Alex Walker (rugby union, born 1986)

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Alex Walker
Date of birth (1986-07-31) 31 July 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Newport, Wales
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2006–2010
2008–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012-2014
2014-2017
2017-2018		 Newport GD
London Welsh
Eastwood
Scarlets
Cardiff Blues
Ealing Trailfinders
London Scottish F.C. 		41
 ?		 (5)
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Alex Walker (born 31 July 1986, Newport) is a Welsh rugby union player. He is a Wales sevens international.

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A scrum half, Walker played for Newport HSOB and Newport RFC before joining Newport Gwent Dragons. During the 2008–09 season he spent time on loan to London Welsh. He was released by Newport Gwent Dragons in August 2010 and joined Eastwood Rugby Club in Sydney, Australia. In July 2011 he joined the Scarlets.

He was selected in the Wales Sevens squad for 2012-13 [1]

After two years at Cardiff Blues, Walker joined London club Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club, [2] [3] where he was subsequently named as club captain for the 2016-17 Greene King IPA Championship season. [4] [5]

After three years with Ealing, in June 2017 it was confirmed that Walker had signed for another London club, London Scottish FC, in a part-time professional playing role. [6] [7] [8]

Walker's playing role at London Scottish was combined with a full-time school-teaching one. [8] Walker retired from playing professional rugby by June 2018. [9]

In 2018 Alex Walker hoped that teaching may be a vocation that he could continue after his rugby career had finished. He was in his last year of his degree with the Open University and was aiming to complete his PGCE the following year. [8] In 2019, Walker was a trainee teacher/rugby coach at Belmont Mill Hill Preparatory School in London. [10]

Personal life

Alex Walker also appeared on the Channel 4 residential property search show Location, Location, Location in 2014 (Series 23 Episode 8) [11] and again in early 2016 (Series 26 Episode 6), looking for a home in Ruislip and Hillingdon areas of west London. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Wales Sevens Squad
  2. ↑ Bishop, Paul. "Welsh pair join Ealing Trailfinders ahead of new season". MyLondon. Reach plc. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Inson, Jez. "Ealing Trailfinders make double Welsh coup for 2014-15". First Team – Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club. Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "Alex Walker Named Club Captain". Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club – News. Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  5. ↑ The TRU Team. "Ealing Trailfinders name Alex Walker as captain". Talking Rugby Union. Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  6. ↑ London Scottish FC. "Alex Walker heads over Kew Bridge to join Scots from Ealing Trailfinders". London Scottish Football Club – News. London Scottish FC.
  7. ↑ "Club Captain Walker Leads Departees". Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club – News. Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  8. 1 2 3 Luca Smith, Joe. "Home Pro News In-Depth: Alex Walker prepares to face former side In-Depth: Alex Walker prepares to face former side". News – London Scottish FC. London Scottish FC. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  9. ↑ Luca Smith, Joe. "London Scottish extend two more". News – London Scottish FC. London Scottish FC. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  10. ↑ "Staff and Governance". Mill Hill Schools. Mill Hill Schools. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "Series 23 Episode 8: West London". Location, Location, Location – On Demand – All 4. Channel Four Television Corporation. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "Series 26 Episode 6: Home Counties & West London Revisit". Location, Location, Location – On Demand – All 4. Channel 4 Television Corporation. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
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