Joe Keyes (rugby league)

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Joe Keyes
Joseph Keyes.jpg
Personal information
Full nameJoseph Keyes
Born (1995-09-17) 17 September 1995 (age 29)
Enfield, London, England
Height5 ft 10 in (1.79 m)
Weight13 st 12 lb (88 kg)
Playing information
Position Scrum-half, Stand-off
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2014–16 London Broncos 2883038
2016(loan)London Skolars 10000
2016–19 Bradford Bulls 60241662430
2020–21 Hull Kingston Rovers 616016
2021(loan)York City Knights 10000
2021(loan)Bradford Bulls 3318048
2022–24 Halifax Panthers 28131101273
2024– Bradford Bulls 00000
Total127493033805
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2015– Ireland 1133119
Source: [1] [2]
As of 31 October 2024

Joseph Keyes (born 17 September 1995) is an Ireland international rugby league footballer who plays as a scrum-half and stand-off for the Bradford Bulls in the Championship.

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He has previously played for the London Broncos in the Super League and Championship, and spent time on loan from the Broncos at the London Skolars in League 1. Keyes also played for the Bradford Bulls in third tier and the RFL Championship and Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League. He spent time on loan from Hull KR at the York City Knights and Bradford in the second tier.

Background

Keyes was born in Enfield, London, England and is the son of London Broncos player welfare manager John Keyes. [3] [4] He played his youth rugby league at Brentwood Eels RLFC, before joining London Broncos Academy.

Playing career

London Broncos

Keyes made his début for the London Broncos in the Super League against the Widnes Vikings in 2014. [5]

On the 17 August 2014, the London Broncos were 22 points behind early in the second half against Leeds, but fought back to claim their first win in 11 months with Keyes scoring a hat-trick in a man of the match performance. That was the London clubs only win of the 2014 season.

The 2015 season in the Championship saw the London side field 11 homegrown players over the season including Dollapi, Magrin, Macani, Wicks, Thomas, Everett, Burnett, D Williams, M Davis, Walker and Keyes but the club finished in the bottom half of the Championship and it seemed only Walker and Davis were ever likely to play at a higher level.

In 2016, Andrew Henderson signed half-backs Israel Eliab, William Barthau and Scott Leatherbarrow at the start of the season, plus Api Pewhairangi in May and Keyes was perhaps fourth or five choice for just two positions, and he pushed to leave the club.

The Ireland international played 28 games for the London Broncos, with about seven appearances in the Super League with the rest in the Championship between 2014 and 2016 before asking for a release. [6]

London Skolars (DR)

Keyes spent time on dual registration in 2016 at the London Skolars.[ citation needed ]

Bradford Bulls

2016 - 2016 Season Keyes featured in the Championship Shield in Game 3 against Oldham and then to Game 6 against Workington Town

Following the Bradford clubs liquidation at the end of the season, Keyes re-signed with the new Bradford side.[ citation needed ]

2017 - 2017 Season Keyes featured in the pre-season friendlies against Huddersfield and Keighley.

Keyes playing for the Bradford Bulls in 2017 Joe Keyes.jpg
Keyes playing for the Bradford Bulls in 2017

Keyes featured in round 3 the Swinton Lions and then in round 5 against the London Broncos. He also played in round 7 against Dewsbury to round 11 against Featherstone then in round 13 Sheffield to round 16 against Dewsbury. He played in round 18 Rochdale to round 23 against the Swinton Lions. Keyes featured in the Championship Shield Game 1 Toulouse Olympique to Game 2 Oldham then in Game 5 Sheffield Eagles to Game 7 Rochdale. Keyes also played in the 2017 Challenge Cup in round 4 against Featherstone. He signed a two-year extension with the Bradford side at the end of the season.[ citation needed ]

2018 - 2018 Season

After recovering from a knee injury sustained at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, Keyes featured in the pre season friendly against Dewsbury and the Keighley Cougars. Keyes featured in round 1 against York to round 8 against Doncaster then in round 12 North Wales Crusaders to round 18 against York. He played in round 21 against the North Wales Crusaders to round 25 Oldham R.L.F.C. then in the Semi Final against the same opponent to Final Workington Town. Keyes played in the 2018 Challenge Cup in round 3 West Wales Raiders then in Round 5 against Warrington.[ citation needed ]

At the end of the season Keyes signed a two-year extension with the Bradford club.

2019 - 2019 Season

Keyes featured in the pre-season friendlies against Halifax R.L.F.C. and Dewsbury. Keyes played in round 18 Halifax R.L.F.C. to round 27 against Rochdale.[ citation needed ]

York City Knights (loan)

On 14 April 2021 it was reported that he had signed for the York City Knights in the RFL Championship on a short-term loan deal. [7]

Bradford Bulls (loan)

On 26 June 2021, it was reported that he had signed for Bradford in the RFL Championship on loan. [8]

2021 - 2021 Season

Keyes played in Round 12 against Batley to Round 14 Featherstone Rovers.

Halifax Panthers

On 14 October 2021 it was reported that he had signed for Halifax in the RFL Championship. [9]

On 17 July 2022, Keyes scored four tries and kicked nine goals in Halifax's 58-10 victory over Workington Town. [10]

Keyes playing for the Halifax Panthers in 2023 Joe Keyes Halifax.jpg
Keyes playing for the Halifax Panthers in 2023

Bradford Bulls (re-join)

On 4 July 2024 it was reported that he had signed for Bradford in the RFL Championship on a two-year deal. [11]

Statistics

Statistics do not include pre-season friendlies.

SeasonAppearanceTriesGoalsF/GPoints
2016 Bradford Bulls 4122048
2017 Bradford Bulls 2339131
2018 Bradford Bulls 2312821213
2019 Bradford Bulls 108520136
2021 Bradford Bulls 3318048
Total63271832476

Ireland

Keyes made his representative début for Ireland in the 2015 European Cup. [12] He went on to make three appearances in the tournament.

In 2016 he was called up to the Ireland squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup European Pool B qualifiers. [13]

He featured against Spain and Russia in Ireland's route to the World Cup.

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