Colton Roche

Colton Roche
Personal information
Born (1993-06-23) 23 June 1993
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 16 st 0 lb (102 kg)
Playing information
Position Prop, Second-row, Centre

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–12 Leeds Rhinos 0 0 0 0 0
2012–12 Oldham 2 0 0 0 0
2013–13 Sheffield Eagles 19 0 0 0 0
2014–14 Featherstone Rovers 1 0 0 0 0
2014–15 York City Knights 34 5 0 0 20
2016–16 Featherstone Rovers 17 1 0 0 4
2017 Bradford Bulls 25 3 0 0 12
2018– Huddersfield Giants 7 0 0 0 0
2018(loan) → York City Knights 5 0 0 0 0
Total 110 9 0 0 36
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012 Ireland 2 0 0 0 0
As of 7 October 2018
Source: [1][2]

Colton Roche is an Irish international rugby league footballer who plays for the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League. He is a utility player, who can play a number of positions, namely Prop, Second Row and Centre.

He has played for the Bradford Bulls.

Background

Colton was born and brought up in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

He played for the Headingley Hawks junior club during his amateur days, representing Yorkshire and England Schools.

Career

Colton signed for Leeds academy in 2009 after impressing through the scholarship squad, adapting to different forward roles and used in the centre. He played for the Leeds academy until the end of the 2012 season.

He was released from Leeds to join the 2012 Championship winners Sheffield Eagles.[3]

Colton was selected to play for Ireland in 2012, qualifying under his grand mother's nationality. He came off the bench against Scotland and the England Knights.

Colton Represented Ireland in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup

In 2016, he was called up to the Ireland squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup European Pool B qualifiers.[4]

Bradford Bulls

2017 - 2017 Season

Roche featured in the pre-season friendlies against Huddersfield Giants, and Keighley Cougars. He scored against Keighley Cougars (1 try).

Colton featured in Round 1 (Hull Kingston Rovers) to Round 10 (Halifax) then in Round 12 (Toulouse Olympique) to Round 17 (Featherstone Rovers). He played in Round 19 (Oldham) to Round 20 (Halifax) then in Round 22 (Batley Bulldogs) to Round 23 (Swinton Lions). Colton played in the Championship Shield Game 1 (Toulouse Olympique) to Game 3 (Swinton Lions) then in Game 6 (Dewsbury Rams) to Game 7 (Rochdale Hornets). He scored against London Broncos (1 try), Dewsbury Rams (1 try) and Featherstone Rovers (1 try).

At the end of the season Roche signed with Super League side Huddersfield Giants on a two-year deal.[5]

Statistics do not include pre-season friendlies.

SeasonAppearanceTriesGoalsF/GPoints
2017 Bradford Bulls2530012
Total2530012

References

  1. ↑ loverugbyleague
  2. ↑ Rugby League Project
  3. ↑ Collins, James (18 December 2012). "Sheffield Eagles announce arrival of 'baby' of the pack".
  4. ↑ "Warrington Wolves trio named in Ireland squad for World Cup qualifiers". Warrington Guardian. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Colton Roche: Huddersfield Giants sign Bradford Bulls forward". BBC Sport. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.


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