| Walker while playing for Catalans in 2010 | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Born | 27 February 1980 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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| Height | 6' (1.83 m) | |||||
| Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Fullback, Wing, Centre | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1999–02 | Brisbane Broncos | 67 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 160 |
| 2003 | South Sydney | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003–05 | Sydney Roosters | 47 | 26 | 44 | 0 | 192 |
| 2006 | Melbourne Storm | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2007–09 | Gold Coast Titans | 20 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 46 |
| 2010 | Catalans Dragons | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 28 |
| 2011 | Parramatta Eels | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | 163 | 87 | 50 | 0 | 448 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2001–02 | Queensland | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| As of 25 June 2011 | ||||||
| Source: NRL Stats, RLP | ||||||
Chris Walker (born in 27 February 1980, in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL, he has played with six different NRL clubs. Walker is the younger brother of fellow professional rugby league players Shane Walker and Ben Walker. At one point in the late 1990s all three brothers were playing together for the Brisbane Broncos.
While attending St. Mary's College, Toowoomba, in 1996, Walker was selected to play for the Australian Schoolboys team.[1]
Walker has played for the Brisbane Broncos, the Melbourne Storm, the South Sydney Rabbitohs, the Sydney Roosters and the Gold Coast Titans as well as Queensland in all 6 State of Origin matches in 2001 and 2002. Walker scored in all three games of the 2001 State of Origin series. Also, along with Lote Tuqiri and Darren Lockyer, he was the top try-scorer for the Broncos in the 2002 season. Walker was also a try-scorer in the Roosters' loss in the 2003 NRL Grand Final. He also scored a try in the following year's Grand Final loss to the Bulldogs.
Walker gained a reputation as a "bad boy" of rugby league.[2] In 2004 he was involved in a drunken altercation with police outside a Fortitude Valley nightclub[3] The Roosters club fined the winger and placed him on an alcohol ban for the rest of the season.[4] He returned to score a try in the Grand Final.
In August, 2006, Walker was dropped by Melbourne Storm and was not picked up by any other NRL club. Then in November it was announced that he had been given a trial with the Gold Coast Titans. In early March 2007 after a series of strong performances in pre-season trial matches with the Titans, Walker signed a one-year deal with the Gold Coast club. In the first NRL premiership game for the new club Walker scored two tries, but then broke a bone in his hand early in the second half.
In April, 2007, while sidelined with injury, Walker was reported to have been ejected from a bar after for "bad behaviour".[5] The Gold Coast Titans suspended him as a result and it was later revealed that Walker had been suffering from alcoholism and an anxiety disorder.[6] After a period of rehabilitation and several games in the Queensland Cup, Walker returned to the NRL in Round 19 against the Bulldogs.[7]
In 2008 Walker suffered a season-ending ruptured Achilles tendon for the second time in five months.[8]
In 2009 he attracted interest from European Super League clubs, but said he did not want to play in Europe and he would prefer to stay in the NRL with a Queensland team.[9]
Chris has signed a two year deal with the Catalans Dragons in France.[10]
He returned to the to the NRL in 2011 to play with the Parramatta Eels.[11]
Chris Walker has approached Eels officials for permission leave the NRL club after a string of injuries. He will retire from the NRL at the end of the 2011 season.
He has since retired
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