Oliver Roberts is an

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international

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footballer who plays as a and for

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in the

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. He played for the Bradford Bulls in the

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. He spent time on loan from

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at the

in the

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( Heritage № 1339) in Kingstone Press League 1 and Salford in the Super League.

Background

Roberts was born in

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Bradford Bulls

Roberts who started his career at the Bradford Bulls was involved in the Bradford Bulls scholarship system from the Under-15s and was given a 3-year professional contract at the start of the 2013 season. Oliver is a product of the Bradford Bulls Junior Development system.

2013

Roberts missed the pre-season friendlies against the

Dewsbury Rams The Dewsbury Rams are a professional English rugby league club based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire that compete in the Championship. They play their home games at the Tetley's Stadium, on Owl Lane. The Rams' main fanbase comes from their hometo ...

and

Leeds Rhinos The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club was formed in 1870 as Leeds St John's and play in the Super League, the top tier of English rugby league. They have played home matches at Headi ...

due to an injury. He featured in Round 18 (

St Helens R.F.C. St Helens R.F.C. is a professional rugby league club in St Helens, Merseyside who compete in the Super League, the top tier for rugby league in Great Britain. They are the current Champions, having won the last 4 consecutive titles, and becom ...

). Oliver also featured in Round 21 (

Wigan Warriors The Wigan Warriors are a professional rugby league club in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the Super League. Formed in 1872 as Wigan Football Club, Wigan was a founding member of the Rugby Football League, Northern Rugby ...

2014

Roberts featured in the pre-season games against

Hull FC Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league football club established in 1865 and based in West Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The club plays in the Super League competition and wer ...

, and the

Castleford Tigers The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, that compete in the Super League, the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern Hemisphere. The club have competed i ...

. He featured in Round 5 ( Huddersfield Giants) and then Round 7 ( Widnes Vikings). Roberts appeared in Round 10 (

). He featured in Round 4 (

) in the

Challenge Cup The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exception of 1915–1919 and 1939–1940, due to World War I and World War II respectively. It involves am ...

. Roberts secured his dream move to play-off contenders Huddersfield Giants.

Huddersfield

2015

He signed for the Huddersfield Giants on a 2 Year Deal. In October and November 2015, Roberts was selected in

's team for the

2015 European Cup The 2015 European Cup was an international rugby league football tournament. The tournament took place between 16 October and 7 November in Wales, France, Scotland and Ireland. Scotland were the defending champions. Four teams competed in the 20 ...

. He made his international début in Ireland's opening match against France.

2016

Roberts featured in Round 1 (

) to Round 6 ( Catalans Dragons) then in Round 8 ( Salford Red Devils) to Round 23 ( Warrington Wolves). Ollie also played in the Super 8 Qualifier 1 ( Salford Red Devils) to Qualifier 7 ( Hull Kingston Rovers). He played in the

in Round 6 (

). He scored against Salford Red Devils (1 try) and Featherstone Rovers (2 tries). In 2016 he was called up to the

squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup European Pool B qualifiers.

2017

Roberts featured in Round 1 ( Widnes Vikings) to Round 3 (

Hull F.C. Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league football club established in 1865 and based in West Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The club plays in the Super League competition and were ...

). He scored against

Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the c ...

(1 try) and

(1 try).

2020

Roberts agreed to extend his current loan deal with Salford Red Devils for the whole 2021 season.

International

Despite having represented

, in 2019 he was one of four Giants players to be called into the

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squad https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/huddersfield-giants/huddersfield-giants-quartet-are-selected-for-england-knights-squad-1-9674104

Statistics

Statistics do not include pre-season friendlies.

References

External links

Huddersfield Giants profile
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Bradford Bulls profileSL profileRoberts Signs For Bradford2017 RWLC profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Oliver 1994 births Living people Bradford Bulls players English people of Irish descent English rugby league players Halifax R.L.F.C. players Huddersfield Giants players Ireland national rugby league team players Newcastle Thunder players Oldham R.L.F.C. players Rugby league locks Rugby league players from Huddersfield Rugby league second-rows Salford Red Devils players Sheffield Eagles players