Joe Keyes (rugby league)

Joseph Keyes (born 17 September 1995) is an Ireland international rugby league footballer who plays as a scrum-half and stand-off for the Bradford Bulls in the Championship.

Keyes also played for the Bradford Bulls in third tier and the RFL Championship and Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League.

[3][4] He played his youth rugby league at Brentwood Eels RLFC, before joining London Broncos Academy.

[5] On the 17 August 2014, the London Broncos were 22 points behind early in the second half against Leeds, but fought back to claim their first win in 11 months with Keyes scoring a hat-trick in a man of the match performance.

The 2015 season in the Championship saw the London side field 11 homegrown players over the season including Dollapi, Magrin, Macani, Wicks, Thomas, Everett, Burnett, D Williams, M Davis, Walker and Keyes but the club finished in the bottom half of the Championship and it seemed only Walker and Davis were ever likely to play at a higher level.

In 2016, Andrew Henderson signed half-backs Israel Eliab, William Barthau and Scott Leatherbarrow at the start of the season, plus Api Pewhairangi in May and Keyes was perhaps fourth or five choice for just two positions, and he pushed to leave the club.

The Ireland international played 28 games for the London Broncos, with about seven appearances in the Super League with the rest in the Championship between 2014 and 2016 before asking for a release.

[citation needed] On 14 April 2021 it was reported that he had signed for the York City Knights in the RFL Championship on a short-term loan deal.

Keyes playing for the Bradford Bulls in 2017
Keyes playing for the Halifax Panthers in 2023