Early Career
He played the position of Centre for Leeds and made his debut against Halifax on 13 August 1999 aged 16.
Just after his 18th birthday Walker played for England in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup and made his Great Britain debut in 2004, coming off the bench against Australia in the opening game of that year's Tri Nations competition. In total Walker has six caps for Great Britain and six for England. He also has representative league honours with England A, England Under-21s and Yorkshire.
He featured in the Rugby League Challenge Cup finals in 2003 and 2005 as well as helping Leeds to 2004's Super League IX title when they beat Bradford in the Grand Final. By the end of the 2005 season he had scored 75 tries in 156 appearances for Leeds, an average of almost one try every two games. He was also part of the Leeds team which won the 2005 World Club Challenge when Leeds defeated Canterbury Bulldogs.
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