Shaun Timmins

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Shaun Timmins
Personal information
Born	(1976-08-06) 6 August 1976 Kiama, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	103 kg (16 st 3 lb)
Position	Centre, Second-row, Lock, Five-eighth
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1994–1998	Illawarra Steelers	86	28	11	1	135
1999–2006	St. George Illawarra	124	27	0	0	108
	Total	210	55	11	1	243
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1999–2004	Australia	9	2	0	0	8
2000–2004	New South Wales	9	3	0	1	13
2003	Country	1	0	0	0	0

Shaun Timmins (born 6 August 1976 in Kiama, New South Wales) is an Australian retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative utility, he played his club football in the National Rugby League for the Illawarra Steelers and the St George Illawarra Dragons. Timmins was a versatile player, performing at five-eighth, centre, lock, and second-row at representative and club levels.

Playing career

Timmins played junior football in Kiama and debuted as a seventeen-year old for the Steelers in round 18 of 1994 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. He was later named the Steelers' Rookie of the year. Timmins played 86 games for the Illawarra Steelers and was a foundation player in the joint venture St George Illawarra Dragons in 1999. He played at centre in the 1999 NRL Grand Final loss to the Melbourne Storm. Timmins was first selected for the Australian team to compete in the end of season 1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament. In the final against New Zealand he played from the interchange bench in the Kangaroos' 22-20 victory.

Timmins was selected for the New South Wales team in 2000. He played nine State of Origin games for the New South Wales Blues from 2000 to 2004 and eight Tests for Australia from 1999 to 2004. In 2000, Timmins suffered an injury which revealed a chronic knee condition. His representative ascendancy came to a halt when he was sidelined for 18 months including the whole 2001 NRL season. He returned to the field in 2002 and showed tremendous ability to again represent NSW and Australia in a Test match against Great Britain. He was named the Dragon's best player in 2002. In 2003 after just one club game in the five eighth role, Timmins was selected for Country and then for NSW at five eighth. A 2003 recurrence (in the other knee) of his condition prevented his national selection for the Kangaroo Tour that year and threatened the end of his career. Following five knee operations in total, Timmins made a remarkable recovery in the 2003–2004 off-season. His return to form led to selection for Australia in the 2004 ANZAC Test against New Zealand. He also played for New South Wales that year and entered State of Origin folklore in Game I of the 2004 series by kicking the winning field goal in extra time. It was only the second field-goal of his career.^[1] Following the 2004 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain, France and the USA, Timmins announced his retirement from representative football, expressing a focused intention to win a premiership with the Dragons.

Timmins' last game with the Dragons was the loss in the 2006 Grand Final qualifier against Melbourne. Timmins had played 124 games for the St George Illawarra Dragons before retiring from the NRL at the end of 2006. Timmins' contract discussions with the Castleford Tigers for the 2007 season in the UK ended following that club's relegation to second division and after speculative talks with the Gold Coast Titans he was forced into retirement due to the condition of his knees.^[2] In March, 2007, Timmins once again felt he was ready to compete in the NRL and offered his services to the Dragons following a pectoral muscle injury to Mark Gasnier. The offer was not accepted.^[3] Timmins had played a total of 210 first grade games, scoring 55 tries, kicking 11 goals and 1 field goal for a total of 243 points.

References

↑ Joel Zander (2004-05-27). "Timmins field goal gets NSW home". ABC News. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
↑ "Former Tigers target retires". Sporting Life UK. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
↑ "Coach Nathan Brown rejects Timmins SOS". The Age. 2007-03-05. Retrieved 2008-07-20.

Sources

Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd. pp. 550–551. ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.

External links

v t e Inaugural St. George Illawarra Dragons side

v Parramatta Eels, Stadium Australia, 6 March 1999

1. Lee Murphy 2. Nathan Blacklock 3. Paul McGregor 4. Mark Coyne (c) 5. Jamie Ainscough 6. Anthony Mundine 7. Trent Barrett 8. Craig Smith 9. Nathan Brown 10. Corey Pearson 11. Darren Treacy 12. Lance Thompson 13. Wayne Bartrim 14. Shaun Timmins 15. Colin Ward 16. Brad Mackay 17. Craig Fitzgibbon Coach: David Waite

v t e Illawarra Rugby League Team of the Century (1911–2010)

1. Graeme Langlands 2. Ian Moir 3. Harry Wells Jr. 4. Paul McGregor 5. Rod Wishart 6. Bob Fulton 7. Trent Barrett 8. Craig Young 9. Kevin Schubert 10. Steve Roach 11. Ron Costello 12. Craig Fitzgibbon 13. Noel Mulligan Reserves 14. John Dorahy 15. Shaun Timmins 16. Bruce Olive 17. Ben Creagh Coach: Harry Nolan Referee: Alf Grew

Persondata
Name	Timmins, Shaun
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rugby league player
Date of birth	6 August 1976
Place of birth	Kiama, New South Wales
Date of death
Place of death

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