Joe Westerman

Joe Westerman
Personal information
Full name Joe Westerman
Born (1989-11-15) 15 November 1989
Pontefract, England
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight 104 kg (16 st 5 lb)[1]
Playing information
Position Stand-off, Second-row, Loose forward

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2007–10 Castleford Tigers 103 43 175 0 522
2011–15 Hull F.C. 126 29 59 1 235
2016–17 Warrington Wolves 53 12 0 0 48
2018 Toronto Wolfpack 6 0 0 0 0
2018– Hull F.C. 6 0 0 0 0
Total 294 84 234 1 805
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011 England Knights 1 0 0 0 0
2014 England 1 0 0 0 0
As of 29 July 2018
Source: [2][3]

Joe Westerman is a rugby league footballer who plays for Hull F.C. in the European Super League.[2][3] He plays as a stand-off, second-row or loose forward.

He previously played for the Warrington Wolves, Castleford Tigers and the Toronto Wolfpack.

Background

Westerman was born in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.

Castleford Tigers

Joe burst onto the scene in 2007 in Castleford Tigers NL1 campaign after signing from junior club Featherstone Lions. Joe played in most of Castleford's games and scored 2 tries in the NL1 Grand Final at Headingley. Joe was named NL1 young player of the year.

In 2008 Joe had a great first season in Super League for Castleford scoring 12 tries in 25 games. He was tipped for being a future England RL international.[4] Joe missed out on the squad at the end of the season due to being injured for Castleford's final 2 games.

2009 saw Joe suffer a fit on the pitch in a game against St. Helens in a game at Castleford. Joe came back from that and played on through 2009 though his form slightly dipped.

Hull F.C

Westerman was Hull F.C.’s marquee signing for Super League XVI, with the Black and Whites paying one of their highest ever transfer fees to secure the services of the former Castleford Tigers man.

Despite being just 21, the talented loose forward/lock set the league alight with his early career form, being voted Super League Young Player of the Year in 2007 and winning the same award for Castleford Tigers. He’s been around the fringes of the international setup for quite sometime, although is yet to make is début, but many believe the move to the KC Stadium will now help him do that.

Despite being a big forward with the ability to play as a loose forward/lock or second-row, he has superb ball handling skills, meaning he’s just as comfortable as a stand-off/five-eighth. On top of that, he’s one of the games strongest kickers, notching up 154 goals along with 36 tries in just 86 appearances ahead of the kick off of Super League XVI.

In October 2014, Westerman made his international début starting in a match for England against Samoa in the 2014 Four Nations.

Warrington Wolves

In October 2015, Westerman signed a 3-year contract with Warrington for a fee of £150,000 [5]

Toronto Wolfpack

Upon promotion from League 1 in 2017, Westerman signed with Rugby Leagues first trans-Atlantic team, the Toronto Wolfpack on October 1, 2017.[6] Westerman joins fellow Wolves teammate Ashton Sims for the 2018 season, who signed with the Wolfpack less than a month prior.[7]

He is set to sign for Wakefield Trinity after being granted a release from his contract with the Wolfpack.

He was set to join Wakefield Trinity when Hull FC swooped in at the last minute to secure his signature for the rest of the 2018 season.

References

  1. 1 2 "Hull 1st Team Joe Westerman". Hull FC. Hull FC. 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Hull FC sell Joe Westerman to Warrington Wolves for £150,000". Hull Daily Mail. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Joe Westerman Joins the Toronto Wolfpack". Toronto Wolfpack. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Toronto Wolfpack sign Fiji international prop Ashton Sims for next season". Toronto Star. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
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