He once left defenders grasping at thin air.<\/p>\n
On Saturday night, it was the police doing the chasing.<\/p>\n
The Daily Telegraph reported that police sources confirmed Chris Walker<\/a>, the electric winger who dazzled NRL<\/a> crowds for over a decade, was taken into custody on the Gold Coast around 8:30pm.<\/p>\n Walker, who is now 46-years-old, played in the NRL<\/a> from 1999-2011 and played for six clubs.<\/p>\n Besides his famous Brisbane Broncos<\/a> stint, he also wore the jerseys of the South Sydney Rabbitohs<\/a>, Sydney Roosters<\/a>, Melbourne Storm<\/a>, Gold Coast Titans<\/a> and Parramatta Eels<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Queensland Origin representative player was part of a remarkable footballing family, being one of three brothers to pull on a Broncos jersey.<\/p>\n Ben Walker and Shane Walker were Chris’ older brothers, and at one stage in their careers, all of them were playing together for the Brisbane Broncos<\/a>.<\/p>\n Chris Walker<\/a> scored 87 tries in 163 NRL<\/a> games and was also part of two grand finals, as well as being part of the Queensland team that won the series in 2001.<\/p>\n No charges have been laid and details surrounding the incident remain scant.<\/p>\n Get set for the footy with the FREE Zero Tackle 2026 NRL Season Guide!<\/a> Packed with 130+ pages of player profiles, team previews, insights and analysis, the 2026 NRL Season Guide<\/a> is built for fans who want the full picture. Download your free Season Guide HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He once left defenders grasping at thin air. On Saturday night, it was the police doing the chasing.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-541044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}