Along with his Rugby playing brothers Angelo and Louis, Joe Corsi was a Welshman of Italian extraction, who had enjoyed a successful career at Rochdale Hornets before joining Oldham for the start of the 1923-24 season. He was capped by Wales shortly after signing for the club.
Joe came with the reputation of a free scoring winger and in his five years at Oldham he certainly lived up to that billing. In his first four seasons at the club he was leading try scorer each time, with totals of 30 in 1923-4, 27 in 1924-5, 23 in 1925-6 and 23 again in 1926-7. Not the fastest of players by the time he signed for Oldham, he did retain sufficient pace and that try scoring instinct that sets a quality winger aside from the rest. He played with a fierce determination, endearing himself to the Watersheddings crowds with his do or die sprints for the try line.
He played in the first three of the four consecutive Challenge Cup Final appearances in the mid 1920’s, scoring in the victory over Hull K.R. in 1925 and registering the only Oldham points in the 9 – 3 defeat by Swinton in 1926. It was a fitting finale when he scored a try in his last match for the club in the 15 – 0 win over Wigan on April 23rd, 1928. After his retirement he returned to Wales, to live in the Cardiff area.
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Along with his Rugby playing brothers Angelo and Louis, Joe Corsi was a Welshman of Italian extraction, who had enjoyed a successful career at Rochdale Hornets before joining Oldham for the start of the 1923-24 season. He was capped by Wales shortly after signing for the club.
Joe came with the reputation of a free scoring winger and in his five years at Oldham he certainly lived up to that billing. In his first four seasons at the club he was leading try scorer each time, with totals of 30 in 1923-4, 27 in 1924-5, 23 in 1925-6 and 23 again in 1926-7. Not the fastest of players by the time he signed for Oldham, he did retain sufficient pace and that try scoring instinct that sets a quality winger aside from the rest. He played with a fierce determination, endearing himself to the Watersheddings crowds with his do or die sprints for the try line.
He played in the first three of the four consecutive Challenge Cup Final appearances in the mid 1920’s, scoring in the victory over Hull K.R. in 1925 and registering the only Oldham points in the 9 – 3 defeat by Swinton in 1926. It was a fitting finale when he scored a try in his last match for the club in the 15 – 0 win over Wigan on April 23rd, 1928. After his retirement he returned to Wales, to live in the Cardiff area.