Luke Myring (born 20 December 1983 in

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player. He usually plays at

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. Myring was a product of the

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's academy, stepping up to play for the first team with

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, Ross Broadfoot and

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. Myring joined

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to play first team rugby. While he played games for

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, his game time at fly half was restricted by the presence of

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. He played much of his rugby for the Saints in the centres. Luke left

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at the end of the 2006 – 2007 season. In 2008 he signed for

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Super 10 (now

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) team AlmavivA Capitolina.

References

External links

Capitolina profile

profile at stats.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Myring 1983 births Living people English rugby union players Leicester Tigers players Northampton Saints players Alumni of Loughborough University Rugby union fly-halves English expatriate rugby union players in Italy Rugby union players from Leicester Unione Rugby Capitolina players