Shannon Walker (rugby league)
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| Full name | Shannon Walker | |
| Place of birth | Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia | |
| School(s) | Palm Beach Currumbin State High School | |
| Club information | ||
| Position(s) | Wing / Full-Back | |
| Current club | Gold Coast Titans | |
| Number | 20 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Years | Club | |
| Kyogle Turkeys Tweed Heads Seagulls |
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| Youth representative teams | ||
| 2006 |  Australian Schoolboys |
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| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 2008 ‐ |  Gold Coast Titans |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Shannon Walker born in Kyogle, New South Wales, is an an Indigenous Australian professional rugby league player currently contracted with the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League. His position of choice is as at Full-Back or as a Winger.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Before the NRL & Queensland Cup Success
Shannon Walker grew up in the rural country town of Kyogle in a large family as one of eight children. Walker spent most of his adolescence growing up in his home town, with a move to Bundaberg Qld attending primary school at East Bundaberg SPS and representing the Bundaberg Primary Schoolboys Rep teams. Shannon developed a passion for rugby league with the Kyogle Turkeys, playing for the club from the age of 5 and eventually playing first grade for the side at the age of 16. In 2006, a year after representing Kyogle in first grade, Walker moved north to the Gold Coast to further his professional league career. He enrolled with the renowned rugby league nursery Palm Beach Currumbin High School and in his first year with the college was selected for the 2006 Queensland Schoolboys team and 2006 Australian Schoolboys Tour of Britain & France, where in the Australians first match against Wales Shannon was named man-of-the-match.
The following year in 2007 Walker began playing Colts rugby for the Gold Coast Titans feeder club, the Tweed Heads Seagulls, where he shone at junior level and quickly elevated into playing in the Queensland Cup senior side. The Seagulls and Walker had a brilliant season as the club reached the Queensland Cup Grand-Final, where they defeated 2006 Premiers Redcliffe Dolphins 28-18 giving Walker an early taste of Premiership success. His performance thorugh the season was duley recognised as he was awarded the 'Courier Mail Queensland Cup Player-of-the-Year Award' and Gold Coast Titans 'Young Player-of-the-Year'.[1]
[edit] Gold Coast Titans
Many critics believe Shannon Walkers debut in the National Rugby League would most certainly be some time through-out the 2008 season. After his success in the Queensland Cup Walker heads the list of youngsters widely tipped to make an impact for the Titans and battle for an NRL debut. He further staked his claim for a Titans jersey when in the Gold Coasts first trial of 2008 against the Canberra Raiders, Walker scored in the highlight of the match showcasing his pace and footwork to beat the Raiders fullback on his way to the tryline.[2] He will now make his debut for the Gold Coast Titans against the Canterbury Bulldogs on the 16th of May, 2008
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