1. Luke Williamson was born on 2 June 1978 and is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s.
15 Facts About Luke Williamson
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Luke Williamson is coach of the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles' NSW Cup team after previously coaching the team in 2011 and being the coach of Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Toyota Cup team in the 2012 competition.
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Luke Williamson's playing career was spent with the Adelaide Rams, the Canberra Raiders, the Northern Eagles and the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League and for the Harlequins RL in the Super League.
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Luke Williamson then signed a contract with the Adelaide Rams after being offered the same money.
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Luke Williamson would go on to be the Rams top point scorer in 1997 with 70 points from 12 games.
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Luke Williamson backed that up with a further 17 games and 44 points in the 1998 NRL season.
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Luke Williamson played in 20 games, mostly on the Wing or at Centre and scored a career high 174 points from 6 tries and 74 goals after taking over the goal kicking duties from David Furner.
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Luke Williamson played 16 games for the Northern Eagles in the 2002 NRL season.
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Luke Williamson then signed with Manly where he would spend the rest of his playing career in Australia.
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Luke Williamson played in Manly's 2007 NRL Grand Final defeat by the Melbourne Storm, but missed out on the 2008 NRL Grand Final Centenary Grand Final against the Melbourne Storm due to injury.
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Luke Williamson joined London based Super League club Harlequins in 2009 and went on to play in 42 games with the club over two seasons before retiring from rugby league after the 2010 Super League season.
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Luke Williamson coached the Manly Sea Eagles NSW Cup team in 2011 before becoming the head coach of Manly's Toyota Cup team for 2012 with Manly club legend Cliff Lyons taking over as NSW Cup coach.
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Luke Williamson is currently the coach of the Sea Eales NSW Cup team in 2013.
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Luke Williamson is the son of Henry Williamson who represented Queensland in 1971 and later played with Newtown in 1973 and 1974.
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Luke Williamson is the nephew of former Innisfail, Newtown, Qld, New South Wales and Australian and Halifax winger Lionel Williamson.