Lucas Albert

Lucas Albert (born 4 July 1998) is a French rugby league footballer who plays as a scrum-half or stand-off for AS Carcassonne in the Elite One Championship and France at international level.

Lucas Albert
Personal information
Born (1998-07-04) 4 July 1998
Carcassonne, France
Height5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)
Weight13 st 1 lb (83 kg)
Playing information
PositionScrum-half, Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015–20 Catalans Dragons 56 8 28 0 88
2016–20 → Saint-Esteve 15 4 30 3 79
2021 AS Carcassonne 3 1 0 0 4
2021–23 Toulouse Olympique 22 1 0 0 4
2023– AS Carcassonne 0 0 0 0 0
Total 96 14 58 3 175
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017– France 5 0 3 0 6
2019– France 9s 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2][3]
As of 1 July 2023

Albert has previously played for the Catalans Dragons in the Super League, and spent time from Catalans on loan at Saint-Esteve in the Elite One Championship. He has also played for AS Carcassonne in the Elite One Championship.

Background

Albert was born in Carcassonne, France.

Club career

Catalans Dragons

Albert debuted for the Catalans Dragons against the Widnes Vikings in July 2015.[4]

AS Carcassonne

On 17 Nov 2020 it was reported that he had signed for AS Carcassonne in the Elite One Championship[5]

Toulouse Olympique

On 28 April 2021, it was announced that Albert would join Toulouse Olympique in the Championship for the remainder of the 2021 season. Due to an injury sustained playing for Carcassonne, Albert did not join Toulouse until July. He made his debut in the final match of the regular season in the 82-12 victory at Newcastle Thunder.[6] He did not play in either of the two play-off matches that saw Toulouse promoted to Super League.

On 22 October 2021, Toulouse announced that Albert had signed a new two year contract with the Super League club until the end of the 2023 season.[7] Albert played 21 games for Toulouse in the 2022 Super League season as they finished bottom of the table and were relegated back to the RFL Championship.[8]

International career

He was selected in France 9s squad for the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.[9][10]

References
  1. loverugbyleague
  2. RLP
  3. itsrugby
  4. "Rugby à XIII / Super League : Lucas Albert effectue le grand saut avec les Dracs face à Widnes".
  5. "Catalans playmaker Lucas Albert to join Carcassonne at end of season". Love Rugby League. 17 Nov 2020. Retrieved 10 Jan 2021.
  6. "Newcastle Thunder v Toulouse - Rugby League".
  7. "Lucas ALBERT prolonge au TO pour deux saisons". 22 October 2021.
  8. "Toulouse suffering "untold damage" due to relegation from Super League". www.loverugbyleague.com.
  9. "La liste des joueurs pour la Coupe du Monde dévoilée!" (in French). FFRXIII. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  10. "XIII de France: Romain Puso remplace Lilian Albert, forfait!" (in French). FFR XIII. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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