Luke Brittain Jacobson is a New Zealand rugby union player born on 20 April 1997 in Te Awamutu and raised in nearby Cambridge in the Waikato region. He represented the New Zealand Under-20 side in 2016 and captained it to the World Rugby Under-20 Championship title in Georgia in 2017. Named in the 2019 Rugby World Cup squad, he withdrew due to delayed concussion symptoms and did not play in the tournament. AccoladesAs captain of the New Zealand Under-20 team, Jacobson led the side to the 2017 World Rugby Under-20 Championship title. Earlier he captained Waikato at the Jock Hobbs Memorial Under-19 Tournament and earned Player of the Tournament honours.