Personal information | ||||||
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Full name | Chev Walker | |||||
Born |
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |
9 October 1982 |||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |||||
Weight | 16 st 5 lb (104 kg) | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Rugby league | ||||||
Position | Wing, Centre, Second-row, Loose forward | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1999–06 | Leeds Rhinos | 200 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 332 |
2008–10 | Hull KR | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
2011–15 | Bradford Bulls | 84 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
Total | 319 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 384 | |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2000–01 | England | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
2001–03 | Yorkshire | |||||
Rugby union | ||||||
Position | Centre | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2006–07 | Bath | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
As of 3 October 2015 |
Chev Walker (born 10 October 1982) is a retired English professional rugby league player for Bradford Bulls of Championship. He played both rugby league and rugby union professionally. A Great Britain and England international representative three-quarter back, Walker played for Super League clubs Leeds Rhinos, Hull Kingston Rovers and Bradford Bulls.
He played the position of Centre for Leeds and made his debut against Halifax on 13 August 1999 aged 16.
In July 2003, Walker was found guilty of brawling in the street in Leeds, and was sent to a young offenders' institution for 18 months. The other offenders were Leeds team mates Ryan Bailey (sentenced to nine months detention in a young offenders institution) and Dwayne Barker (ordered to do 150 hours of community service) and Rochdale Hornets' Paul Owen (jailed for 15 months).
He is of Jamaican heritage and expressed a desire to represent the West Indies. Just after his 18th birthday Walker played for England in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup and made his Great Britain debut in 2004, coming off the bench against Australia in the opening game of that year's Tri Nations competition. In total Walker has six caps for Great Britain and six for England. He also has representative league honours with England A, England Under-21s and Yorkshire.
Walker featured in the Rugby League Challenge Cup final in 2003. He played for the Leeds Rhinos at cenre in their 2004 Super League Grand Final victory against the Bradford Bulls. As Super League IX champions, the Rhinos faced 2004 NRL season premiers, the Bulldogs in the 2005 World Club Challenge. Walker played at centre and scored a try in Leeds' 39–32 victory.