Josh Reynolds

Josh Reynolds
Personal information
Born (1989-04-13) 13 April 1989[1]
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight 90 kg (14 st 2 lb)[1]
Playing information
Position Five-eighth, Hooker

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011–17 Canterbury Bulldogs 138 41 0 5 169
2018– Wests Tigers 5 2 0 0 8
Total 143 43 0 5 177
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–14 New South Wales 4 0 0 0 0
2013 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
2014–15 City NSW 2 1 0 0 4
As of 9 September 2018
Source: [2]

Josh Reynolds (born 13 April 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. A New South Wales State of Origin representative five-eighth, he previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs with whom he reached two NRL Grand finals. Reynolds has also been selected to play for City Origin and the Prime Minister's XIII.

Background

Born in Sydney, New South Wales on 13 April 1989, Reynolds attended Clemton Park Public School and Marist College Kogarah.

Playing career

Reynolds played for the Illawarra Steelers in the Harold Matthews Cup and then the Bulldogs team in the SG Ball competition before progressing to the Toyota Cup in 2008. In 2008 and 2009, Reynolds played for the Bulldogs in the under 20s before moving onto the ranks of the New South Wales Cup. Reynolds was named the Bulldogs' 2010 NSW Cup player of the year as well as scoring two tries and kicking four goals, for a personal haul of 16 points, in their 24-12 grand final win over the Windsor Wolves.[3]

Reynolds playing for the Bulldogs in 2011

2011

In round 11 of the 2011 NRL season, Reynolds made his NRL debut for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, playing against the Canberra Raiders at hooker in the 20-12 loss at Canberra Stadium.[4] In round 15, against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, he scored his first NRL try in the Bulldogs 26-10 win at ANZ Stadium.[5] Reynolds finished his debut year in the NRL with 4 tries from 10 matches.

2012

On 30 September, in the 2012 NRL Grand Final match against the Melbourne Storm, Reynolds played at five-eighth in the Bulldogs 14-4 loss.[6][7] He finished his impressive season having played in all of the Bulldogs 27 matches and scoring 10 tries, which was the first time since Terry Lamb that a Bulldogs five-eighth had scored more than 10 tries in a season.

2013

For game 1 of the 2013 State of Origin series, Reynolds was selected to fill in for the injured Kurt Gidley on the interchange bench but did not get a run on the field.[8] He retained his bench spot for game 2, making his official New South Wales debut in the Blues 26-6 loss at Suncorp Stadium.[9] Reynolds wasn't chosen for game 3. Reynolds finished the 2013 NRL season with him playing in 23 matches and scoring 9 tries for the Bulldogs.

On 29 September, Reynolds played for the Prime Minister's XIII off the interchange bench in the 50-10 win over Papua New Guinea in Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.[10]

2014

Reynolds was selected to play for NSW City in the City vs Country Origin match playing at five-eighth, and scored a try in the 26-all draw in Dubbo.[11] Reynolds was chosen as New South Wales five-eighth alongside Bulldogs halves partner Trent Hodkinson for all three games of the 2014 State of Origin series, during which the Blues ended Queensland's 8-series winning streak. On 5 October 2014, in the 2014 NRL Grand Final match against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Reynolds played at five-eighth in the Bulldogs' 30-6 loss.[12][13] Reynolds finished the year with 19 matches and 2 tries for the Bulldogs.

2015

Reynolds playing for the City NSW team in 2015.

Reynolds was selected for the City Origin team at five-eighth as an audition for the vacant five-eighth position for New South Wales 2015 State of Origin series.[14] During the match, Reynolds was penalised and placed on report twice in the second half, one for an attempted trip to stop Country forward Tariq Sims as he scored a try in the 52nd minute and in the 77th minute for a shoulder charge on fullback David Mead.[15][16] He was suspended for one week, and not selected for the Blues team.[17] In the week 1 Elimination Final match against the St George Illawarra Dragons, Reynolds kicked a field goal to win the match for the Bulldogs 11-10 in golden point extra time.[18] He finished the 2015 NRL season with 17 matches, scoring 3 tries and kicking 2 field goals.

2016

In round 4, against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Reynolds played his 100th NRL career match in the Bulldogs 42-12 win at ANZ Stadium.[19] In round 8, against the Gold Coast Titans, he kicked a field goal in golden point extra time to win the match for the Bulldogs 21-20.[20] Reynolds finished the season with 8 tries and 2 field goals from 25 matches.

2017

In February, Reynolds was captain of the Bulldogs 2017 Auckland Nines squad.[21] On 26 April, after weeks of speculation where Reynolds would go after the season's end, he signed a four year contract with the Wests Tigers.[22] The value was believed to be around 3 million over four years.[23] It was quoted in many articles that he "felt sick" about leaving the Bulldogs. His influence on team mates also evident when club captain, James Graham, appeared visibly upset on the TV show NRL 360 whilst talking of Reynolds departure at the end of the year. In Round 18 against the Newcastle Knights, in his final game at Belmore Oval, he was sent off a winner at the death, with Moses Mbye running 70 metres to score the match winning try, afterwards the crowd ran onto the field to celebrate with Reynolds after securing a 20-18 victory.[24] In Round 26 against the St George Illawarra Dragons, Reynolds played his last match in Bulldogs colours but injured his ankle in process of scoring his try and sat out most of his farewell match in the 26-20 win at ANZ Stadium.[25] Reynolds finished his last year with the Bulldogs with 5 tries from 17 matches.

2018

After the departure of Aaron Woods, Reynolds was named as one of 5 co-captains at Wests Tigers, alongside Benji Marshall, Chris Lawrence, Russell Packer and Elijah Taylor. Coach Ivan Cleary said, "I just think it's the right model for us right now. When we started this preseason it was pretty obvious straight away that there was no real pecking order. There was no set culture to adhere to. It was all new."[26]

Named at five-eighth for round 1, Reynolds was a late withdrawal with a hamstring tear. Reynolds then made his long awaited debut in round 6 against The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles but suffered a shoulder bone fracture and was ruled out for at least 4-6 weeks [27]. On 17 July, Reynolds was ruled out for the season with a shoulder injury.[28]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Josh Reynolds". yahoo.com. Yahoo! Sport. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Josh Reynolds - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  3. ↑ "Bulldogs defence shows too much bite for Wolves". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  4. ↑ "Canberra Beat Canterbury Bankstown 20-12". Foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  5. ↑ "Paul Gallen Leads the Way as Cronulla Continue Canterbury Bankstown's Recent Woes at ANZ Stadium". Foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  6. ↑ Badel, Peter (2012-09-30). "Melbourne Storm beat Canterbury Bulldogs in 2012 NRL grand final". News.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  7. ↑ Toohey, Barry (2012-09-30). "Our player ratings for the NRL grand final between Canterbury and the Melbourne Storm". News.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  8. ↑ "Josh Reynolds Wins Battle with John Sutton for Final NSW Bench Spot". Foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  9. ↑ "Queensland v NSW". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  10. ↑ Ritchie, Dean (2013-09-30). "Chaotic day of extremes as Prime Minister's XIII overpower for Papua New Guinea 50-10". News.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  11. ↑ "Jamal Idris Stars in Thrilling City/Country Draw in Dubbo". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  12. ↑ "Rabbitohs Win 2014 NRL Grand Final Defeating Bulldogs 30-6". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  13. ↑ "Bulldogs Grand Final Player Ratings". NRL.com. 2014-10-05. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  14. ↑ Michael Chammas. "Blues State of Origin 2015 jersey is more Mitchell Pearce's to lose than Josh Reynolds' to keep". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  15. ↑ Brad Walter. "Ill-discipline set to cost City five-eighth Josh Reynolds a NSW State of Origin jersey". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  16. ↑ "Live: City Origin v Country Origin". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  17. ↑ "Hodkinson Reynolds Concern; McGuire to Debut for Maroons". Foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  18. ↑ "Benji Marshall injured as Canterbury Bulldogs edge St George Illawarra Dragons in golden point". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  19. ↑ "Reynolds puckers up to celebrate 100th NRL game".
  20. ↑ Pengilly, Adam (23 April 2016). "Des Hasler hails Josh Reynolds after Canterbury Bulldogs star sinks Gold Coast Titans" – via The Sydney Morning Herald.
  21. ↑ "2017 Downer NRL Auckland Nines squads".
  22. ↑ https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/tigers/josh-reynolds-signs-deal-to-play-with-the-wests-tigers-from-2018/news-story/a9fff9eb794c7244fee91fabb16060d5
  23. ↑ "Canterbury Bulldogs NRL star Josh Reynolds signs with Wests Tigers". 26 April 2017 – via The Sydney Morning Herald.
  24. ↑ https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/live-nrl-canterbury-bulldogs-v-newcastle-knights-score-updates-news-blog/news-story/7a6aed0d82a2cd406ef3c72532ea5a8a
  25. ↑ http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-sunday-live-coverage-of-todays-games/news-story/8b43006543cb3efa5b526bca15c16611
  26. ↑ Michael Chammas. "Wests Tigers name five co-captains for 2018". nrl.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018.
  27. ↑ https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/teams/tigers/nrl-2018-josh-reynolds-suffers-a-shoulder-injury-one-game-back-after-a-hamstring-injury/news-story/ba4c5c47c24acbd83c73d08f3c2e68f3
  28. ↑ https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/07/17/josh-reynolds-out-for-season-with-shoulder-injury/
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