Joe Philbin (rugby league)

Joe Philbin (born 16 November 1994) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a loose forward, second-row and prop for the Warrington Wolves in the Super League.^[1][2] He has played for Ireland, Great Britain and the England Knights at international level.

Joe Philbin

Personal information
Full name	Joseph Patrick Philbin
Born	(1994-11-16) 16 November 1994 (age 28) Warrington, Cheshire, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	16 st 6 lb (104 kg)
Playing information
Position	Loose forward, Second-row, Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2014– Warrington Wolves 190 14 0 0 56 2014(loan) → Swinton Lions 2 1 0 0 4 2015(loan) → N Wales Crusaders 3 0 0 0 0 2016(loan) → Rochdale Hornets 6 3 0 0 12 2016(loan) → Bradford Bulls 5 2 0 0 8 Total 206 20 0 0 80 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2016–17 Ireland 4 1 0 0 4 2018 England Knights 2 0 0 0 0 2019 Great Britain 2 0 0 0 0 2021 England 1 0 0 0 0
Source: ^[1]^[2] As of 15 September 2022

He has spent time on loan from Warrington at the Swinton Lions and the Bradford Bulls in the Championship, and the North Wales Crusaders in Championship 1 and the Rochdale Hornets in League 1.

Background

Philbin was born in Warrington, Cheshire, England.

Playing career

Philbin his junior rugby at local amateur clubs Culcheth Eagles and Latchford Albion before joining Warrington Wolves, aged 16.

Warrington Wolves

He broke into the Warrington first team in 2014. His début was against the Hull Kingston Rovers, where he unfortunately picked up a hip injury. Philbin returned for the first team a month later against the London Broncos.^{[citation needed]}

Philbin scored his first career try against the Catalans Dragons in February 2015, and the following week he scored again, this time against Hull Kingston Rovers.

Philbin played in the 2018 Challenge Cup Final defeat by the Catalans Dragons at Wembley Stadium.^[3] Philbin played in the 2018 Super League Grand Final defeat by Wigan at Old Trafford.^[4] Philbin played in the 2019 Challenge Cup Final victory over St. Helens at Wembley Stadium.^[5]

Bradford

He was sent on a month's loan to Super League side Bradford in January 2014.^{[citation needed]}

Swinton

Joe has featured in two matches via dual registration for Swinton, and scored one try.^{[citation needed]}

International career

In 2016 he was called up to the Ireland squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup European Pool B qualifiers.^[6]

In 2018 he was selected for the England Knights on their tour of Papua New Guinea. He played against Papua New Guinea at the Lae Football Stadium^[7] and the Oil Search National Football Stadium.^[8]

He was added to the Great Britain Lions Elite Performance squad in September 2019.^[9]

He was selected in squad for the 2019 Great Britain Lions tour of the Southern Hemisphere.^[10]

References

1. "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. "Catalans Dragons beat Warrington in Challenge Cup final to make history". Guardian. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
4. "Super League Grand Final 2018: Wigan 12-4 Warrington – as it happened". Guardian. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
5. "St Helens 4-18 Warrington RESULT: Challenge Cup Final as it happened from Wembley". Mirror. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
6. "Warrington Wolves trio named in Ireland squad for World Cup qualifiers". Warrington Guardian. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
7. "Papua New Guinea vs England Knights". WWOS. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
8. "Papua New Guinea v England Knights". WWOS. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
9. "Great Britain Lions: Lachlan Coote, Morgan Knowles and Joe Philbin in elite performance squad". 2 September 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
10. "Zak Hardaker shock inclusion in 24-man Great Britain squad for tour of New Zealand and Papua New Guinea". Telegraph. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

External links

• Warrington Wolves profile
• SL profile
• (archived by web.archive.org)