Joe Westerman

Joe Westerman (born (1989-11-15)15 November 1989) is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row or loose forward for Wakefield Trinity in the Betfred Super League,[2][3] and the England Knights and England at international level.

Joe Westerman
Personal information
Full nameJoe Westerman
Born (1989-11-15) 15 November 1989
Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[1]
Weight16 st 5 lb (104 kg)[1]
Playing information
PositionSecond-row, Loose forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2007–10 Castleford Tigers 103 43 175 0 522
2011–15 Hull F.C. 126 29 59 1 235
2016–17 Warrington Wolves 53 12 0 0 48
2018 Toronto Wolfpack 6 0 0 0 0
2018–19 Hull F.C. 32 10 0 0 40
2020– Wakefield Trinity 17 4 0 0 16
Total 337 98 234 1 861
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011 England Knights 1 0 0 0 0
2014 England 1 0 0 0 0
As of 22 January 2021
Source: [2][3]

He previously played for the Castleford Tigers, Hull F.C. in two separate spells and the Warrington Wolves in the Super League, and the Toronto Wolfpack in the Betfred Championship. He played as a stand-off at the start of his professional career.

Background

Westerman was born in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.

Castleford Tigers

Westerman burst onto the scene in 2007 in the Castleford Tigers National League One campaign after signing from junior club the Featherstone Lions. Joe played in most of the Castleford Tiger's games and scored 2 tries in the National League One Grand Final at Headingley. Joe was named National League One young player of the year.

In 2008 Joe had a great first season in the Super League for Castleford scoring 12 tries in 25 games. He was tipped for being a future England RL international.[4]

Hull F.C.

Westerman was Hull F.C.’s marquee signing for Super League XVI, with the Black and Whites paying one of their highest ever transfer fees to secure the services of the former Castleford Tigers man.[5]

In October 2014, Westerman made his international début starting in a match for England against Samoa in the 2014 Four Nations.[6]

Warrington Wolves

In October 2015, Westerman signed a 3-year contract with Warrington for a fee of £150,000 [7]

He played in the 2016 Challenge Cup Final defeat by Hull F.C. at Wembley Stadium.[8][9]

He played in the 2016 Super League Grand Final defeat by the Wigan Warriors at Old Trafford.[10]

Toronto Wolfpack

Upon promotion from League 1 in 2017, Westerman signed with Rugby Leagues first trans-Atlantic team, the Toronto Wolfpack on 1 October 2017.[11] Westerman joins fellow Wolves teammate Ashton Sims for the 2018 season, who signed with the Wolfpack less than a month prior.[12] In April 2018 Westerman was released by Toronto Wolfpack after making only 4 appearances for the club. The decision to allow Westerman to leave for free raised eyebrows given he was less than 6 months into a 3 year contract and the Wolfpack had paid a transfer fee of £130,000 to secure his services. [13]

Return to Hull F.C.

Westerman returned to Hull FC in April 2018 despite interest from other clubs. He cited coach Lee Radford and his love for Hull FC as reasons for his choice.[14]

In the local derby in June 2019 against Hull Kingston Rovers Joe dislocated his knee in a tackle, only to slap it back in place and continue playing[15]

Wakefield Trinity

Westerman signed a 2 year deal with Wakefield Trinity ahead of the 2020 season.[16]

References
  1. "Hull 1st Team Joe Westerman". Hull FC. Hull FC. 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  2. "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  5. "Hull FC sign Joe Westerman from Castleford". BBC Sport. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  6. "Four Nations: England international Joe Westerman honoured by Sam Burgess presentation". Sky Sports. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  7. "Hull FC sell Joe Westerman to Warrington Wolves for £150,000". Hull Daily Mail. 20 October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  8. "Hull FC's Jamie Shaul's late try takes Challenge Cup away from Warrington". Guardian. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  9. "Challenge Cup final: Hull FC 12-10 Warrington Wolves". BBC. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  10. "Warrington 6-12 Wigan: Super League Grand Final – as it happened!". Guardian. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  11. "Joe Westerman Joins the Toronto Wolfpack". Toronto Wolfpack. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  12. "Toronto Wolfpack sign Fiji international prop Ashton Sims for next season". Toronto Star. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  13. "Joe Westerman and Quentin Laulu-Togaga'e leave Toronto Wolfpack". Sky Sports. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  14. "Joe Westerman: Hull FC re-sign loose forward from Toronto Wolfpack". BBC. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  15. "Hull FC's Joe Westerman dislocates knee and knocks it BACK IN before playing on in Hull derby". Daily Mirror newspaper. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  16. "Westerman signs two-year deal". 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
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