Dylan Lucas
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| Born | 9 July 2000 Bega, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row, Lock, Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 12 July 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dylan Lucas (born 9 July 2000) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward and centre for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League.
Background
[edit | edit source]Born in Bega, New South Wales, Lucas is of Indigenous Australian descent.[2] He played his junior rugby league for the Albion Park Eagles, before being signed by the Illawarra Steelers.
Playing career
[edit | edit source]Early years
[edit | edit source]Lucas played for the Illawarra Steelers' Harold Matthews Cup team in 2016 and S. G. Ball Cup side in 2018.[3] In 2019, he joined the Newcastle Knights and played for their Jersey Flegg Cup team.[3] In 2021, he graduated to their NSW Cup team.[4] In 2022, he played in an NRL trial match for Newcastle against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.[5]
2023
[edit | edit source]In 2023, Lucas was upgraded to the Knights' top 30 NRL squad on a contract until the end of 2023.[6] In round 3 of the 2022 NRL season, he made his first grade debut for Newcastle against the Dolphins.[7]
2024
[edit | edit source]Lucas played 21 games for Newcastle in the 2024 NRL season as the club finished 8th and qualified for the finals. They were eliminated in the first week of the finals by North Queensland.[8]
Lucas capped the year off by being selected in the Australian PMs XIII with boom teammate Fletcher Sharpe, Lucas would go on to impress as he also scored a stunning solo try in a 42-20 win against the PNG PMs XIII.
2025
[edit | edit source]In round 12 of the 2025 NRL season, Lucas scored a hat-trick in Newcastle's 25-6 victory over a depleted Penrith side.[9] Lucas made 13 appearances for Newcastle in the 2025 NRL season as the club finished with the wooden spoon.[10]
Statistics
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Games | Tries | Pts |
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| 2023 | File:Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights | 7 | 2 | 8 |
| 2024 | 21 | 7 | 28 | |
| 2025 | 9 | 5 | 20 | |
| Totals | 37 | 14 | 56 |
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External links
[edit | edit source]- 2000 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby league players
- Indigenous Australian rugby league players
- 21st-century Indigenous Australian people
- Newcastle Knights players
- Prime Minister's XIII players
- Rugby league centres
- Rugby league players from Bega, New South Wales
- Rugby league second-rows
- South Newcastle Lions players
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen