Ken McGuinness

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Ken McGuinness
Personal information
Full name Ken McGuinness
Date of birth 14 September 1975 (1975-09-14) (age 32)
Height 191 cm
Weight 96 kg
Relatives Kevin McGuinness (brother)
Youth clubs
Years Club
Minto Cobras
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
1994–1999
2000
2002
Western Suburbs
Wests Tigers
North Queensland
107 (142)
6 (0)
9 (4)
Representative teams
1997–1998 New South Wales 5 (8)

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

Ken McGuinness (born 14 September 1975) is an Australian former rugby league player for the Western Suburbs Magpies, Wests Tigers and North Queensland Cowboys. His position of choice was at centre and he represented for New South Wales on five occasions.

[edit] Biography

McGuinness was one of nine Wests players to cross-over to the merged Magpies-Tigers club at the end of the 1999 season but he was unable to secure a regular first grade position at Wests Tigers in their inaugural year. In August 2000, McGuinness played for the excluded South Sydney Rabbitohs in two of their matches against Lebanon and the Tomahawks.

McGuinness spent 2001 in the Queensland Cup competition and played for the Toowoomba Clydesdales in the grand final that year. After nine games with the North Queensland Cowboys in 2002, McGuinness announced his retirement from first grade at the age of 26, saying he had lost his passion for the game.[1]

During his time with the Wests Magpies, McGuinness was selected for NSW Origin on five occasions in the 1997 and 1998 series, scoring one try.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Ken McGuinness announces retirement" (Fee required), AAP Sports News (Australia), 2002-07-31. Retrieved on 2007-08-31. 
  2. ^ State of Origin stats. Retrieved on 2007-08-31.