Date of birth | 18 July 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Dorset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | The Southport School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Leigh Halfpenny (second cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luke Evans (born 18 July 1988), is a Welsh rugby union footballer who played for the Australian Schoolboys national rugby union team and the Wales national under-20 rugby union team. Born in Dorset, England, he was reared in Australia but can play for the Welsh national through the lineage of his Welsh father. He was originally part of the Queensland Reds' academy, before moving to Cardiff RFC in September 2007.