Josh Reynolds

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Josh Reynolds
Personal information
Nickname Grub[1]
Born (1989-04-13) 13 April 1989 (age 35)[2]
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Weight 90 kg (14 st 2 lb)[2]
Playing information
Position Five-eighth, Halfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011– Canterbury Bulldogs 107 30 0 4 124
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 NSW City 2 1 0 0 4
Source: [3]

Josh Reynolds (born 13 April 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the National Rugby League. A New South Wales State of Origin representative player, Reynolds primarily plays five-eighth and occasionally halfback.

Background

Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Reynolds attended Clemton Park Public School and Marist College Kogarah.[citation needed] 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. Reynolds played for the Bulldogs in the Under 20's in 2009 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.[4]

Playing career

2011

In Round 11 of the 2011 NRL season, Reynolds made his NRL debut for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs against the Canberra Raiders at hooker in the Bulldogs 20-12 loss at Canberra Stadium.[5] In Round 15 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Reynolds scored his first NRL try in the Bulldogs 26-10 win at ANZ Stadium.[6] Reynolds finished his debut year in the NRL with playing in 10 matches and scoring 4 tries for the Bulldogs in the 2011 NRL season.

2012

On 30 September 2012, In the Bulldogs 2012 NRL Grand Final match against the Melbourne Storm, Reynolds played at five-eighth in the Bulldogs 14-4 loss.[7][8] Reynolds finished his impressive 2012 NRL season with him playing in all of the Bulldogs 27 matches and scoring 10 tries.

2013

For Game 1 of the 2013 State of Origin series, Reynolds was selected to fill in for the injured Kurt Gidley over South Sydney’s John Sutton for the spot on the interchange bench left void but did not get a run the field,[9] Reynolds later retained his bench spot for Game 2 making his official New South Wales debut in the Blues 26-6 loss at Suncorp Stadium.[10] Reynolds wasn't chosen for the deciding Game 3, which was lost to the Maroons. Reynolds finished the 2013 NRL season with him playing in 23 matches and scoring 9 tries for the Bulldogs. On 29 September 2013, Reynolds also played for the Prime Minister's XIII off the interchange bench in the 50-10 win over Papua New Guinea in Kokopo.[11]

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 26-26 draw in Dubbo.[12] 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.[13][14] Reynolds finished the 2014 NRL season with him playing in 19 matches and scoring 2 tries for the Bulldogs.

2015

On 3 May 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.[15] 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 on the 77th minute for a shoulder charge on Fullback David Mead.[16][17] After the 34-22 loss against Country Origin at Wagga Wagga, Reynolds copped a one-week suspension and lost his spot in the New South Wales Blues team.[18] 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 to send the Bulldogs to Week 2 of the 2015 Finals series against the Sydney Roosters which they later lost.[19] Reynolds finished the 2015 NRL season with him playing in 17 matches, scoring 3 tries and kicking 2 field goals for the Bulldogs.

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.[20] In Round 8 against the Gold Coast Titans, Reynolds kicked a field goal in Golden Point Extra Time to win the match for the Bulldogs 21-20 at ANZ Stadium.[21]

References

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  20. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/bulldogs/josh-reynolds-celebrated-his-100th-nrl-game-by-puckering-up-to-moses-mbye/news-story/9196f8181c1ce084b373f30d4d23bf18
  21. http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/des-hasler-hails-josh-reynolds-after-canterbury-bulldogs-star-sinks-gold-coast-titans-20160423-godlbi.html