Kane Linnett

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Kane Linnett
Personal information


Full name	Kane Linnett
Born	(1989-01-11) 11 January 1989 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
Playing information
Position	Centre, Wing
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2010–2011	Sydney Roosters	23	6	0	0	24
2012-	North Queensland	49	21	0	0	84
	Total	72	27	0	0	108
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2013	Scotland	3	1	0	0	4

Kane Linnett (born 11 January 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the North Queensland Cowboys of the National Rugby League. A centre, he played in the 2010 NRL Grand Final.

He has signed with the North Queensland Cowboys on a 2 year deal, starting in 2012.

As a youngster Kane played league and Union and could have been playing Super Rugby had he not taken up a deal with the Dragons Toyota Cup side. He was named Roosters rookie of the year in 2010. And was a member of the 2010 NRL grand final team that lost to the Dragons 32-8. In 2010 he averaged over 110 metres per game and scored a try on debut.

In the final rounds of the 2011 NRL season he played with a season-ending injury, helping the Roosters to a win over the Dragons. He joined the Cowboys in 2012 on a two-year contract and was touted by Cowboys management as the possible signing of the year. Linnett scored his first try for the Cowboys in the clubs round 3 match against the Parramatta Eels, in the same game Linnett ran for 'match high metres'. In the Cowboys round 5 win against the Canberra Raiders Linnett made the most metres by a Cowboys centre in the history of the NRL with 234. Linnett was a member of the Cowboys 2012 finals series; which included 1 win and 1 controversial loss.

International Career

Qualifying through his mother, Linnett announced his intention to represent Scotland at international level prior to the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. ^[1]

Personal life

Off the football field Linnett's hobbies include fishing, diving & surfing. He also enjoys listening to music. Linnett has a Diploma of Business and a Diploma in Environmental Science. Linnett's favorite player as a kid was Brad Fittler, his role model is Greg Inglis & his most respected opponent is Justin Hodges. In his Cowboy profile he said his favorite holiday destination is Fiji & his favorite movie is Taken.

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References

External links

Sydney Roosters profile

v t e North Queensland Cowboys – current squad

Asiata Bolton Cooper Coote Feldt Hall Hoare King Kostjasyn Linnett Lowe Lui Mitchell Morgan Murgha Riethmuller Rona Santo Scott (c) A.Sims T.Sims Tamou Tate Taumalolo Thompson Thorby Thurston (c) Winterstein Wright Coach: Green

v t e Scotland squad – 2013 Rugby League World Cup

Alex Hurst Brett Carter David Scott Ben Hellewell Kane Linnett Matty Russell Callum Phillips Danny Brough (c) Rhys Lovegrove Peter Wallace Luke Douglas Ben Kavanagh Brett Phillips Mitchell Stringer Adam Walker Josh Barlow Oliver Wilkes Ben Fisher Andrew Henderson Ian Henderson Sam Barlow Dale Ferguson Alex Szostak Danny Addy Coach: McCormack

Persondata
Name	Linnett, Kane
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rugby league player
Date of birth	11 January 1989
Place of birth
Date of death	13 December 2013
Place of death

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