Oliver Roberts

For the English footballer, see Oliver Roberts (footballer).

Oli Roberts

Personal information
Full name	Oliver Roberts
Born	(1994-12-24) 24 December 1994 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	17 st 0 lb (108 kg)
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Loose forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2013–14 Bradford Bulls 6 0 0 0 0 2015–22 Huddersfield Giants 95 17 0 0 68 2015(loan) → Sheffield Eagles 2 0 0 0 0 2015(loan) → Oldham 8 2 0 0 8 2020(loan) → Halifax 1 1 0 0 4 2020(loan) → Salford Red Devils 8 0 0 0 0 2021(loan) → Salford Red Devils 4 0 0 0 0 2022(DR) → Halifax Panthers 3 0 0 0 0 2022 Newcastle Thunder 7 1 0 0 4 2023– Sheffield Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 Total 134 21 0 0 84 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2015– Ireland 9 6 0 0 24
Source: As of 5 January 2023

Oliver Roberts is an Ireland international rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row and loose forward for Sheffield Eagles in the RFL Championship.

He played for the Bradford Bulls in the Super League. He spent time on loan from Huddersfield at the Sheffield Eagles in the Kingstone Press Championship, Oldham (Heritage № 1339) in Kingstone Press League 1 and Salford in the Super League.

Background

Roberts was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.

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 and Leeds Rhinos due to an injury.

He featured in Round 18 (St Helens R.F.C.). Oliver also featured in Round 21 (Wigan Warriors).

2014

Roberts featured in the pre-season games against Hull FC, Dewsbury Rams, and the Castleford Tigers.

He featured in Round 5 (Huddersfield Giants) and then Round 7 (Widnes Vikings). Roberts appeared in Round 10 (Wigan Warriors). He featured in Round 4 (Oldham) in the Challenge Cup.

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 Ireland's team for the 2015 European Cup. He made his international début in Ireland's opening match against France.

2016

Roberts featured in Round 1 (St Helens R.F.C.) 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 Challenge Cup in Round 6 (Leeds Rhinos). He scored against Salford Red Devils (1 try) and Featherstone Rovers (2 tries).

In 2016 he was called up to the Ireland 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.). He scored against Wakefield Trinity (1 try) and Hull F.C. (1 try).

2020

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

International

Despite having represented Ireland, in 2019 he was one of four Giants players to be called into the England Knights squad

Statistics

Statistics do not include pre-season friendlies.

Season	Appearance	Tries	Goals	F/G	Points
2013 Bradford Bulls	2	0	0	0	0
2014 Bradford Bulls	4	0	0	0	0
2015 Huddersfield Giants	0	0	0	0	0
2016 Huddersfield Giants	7	3	0	0	12
2017 Huddersfield Giants	22	4	0	0	16
Total	40	5	0	0	20

External links

• Huddersfield Giants profile
• (archived by web.archive.org) Bradford Bulls profile
• SL profile
• Roberts Signs For Bradford
• 2017 RWLC profile