Cody Walker

Cody Walker (born 10 January 1990) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL.

At representative level he has played for the Prime Minister's XIII, Country NSW and New South Wales in the State of Origin series.

Walker was born in Nowra, New South Wales, Australia.

He moved to Casino, New South Wales at a young age and is of Indigenous Australian descent - from Yuin and Bundjalung people.

He attended Palm Beach Currumbin High School Cody Walker attended Kinross Wolaroi School and graduated in 2006 after playing 1ST XV.

Walker is the younger brother of former Penrith Panthers player Ryan Walker and cousin of Gold Coast Titans player Shannon Walker.

He played his junior rugby league for the Casino Cougars, before being signed by the Gold Coast Titans on a 4-year contract.

In 2009 and 2010, Walker played for the Gold Coast Titans' NYC team playing 36 games and scoring 25 tries for 100 points.

In 2011, he followed his brother Ryan to the Penrith Panthers and played for their New South Wales Cup team, the Windsor Wolves.

In 2012, he joined the Eastern Suburbs Tigers in the Queensland Cup.

After impressing in the 2012 season, he was invited to train with the Melbourne Storm in the 2013 NRL pre-season, before returning to the Titans for the 2013 season.

On 17 July 2013, he played for the Queensland Residents against the New South Wales Residents.

At the conclusion of the 2013 season, he won the Queensland Cup's Best and Fairest award as well as topping the competition for points scored.

In September 2013, he signed a one-year contract with the Melbourne Storm starting in 2014.

On 17 June 2014, he signed a two-year contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs starting in 2015.

In 2015, Walker played for the North Sydney Bears in the NSW Cup.

With Walker in the side, Norths made the finals series at seasons end.

Another grand final win for Walker.

He collected two awards for his contributions winning Best & Fairest and Players player at Norths' end of the year presentation.

In Round 1 of the 2016 NRL season, Walker made his NRL debut for the South Sydney club against the Sydney Roosters, at.

He was one of the most influential players in his side's 42-10 win at Allianz Stadium.

Whilst in that match, he was filling in for the suspended Luke Keary, an injury to halfback, Adam Reynolds saw Walker maintain his position.

In round 5, Walker scored his first career try against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the Rabbitohs' 16-12 win at Brookvale Oval.

Despite multiple strong performances for Souths, Reynolds' return in Round 7 would push Walker out of the line-up.

In Round 11, Walker was brought back into the side at the surprise position of fullback.

Despite having never played the position since his teen years, he managed to set-up and score a try in his team's 34-24 win over the St. George Illawarra Dragons.

Afterwards, on 1 June, he re-signed with the South Sydney side on a two-year contract.

However, it was later revealed that he never put pen to paper before South Sydney made the announcement, leaving the contract up in the air.

He finished the 2016 season playing 20 games, scoring eight tries and making 12 try-assists.

Walker was named in the South Sydney squad for the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines.

On 1 May 2017, Walker was named in The NSW Country representative side to take on The NSW City representative side in the last ever City vs Country game.

Walker alternated between and throughout the year as South Sydney struggled to cope with a season ending injury to Captain Greg Inglis in the opening round of the season.

Walker finished the year playing all 24 games and not missing a single minute.

He scored six tries while topping the Try Assists (18), Line Breaks (16) and Line Break Assists (20) charts for all Five-eighths.

Walker played every game for Souths in 2018 scoring 12 tries as the club finished third on the table and qualified for the finals.

Souths went on to reach the preliminary final against arch rivals the Sydney Roosters but lost the match 12-4 at the Sydney Football Stadium in front of a ground record crowd of 44,380.

In Round 5 against the New Zealand Warriors, Walker scored 4 tries as Souths won the match 28-24 at the Sunshine Coast Stadium.

In July, he officially signed a three-year contract with the Rabbitohs until the end of 2019.

On 27 May, Walker's good form at club level earned him selection for New South Wales against Queensland in the 2019 State of Origin series.

Following New South Wales defeat in Game 1, Walker was one of the players dropped from the team for Game 2 by coach Brad Fittler.