Alex Walmsley
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| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 10 April 1990 Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England | |||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) | |||||
| Weight | 18 st 2 lb (115 kg)[1] | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2012–13 | Batley Bulldogs | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 2013– | St Helens | 75 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Total | 97 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |
| As of 28 July 2015 | ||||||
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Alex Walmsley (born 10 April 1990) is an English professional rugby league player for St Helens in the Super League. He previously played for Batley in the Championship. His position of choice is Prop.
Club career
Born in Dewsbury, Walmsley started his career in the amateur leagues, playing for Dewsbury Celtic and his university team, Leeds Met Carnegie.[2] In 2011, he received the National Conference League player of the year award.[3]
In February 2012, Walmsley signed for Batley following a spell on trial at the club.[4] He won Batley's player of the year award and the Championship Young Player of the Year during his only season with the club, before signing with St Helens for the start of the 2013 season.[5]
Walmsley briefley returned to Batley at the start of 2013 on a dual registration before establishing himself in the St Helens first team that season.[6]
St Helens reached the 2014 Super League Grand Final and Walmsley was selected to play from the interchange bench in their 14-6 victory over Wigan.[7]
Walmsley's form in 2015 saw him named to the Super League Dream Team for the first time as well as earning him a nomination for the Man of Steel award.[8]
References
- ↑ "Alex Walmsley". St Helens RFLC. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ↑ "The stars of 2013: The talents that will hit the big time next year". The Independent. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ↑ "Top Conference award for Alex". Batley and Birstall News. Johnston Press. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ↑ "Batley Bulldogs complete Walmsley deal". Batley and Birstall News. Johnston Press. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ↑ "St Helens sign Batley Bulldogs prop Alex Walmsley". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ↑ "New St Helens Super League signing Alex Walmsley hoping for big start against Huddersfield Giants". Huddersfield Examiner. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ↑ Cartwright, Phil (11 October 2014). "St Helens v Wigan as it happened". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ↑ Trio up for Man of Steel award