Oliver Luke

Bahrain

Height: 5’ 8” / 176cm

Weight: 78kgs / 12st 2lbs

Position: Fly-half

Age: 30

Birthplace: Brighton, UK

Years in the Middle East: Five

Honours: Representing Worthing in National League 1 for a season

Favourite childhood memory of rugby: Going on a rugby tour to New Zealand with mates at U16 county level, winning five games out of six, beating Wesley College 16-12, and being able to do moves like a double dummy switch, and it actually working

Favourite player growing up: Carlos Spencer, he had such a strut around the pitch and never knew what he was going to do next

Rugby team you support: Harlequins and England

Best international at the moment and why: Beauden Barrett, he’s got it all

Rule you would change and why: A knock-on should be a free-kick to the other team and play from there. Scrums suck so much energy out of players and slow the game down

Best game you ever saw: Don’t watch rugby

Toughest opponent in UAE (team or player): Abu Dhabi Harlequins. Never like playing against them, as they seem to have the winning habit

Funniest/most embarrassing moment in your career: When I was kicking off the final at Bournemouth 7’s. The ref blew the whistle and I kicked up a huge puff of sand and the ball dribbled 10m with the whole crowd laughing

Greatest achievement in any sport: Completing the 70.3 Bahrain Iron Man and many other triathlons and races

If you could be a professional in any other sport what it would be and why? A Triathlete. The reward you get for training so hard and getting such fast times over such long distances

Favourite meal: Sushi, all the Sushi

Favourite place in the Middle East: Muscat, a boat trip along the coastline, or a trip up to the Wadis, you can’t beat it