Josh Rourke makes impressive Broncos debut
London Broncos back Josh Rourke has had a rollercoaster start to life in London after joining from Batley Bulldogs during the off season.
Rourke was the stand out player in 2023 in the Championship for Whitehaven and was rewarded with a move for Batley Bulldogs. However, after an injury to Alex Walker, Broncos offered Rourke the opportunity of a return to Super League and an opportunity to stake a claim for the full-back position in the place of the injured Walker. However, disaster struck for Rourke as he suffered a broken leg in the pre-season game at Oldham. It left Broncos without two first choice full-backs and Rourke set to miss a large chunk of the Super League season.
Rourke was out injured for 4 months and made his return to action for Kieran Robertson’s reserves on June 1st and featured in two more reserve games before his opportunity to play in the first team arrived.
Speaking to London Broncos media, Rourke said;
“I’ve been looking forward to this moment since I came to the club. At the start of the year unfortunately I had my injury which kept me out for a few months and I’ve just been working really hard behind the scenes to get back fit and luckily Mike gave me my opportunity today.
“I told the boys before the game I was going to go out there and just give them everything and that’s what I tried to do. Obviously I got a try which on a personal level is good but it doesn’t mean anything if we don’t come away with the win.
“Alex (Walker) is a really good player, he’s really experienced and he’s in the top 10 for club (Broncos) appearances so for me it’s about learning off him as well. He’s a lot more experienced than I am at this level and I think just at training it’s healthy competition with us both pushing for that position it’s only going to make us both better.”
Josh Rourke is sponsored by Alen Karaselimovic for 2024.
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