Colton Roche
Personal information | ||||||
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Born | 23 June 1993 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England | |||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | |||||
Weight | 15 st 13 lb (101 kg) | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Position | Prop, Second-row, Centre | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2009–12 | Leeds Rhinos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | Oldham Roughyeds | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | Sheffield Eagles | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | Featherstone Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014–15 | York City Knights | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
2016– | Featherstone Rovers | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Total | 79 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2012 | Ireland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
As of 09/03/2016 |
Colton Roche is a Free Agent rugby league player. He is a utility player, who can play a number of positions, namely Prop, Second Row and Centre. He is a current Ireland international.
Colton was born and brought up in Leeds. He played for the Headingley Hawks junior club during his amateur days, representing Yorkshire and England Schools.
Colton signed for Leeds academy in 2009 after impressing through the scholarship squad, adapting to different forward roles and used in the centre. He played for the Leeds academy until the end of the 2012 season.
He was released from Leeds to join the 2012 Championship winners Sheffield Eagles.[1]
Colton was selected to play for Ireland in 2012, qualifying under his mother's nationality. He came off the bench against Scotland and the England Knights.
Colton Represented Ireland in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup
In 2016 he was called up to the Ireland squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup European Pool B qualifiers.[2]
References
- ↑ Collins, James (18 December 2012). "Sheffield Eagles announce arrival of 'baby' of the pack".
- ↑ "Warrington Wolves trio named in Ireland squad for World Cup qualifiers". Warrington Guardian. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.