Fijian born utility back Josh Whippy played in Major League Rugby between 2019-2021. He represented the Utah Warriors for his entire MLR career.

Born and raised in Fiji, Josh Whippy moved to New Zealand for school where be played both basketball and rugby between Rangitoto and Church Colleges. In 2010, Whippy moved from New Zealand to the USA, settling in Utah and joining United Rugby Club, helping the club to a U19s national championship that year. He then attended Brigham Young University and represented the BYU Rugby team while there where his Collegiate rugby career got off to a rocky start, as an injury ended his freshman year early. Whippy then spent two years as a Mormon missionary before returning to BYU where he re-joined the rugby team, as well as the football team where he played as a Running Back. With the BYU rugby team, Whippy was a 2x Collegiate All-American in 2014 & 2015, and received an honourable mention in 2017.

Alongside playing with BYU, Whippy played with the Utah Selects where he won two consecutive club 7s national championships in 2016 and 2017. In the fall of 2017, Whippy was named to the USA Selects squad for the 2017 Americas Pacific Challenge, where he was a stand-out. Following the APC, Whippy was selected for the USA Eagles roster for their end-of-year tests, but didn’t travel due to personal reasons. In December 2017, the Utah Warriors announced that they had signed Josh Whippy for the inaugural MLR campaign in 2018.

Prior to the 2018 MLR season, Whippy finally earned his test debut for the USA as Eagle #518 against Canada in the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship, earning 4 test caps during the ARC campaign. He joined the Warriors after the ARC, but suffered a compound fracture in his leg during their final pre-season game against Alberta’s Prairie Wolfpack, and missed the entire MLR season. Whippy returned for Utah in 2019, and would go on to earn 28 appearances for the Warriors across 3 seasons, starting 23 times and scoring 6 tries on over 1,500m gained including a high of 749m gained in 2021, when he started all 14 of his appearances.

Josh Whippy’s twin brother, Jared, also played in MLR for the Warriors between 2018-2021.