Josh Starling

Josh Starling
Starling playing for the Rabbitohs in 2012.
Personal information
Born (1990-05-18) 18 May 1990
Woonona, New South Wales, Australia
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012–13 South Sydney Rabbitohs 7 0 0 0 0
2014–16 Manly Warringah 60 2 0 0 8
2017– Newcastle Knights 0 0 0 0 0
Total 67 2 0 0 8
As of 5 November 2016
Source: [1]

Josh Starling (born 18 May 1990) is a rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. He plays at prop.[2] He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.

Background

Born in Woonona, New South Wales, Starling played his junior rugby league for the Helensburgh Tigers, before being signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Playing career

Early career

In 2009 and 2010, Starling played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs' NYC team,[3] before heading up north in 2011 to play for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the Queensland Cup.[4] During the 2011 season, he signed a contract with the Brisbane Broncos starting in 2012,[4] but later chose to return to the Rabbitohs instead.[5]

2012

In round 8 of the 2012 NRL season, Starling made his NRL debut for the Rabbitohs against the North Queensland Cowboys.[6]

2013

On 7 July, Starling signed a 3-year contract with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles starting in 2014.[7] Later on that month, Starling, whilst playing for the North Sydney Bears in the second-tier New South Wales Cup competition, was selected in the annual New South Wales Residents clash against the Queensland Residents, playing in the curtain-raiser to the State of Origin decider.[8] In September, he was named at prop in the 2013 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year.[9]

2014

Starling made his Sea Eagles debut in round 1 of the 2014 season.[10]

2016

In November, after failing to gain a new contract from the Sea Eagles, Starling signed a 1-year contract with the Newcastle Knights starting in 2017.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Josh Starling - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  2. ↑ Profile at South Sydney
  3. ↑ "S". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  4. 1 2 "Rising prop has got a hair start". Couriermail.com.au. 2011-09-22. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  5. ↑ "St George Illawarra Dragons". Jubilee Avenue. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  6. ↑ "NRL 2012 - Round 8". Rugby League Project. 2012-04-28. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  7. ↑ Zero Tackle (2013-07-07). "Manly sign Josh Starling on three-year deal". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  8. ↑ "NSW Cup Representatives edge Queensland Residents in curtain raiser". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 2013-07-17. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140111155627/http://www.nswrl.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=84880&title=2013-nswrlcomau-vb-nsw-cup-team-of-the-year---announcement. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ "NRL 2014 - Round 1". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  11. ↑ NewcastleKnights.com.au (2016-07-31). "Josh Starling signs with Knights". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-11-05.

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