Luke Priddis

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Luke Priddis

Personal information
Full name	Luke Priddis
Date of birth	April 14, 1977 (1977-04-14) (age 31)
Place of birth	Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 3 lbs)
School(s)	St Edmunds College
Club information
Position(s)	Hooker
Current club	Penrith Panthers
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Woden Weston Rams
Youth representative teams
1994	Australian Schoolboys
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1997 - 98 1999 - 01 2002 -	Canberra Raiders Brisbane Broncos Penrith Panthers	44 (44) 79 (68) 135 (132)
Representative teams
1997 1997 2001 2005	Australia (SL) New South Wales (SL) New South Wales Australia	1 (0) 2 (0) 3 (0) 1 (0)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only and correct as of 8 May, 2007.

Luke Priddis, (born on the 14th of April, 1977 in Dubbo, New South Wales) is an Australian National Rugby League player. He plays the position of hooker for the Penrith Panthers Rugby League Club. Before moving to Penrith, Priddis played for the Brisbane Broncos.

Priddis has previously represented Australia and also gained representative honours playing for New South Wales in the State of Origin. In the year 2003 Luke Priddis won the Clive Churchill Medal in the Grand Final where the Penrith Panthers beat the Sydney Roosters 18-6. He scored one try and set up both other tries for winger Luke Rooney. After this match be became the only Panther to have played in two successful Grand Finals, having won with Brisbane in 2000. No hooker had previously won the Clive Churchill Medal since it was instigated in 1986, though two others have won it since.

He has also played for Country in the City versus Country match at Gosford.

[edit] External links

Player Details at stateoforigin.com.au

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