Luke Lewis

Luke Lewis

Personal information
Born	(1983-08-11) 11 August 1983 (age 33) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Lock, Wing, Centre, Five-eighth, Halfback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2001–12 Penrith Panthers 208 89 0 0 356 2013– Cronulla Sharks 83 24 0 0 96 Total 291 113 0 0 452 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2004–08 City Origin 5 2 0 0 8 2004–14 New South Wales 17 1 0 0 4 2003–15 Australia 16 6 0 0 24 2012 NRL All Stars 1 1 0 0 4
As of 29 March 2016 Source:

Luke Lewis (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative utility player, he previously played for the Penrith Panthers between 2001 and 2012, winning the 2003 NRL Premiership with them. A versatile player, Lewis has played (but not necessarily started) in every position in first grade football. Lewis has also played representative football at wing, centre, lock and second row, and won first grade Man of the Match awards at five-eighth and halfback.

Lewis was educated at Patrician Brothers' College Blacktown, and spent his junior career with Blacktown City Junior Rugby League Football Club in the Penrith district. In early 2011, Lewis married his partner, Sonia Di Loreto. The couple welcomed their first child Hazel Nicola in April 2016.

In Round 24 of the 2001 NRL season, Lewis made his first grade NRL debut for the Penrith Panthers against the Melbourne Storm off the interchange bench in the Panthers 28–24 loss at Etihad Stadium. Lewis finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 3 matches.

In Round 3 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Lewis scored his first NRL career try in the Panthers 18–10 loss at Remondis Stadium. Lewis finished the 2002 NRL season with him playing in 23 matches and scoring 17 tries including 2 hatricks.

In the 2003 NRL grand final, Lewis played on the wing in the Panthers 18–6 win over the Sydney Roosters. Lewis played in 25 matches and scored 18 tries for the Panthers in the 2003 NRL season. Lewis was selected for the Kangaroos 2003 Tour squad, but did not play.