Quick Facts
Biography
Luke Wallace (born 2 October 1990 in St Albans, England), is a rugby union player for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership. He is a Flanker, usually playing at Open-side.
Luke Wallace, educated at Cottesmore School & Tonbridge School, started playing rugby at school and progressed through Harlequins Elite Player Development Group to the senior Academy. He was selected to play for Quins in the 2009 Middlesex Sevens and in November that year made his first XV debut against Newcastle Falcons in the LV Cup. He continued developing and in January 2011 signed his first senior contract.
2011/12 was a breakthrough season for Wallace, starting with a strong performance in the Premiership Sevens. Luke was dual registered to Esher, but World Cup call ups and two backrow injuries in the opening match of the season saw him starting for the club in rounds 2-7 of the Aviva Premiership. Harlequins were unbeaten during this period and Wallace attracted considerable praise, winning several man of the match awards, the first Etihad player of the month awardand later being short listed for the Land Rover Discovery of the Year. Wallace made another 11 first team starts through the season and totalled 24 appearances.
International career
Wallace was selected for the England squad to face the Barbarians in the summer of 2014.