Shane Walker (rugby league, born 1978)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 1 March 1978 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||
| Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb; 203 lb) | |||||
| Position | Hooker | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1996–02 | Brisbane Broncos | 82 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2003–06 | South Sydney | 67 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Total | 149 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
| Source: NRL Stats | ||||||
Shane Walker (born 1 March 1978) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played in the National Rugby League for the Brisbane Broncos and South Sydney Rabbitohs, mostly in the position of hooker.
Shane Walker was born in Toowoomba, Queensland. While attending St Mary's High School in 1995, Walker was selected to play for the Australian Schoolboys team.[1]
Like his elder brother Ben and younger brother Chris, Shane Walker started playing in the National Rugby League with the Brisbane Broncos. Having won the 2000 NRL Premiership, the Broncos traveled to England to play against 2000's Super League V Champions, St Helens RLFC for the 2001 World Club Challenge, with Walker playing from the interchange bench in Brisbane's loss. Walker later moved to the South Sydney Rabbitohs club.
Walker became co-head Coach of the Ipswich Jets who play in the Queensland Cup alongside his brother Ben.[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". Sporting Pulse. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ↑ Round 1 Queensland Intrust Super Cup Preview rleague.com, 18 March 2011
Sources
- Whiticker, Alan; Hudson, Glen (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd. p. 609. ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.