Luke Abraham (born 26 September 1983) is a retired professional

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player, who played for

Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its home ...

Sale Sharks Sale Sharks are a professional rugby union club from Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Its team play in Premiership Rugby, and have been in England's top division of rugby union continuously since 1995. Originally founded in 1861 as ...

Premiership Rugby Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition, consisting of 10 clubs, and is the top division of the English rugby ...

and

Lyon OU Lyon Olympique Universitaire Rugby or LOU is a French professional rugby union team based in Lyon that currently competes in the Top 14, the highest level of the country's professional league system, having been most recently promoted for the 20 ...

in the French

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between 2003 and 2014.

Career

A strong and pacy

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-born back-row player, Abraham came through the ranks after joining

at the age of 15. He took up the sport three years earlier at Bushloe High School and joined his local club, the Vipers RFC, before becoming part of the Tigers set-up. He made his first-team debut as an 18-year-old against

Worcester Warriors Worcester Warriors are a professional rugby union club based in Worcester, England. They most recently played in Premiership Rugby, the top division of English rugby union, before being suspended by the Rugby Football Union, RFU in September 2 ...

in January 2002. A former England U-18, U-19 and U-21 international, he has also played for the

England Saxons England A is England's men's second national rugby union team. The team has previously been known by a number of names, such as England B, Emerging England and, most recently, England Saxons. England A play a key role in the development of emerg ...

. Abraham had a short spell playing at hooker during his time with Nelson's Bay Club Stoke in New Zealand during the summer of 2005. He was an U-21 League winner with the Tigers in 2002–03. He also won the Guinness A League in 2004–05 and 2005–06. He played an important role in the 2006–07 Guinness Premiership and the

2006–07 Heineken Cup The 2006–07 Heineken Cup was the 12th edition of the European Heineken Cup rugby union club tournament. The pool draw took place on 21 June at Twickenham. The pool stages started on 20 October and concluded in January, going for six rounds. Foll ...

double-winning campaign, making 12

Guinness Premiership Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition, consisting of 10 clubs, and is the top division of the English rugby u ...

appearances including eight starts as well as a single appearance in the

2006–07 EDF Energy Cup The 2006–07 EDF Energy Cup marked the 36th season of English domestic rugby union cup competition. It was the second season under the Anglo-Welsh Cup format and the first with EDF Energy as title sponsor. The competition began on 1 September and ...

success. In May 2008 it was announced that he had signed for

for the 2008–09 Guinness Premiership. For the

2010–11 Rugby Pro D2 season The 2010–11 Rugby Pro D2 was the season of the second-level French rugby union club competition, behind the Top 14, for the 2010–11 season. It runs alongside the 2010–11 Top 14 competition; both competitions are operated by the Ligue Natio ...

, Abraham signed for

References

External links

Sale Sharks profile

Leicester Tigers profile

Guinness Premiership profile
1983 births Living people English rugby union players Leicester Tigers players Lyon OU Rugby players Sale Sharks players Rugby union players from Leicester Rugby union flankers People educated at Leicester Grammar School English expatriate rugby union players in France {{England-rugbyunion-bio-1980s-stub