Joe Walsh is an Australian former rugby league player for the Balmain Tigers.
Walsh hails from Barmedman, a village outside West Wyalong in country New South Wales.
[1] A second-rower, Walsh was recruited to Balmain from the Queanbeyan Kangaroos.
After missing the entire 1971 season with a knee injury, Walsh remained at Balmain for two more seasons, then returned to country rugby league.
He coached a young Royce Simmons while captain-coach of the Cowra Magpies, which he led to a premiership in 1978.