In 2002, he played every game once again and also played for Country Origin. Luke played for Country Origin in 2002 and 2004.

In season 2003, his sequence of consecutive games was interrupted at 53 games, however he did play in the Preliminary Final loss against the Roosters.

In 2004, he played in every game, including the Premiership winning game against the Roosters before his sequence of consecutive games was interrupted again, this time at 63 games in 2005.

In 2004, Luke was nominated for the Berries to Bulldogs 70 Year Team of Champions.

He was one of just three Bulldogs to feature in all 26 games in season 2006 (2073 minutes) and in those appearances he missed just 10 minutes of football after being sin-binned against South Sydney in Round 6. Only Hazem El Masri had more game time with 2083 minutes.

In season 2006, the speedy number one dove over for 10 tries while he managed to produce the most hitups and metres gained for the 'Dogs with a total of 411 and 3,622 respectively as he received the Player of the Year award.

Since becoming a Bulldog, the 28-year-old has played 170 first grade games, missing just 13 matches in his seven years at the club. Eight of those absences were at the back end of season 2005 after he suffered an ankle injury against the Warriors in Round 18.

In 2007, Patten missed two games due to a shoulder injury but still managed to produce the most metres gained for the Bulldogs with a total of 3,341 metres. He was second to Sonny Bill Williams in the hitup count with 281 compared to Williams 318 but was a clear first in the dummy-half runs count with 101.

Patten played a total of 1,906 minutes, scoring eight tries, setting up five for his team mates and a total of 12 line breaks in an effort which saw him awarded the Player of the Year for the second year running.

Luke has had post-season shoulder surgery and is likely to return for the trial matches.