EPCR Challenge Cup
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2020
Steven Luatua
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Nationality
New Zealand
Current club
Bristol Bears
Competition
Premiership Rugby
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Career · Bristol Bears captain
A defining leader of Bristol's modern era.
Player data & sources
Caps use dated, reviewed snapshots. Measurements require a source; estimates also require a dated basis. Missing facts remain unrecorded while review continues.
Career Success
Honours
World Rugby U20 Championship
2titles
2010 · 2011
Career Journey
Club History
Auckland
2010–2016
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Blues
2012–2017
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Bristol Bears
2017–Present
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Career Story
Career Highlights
Won back-to-back World Rugby U20 Championships with New Zealand.
Earned 15 All Blacks caps after emerging with Auckland and the Blues.
Joined Bristol in 2017 and became one of the defining players of the club's modern rise.
Captained Bristol to the 2020 European Challenge Cup title.
Passed 150 appearances for Bristol Bears.
Player Profile
Player Summary
Steven Luatua is an elegant, physical and tactically intelligent forward whose handling, lineout work and calm leadership helped transform Bristol into a major Premiership force.