Luke Milton
Encyclopedia
Luke Milton is a rugby league
and rugby union
footballer.
Milton, a Winger
, played in the National Rugby League
(NRL) for the Sydney Roosters
club. Milton came through the Roosters lower grades and represented Australia at a junior level before making his first grade debut in 2001. He had a season at the Wests Tigers
club in the 2003 season before switching rugby codes to play for the NSW Waratahs in rugby union.
He played with New York Athletic Club (NYAC) Rugby in the United States Super League in 2008 and led the team to a national championship, winning the title game in sudden death with a 55 meter penalty.
Luke attended Lucas Heights Community School in his early high school years and attended Bangor Primary.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
and rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
footballer.
Milton, a Winger
Rugby league positions
A rugby league football team consists of thirteen players on the field, with four substitutes on the bench. Players are divided into two general categories: "forwards" and "backs"....
, played in the National Rugby League
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
(NRL) for the Sydney Roosters
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
club. Milton came through the Roosters lower grades and represented Australia at a junior level before making his first grade debut in 2001. He had a season at the Wests Tigers
Wests Tigers
The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's mid-western suburbs. They have competed in the National Rugby League since they were formed at the end of the 1999 season as a joint-venture club between the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs...
club in the 2003 season before switching rugby codes to play for the NSW Waratahs in rugby union.
He played with New York Athletic Club (NYAC) Rugby in the United States Super League in 2008 and led the team to a national championship, winning the title game in sudden death with a 55 meter penalty.
Luke attended Lucas Heights Community School in his early high school years and attended Bangor Primary.