Luke Thompson (rugby union)
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Luke Thompson (トンプソン ルーク, Tonpuson Rūku, born 16 April 1981) is a retired
.Thompson started his career with
International
In 2007 he qualified through residency to play for Japan and made his debut in April against Hong Kong.[2] He then became a regular member of the side for all of John Kirwan's reign as Japan coach between 2007 and 2011 representing them at two World Cups. In the 2007 tournament he notably scored 2 tries as Japan pushed Fiji close.[3]
After the 2011 Rugby World Cup, he was left out of the Japan squad for the 2012 Asian 5 Nations by new Japan coach Eddie Jones who had decided to have fewer foreigners in the team than his predecessor Kirwan.
He was recalled briefly in November 2012 where he was called up to the squad as an injury replacement for Toshizumi Kitagawa and started in Japan's first away wins in Europe against Romania and Georgia.[4] In 2013 he was retained in Japan's wider 41 man training squad for the Asian 5 Nations and Pacific Nations Cup, but was cut from the squad when it was trimmed.
Thompson obtained
During the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Thompson was part of a successful campaign by the Japanese rugby team, where they achieved three wins including against two-time world champions, South Africa. He was also part of the Japanese team in 2019 World Cup, when as hosts they beat Ireland, ranked second in the world at that time, 19-12.[14]
References
Luke Thompson's father is former Canterbury Stalwart, Dave Thompson who had an impressive Canterbury career at Representative level
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