into a period of uncertainty<\/a> as he searched for a new club to play out the 2025 season with.<\/p>\nHe spoke to a couple of Super League clubs, including Leeds, before ultimately joining Sheffield Eagles in January on a monthly rolling deal.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old made 18 appearances for the second tier outfit under Craig Lingard, scoring three tries along the way, but in August, with the Championship season almost at an end, he decided to roll the dice.<\/p>\n
Despite their financial difficulties, Walker made the jump to join Salford Red Devils for the final four games of the Super League season. The hope was that his performances would lead to another deal either at Salford or elsewhere.<\/p>\n
The full-back did reach an agreement with the Red Devils, but he now finds himself waiting patiently to hear the verdict from the club\u2019s winding up hearing on December 3.<\/p>\n
\u201cI signed a deal in September when I joined Salford, it was two weeks in and that was on the basis of them staying up in Super League and everything being alright,\u201d Walker told Serious About RL. \u201cI kind of just left it at that hoping they\u2019d stay up.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s happening with them, everyone is a little bit in the dark with it all and there\u2019s been no other clubs really that have been interested which is a bit disappointing.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s kind of the same situation I was in last year when I got released by Hull. I got released around the same time and everyone is spent up and everyone has got the team they want for the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the unknown that\u2019s frustrating. I\u2019m kind of just sat waiting around.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve not been paid this month, so there\u2019s that as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course, Walker knew what he was walking into at Salford, but at the time he felt as though it was a gamble worth taking.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a bit risk,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019ve had a lot of comments on my TikTok, with everyone saying why would you go and put yourself in that situation knowing what\u2019s happening?<\/p>\n
\u201cThe situation I was in was I was at Sheffield on a monthly rolling deal and the season was going to end, there was around three or four weeks left and after that last game, I would have stopped getting paid. I wouldn\u2019t have been paid for the off-season, I had to sign a new deal and the deal they offered me wasn\u2019t the best.<\/p>\n
\u201cI took it as a great opportunity to put myself in the shop window for other Super League clubs to show them I\u2019ve still got it and I can still play Super League.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought I did really well in those four games. I know I got in the team of the week in the first week when we beat Warrington. I must have done something right. I\u2019m a little bit disappointed that I\u2019ve had nothing off the back of that, but hopefully Salford pull through and this is all for nothing and I can stop worrying.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Rhinos academy graduate has kept himself fit in the off-season, working hard in the gym and he has even competed in a Hyrox event in Dublin. But, he is now starting to look at other potential opportunities away from rugby league, with the 15-man code something he has thought about.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d love to give R360 a go, whether its coaching the younger lads and playing or just being a squad member, I don\u2019t know,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019d love to get my foot in the door so I think my agent is trying to get a contact over there and see if there\u2019s any potential.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d give it a good crack. I\u2019m eager to learn. I\u2019ve never played union before but I\u2019d love to give it a go.<\/p>\n
\u201cMe and my partner would love to move to Dubai, it\u2019s something we\u2019ve always talked about. I\u2019ve recently been looking at jobs I could do over there and with rugby not really working out, it\u2019s been the past few years now where it\u2019s not really working out, rugby.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve just been scraping the bottom of the barrel for clubs that want me on one-year deals. I\u2019m just fed up of it and I want some kind of security.\u201d<\/p>\n
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