Luke Briscoe

Luke Briscoe is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a winger or centre for the Leeds Rhinos in the Betfred Super League.

Luke Briscoe
Personal information
Full nameLuke Briscoe
Born (1994-03-11) 11 March 1994
Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight14 st 13 lb (95 kg)
Playing information
PositionWing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012–16 Leeds Rhinos 10 2 0 0 8
2014(loan) → Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 2 0 0 0 0
2014(loan) → Hunslet Hawks 6 0 0 0 0
2015(loan) → Hunslet Hawks 17 7 0 0 28
2016(loan) → Featherstone Rovers 10 5 0 0 20
2017–18 Featherstone Rovers 44 43 0 0 172
2018(loan) → Leeds Rhinos 9 4 0 0 16
2019–21 Leeds Rhinos 30 12 0 0 48
2019(DR) → Featherstone Rovers 17 10 0 0 40
2020(loan) → Featherstone Rovers 1 1 0 0 4
Total 146 84 0 0 336
As of 10 June 2021
Source: [1][2]

He started his career at the Leeds club, playing on loan at Wakefield Trinity in the Super League, Hunslet in Championship 1 and the Kingstone Press Championship, and Featherstone in the Kingstone Press Championship. He played for Featherstone Rovers in the Championship and joined Leeds on loan in the top flight. He then spent time away from Leeds on dual registration with Featherstone Rovers in the Betfred Championship.

Background

Briscoe was born in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England. He is the brother of England national rugby league team winger Tom Briscoe who also plays for the Leeds Rhinos.

Career

Leeds

He is signed for the 2012 season onwards, he signed a professional contract 22 September 2011.

He joined Leeds on 22 September 2012, after playing his youth career at Hull F.C.

He signed a four-year contract with the club. He made three appearances for Leeds and scored once on his début. He was released at the end of the 2015 season.

Wakefield Trinity

Briscoe spent the 2014 Super League season at Wakefield Trinity on a one-year loan deal. However, he only made two appearances and returned to Leeds.

Hunslet RLFC

Briscoe was sent on loan to Hunslet for the rest of the season and played 18 games, scoring 6 tries.

Leeds

On 19 Jun 2018 it was reported that he had signed for Leeds in the Super League[3]

References
  1. loverugbyleague
  2. Rugby League Project
  3. "Leeds Rhinos sign record try scorer Luke Briscoe from Featherstone Rovers". Yorkshire Evening Post. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
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