Peter Lupton

Peter Lupton (born 7 March 1982) is a dual code rugby footballer who currently plays rugby union for New England Free Jacks in the Major League Rugby competition. His position of choice is as a loose forward, though he can also play in a number of other positions. He has also played rugby league where he represented the Wales national team from 2011 to 2014.

Peter Lupton
Personal information
Born (1982-03-07) 7 March 1982
Whitehaven, England
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionLoose forward, Stand-off, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2000–02 London Broncos 27 2 2 0 12
2003–05 Hull F.C. 48 10 3 1 47
2006–08 Castleford Tigers 42 12 0 0 48
2009–11 Crusaders RL 70 16 0 0 64
2012–14 Workington Town 67 14 2 2 62
2015 Barrow Raiders 23 7 0 0 28
2016–18 Boston 13s 1 3 - - 15
Total 278 64 7 3 276
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011–14 Wales 5 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018- New England Free Jacks 1 2 0 0 10
As of 10 February 2018
Source: [1][2]

Background

Lupton was born in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England.

Career

Rugby League

He has previously played for Workington Town in Championship 1 and Crusaders in the Super League.

Whilst playing for the Castleford, and the Crusaders he played centre, stand-off, scrum-half or loose forward.

Lupton has previously played for the London Broncos, the Leeds Rhinos and Hull F.C.

Lupton was named in the Welsh preliminary squad for the 2011 Rugby League Four Nations. He qualifies to play for Wales based on residency.[3] He made his début in a warm-up match against Ireland, but did not feature in the tournament.

In October 2013, Lupton played in the Rugby League World Cup.

In October 2014, Lupton captained Wales in the 2014 European Cup.[4]

In March 2015, Lupton signed for Barrow Raiders

In 2016, Lupton signed with the Boston 13s in the USARL, taking on both player and coaching duties and helping them to the Northern Conference Final that same year.

Rugby Union

In the fall of 2018, Lupton signed with the New England Free Jacks in the MLR.

References
  1. "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. Wales release 35-man train-on squad Archived 2011-11-15 at the Wayback Machine rleague.com, 14 September 2011
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.