Brett Kearney

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Brett Kearney
Personal information
Full name Brett Kearney
Date of birth September 29, 1983 (1983-09-29) (age 24)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 82 kg (12 st 13 lb)
Nickname(s) BK
Club information
Position(s) Half-Back
Current club Cronulla Sharks
Youth clubs
Years Club
Kincumber Colts
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2003 - 2005
2006 -		 South Sydney Rabbitohs
Cronulla Sharks		 28 (20)
28 (40)
Representative teams
Country Origin

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Brett Kearney (born September 29, 1983 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby league player for the Cronulla Sharks in the National Rugby League competition, he previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs. His position of choice is in the halves, or fullback.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early career

Brett Kearney's Junior Club was the Kincumber Colts, on the Central Coast. Kearney was recruited to play with North Sydney Bears in the Harold Matthews Cup and S.G. Ball Cup before he moved on to South Sydney in 2003.

[edit] 2003-2005

Kearney made his First Grade Debut in Round 1, Souths v Canterbury Bulldogs at Telstra Stadium, on March 15, 2003.

[edit] 2006-present

Signing with the Cronulla Sharks, Kearney had limited opportunity in 2006, with the exception of injuries. In 2007, with a positional change to fullback, Kearney was a regular in the first grade side until he suffered injury during the season. At fullback, "BK" has made inroads in attack scoring several tries. He scored a superb hat trick in the 2007 game against St. George Illawarra Dragons showing his ability in attack. In 2008 Brett Kearney was selected to play in the annual City vs Country match.

[edit] Career playing statistics

[edit] Point scoring summary

Games Tries Goals F/G Points
59 14 - - 40

[edit] Matches played

Team Matches Years
South Sydney Rabbitohs 28 2003–2005
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20 2006–present

[edit] External links

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