Luke Dyer (born ) is a 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 played in the 2000s and 2010s. Dyer had played at representative level for

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, and at club level for the

Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Greater Western Sydney suburb of Penrith, New South Wales, Penrith that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL). The team is based west of the cen ...

in the

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, the

Castleford Tigers The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. They play their home games at Wheldon Road (currently known as the Mend-A-Hose Jungle for sponsorship reasons) and compete in the Super League, t ...

Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers (often abbreviated to Hull KR) are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England. The club play home games at Craven Park, Hull, Craven Park and compete in Super League, the top tier of B ...

, the (Celtic)

Crusaders The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and at times directed by the Papacy during the Middle Ages. The most prominent of these were the campaigns to the Holy Land aimed at reclaiming Jerusalem and its surrounding ...

, and the

Central Comets The Central Queensland Capras are a semi-professional rugby league football club primarily based in Rockhampton, Queensland and representing Central Queensland. They play in the Hostplus Cup in Queensland, which is a second-tier competition in ...

in the

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, as a , or .

Background

Dyer was born in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.

Playing career

Dyer played for the

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in the 2004

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pre-season tournament. He was later released by Melbourne, returning to

during the

2004 NRL season The 2004 NRL season (also known as the 2004 Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship from Telstra) was the 97th season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the seventh run by the National Rugby League. Fifteen clubs competed dur ...

, making his NRL debut for Penrith against Melbourne in round 17. Dyer represented for Wales in

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qualifying matches. Dyer scored the Crusaders first and only try in their first game in the Super League.

References

External links

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Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk
1981 births Living people Australian people of Welsh descent Australian rugby league players Castleford Tigers players Central Queensland Capras players Crusaders Rugby League players 21st-century Welsh sportsmen Hull Kingston Rovers players Penrith Panthers players Rugby league centres Rugby league players from Penrith, New South Wales Rugby league wingers Wales national rugby league team players Welsh rugby league players {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1980s-stub