50 Facts About Dylan Walker

Dylan Walker was born on 27 September 1994 and is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a lock for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League, and has played for Australia and the New Zealand Maori at international level.

Dylan Walker previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, with whom he won the 2014 NRL Premiership and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.

Dylan Walker played his junior rugby league in the South Sydney Juniors competition for the Mascot Jets before being signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Dylan Walker's mother is a Pitcairner and his father is Maori.

Dylan Walker is a direct descendant of Fletcher Christian on his mother's side.

Dylan Walker finished his promising debut year in the NRL with him playing in 16 matches, scoring 8 tries and kicking 1 goal.

On 14 February, Dylan Walker was named in Souths inaugural 2014 Auckland Nines squad.

At the start of the 2014 NRL season, due to the new Souths five-eighth Luke Keary getting injured in the Nines tournament and John Sutton being shifted to play in the forwards, Dylan Walker was appointed to be five-eighth.

Dylan Walker played at five-eighth till round 4, being shifted back to his preferred position at centre and John Sutton filling in at five-eighth until Keary returned from injury.

Dylan Walker finished a breakout season playing in 24 games, scoring 12 tries and kicking 1 goal as Souths finished 2nd on the ladder.

On 14 October 2014, Dylan Walker was selected for the Australian Kangaroos 2014 Four Nations 24-man squad.

On 23 January 2015, Dylan Walker was named in the South Sydney Rabbitohs tournament winning 2015 NRL Auckland Nines squad.

On 13 February, Dylan Walker played centre for NRL All Stars for the 2015 All Stars match at Cbus Super Stadium.

On 13 June 2015, Dylan Walker was included into the New South Wales Blues origin squad as 19th man leading up to Game 2 of the 2015 State of Origin series.

Dylan Walker finished the 2015 NRL season with him playing in 22 matches and scoring 13 tries as South Sydney finished in 7th position on the ladder.

On 17 December 2015, Dylan Walker signed with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles on a four-year deal starting from 2016, after he was heavily linked to sign with them since his release from the Rabbitohs, putting the end to his tumultuous off season.

At the official announcement of his signing during a Manly pre-season training camp in Coffs Harbour, Dylan Walker told the Sydney Morning Herald "Five-eighth was my favourite position coming through the juniors and if the coach wants me there I will jump at the opportunity".

Dylan Walker came onto the field at the 71st minute, and made an error shortly after.

In July 2016, Dylan Walker was fined $10,000 by Manly-Warringah after he punched his front door and injured his hand.

Dylan Walker was ruled out for a month as his hand required surgery.

Dylan Walker finished the 2016 NRL season playing in 18 games, scoring 8 tries and kicking 12 goals as Manly finished 13th on the ladder, which meant Dylan Walker would not qualify for the finals for the first time in his career.

In round 8 against Canberra, Dylan Walker missed a conversion to win the game for Manly in normal time and got into an on-field incident with Canberra player Josh Hodgson.

In extra time, Dylan Walker kicked a penalty goal to win the game for Manly despite being heckled by the Canberra players behind the goal.

On 28 June 2017 against Cronulla, Cronulla player Jayden Brailey attempted to tackle Dylan Walker but broke his jaw in two places as a result, Dylan Walker was seen on camera abusing Brailey as he left the field.

Dylan Walker played at centre in Manly's loss in Week 1 of the finals to the Penrith Panthers.

On 28 September 2017, Dylan Walker broke his leg and fractured his ankle while playing for The Australian Prime Ministers' XIII side.

In Round 11, Dylan Walker suffered a fractured eye socket after getting into a fist fight with Melbourne player Curtis Scott.

Dylan Walker finished the 2018 NRL season playing in 14 games and scoring 2 tries as Manly failed to qualify for the finals, finishing in 15th position.

In round 10 of the 2019 NRL season, Dylan Walker played his first game of the season at centre and scored a try in his first game back from his suspension from the NRL due to an off-field incident.

In Round 18, Dylan Walker shifted positions from centre to five-eighth, where he played for the rest of the year.

Dylan Walker made a total of 17 appearances for Manly in 2019 as the club finished 6th on the table and qualified for the finals.

Dylan Walker played a total of seven games at five-eighth for Manly-Warringah in the 2020 NRL season as they finished a disappointing 13th on the table.

In Round 1, Dylan Walker started the 2021 NRL season at fullback where he played the first 5 games, before reverting back to his preferred position of centre, after Dally M Player of the Year, Tom Trbojevic, returned to the squad from injury.

Dylan Walker finished the season playing 20 games for Manly, and scoring 5 tries.

Dylan Walker played at centre in the club's preliminary final loss against South Sydney.

On 2 March, Dylan Walker signed a three-year deal to join the New Zealand Warriors starting in 2023.

Dylan Walker played a total of 19 games for Manly in the 2022 NRL season as the club finished 11th on the table and missed the finals.

Dylan Walker made his club debut for New Zealand in round 1 of the 2023 NRL season against Newcastle.

Dylan Walker finished the 2023 NRL season playing in 24 games in his best season in many years.

In Week 2, Dylan Walker came off the interchange bench and scored a try in the New Zealand Warriors' victory against the Newcastle Knights.

Dylan Walker played off the bench and put in a strong performance in the clubs preliminary final loss to the Brisbane Broncos.

Dylan Walker made 19 appearances for the New Zealand Warriors in the 2024 NRL season which saw the club finish 13th on the table.

On 6 December 2018, Dylan Walker was arrested by police after allegedly assaulting his fiancee that day at their home in Sydney and was charged with domestic-related common assault.

The NRL applied its new no-fault stand down policy, so Dylan Walker was suspended indefinitely.

On 10 May 2019, at the court hearing, the magistrate dismissed the charges, saying she was not satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that Dylan Walker had assaulted his partner.

The NRL stated immediately that Dylan Walker was able to resume playing for Manly.

In November 2020, it was reported that Dylan Walker was involved in an altercation with two men outside a pizza restaurant in Sydney.

Dylan Walker was later arrested and taken to Manly police station.

On 18 November 2020, Dylan Walker pleaded not guilty to two counts of common assault.

On 14 May 2021, Dylan Walker changed his plea to guilty but escaped conviction and was handed an 18-month conditional release.