Joshua Veivers is a professional rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 player, currently contracted to Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

 in Super League

Super League

Super League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...

. The son of former St Helens player and Wigan Warriors

Wigan Warriors

Wigan Warriors is an English rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club's first team squad competes in the engage Super League and the team are the current Challenge Cup holders as of the 27th August 2011....

 assistant coach Phil Veivers

Phil Veivers

Phil Veivers is an Australian former rugby league footballer. He played for the Southern Suburbs, St Helens and Huddersfield as a full-back....

, Josh joined the Wildcats from Wigan, where he made no first team appearances, only playing in their academy. He made his first team début in the 2011 season

Super League XVI

The 2011 Super League season was the sixteenth season of rugby league football since the Super League format was introduced in 1996...

, playing at his preferred position of fullback in a 40-20 loss to Castleford Tigers

Castleford Tigers

Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club based in Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. They participate in the professional European competition Super League. They are sometimes known as 'Cas', 'Cas Tigers', 'Classy Cas' or the 'Black & Amber'...

, where he kicked two goals from four attempts.