Josh Walters
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Full name | Joshua Walters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Guildford, Surrey, England | 23 December 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 14 st 13 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Second-row, Loose forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 4 July 2021 |
Josh Walters (born 23 December 1994) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for London Broncos in the Betfred Championship.
He played for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League, and spent time on loan from Leeds at the Hunslet Hawks and Featherstone Rovers in the Championship. Walters also spent a season with Featherstone in the second tier.
Background
Walters was born in Guildford, Surrey, England.
Playing career
Leeds Rhinos
A former rugby union player, Walters converted to league and joined Leeds Rhinos in 2013, making his Super League début in 2014 against Huddersfield Giants.[3] He went on to make 8 appearances that year, scoring three tries. He made a further 9 appearances in 2015 and was also dual registered with Hunslet Hawks.
Walters played from the bench in the 2015 Super League Grand Final, and scored the match-winning try in what was his first play-off appearance.[4]
Featherstone Rovers
Walters joined Featherstone ahead of the 2019 Championship season.
London Broncos
He moved to the capital following the Broncos relegation at the conclusion of the 2019 Super League season.
Honours
Super League: 2015
League Leaders' Shield: 2015
Challenge Cup: 2015
Club statistics
Year | Club | Competition | Appearances | Tries | Goals | Drop goals | Points |
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2014 | Leeds Rhinos | Super League | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
2015 | Leeds Rhinos | Super League | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
2015 | Hunslet Hawks | Championship | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | Leeds Rhinos | Super League | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
2016 | Featherstone Rovers | Championship | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
2017 | Leeds Rhinos | Super League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | Featherstone Rovers | Championship | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | Leeds Rhinos | Super League | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
2018 | Featherstone Rovers | Championship | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
2019 | Featherstone Rovers | Championship | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
2020 | London Broncos | Championship | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
2021 | London Broncos | Championship | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Club career total [5][6] | 129 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 124 |
References
External links
- London Broncos profile
- Leeds Rhinos profile
- (archived by web.archive.org) Leeds Rhinos Academy profile
- SL profile
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Use dmy dates from March 2020
- Use British English from March 2020
- Articles without Wikidata item
- Commons category link is the pagename
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Black British sportspeople
- English rugby league players
- Featherstone Rovers players
- Hunslet R.L.F.C. players
- Leeds Rhinos players
- London Broncos players
- Rugby league second-rows
- Rugby league locks
- Rugby league players from Surrey