Luke Capewell

Luke Capewell (born 6 February 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Ipswich Jets. His preferred playing positions are in the halves or the three-quarters. He is an Australian former Schoolboys and Queensland under 17's representative.

Luke Capewell
Personal information
Full nameLuke Capewell
Born (1989-02-06) 6 February 1989
Charleville, Queensland, Australia
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight81 kg (12 st 11 lb)
Playing information
PositionFullback, Wing, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008–10 South Sydney 28 15 0 0 60
2011 Gold Coast Titans 7 1 0 0 4
2012 Brisbane Broncos 5 1 0 0 4
Total 40 17 0 0 68
Source: [1]

Background

Capewell was born and raised in Charleville, a small town in Western Queensland and played football there until the age of 17. In under 12's his schoolboys team won the Queensland foundation cup against Murgon at ANZ Stadium in Sydney. While attending Redcliffe State High School, Capewell played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2006.[2]

Career

Capewell made his National Rugby League debut on 1 June 2008 for the South Sydney Rabbitohs playing against the St. George Illawarra Dragons. He played at full back and scored a try late in the second half.

Following a season-ending shoulder injury to regular five-eighth John Sutton during Souths' campaign to make the 2010 NRL season's finals, Capewell was named to fill in the role.

In 2011, he played for the Gold Coast Titans in a season where they finished with the wooden spoon; however, he signed with the Brisbane Broncos for the 2012 NRL season.[3]

In 2012, he was named in the Queensland Residents side.[4]

Capewell signed with the Penrith Panthers in the mid-season of 2013; however, he played the season under the Panthers' feeder team, the Windsor Wolves.[5]

In 2017, Capewell joined Queensland Cup side Ipswich.[6]

References
  1. "Luke Capewell - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  3. "Parramatta Eels defeat the Gold Coast Titans to avoid wooden spoon for 2011". Daily Telegraph.
  4. Queensland Residents team named nrl.com, 25 June 2012
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Cool hand Luke back to his best for Jets". www.qt.com.au.
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