Josh Reynolds (rugby league)

He was penalised and placed on report twice in the second half, one for an attempted trip on Country forward Tariq Sims as he scored a try in the 52nd minute, and in the 77th minute for a shoulder charge on fullback David Mead.

He was suspended for one week, and not selected for the Blues team.

In the week 1 Elimination Final match against the St George Illawarra Dragons, Reynolds kicked a field goal to win the match for Canterbury 11–10 in golden point extra time.

He finished the season with 17 matches, scoring three tries and kicking two field goals.

Josh Reynolds (born 13 April 1989) is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who played as a for Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League.

He previously played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League, and Hull FC in the English Super League.

He has represented New South Wales in the State of Origin series, Prime Minister's XIII and City Origin.

Reynolds was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 13 April 1989.

He attended Clemton Park Public School and Marist College Kogarah.

Reynolds played for the St George Dragons in the Harold Matthews Cup and then the Canterbury team in the SG Ball competition before progressing to the Toyota Cup in 2008.

In 2008 and 2009, Reynolds played for Canterbury in the under 20s before moving onto the ranks of the New South Wales Cup.

Reynolds was named Canterbury's 2010 NSW Cup player of the year as well as scoring two tries and kicking four goals, for a personal haul of 16 points, in their 24-12 grand final win over the Windsor Wolves.

In round 11, Reynolds made his NRL debut for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, playing against the Canberra Raiders at in the 20–12 loss at Canberra Stadium.

In round 15, against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, he scored his first NRL try in Canterbury's 26–10 win at ANZ Stadium.

Reynolds finished his debut year in the NRL with four tries from ten matches.

In round 4, against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Reynolds played his 100th NRL career match in Canterbury's 42–12 win at ANZ Stadium.

In round 8, against the Gold Coast Titans, he kicked a field goal in golden point extra time to win the match for the Canterbury club 21–20.

Reynolds finished the season with 8 tries and 2 field goals from 25 matches.

On 30 September, in the 2012 NRL Grand Final against the Melbourne Storm, Reynolds played at in Canterbury’s 14–4 loss.

He finished his impressive season having played in all of Canterbury's 27 matches and scoring 10 tries, which was the first time since Terry Lamb that a Canterbury five-eighth had scored more than 10 tries in a season.

For game 1 of the 2013 State of Origin series, Reynolds was selected to fill in for the injured Kurt Gidley on the interchange bench but did not get a run on the field.

He retained his bench spot for game 2, making his official New South Wales debut in the 26–6 loss at Suncorp Stadium.

Reynolds wasn't chosen for game 3.

Reynolds finished the 2013 NRL season with him playing in 23 matches and scoring 9 tries for Canterbury.

On 29 September, Reynolds played for the Prime Minister's XIII off the interchange bench in the 50–10 win over Papua New Guinea in Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.

Reynolds was selected to play for NSW City in the City vs Country Origin match playing at, and scored a try in the 26-all draw in Dubbo.

Reynolds was chosen as New South Wales five-eighth alongside Bulldogs halves partner Trent Hodkinson for all three games of the 2014 State of Origin series, during which the Blues ended Queensland's 8-series winning streak.

On 5 October 2014, in the 2014 NRL Grand Final against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Reynolds played at five-eighth in Canterbury’s 30–6 loss.

Reynolds finished the year with 19 matches and 2 tries for the Canterbury club.

Reynolds was selected for the City Origin team at five-eighth as an audition for the vacant five-eighth position for New South Wales.

In February, Reynolds was captain of Canterbury's 2017 Auckland Nines squad.

On 26 April, after weeks of speculation where Reynolds would go after the season's end, he signed a four-year contract with the Wests Tigers.

The value was believed to be around $3 million over four years.

It was quoted in many articles that he "felt sick" about leaving the Canterbury club.

His influence on teammates also evident when club captain, James Graham, appeared visibly upset on the TV show NRL 360 while talking of Reynolds departure at the end of the year.

In Round 18 against the Newcastle Knights, in his final game at Belmore Oval, he was sent off a winner at the death, with Moses Mbye running 70 metres to score the match winning try, afterwards the crowd ran onto the field to celebrate with Reynolds after securing a 20–18 victory.

In Round 26 against the St George Illawarra Dragons, Reynolds played his last match in Canterbury colours but injured his ankle in process of scoring his try and sat out most of his farewell match in the 26–20 win at ANZ Stadium.

Reynolds finished his last year with Canterbury scoring 5 tries from 17 matches.

After the departure of Aaron Woods, Reynolds was named as one of 5 co-captains at Wests Tigers, alongside Benji Marshall, Chris Lawrence, Russell Packer and Elijah Taylor.

Coach Ivan Cleary said, "I just think it's the right model for us right now. When we started this preseason it was pretty obvious straight away that there was no real pecking order. There was no set culture to adhere to. It was all new."