Position: Prop

Date of birth: 16/11/1994

Heritage number: 1112

Previous club: Culcheth Eagles/Latchford Albion

Representative honours: Ireland (5 caps), England Knights (2 caps), Great Britain (2 caps), England (1 cap)

Warrington debut: vs Hull KR (A), substitute forward, won 34-4 on 13/06/14

Honours

Challenge Cup: 2019

Warrington-born Joe Philbin is a popular and barnstorming forward, often at his best coming off the bench and wreaking havoc.

By the end of the 2025 campaign, he had made 190 substitute appearances, more than any other Warrington player in the club’s history.

Joe played his junior rugby league for Culcheth Eagles and Latchford Albion before signing for Warrington, aged 15.

He was handed his Wire debut by Tony Smith, aged 19, in a 34-4 victory at Hull KR and scored his first try against Catalans Dragons in Perpignan the following February.

He was a member of the Warrington team who beat Brisbane Broncos 27-18 in the World Club Series in February 2017 and played in 27 of Warrington’s 33 games that season.

In 2018, he played in the Challenge Cup final against Catalans Dragons at Wembley and the Super League Grand Final against Wigan Warriors at Old Trafford. He made 35 appearances that year, all off the bench.

He then scored the opening try at Wembley in 2019 as Warrington stunned the hot favourites St Helens to lift the Challenge Cup with an 18-4 victory.

After impressing coach Wayne Bennett, he went on the 2019 Great Britain Lions tour of Tonga, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, making his GB debut against New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland.

He made his England debut in October 2021, coming off the bench as France were defeated 30-10 in Perpignan.

He suffered a season-ending ACL injury in a 4-0 victory over Hull FC at the Halliwell Jones in June 2022, ruling him out for nine months.

He was awarded a testimonial year in 2024 to mark his 10 years of service to the club.

A nasty thigh injury which required surgery ruled him out of the 2024 Challenge Cup final, but he was back on the bench for the 2025 final against Hull KR. The 2026 season will be his 13^thwith the club.