Joshua Drinkwater (born 15 June 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a scrum-half or stand-off for Oldham RLFC in the RFL Championship.

Drinkwater played his junior football for the Terrigal Sharks, where he partnered best friend Josh English in the halves, before being signed by the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.

[10] In February 2014, Drinkwater joined the London Broncos effective immediately for the rest of the season in a straight swap for Michael Witt, after being released from the final year of his St. George Illawarra contract.

Drinkwater commented on the situation saying, "I know I'm behind those boys, Jason Taylor told me straight away that "Mitch" and "Brooksy" were going to start the year in the first-grade team.

Drinkwater left the Leigh Centurions after a two-year stay at the club, following relegation from the Super League via the Million Pound Game in a loss to the Catalans Dragons at the end of the 2017 season.

[citation needed] On 4 April 2019, Drinkwater opened his try scoring account for Hull Kingston Rovers in a 45-26 Super League home victory over the Leeds Rhinos.

[citation needed] Drinkwater scored a brace of tries on 31 May 2019, in Hull Kingston Rovers' 22-28 Challenge Cup Quarter Final defeat by the Warrington Wolves.

[24] Drinkwater played 23 games for Warrington in the 2024 Super League season as the club reached the semi-final before losing to Hull Kingston Rovers.