Luke Bailey

Personal information
Full name	Luke Bailey
Date of birth	January 5, 1980 (1980-01-05) (age 27)
Place of birth	Port Kembla, Australia
Height	1.89 m
Weight	106 kg
Nickname(s)	Bull / Mick Weymann
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
2000 - 2006 2007 -	St George Illawarra Gold Coast	119 (28) 4 (4)
Representative teams
2002 - 2007 2003 - 2007	New South Wales Australia	14 (8) (0)
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Luke Bailey (born January 5, 1980 in Port Kembla, Australia) is an Australian rugby league player for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League competition, he also previously played for the St George Illawarra Dragons. Bailey has appeared for New South Wales on nine occasions to date in his career and for the Australian national side twice. His position of choice is usually at Prop forward. January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Port Kembla is a seaport near Wollongong, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. ... Wally Lewis passing the ball in Rugby League State of Origin. ... The Gold Coast Titans are the 16th and newest team in the Australasias National Rugby League competition. ... poo The National Rugby League (NRL) is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. ... The St. ... The New South Wales Rugby League team represent New South Wales annually in the Rugby League State of Origin competition. ... First international England 22 - 22 Australia (London, England; December 1908) Biggest win Russia 4 - 110 Australia (Hull, England; 4 November 2000) Biggest defeat New Zealand 24 - 0 Australia (Leeds, England; 26 November 2005) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1954) Best result Winners, 1957; 1968; 1970; 1975; 1977; 1988; 1992... A typical rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench. ...

Bailey was originally a junior of the Shellharbour Sharks club before signing for the Illawarra Steelers as a teenager prior to their merger with the St. George Dragons in 1999, he made his debut for the merged club in round one of the 2000 season at the age of twenty playing against local rivals the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Since his debut he has gone on to make a further a further one hundred and eighteen appearances for the Dragons before becoming newly formed National Rugby League franchise Gold Coast Titans second signing for their inaugral 2007 season where he was eventually named co-captain with Scott Prince. Shellharbour is a city and Local Government Area of about 60,000 people. ... The Illawarra Steelers were a top-level rugby league team based in the town of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia. ... The Saint George Dragons was a team in the National Rugby League competition in Australia. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are a team in the National Rugby League (NRL), the premier rugby league football competition in Australia. ... poo The National Rugby League (NRL) is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. ... The Gold Coast Titans are the 16th and newest team in the Australasias National Rugby League competition. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Scott Prince (born February 27, 1980 in Mount Isa, Queensland) is an Australian rugby league player for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League competition and has also represented Queensland. ...

Childhood and early career

He originally began playing rugby league at a junior level for the Shellharbour Sharks at the age of twelve after several seasons of junior soccer^[1]. His talent was quickly noticed and while still an adolescent was signed to a junior development deal with Australian Rugby League club the Illawarra Steelers. At the completion of the 1998 season the Illawarra club was forced to merge with the St. George Dragons and Baileys contract was renewed with the newly merged entity the St George Illawarra Dragons. The Australian Rugby League (ARL) is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in Australia. ... The Illawarra Steelers were a top-level rugby league team based in the town of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Saint George Dragons was a team in the National Rugby League competition in Australia. ... The St. ...

St George Illawarra Dragons

After playing a sole season of lower grade rugby with the Dragons Bailey had impressed the clubs top tier coaches enough to earn a spot on the bench for the Dragons 2000 season opener against local rivals the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks^[2]; a game they would eventually lose twenty-eight to twelve. Bailey would go on to make another two consecutive appearances from the bench but after a twenty-four to zero thumping at the hands of the Canterbury Bulldogs he was dropped for their round four clash with the Northern Eagles. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are a team in the National Rugby League (NRL), the premier rugby league football competition in Australia. ... Canterbury Leagues Club, Belmore The Bulldogs (formerly Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) are a team in the National Rugby League (NRL), the premier rugby league football competition in Australia. ... The Northern Eagles were a short-lived Rugby League team, formed during the rationalisation of the National Rugby League by the merger of the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the North Sydney Bears, in 2000. ...

Bailey would remain in the lower grades at the Dragons before earning a recall to the first grade side against the Wests Tigers in round six and a week later was given his first starting berth by coach David Waite. After an impressive performance during the teams win against the Auckland Warriors during his first start Bailey would remain a staple fixture in the teams starting line-up playing in every remaining season fixture cementing his starting position in the clubs line-up by seasons end. The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football club in the National Rugby League (NRL), the premier rugby league football competition in Australasia. ... David Waite is a former Australian rugby league coach. ... The New Zealand Warriors (formerly Auckland Warriors) are a rugby league team based in Auckland, New Zealand who compete in the Australian based National Rugby League competition. ...

After an impressive first year Bailey began the new season where the last had finished off retaining his starting spot in the front row. He would go on to appear in the Dragons first four appearances of the season impressive with more strong performances until he tore a pectoral muscle during the teams loss to the Warriors ruled him out for the entire 2001 campaign. The New Zealand Warriors (formerly the Auckland Warriors) are a professional rugby league team based in Auckland, New Zealand. ...

The beginning of the 2002 season saw Bailey recover fully from the injury that had prematurely ended his previous playing year and while he missed all of the clubs trials including the Charity Shield fixture against South Sydney he made his return to the team for their opening round clash against Cronulla-Sutherland and would go on to appear in a further twenty consective apperances putting in several man of the match performances and along the way earning himself a call up to the New South Wales State of Origin side. During the Dragons round twenty-one loss to the Newcastle Knights Bailey found himself being severely reprimanded for the first time in his short career after opposing forward Josh Perry had claimed Bailey had bitten him on the forearm before withdrawing the allegation moments later^[3]. The seriousness of the allegation and the media frenzy that followed however saw Bailey being called up to face the NRL Judiciary however he was later cleared of any wrong doing^[4]. Regarded as the unofficial start to the National Rugby League (NRL) season, the Charity Shield has been in operation since 1982 (with the exception of 2000 and 2001 when Souths were not in the NRL). ... The South Sydney Rabbitohs, also known as Souths, SSFC or The Rabbits, are an Australian professional rugby league team based in Sydney, New South Wales. ... The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are a team in the National Rugby League (NRL), the premier rugby league football competition in Australia. ... The New South Wales Rugby League team represent New South Wales annually in the Rugby League State of Origin competition. ... Players are selected to play for the state in which they played their first senior football, hence the name state of origin. Prior to 1980 players were selected for interstate matches on the basis of where they were playing their club football at the time. ... The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Newcastle, New South Wales. ... Joshua Perry (born 4 February 1981) is a rugby league prop forward who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      In law, the judiciary or judicial is the system of courts which administer justice in the name of the sovereign or state, a mechanism for the resolution of disputes. ...

Five weeks later when the Dragons again took on the Newcastle side the spotlight was again on Bailey for a disciplinary issue with Knights coach Michael Hagan claiming that a tackle from him had injured Newcastle captain Andrew Johns and ended his season, however he was not charged over the incident^[5]. The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Newcastle, New South Wales. ... Michael Hagan (born August 12, 1964) is a former premiership-winning rugby league player and Queensland State of Origin representative. ... This article is about the rugby league player. ...

2003 started well for the Dragons with six victories from their first eight games but it would become somewhat of a forgetable one for Bailey after he injured his back during a fixture against the Penrith Panthers and was left with a severe lower back strain^[6] after being cleared of a suspected fractured vertebra^[7]. This injury became a somewhat re-occuring one and hampered his season keeping him out of several matches throughout the year. Further injury at the completion of the year ruled Bailey out of the Australian national side for their end of season Northern hemisphere tour after he required surgery to fix a damaged ear^[8]. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... First international England 22 - 22 Australia (London, England; December 1908) Biggest win Russia 4 - 110 Australia (Hull, England; 4 November 2000) Biggest defeat New Zealand 24 - 0 Australia (Leeds, England; 26 November 2005) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1954) Best result Winners, 1957; 1968; 1970; 1975; 1977; 1988; 1992... The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planets surface (or celestial sphere) that is north of the equator (the word hemisphere literally means half ball). On the Earth, the Northern Hemisphere contains most of the land and about 90% of the human population. ...

After missing the Australian tour and having his first full off-season of training under his belt since 2002 meant that Bailey would play in the Dragons trial matches that year including their 34 - 8 victory in Charity Shield against the Rabbitohs. However the actual season would not start as positively with Bailey being placed on report for a dangerous tackle in the season opener against the Canberra Raiders and then subsequently being charged, forced to miss the round two clash with the Warriors^[9]. Bailey would return from suspension a week later in the Dragons loss to the Melbourne Storm and then go on to play the next few rounds for the Dragons with several strong performances earning him an Australian call up. Though injury would again hamper him again during a regular season fixture against the Sea Eagles in round nine where Bailey re-injured his pectoral muscle as he had also done in 2001 which meant he was in for another lengthy stay on the sidelines being ruled out for the entire regular season^[10]. He would eventually make his return during the final series but not even his presence could help the Dragons from narrowly losing to the Penrith Panthers and having their season over. The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

2005 looked a promising one for both the club and Bailey who would start the season without any injury or suspension clouds hanging over his head. A promising start to the season would continue for the club helped by lack of injuries to key players including 'Bull' Bailey who would go on to make a total of twenty-three appearances for the club guiding them to equal top position of the ladder after all regular season games sitting just behind Parramatta on points difference. The finals series saw Bailey put in an impressive performance in a tough game against the Sharks but all would be in vain as the Dragons would eventually lose in the preliminary finals to eventual winners the Wests Tigers. The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football club in the National Rugby League (NRL), the premier rugby league football competition in Australasia. ...

Baileys last season for the St George Illawarra side would be 20006

Gold Coast Titans

On June 23, 2005; it was announced that the newly formed Gold Coast Titans club was chasing the signature of Bailey for its inaugral 2007 season^[11]. It was confirmed later that month that he had signed a three year deal with the club beginning with the first Titans season and finishing in 2009^[12]. Since signing with the Gold Coast club Bailey has been heralded as the rock^[13] on which the Titans forwards will rely on to start their debut season as possibly best they can and while the club would end up losing its first match by two points to his previous club the St George Illawarra Dragons they would start the season with a 3 and 2 win/loss record earning Bailey a re-call to the Australian national side for the 2007 Anzac test against New Zealand. is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Gold Coast Titans are the 16th and newest team in the Australasias National Rugby League competition. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The St. ... First international England 22 - 22 Australia (London, England; December 1908) Biggest win Russia 4 - 110 Australia (Hull, England; 4 November 2000) Biggest defeat New Zealand 24 - 0 Australia (Leeds, England; 26 November 2005) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1954) Best result Winners, 1957; 1968; 1970; 1975; 1977; 1988; 1992...

New South Wales

Bailey made his Rugby League State of Origin debut for the New South Wales Blues in game I of the 2002 series. He featured in the run-on side in all three games of that drawn series. In 2003 he again made three appearances - all as an impact player coming off the interchange bench. He was Man of the Match in game I of 2003. A torn pectoral muscle in 2004 saw his season disrupted and he took no part in Origin that year. Players are selected to play for the state in which they played their first senior football, hence the name state of origin. Prior to 1980 players were selected for interstate matches on the basis of where they were playing their club football at the time. ... The New South Wales Rugby League team represent New South Wales annually in the Rugby League State of Origin competition. ...

Bailey appeared in all three games in 2005, in games II and III only in 2006 and in all three games of 2007 off the interchange bench. By the end of the Origin series of 2007 he had made fourteen appearances, eight off the bench. The 2005 State of Origin series between the New South Wales Blues and the Queensland Maroons was decided in three matches which drew a total attendance of 187,309. ... The 2006 State of Origin Rugby League series is a three match series between the Queensland Maroons and the NSW Blues. ... The 2007 State of Origin series is the 28th in its history. ...

Australia

Bailey would receive his first call up for the Australian national side during the 2003 season where after some impressive performances he would play his first game during the 2003 Anzac test against the New Zealand national side. However injury would greatly hamper his international career with an ear injury ruling him out of the end of 2003 season Northern hemisphere tour and pectoral muscle and back injuries ruling him out of further selection in selective years. New Zealand team shirt The Logo of the New Zealand Rugby League The New Zealand national rugby league side represent New Zealand at rugby league, and are commonly known as the Kiwis, after the native bird of that name. ...

He would make his second international cap during the 2004 mid season test match against the Kiwis and not make another appearance until being called up to the Australian side after several impressive performances for his new Gold Coast club for the 2007 test against New Zealand^[14].

Career playing statistics

Point scoring summary

Matches played

Footnotes

External links

• Luke Bailey Official Player Profile
• State of Origin Offical website Rugby League Player Stats
• Luke Bailey NRL Profile