Luke Adamson (born 17 November 1987) is an English former

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer who last played as a or for the

Leigh Centurions The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. Leigh play homes games at Leigh Sports Village and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. ...

in the

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. He previously played club level

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(RU) for

Bath Rugby Bath Rugby is a professional rugby union club in Bath, Somerset, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. Founded in 1865 as Bath Football Club, since 1894 the club has played at the Recreation Ground, Bath, Rec ...

, and also rugby league (RL) Leigh East ARLFC, the Salford City Reds in the

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and Halifax, the

Dewsbury Rams The Dewsbury Rams are a professional rugby league club based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England that compete in RFL League 1, League One, the third tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. History 1875–1887: Dewsbury Athl ...

and

Oldham Oldham is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers River Irk, Irk and River Medlock, Medlock, southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative cent ...

in the Championship.

Background

Adamson was born in

Lowton Lowton is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It is around from Leigh, south of Wigan and west of Manchester city centre. The settlement lies across the A580 East Lancashire Road. Within the ...

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, England.

Career

Adamson attended

St Ambrose College St Ambrose College is an 11–18 Christian Brothers' Roman Catholic boys' grammar school in Hale Barns, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. It was founded in 1946 by Joseph Robertson. In 2012 the school became an academy, and was complete ...

in Hale Barns where he made his mark in rugby union as a strong running

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. He also represented

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...

(RU), but his rugby league apprenticeship was served with Leigh East amateur club where he spent three years. He made his début for the Salford City Reds versus Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in 2006. He is also an England academy player, representing England against Australia. At the end of the 2012 Super League season, Adamson left the Salford City Reds due to the club's financial troubles, and returned to rugby union when he signed for

. In 2017, Adamson was signed by

Personal life

His younger brother Toby Adamson has also played for Dewsbury Rams, and Rochdale Hornet.

References

External links

Rochdale Hornets profile
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Profile at reds.co.uk
1987 births Living people 21st-century English sportsmen Bath Rugby players Dewsbury Rams players English rugby league players English rugby union players Halifax Panthers players Leigh Leopards players Oldham R.L.F.C. players People educated at St. Ambrose College People from Lowton Rugby league players from Lowton Rochdale Hornets players Rugby league locks Rugby league props Rugby league second-rows Rugby union centres Rugby union players from Wigan Salford Red Devils players Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan {{England-rugbyleague-bio-stub