Josh Boileau

Josh Boileau was born in Newbridge, County Kildare, on 2 July 1995, the quiet starting point for a professional snooker career that reached its peak at ranking 88 in June 2017. He won the 2016 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship after a painful 6-1 defeat two years earlier, converting youthful frustration into a two-year World Snooker Tour card. His best moments came against established players, including a 4-2 victory over Shaun Murphy at the Welsh Open, proving that a small Irish town could produce someone capable of beating the world's best.