Joe Batley
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27 June 1996
| Born | Joseph Batley 27 June 1996 Portsmouth, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 124 kg (19 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Hartpury College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joe Batley (born 27 June 1996) is an English professional rugby union player who plays at lock, Flanker or Number 8 for Premiership Rugby club Bristol Bears.[1]
Batley played for the England U18 side that won the 2014 Rugby Europe Under-18 Championship.[2] The following year he was a member of the England U20 team that won the 2015 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.[3][4] Batley was initially included in the squad for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship however illness ruled him out of attending the tournament.[5]
Batley was a graduate of the Gloucester academy and in 2017 left to sign his first professional contract with local rivals Bristol.[6][7] In his first season at the club Bristol won the 2017–18 RFU Championship to secure promotion to the top flight.[8]
Batley joined Worcester Warriors for the 2020–21 season.[9] In May 2022 he started for the Warriors side that beat London Irish in the final of the Premiership Rugby Cup to win Worcester their first ever top-flight trophy.[10]
On 5 October 2022 all Worcester players had their contacts terminated due to the liquidation of the company to which they were contracted.[11] Following the termination of his contract at Worcester it was confirmed that Batley had returned to Bristol Bears.[1][12]
In November 2024, Batley was selected for the England A squad however an injury sustained playing for Bristol against Australia A ruled him out of their side.[13] In May 2025 he was called up to a training camp for the senior England squad by coach Steve Borthwick.[14] Later that year in November 2025, Batley scored a try for England A during a defeat against an All Blacks XV.[15]