Position
Full Back
Club
Sale Sharks
Age
23
Height
182
Weight
89
U18 Caps
3
Joe Carpenter
Sale Sharks' Joe Carpenter started playing rugby aged seven for West Park Leeds RUFC. He joined the Yorkshire Carnegie academy at 15 before signing with Premiership side Sale in 2020. Also a product of the England pathway setup, Carpenter has featured for England at U16 and U18 level. Joe made his first XV debut against La Rochelle in 2020 in the Heineken Champions Cup and has since cemented himself as a mainstay in Alex Sanderson's Sale outfit. Joe was named in Steve Borthwick's squad for the 2024 Summer Series tour of Japan and New Zealand. This season he helped Sale to a place in the Gallagher Premiership play-offs and was named in the squad ahead of England XV v France XV.
- Career Path
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2017 Yorkshire Carnegie U16 England U16 Yorkshire Carnegie U18
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2019 England U18 Fylde Sale A
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2020 Sale Sharks U20 North
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2021 U20 South Nottingham Rugby Sale FC
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2024 England A
Matches played
One of the seven backs, the full back is brave in defence, safe under the high ball in pressurised situations and is always looking to run as an attacking force - a good communicator and organiser with positional awareness.
