Luke Upton

Luke Upton was born and bred in South Wales, and his first job was selling match-day lottery tickets for Swansea RFC in those last glorious years before regional rugby arrived. After studying at the University of Sussex he began working in business journalism and media in London where he lives today with his young family.

A lifelong (and frequently long suffering) rugby fan, his first book, rugby satire Absolutely Huge ("Hilarious" - The Guardian) was published in 2018. The bestselling Hard Men of Rugby, was published Autumn 2020 and as well as topping the Amazon charts for rugby books, it was also named one of Rugby World magazine’s books of the year 2020. In September 2022, his third rugby book, Rugby's Greatest Mavericks was published | @MrLukeUpton