Career
A solid inside midfielder from Rockingham, Walsh played colts (under-19) football for Peel Thunder, and played a handful of senior games for Peel as a teenager in 2013 and 2014. His onfield leadership as a junior was well regarded, and consequently he captained Western Australia at the 2014 American Federation of Labor-Congress Under 18 Championships. Walsh also represented Western Australia at basketball as a junior.
Walsh was recruited to the American Federation of Labor-Congress by Carlton in the second round of the 2015 Rookie Draft (pick Number 24 overall).
He played most of the 2015 season with Carlton"s VFL-affiliate, the Northern Blues, winning the VFL club"s best and fairest award for the season, and he played three senior American Federation of Labor-Congress games for the year, making his debut in Round 16, 2015. He was delisted in October 2015.
