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LUKE BATEMAN
WHO
|November 17, 2025
THE BOOKTOK CUTIE IS COMING IN HOT WITH A NEW PODCAST
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As an ex-NRL player-turned-logging contractor, the last thing you'd expect to find out about Luke Bateman is his passion for fantasy fiction and steamy romance novels. But that's exactly what landed the former Canberra Raiders player more than 240,000 followers on TikTok, a two-book publishing deal and his very own podcast.
This story is from the November 17, 2025 edition of WHO.
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