Josh Charnley

Josh Charnley
Personal information
Full name Joshua Charnley[1]
Born (1991-06-26) 26 June 1991[2]
Chorley, Lancashire, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[2]
Weight 16 st 3 lb (103 kg)[2]
Playing information
Rugby league
Position Wing, Centre

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010–16 Wigan Warriors 171 162 103 0 854
2010(loan) → Hull KR 5 5 0 0 20
2018– Warrington Wolves 28 25 0 0 100
Total 204 192 103 0 974
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011 England Knights 2 3 7 0 26
2012– England 8 9 0 0 36
Rugby union
Position Centre, Wing[3]

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–18 Sale Sharks 32 4 0 0 20
As of 14 October 2018
Source: [4][5][6]

Joshua Charnley (born 26 June 1991) is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Warrington Wolves in the Super League. An England international representative winger, he previously played for the Wigan Warriors (with whom he won the 2013 and 2016 Super League Championships) and Hull Kingston Rovers.[5] Charnley also played rugby union for the Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership.

Background

Charnley was born in Chorley, Lancashire on 26 June 1991. Originally started playing for Chorley Panthers and Then local amateurs Wigan St Patricks leading to Super League's Wigan Warriors.

Professional playing career

Charnley made numerous appearances for the Under 20s in 2010 before joining Blackpool Panthers on dual registration and then Hull Kingston Rovers on loan. He was a player around the fringes of a first team opportunity at Wigan before the possibility came to join Hull Kingston Rovers for a month. Injuries meant he was given the chance to play first team rugby by Hull KR coach Justin Morgan, making his Super League début. Charnley showed great promise on his début for Hull KR against Leeds in 2010 and picked up the club man of the match award. He scored five tries in five appearances which included a hat-trick in Hull KR's home win over Castleford, and the opening try in the derby clash with Hull F.C..

Wigan Warriors

Charnley made his first team début for Wigan at Craven Park against Hull Kingston Rovers in August where he scored a try off the bench. He played on the wing for Wigan in the 2011 Challenge Cup Final, scoring the first try (and breaking a bone in his hand) in his side's victory over Leeds.

Charnley playing for Wigan

Charnley made his International début for the England Knights in a friendly International against France in 2011. He scored 2 tries and kicked four goals on his début. He went on to make another Knights appearance against Cumbria one week later.

In the 2012 Super League season Charnley he scored 31 tries to help Wigan to the League Leaders' Shield. This put Charnley in 3rd place in the all-time top try scorers in a regular season in the summer era as only Lesley Vainikolo (36 tries) and Danny McGuire (35 tries), both in 2004, have scored more tries in a Super League regular season. Charnley made his senior International début for England against Wales in the 2012 Autumn International Series. Charnley scored 4 tries in his first appearance for his country.[6]

Charnley then went onto an even better 2013 season helping Wigan Warriors to the double (Challenge Cup winners and Super League champions) scoring a record-breaking 43 tries ranking him 1st. He represented England in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

Although the game ended in a 36-14 defeat for Wigan, Charnley scored two tries in the 2014 World Club Challenge against NRL champions Sydney Roosters. On 18 June 2014, he scored 5 tries in a 48-4 victory over Widnes Vikings. Despite missing two months of action due to a knee injury, Charnley still scored at a rate of over a try a game with 23 tries in 21 games in the 2014 season. He represented England at the 2014 Four Nations.

During the 2016 season, it was announced that Charnley would switch codes to join Sale Sharks at the end of the 2016 Super League season. Charnley signed off in style as he scored the winning try in the 2016 Super League Grand Final against the Warrington Wolves, chasing and touching down a beautifully weighted kick from Dan Sarginson.

Rugby Union

On 30- March 2016, Charnley makes the cross-code switch to Rugby Union with Manchester-based Sale Sharks who compete in the Aviva Premiership from the 2016-17 season.[7] Charnley was not able to repeat his scoring success in Rugby Union that he enjoyed in Rugby League, scoring a meagre four tries in 32 games. Charnley then returned to Rugby League for the 2018 summer season. His last game in Rugby Union was against London Irish in February 2018.

Warrington Wolves

Charnley returned to rugby league for the 2018 season with English Super League club, Warrington Wolves.

Honours

Grand Final: 3

2010, 2013, 2016

League Leaders' Shield: 2

2010, 2012

Challenge Cup: 2

2011, 2013

Super League Top Try Scorer: 2

2012 (31 tries), 2013 (43 tries)

References

  1. ↑ Josh Charnley at ESPNscrum
  2. 1 2 3 "Josh Charnley Wigan Warriors". www.superleague.co.uk. Rugby Football League. 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sam Burgess v Tom Johnson in A-League". ESPN. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. 1 2 "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Sale Sharks sign Wigan Warriors star Josh Charnley". Manchester Evening News. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.