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Edward "Eddie" Battye (born 30 December 1991) is an English
rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...
footballer who plays as a for
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in the
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. He has previously played for the
Sheffield Eagles The Sheffield Eagles are a professional rugby league club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They play home games at the Olympic Legacy Park and compete in the Championship, the second tier of British rugby league. Sheffield's on ...
over two separate spells in the
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, the
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in the
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and the
London Broncos The London Broncos are a professional rugby league club based in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, England. They play their home games at Plough Lane and currently compete in the RFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of British rugby le ...
in the Championship and the
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. Battye has also spent time on loan from the
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at
Wakefield Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 109,766 in the 2021 census, up from 99,251 in the 2011 census. The city is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolit ...
in the Super League.


Background

Battye was born in England. He was brought up on a buffalo farm in
Penistone Penistone ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, which had a population of 13,270 at the 2021 census. Historic counties of England, Historically in ...
,
South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the north, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north-east, Lincolnshire ...
.


Career


Sheffield Eagles

Battye played junior rugby league for
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and signed with the
Sheffield Eagles The Sheffield Eagles are a professional rugby league club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They play home games at the Olympic Legacy Park and compete in the Championship, the second tier of British rugby league. Sheffield's on ...
and made his
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debut in 2011. After a spell in France playing for
Villeneuve Leopards Villeneuve XIII originally called Sports Athletic Villeneuvois XIII are a semi-professional rugby league team based in Villeneuve-sur-Lot in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France. Formed in 1934, the first French rugby league ...
he returned to the Eagles and became a regular, featuring in their Championship winning team in 2013. He joined
London Broncos The London Broncos are a professional rugby league club based in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, England. They play their home games at Plough Lane and currently compete in the RFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of British rugby le ...
in 2016. In 2017, Battye was kept out of rugby league for four months due to a knee injury.


London Broncos

He put in a man of the match performance in the first game of the 2018 Qualifiers against
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at The Halton stadium. His team
London Broncos The London Broncos are a professional rugby league club based in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, England. They play their home games at Plough Lane and currently compete in the RFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of British rugby le ...
came out 20–21 winners in an enthralling game at The Halton stadium in Widnes. Battye put in an outstanding performance and contributed a try in an outstanding team effort to defeat
Wigan Wigan ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. It is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its ad ...
in an 18-16 thriller on 9 March 2019.


Wakefield Trinity

On 24 January 2021, it was reported that he had signed for
Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home fixtures at the DIY Kitchen Stadium, Belle Vue (Wakefield), Belle Vue and currently compete in the Super League, the top tier o ...
in the
Super League Super League (also known as the Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons, and legally Super League Europe Ltd.) is a professional rugby league competition, and the highest level of the British rugby league system, which consists of twelve t ...
. Battye featured in 24 games for Wakefield Trinity in the
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season as the club finished bottom of the table and were relegated to the
RFL Championship The Rugby Football League Championship, (known as the Betfred Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the second highest division of rugby league in British rugby league system, Britain (with one team in the league also being based in France) ...
which ended their 24-year stay in the top flight.


Sheffield Eagles (re-join)

On 2 Nov 2023 it was reported that he will re-join
Sheffield Eagles The Sheffield Eagles are a professional rugby league club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They play home games at the Olympic Legacy Park and compete in the Championship, the second tier of British rugby league. Sheffield's on ...
on a 2-year deal.


References


External links


London Broncos profile

Sheffield Eagles profileSL profile
1991 births Living people English rugby league players London Broncos players Place of birth missing (living people) Rugby league players from Yorkshire Rugby league props Sheffield Eagles players Villeneuve Leopards players Wakefield Trinity players Sportspeople from Penistone {{England-rugbyleague-bio-stub