Joe Keyes (rugby league)

Joe Keyes
Personal information
Full name Joseph Keyes
Born (1995-09-17) 17 September 1995
Enfield, London, England
Playing information
Position Scrum-half, Stand-off

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–16 London Broncos 28 8 3 0 38
2016(loan) → London Skolars 1 0 0 0 0
2016– Bradford Bulls 50 16 113 2 292
Total 79 24 116 2 330
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015–17 Ireland 6 0 0 0 0
As of 7 October 2018
Source: [1][2]

Joseph "Keysie" Keyes (born 17 September 1995) is an Irish international rugby league footballer who plays for the Bradford Bulls in Betfred League 1. He plays as a scrum-half and can also play as a stand-off.

Background

Keyes was born in Enfield, London, England.[3][4]

London Broncos

Keyes made his début for London Broncos in the Super League against the Widnes Vikings in 2014.[5]

The Ireland international played 28 games for the Broncos in the Super League, and the Championship between 2014 and 2016 before asking for a release.[6]

London Skolars

Keyes spent time on loan in 2016 at the London Skolars.

Bradford Bulls

Joe Keyes signed for the Bradford Bulls on a 2 and a half year contract.

2016 - 2016 Season

Keyes featured in the Championship Shield in Game 3 (Oldham) to Game 6 (Workington Town). He scored against Oldham (1 try, 10 goals), Dewsbury Rams (2 goals), Swinton Lions (7 goals) and Workington Town (3 goals).

Following the Bulls liquidation at the end of the season, Keyes re-signed with the new Bradford club.

2017 - 2017 Season

Keyes featured in the pre-season friendlies against Huddersfield Giants, and Keighley Cougars. He scored against Huddersfield Giants (1 try, 1 goal) and Keighley Cougars (3 goals).

Keyes featured in Round 3 (Swinton Lions) and then in Round 5 (London Broncos). He also played in Round 7 (Dewsbury Rams) to Round 11 (Featherstone Rovers) then in Round 13 (Sheffield Eagles) to Round 16 (Dewsbury Rams). He played in Round 18 (Rochdale Hornets) to Round 23 (Swinton Lions). Keyes featured in the Championship Shield Game 1 (Toulouse Olympique) to Game 2 (Oldham) then in Game 5 (Sheffield Eagles) to Game 7 (Rochdale Hornets). Joe also played in the 2017 Challenge Cup in Round 4 (Featherstone Rovers). He scored against Featherstone Rovers (2 goals, 1 drop goal), Dewsbury Rams (5 goals), Oldham (1 try), Sheffield Eagles (2 goals), Batley Bulldogs (1 try) and Rochdale Hornets (1 try).

He signed a 2 Year extension with the Bulls at the end of the season.

2018 - 2018 Season

After recovering from a knee injury sustained at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, Keyes featured in the pre season friendly against Dewsbury Rams, and Keighley Cougars. He scored against Keighley Cougars (4 goals).

Keyes featured in Round 1 (York City Knights) to Round 8 (Doncaster R.L.F.C.) then in Round 12 (North Wales Crusaders) to Round 18 (York City Knights). He played in Round 21 (North Wales Crusaders) to Round 25 (Oldham R.L.F.C.) then in the Semi Final (Oldham R.L.F.C.) to Final (Workington Town). Keyes played in the 2018 Challenge Cup in Round 3 (West Wales Raiders) then in Round 5 (Warrington Wolves). He scored against York City Knights (5 goals), West Wales Raiders (25 goals), Keighley Cougars (2 tries, 16 goals), Hunslet R.L.F.C. (1 try, 4 goals), Oldham (1 try, 15 goals), Workington Town (1 try, 4 goals), Coventry Bears (2 tries, 6 goals), Warrington Wolves (1 try, 1 goal), Doncaster R.L.F.C. (6 goals), North Wales Crusaders (2 tries) and Whitehaven R.L.F.C. (2 tries, 1 drop goal).

Statistics

Statistics do not include pre-season friendlies.

SeasonAppearanceTriesGoalsF/GPoints
2016 Bradford Bulls4122048
2017 Bradford Bulls2339131
2018 Bradford Bulls2312821213
Total50161132292

Ireland

Keyes made his representative début for Ireland in the 2015 European Cup.[7] He went on to make three appearances in the tournament.

In 2016 he was called up to the Ireland squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup European Pool B qualifiers.[8]

He featured against Spain, and Russia in Ireland's route to the World Cup.

References

  1. ↑ Rugby League Project
  2. ↑ loverugbyleague
  3. ↑ "The Rugby World Cup leaves rugby league fans with mixed emotions". Guardian. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  4. ↑ . BBC. 2014-06-27 https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/27978929. Retrieved 2016-06-09. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ . BBC. 2014-06-28 https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/28006450. Retrieved 2016-06-07. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "London Broncos release Joe Keyes".
  7. ↑ "European Championship: Scotland v Ireland preview". BBC. 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  8. ↑ "Warrington Wolves trio named in Ireland squad for World Cup qualifiers". Warrington Guardian. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
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