Luke Whitelock Net Worth, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki!
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Updated on January 07, 2026
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Luke Whitelock Biography
Luke Whitelock is one of the most popular and richest Rugby Union Player who was born on January 29, 1991 in New Zealand. Luke was born in Palmerston North, and grew up on a dairy farm in Linton, 11km south-west from the city. His grandfather, Nelson Dalzell (1950), was a 1950’s All Black. Father Braeden, a former Manawatu representative and father Braeden were all rugby players. He had 3 older brothers, Sam, Adam, and George. Sam and George went on to play for the Crusaders and Canterbury, while Sam and Sam became All Blacks.
Whitelock was 20 when he made his debut in the Canterbury squad ahead of the 2011 ITM Cup. He played 4 times in his first season of provincial rugby and won his first ITM Cup Premiership medal. His side defeated Waikato 12-3. After gaining Super Rugby experience with Crusaders the following year, Whitelock became a more regular member of Canterbury’s starting team. He was featured 9 times and scored his first provincial try, as the men in red, black and black retained their ITM Cup title. They defeated Auckland 31-18.
In 2013, he played in all 18 of the Crusaders matches as they were once again eliminated at the semi-final stage by the Chiefs who went on to defend their title by defeating the Brumbies in the final. While in 2014 despite competing for a starting place with the likes of; Richie McCaw, Kieran Read and Jordan Taufua, Whitelock started a then career high 10 times and scored 2 tries to help the Crusaders make the Super Rugby final where they narrowly went down to the Waratahs in Sydney, losing 33-32.
2013 saw him win his 3rd ITM Cup in 3 years as Canterbury finished 2nd behind Wellington on the Premiership log, but were able to overcome the Lions 29-13 in the final. Whitelock scored 3 tries in 10 games to help Canterbury lift their 6th ITM Cup in a row. However, they were unable to hold on to their title in 2014, going down to local rivals, Tasman in the semi-final with Whitelock featuring in all 11 of their games during the year.
Luke became the fourth Whitelock for Crusaders Super Rugby in 2012 after impressive performances in his first season with Canterbury. He was able to play a lot of Super Rugby game time despite fierce competition among the franchise’s loose forwards.
| Name | Luke Whitelock |
| First Name | Luke |
| Last Name | Whitelock |
| Occupation | Rugby Union Player |
| Birthday | January 29 |
| Birth Year | 1991 |
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| Birth Country | New Zealand |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
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| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Known |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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2015 would prove to be his final year with the Crusaders and it would also be his least productive with the franchise, starting just twice out of a total of 8 appearances as the men from Christchurch endured a disappointing campaign and finished in 7th place, just missing out on the playoffs. The Highlanders were the competition’s form team in 2015, defeating the Hurricanes 21-14 in the final and to bolster their squad ahead of their title defense in 2016, they announced that Whitelock would be moving south to join them ahead of the 2016 season. He started 12 times in his first season in Dunedin as his new franchise failed to retain their Super Rugby title, bowing out 42-30 to the Lions in the semi-finals.
Luke Whitelock Net Worth
Luke Whitelock is one of the richest Rugby Union Player from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Luke Whitelock's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Luke Charles Whitelock, born 29 January 1991, is a New Zealand rugby union star who plays loose forward for Canterbury in New Zealand’s domestic Mitre10 Cup and the Highlanders at the international Super Rugby competition.
Whitelock represented New Zealand Schools in 2008. He was also a member the New Zealand Under-20 teams that won the IRB Junior World Championship in 2010. In 2011, Whitelock was captain of the side and played 9 games in both tournaments.
He earned his first call up to the senior New Zealand side ahead of the 2013 end-of-year rugby union internationals and debuted as a second-half replacement for Dominic Bird in a 54-6 victory over Japan in Tokyo.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Rugby Union Player |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Ahead of the 2015 ITM Cup, he was named as Canterbury captain, following in the footsteps of older brother, George, who led the Cantabrians to five successive national titles between 2009 and 2013. Luke’s captaincy got off to the perfect start as Canterbury went through the regular season with a record of 9 wins and 1 loss and after defeating Taranaki and Auckland in the playoffs they were crowned ITM Cup champions once again. It was a title they held onto in 2016, with the competition renamed the Mitre 10 Cup, but Whitelock still captaining a star-studded Canterbury side, they once again finished top of the Premiership log and after overpowering Counties Manukau in the semi-finals they gained revenge on Tasman for their 2013 semi-final loss by defeating them 43-27 in the final, making it 8 championships in 9 years.
On 5 November 2016, Whitelock featured in the number 8 jersey for the Barbarians in their 31-31 draw against South Africa at Wembley Stadium. He played all 80 minutes in a side which contained former Crusaders teammates Jordan Taufua and Andrew Ellis.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
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| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
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Whitelock has Captained Canterbury, the Highlanders and New Zealand’s international team, the All Blacks throughout his professional career. Whitelock was capped for New Zealand 7 times between his international debut in 2013 and his final test in 2018. Whitelock has previously played for the Crusaders, New Zealand’s U20 team, a World XV team and the Barbarian F.C. rugby club, internationally.
Whitelock was selected for the Barbarians again in 2017, starting for them against the All Blacks, in a 22-31 loss. Following the fixture, Whitelock was called into the All Blacks squad, as injury cover for 81-test veteran Jerome Kaino, who was also injured against the Barbarians, by coincidence. Whitelock was named to Captain the All Blacks against a French XV, in only his second appearance in a black jersey, the following week, playing the full 80 minutes of the match, as the All Blacks won the non-capped fixture by 28-23.
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Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Luke Whitelock. You may help us to build the dating records for Luke Whitelock!Whitelock then went on to start at number 8, in the test against Wales on the 2017 end-of-year tour as well, starting alongside his older brother, with Sam Captaining the All Blacks against Wales. Whitelock had a solid performance against Wales, in the 33-18 win, and was replaced by his former Crusaders team-mate, Matt Todd, in the 45th minute.
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Luke Ranked on the list of most popular Rugby Union Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Luke Whitelock celebrates birthday on January 29 of every year.
For the 2018 end-of-year tour, Whitelock was only named in the wider training squad of the extended 51-man All Blacks squad, having only played one test during the Rugby Championship. Ardie Savea’s outstanding performance at number 8 against Argentina, as well as the arrival of then-uncapped Blues flanker, Dalton Papalii and the return of Matt Todd from Japan, as well as Liam Squire from injury, were seen as reasons for Whitelock’s omission from the main 31-man group travelling to Europe for tests against England, Ireland and Italy. Whitelock was named Captain of the All Blacks, for the 3 November test against Japan, leading out a team containing eight test debutants. Whitelock became the 70th player to Captain the All Blacks in a test, leading them to a 69-31 win over Japan, after a hat-trick of tries from Ngani Laumape and two tries from debutant, George Bridge, sealed out the win.
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