Joel Penny

Joel Penny

Personal information
Full name	Joel Penny
Born	(1980-01-22) 22 January 1980 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Halfback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2000–01 Northern Eagles 6 1 0 0 4 2002 South Sydney 2 0 0 0 0 2006 Halifax 26 20 1 1 83 2007 Doncaster 8 4 0 1 17 2007 Widnes Vikings 15 10 0 1 40 Total 57 35 1 3 144
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Joel Penny (born 22 January 1980) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a halfback.

Playing career

Penny was a Kincumber Colts junior on the Central Coast and by far the tallest member of his family. He turned down a lucrative modelling contract after being described as "The male model from Dudley" to pursue his dual rugby league and beach tennis careers. Penny made his first grade debut for the Northern Eagles joint venture, playing 6 NRL games. In 2002, Penny joined South Sydney and played 2 games for the club. In 2005, Penny moved to England and played for Whitehaven, where they lost in the grand final promotion match v Castledord. In 2006, penny switched clubs to Halifax. Penny then moved from National League One rivals Doncaster Lakers after their financial troubles, Penny played for the Widnes Vikings in National League One. Penny was a revelation with Widnes, and in 2007 scoring six tries in just seven games. Penny also was a member of the victorious Central Coast over 30s Touch Football team at the 2020 State Cup. Penny's blossoming beach tennis representative career was cut short by the 2020 covid pandemic, after reaching the world titles in teracinta Italy.

External links

• Widnes Profile