Luke Capewell

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|name = Luke Capewell

|fullname = Luke Capewell

|image = Luke Capewell.jpg

|caption=Capewell in 2014

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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|02|06|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Charleville, Queensland, Australia

|height = {{convert|173|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

|weight = {{convert|81|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}

|club1 = South Sydney

|year1start = 2008

|year1end = 10

|appearances1 = 28

|tries1 = 15

|goals1 = 0

|fieldgoals1 = 0

|points1 = 60

|club2 = {{nowrap|Gold Coast Titans}}

|year2start = 2011

|year2end =

|appearances2 = 7

|tries2 = 1

|goals2 = 0

|fieldgoals2 = 0

|points2 = 4

|club3 = Brisbane Broncos

|year3start = 2012

|year3end =

|appearances3 = 5

|tries3 = 1

|goals3 = 0

|fieldgoals3 = 0

|points3 = 4

| teamA = {{nowrap|Queensland Residents}}

| yearAstart = 2011

| yearAend = 12

| appearancesA = 2

| triesA = 3

| goalsA = 0

| fieldgoalsA = 0

| pointsA = 12

|source ={{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/luke-capewell/summary.html|title=Luke Capewell – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}

|updated = 5 January 2024

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| relatives = Kurt Capewell (cousin)

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Luke Capewell (born 6 February 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Ipswich Jets after having previously played for various teams in the National Rugby League in the late 2000s and early 2010s. His preferred playing positions are in the halves or the three-quarters. A talented junior player, he is a former Australian Schoolboys and Queensland Under-17s representative.

Background

Capewell was born and raised in Charleville, a small town in western Queensland, and played football there until the age of 17. In Under-12s, his schoolboys team won the Queensland Foundation Cup against Murgon at ANZ Stadium in Sydney. While attending Redcliffe State High School, Capewell played for the Australian Schoolboys in 2006.{{cite web|title=SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2130-0-0-0&sID=26424|accessdate=2008-10-10| publisher=SportingPulse}} He is the cousin of fellow NRL player and State of Origin representative Kurt Capewell.

Career

Capewell made his National Rugby League debut on 1 June 2008 for the South Sydney Rabbitohs playing against the St George-Illawarra Dragons. He played at fullback and scored a try late in the second half.

Following a season-ending shoulder injury to regular five-eighth John Sutton during Souths' campaign to make the 2010 NRL season's finals, Capewell was named to fill in the role.

In 2011, he played for the Gold Coast Titans in a season where they finished with the wooden spoon; however, he signed with the Brisbane Broncos for the 2012 NRL season.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/parramatta-eels-defeat-the-gold-coast-titans-to-avoid-wooden-spoon-for-2011/news-story/fc87216a6a23a4b8d0eefd6174b60c47/|title=Parramatta Eels defeat the Gold Coast Titans to avoid wooden spoon for 2011|website=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney}}

In 2012, he was named in the Queensland Residents side.[http://www.nrl.com/queensland-residents-team-named/tabid/10874/newsid/68240/default.aspx Queensland Residents team named] nrl.com, 25 June 2012

Capewell signed with the Penrith Panthers in the mid-season of 2013; however, he was unable to force his way into the first-grade line-up and played the season with the Panthers' feeder team, the Windsor Wolves.{{cite web |url=http://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/news-display/Panthers-sign-Luke-Capewell/75501 |title=Panthers sign Luke Capewell – Penrith Panthers |accessdate=2013-09-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060551/http://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/news-display/Panthers-sign-Luke-Capewell/75501 |archivedate=21 September 2013 }}

In 2017, Capewell joined Queensland Cup side Ipswich.{{cite web|url=https://www.qt.com.au/news/cool-hand-luke-back-to-his-best-for-jets/3205885/|title=Cool hand Luke back to his best for Jets|website=qt.com.au}}

References

External links

[http://football.ipswichjets.com.au/players/luke-capewell Ipswich Jets profile]
[http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/playerstats/playerprofile/tabid/10898/clubid/1/playerid/640/seasonid/10/default.aspx NRL profile]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080626080507/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/The-Club/Players/LukeCapewell.html South Sydney Rabbitohs profile]

Category:1989 births

Category:Living people

Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen

Category:21st-century Indigenous Australian people

Category:Australian rugby league players

Category:Brisbane Broncos players

Category:Gold Coast Titans players

Category:Indigenous Australian rugby league players

Category:Ipswich Jets players

Category:North Sydney Bears NSW Cup players

Category:Queensland Residents rugby league team players

Category:Redcliffe Dolphins players