Joe Batley rugby player
Joe Batley rugby player

Joe Batley

27th Jun 1996 1.96m/95kg No 5 Lock

Batley is powerful and abrasive back-row who can play in the 2nd row. Another product of the successful Hartpury College, Joe featured heavily in the England U18 and made his U20 debut a year early coming off the bench for England v Wales on 7th February 2015.

He spent the 2014/15 season on loan to Hartpury RFC in National league whilst playing for Gloucester ‘A’ and made his 1st team debut v Exeter on the 1st November 2014.

Having joined the Academy from Hartpury College, Batley made four appearances for Gloucester before signing for Bristol Rugby in April 2017.

In his first campaign with Bristol, Batley helped the club to their Championship title.

He finished the 2017 Premiership season with 11 appearances, scoring 10 points.

In December 2019, the utility forward made a loan switch to Leicester Tigers as injury cover for Hanro Liebenberg.

He made his Tigers debut on the same day he signed for the club.

While on loan with the Tigers, Batley signed a one-year deal with Worcester Warriors commencing on 1 July 2020.




Career

image (13) Bristol Bears
Blindside Flanker
2017 - present
image (2) Gloucester Rugby
Blindside Flanker
2014 - 2017
un Rotherham
Scrum Half
2016 - 2017
hartpury-college-250x250 Hartpury University RFC
No 4 Lock
2019 - 2019
leicester Leicester Tigers
No 4 Lock
2019 - 2020
worcester-warriors Worcester Warriors
No 4 Lock
2020 - 2022