Career Record for Featherstone
Appearances			Tries	Goals	Drop Goals	Points
Total	Start	Sub
182	118	63	45	2	0	184

After starting his career at Castleford, John Davies made his name at Batley with a couple of good seasons before Rovers signed him up for the 2016 season. Nominally a second-row, he had good enough hands to play a distribution role at hooker, but was more effective out wide. He quickly established himself as a first team regular under John Sharp and his work-rate made him a crowd favourite. Not the biggest player, he punched above his weight on defence, and was always a handful for the opposition going forward. He missed just one game in 2017 and only a handful in 2018, and with useful try scoring contributions of 12 and 11 his reputation among Rovers fans as one of the unsung stars of the Championship was justified.

The 2019 season started slowly for Davies under new coach Ryan Carr, but by the end of the year was playing essentially a prop forward's role in the middle as Rovers charged to the Grand final. An off-season operation meant he missed the abandoned 2020 season through injury, but James Webster, like every coach before him found Davies to be an indispensable work-horse in 2021. Used mainly off the bench to beef up the middle, such was Rovers' shortage of numbers by July he was playing stand-off and at Wembley in the 1895 Cup final, at centre. On the big stage, he ripped through the York defence to set up a wonderful try for Nu Brown. He then slotted back into the forwards, offering the usual graft and handling skills as Rovers reached their second successive Grand final.

Davies could have been forgiven for having a sense of deja vu in 2022. He once again found his place under threat as another new coach (Brian McDermott) doubted his utility and lack of size. Forceful running and heavy tackling found him once again back in favour, appearing in 23 of 33 matches although he missed out for the end of season play-offs. The following season, Davies' role morphed into that of an impact player off the bench, mainly operating in the middle, where his targeted big hits on defence and good footwork on attack lifted the team. His departure to Bradford at the end of 2023 was a part of a general clearout of players after failing to make the Grand Final for the second successive year.

John Davies' complete playing record is available at https://stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/playersummary.php?tselect=5172