Luke Thompson (rugby player)
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is a New Zealand
-born Japanese
rugby union
player. He plays as a lock.
Thompson's current club is Kintetsu Liners
based in Osaka
. He also plays for the Japan national rugby union team
.
He currently holds 34 caps for Japan
, with 7 tries scored, 35 points in aggregate, since his first match, in 2007. He was present at the 2007 Rugby World Cup
, playing three matches and scoring 2 tries, 10 points in aggregate.
Thompson obtained Japanese citizenship in July 2011, a month before the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
-born Japanese
Rugby union in Japan
Rugby union in Japan is a popular sport. Japan has the fourth largest population of rugby union players in the world and the sport has been played there for over a century...
rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player. He plays as a lock.
Thompson's current club is Kintetsu Liners
Kintetsu Liners
Kintetsu Liners rugby team are a Japanese rugby union team owned by Kintetsu Corporation which was founded in 1929. They have won the All-Japan Championship three times as an amateur team...
based in Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
. He also plays for the Japan national rugby union team
Japan national rugby union team
The Japan national rugby union team represent Japan in international rugby union competitions. Japan is traditionally the strongest rugby union power in Asia but has both enjoyed and endured mixed results against non-Asian teams over the years...
.
He currently holds 34 caps for Japan
Japan national rugby union team
The Japan national rugby union team represent Japan in international rugby union competitions. Japan is traditionally the strongest rugby union power in Asia but has both enjoyed and endured mixed results against non-Asian teams over the years...
, with 7 tries scored, 35 points in aggregate, since his first match, in 2007. He was present at the 2007 Rugby World Cup
2007 Rugby World Cup
The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003,...
, playing three matches and scoring 2 tries, 10 points in aggregate.
Thompson obtained Japanese citizenship in July 2011, a month before the 2011 Rugby World Cup.