Shane Walker (rugby league, born 1978)

Shane Walker
Personal information
Born (1978-03-01) 1 March 1978
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 92 kg (14 st 7 lb; 203 lb)
Position Hooker

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1996–02 Brisbane Broncos 82 5 0 0 20
2003–06 South Sydney 67 4 0 0 16
Total 149 9 0 0 36
Source: [1][2]

Shane Walker (born 1 March 1978) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played in the National Rugby League for the Brisbane Broncos and South Sydney Rabbitohs, mostly in the position of hooker.

Shane Walker was born in Toowoomba, Queensland. While attending St Mary's High School in 1995, Walker was selected to play for the Australian Schoolboys team.[3]

Like his elder brother Ben and younger brother Chris, Shane Walker started playing in the National Rugby League with the Brisbane Broncos. Having won the 2000 NRL Premiership, the Broncos traveled to England to play against 2000's Super League V Champions, St Helens R.F.C. for the 2001 World Club Challenge, with Walker playing from the interchange bench in Brisbane's loss. Walker later moved to the South Sydney Rabbitohs club.

Walker became co-head Coach of the Ipswich Jets who play in the Queensland Cup alongside his brother Ben.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Shane Walker at the Rugby League Project
  2. ↑ NRL Stats
  3. ↑ "Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". Sporting Pulse. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
  4. ↑ Round 1 Queensland Intrust Super Cup Preview Archived 3 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine. rleague.com, 18 March 2011

Sources

  • Whiticker, Alan; Hudson, Glen (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd. p. 609. ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.


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