Ian Lucas

Who is Ian Lucas?

Ian Lucas is a professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s, and coach of the 1990s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Wigan, as a Prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, and coaching at club level for Leigh. Ian Lucas won caps for Great Britain while at Wigan in 1991 against France, and in 1992 against Australia.

Ian Lucas was a substitute in Wigan’s 8-2 victory over Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the 1987 World Club Challenge at Central Park, Wigan on the 7th October 1987. During the 1991–92 Rugby Football League season, he played for defending champions Wigan from the interchange bench in their 1991 World Club Challenge victory against the visiting Penrith Panthers. He was selected to go on the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand. During the 1992–93 Rugby Football League season Lucas played from the interchange bench for defending RFL champions Wigan in the 1992 World Club Challenge against the visiting Brisbane Broncos.