Ant ready for Aussie challenge

17-year-old Priestley College student Anthony Walker is about to embark on a trip of a lifetime and at such a young age.

The promising rugby league player will travel to Australia with the rest of the junior academy squad from St Helens on a tour lasting just under a month.

Whilst in Australia, the young Saints will play a range of matches culminating in a clash against their counterparts from Penrith Panthers.

Anthony, who lives in Newton, but travels into Warrington to complete his studies at Priestley, is currently in his second year of a BTEC National Sports Diploma.

On the books at the Saints since high school, the former Golbourne amateur is currently half way through a two year scholarship contract at the GPW Recruitment Stadium and is excited by the challenge.

"The visit to Australia is the opportunity of a lifetime and I’m really looking forward to it, spending a month away in a place like Australia is a dream come true" he said.

"The setup at St Helens is great, it’s a strict but an enjoyable regime and you have to be very disciplined. In the build up to the trip we played a trial game against the first team which was ideal preparation and hopefully in the future I’ll be able to emulate some of those players."

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