Colton Roche

Colton Roche
Personal information
Born (1993-06-23) 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 4
2013 Sheffield Eagles 19 6 0 0 24
2014–16 Featherstone Rovers 23 0 0 0 0
2014–15 York City Knights 33 5 0 0 20
2017– Bradford Bulls 21 3 0 0 12
Total 98 15 0 0 60
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012 Ireland 2 0 0 0 0
As of 6 August 2017

Colton Roche is a Bradford Bulls 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]

Bradford Bulls

2017 - 2017 Season

Roche featured in the pre-season friendlies against Huddersfield Giants and Keighley Cougars. He scored against Keighley Cougars (1 try).

Colton featured in Round 1 (Hull Kingston Rovers) to Round 10 (Halifax) then in Round 12 (Toulouse Olympique) to Round 17 (Featherstone Rovers). He played in Round 19 (Oldham Roughyeds) to Round 20 (Halifax) then in Round 22 (Batley Bulldogs) to Round 23 (Swinton Lions). Colton played in the Championship Shield Game 1 (Toulouse Olympique). He scored against London Broncos (1 try), Dewsbury Rams (1 try) and Featherstone Rovers (1 try).

Statistics do not include pre-season friendlies.

Season Appearance Tries Goals F/G Points
2017 Bradford Bulls 21 3 0 0 12
Total 21 3 0 0 12

References

  1. ↑ Collins, James (18 December 2012). "Sheffield Eagles announce arrival of ‘baby’ of the pack".
  2. ↑ "Warrington Wolves trio named in Ireland squad for World Cup qualifiers". Warrington Guardian. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.


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