Steve Walters
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Full name | Steven Walters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia | 28 August 1965||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Steve Walters (born 28 August 1965), also known by the nickname of "Boxhead",
Background
Walters was born in
Playing career
This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (February 2018) |
In Ipswich there that he started his playing career for the
Walters was selected by Queensland to play at hooker for game I of the 1990 State of Origin series, being replaced by his brother Kerrod for games II and III. Walters played in the 1990 NSWRL season's grand final at hooker in the Raiders' victory over the Penrith Panthers. Walters was selected as Queensland's hooker for all three games of the 1991 State of Origin series, being named man-of-the-match in game II. He was then selected as Australia's hooker for all three games of the 1991 Trans-Tasman Test series against New Zealand. The Canberra Raiders reached the 1991 NSWRL season's grand final and Walters played at hooker in the loss to the Penrith Panthers.
Walters was selected as Queensland's hooker for all three games of the 1992 State of Origin series. He was then selected as Australia's hooker for all three of the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia's Ashes Tests alongside his brother Kevin. Walters played in Australia's 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup Final victory at hooker and was named man-of-the-match. Walters was selected as Queensland's hooker for all three games of the 1993 State of Origin series. He was then selected as Australia's hooker for all three games of the 1993 Trans-Tasman Test series. For the 1993 NSWRL season Walters was named Rugby League Week's player of the year.
Walters was selected to play for Queensland at hooker in games I and III of the
. Steve was also man-of-the-match in Australia's victory over Great Britain in the third and deciding match of the series.Due to the
Retirement
In 2000, Walters was awarded the
References
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ Yesterday's Hero
- ^ QRL.com.au Archived 1 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Buckley, James (21 July 2010). "'Boxhead' stands by old mate 'Sticky'". The Canberra Times. p. Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ^ Peter Cassidy (22 February 2008). "Controversy reigns as NRL releases top 100 players". Macquarie National News. Archived from the original on 25 February 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ARL. 31 December 2011. Archived from the originalon 26 February 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2012.