s side". NSWRL.com.au. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ^ New South Wales Rugby League (12 April 2016). "LeagueUnlimited Intrust Super Premiership NSW Teams - 2016 Round 7". League Unlimited. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Updated team lists: Warriors v Knights". NRL.com. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  8. ^ NRL Digital Media. "LATE MAIL: Warriors v Knights - Knights". Newcastleknights.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Knights: 2017 by the numbers". NRL.
  10. ^ "Luke Yates re-signs with Knights - Zero Tackle". 27 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  11. ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  12. ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  13. ^ TOOHEY, BARRY (11 October 2018). "Knights close the door on tough-tackling local junior Luke Yates". Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  14. ^ TOOHEY, BARRY (24 November 2018). "COLUMN - Toohey's News - Knights reject Dragons bid for player swap". Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  15. ^ "Leeds beat Salford 17-16 after Luke Gale lands late winning drop-goal". www.bbc.co.uk.
  16. ^ "Huddersfield Giants: Josh Jones and Luke Yates join Super League club". BBC Sport. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  17. ^ "Challenge Cup player ratings as numerous stars shine in enthralling contest". www.examinerlive.co.uk.
  18. ^ "Ian Watson explains why Huddersfield Giants underperformed in Super League 2023". www.totalrl.com.
  19. ^ "Huddersfield Giants 34 Castleford Tigers 10: Hosts win dead rubber but 2024 season one to forget for West Yorkshire rivals". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk.
  20. ^ "Warrington Wolves is delighted to confirm that Luke Yates has joined with immediate effect on loan from Huddersfield Giants". Warrington Wolves. 15 July 2024.
  21. ^ Aaron Bower (15 July 2024). "Warrington Wolves pay transfer fee to bring Huddersfield Giants forward to club early". Love Rugby League.
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