James Keinhorst

Jimmy Keinhorst
Personal information
Full name James Keinhorst
Born 14 July 1990
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 92 kg (14 st 7 lb)[1]
Playing information
Position Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012– Leeds Rhinos 14 6 0 0 24
2013 Hunslet Hawks (Loan) 15 13 1 0 54
2014 Wakefield Wildcats (Loan) 7 1 0 0 4
Total 36 20 1 0 82
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2007– Germany 10 19 16 0 108

James "Jimmy" Keinhorst (born 14 July 1990 in Leeds)[2] is a German international rugby league player, playing for Leeds in the Super League and the German national rugby league team. He has also played for the German national rugby union team in the past.[3] He mainly plays Five-Eighth and Halfback.

Keinhorst moved from Otley R.U.F.C. at the age of 19 to German rugby union club Heidelberger RK for a season, winning the national championship in 2009–10. He is the youngest of four rugby-playing brothers and qualifies to play for Germany through his German father Wolfgang who has lived in the United Kingdom for many years.[4] He and his three brothers, Kristian, Markus, Nicholas set a world record in 2007, when they played a rugby league international for Germany against Czech Republic, becoming the most siblings to play in a rugby league international match.[5] He has since returned to Otley R.U.F.C., playing the 2010–11 season there.[6]

He made his debut for Germany in an ENC match against Poland on 20 November 2010.[7] Keinhorst scored his first try for Germany a week later, against the Netherlands in Amsterdam.[8]

He has been playing rugby since 2004.[9] James attended St. Mary's Catholic High School, Menston.

James Keinhorst is also, as of 2010, the top try and point scorer for the German national rugby league team, having scored 11 tries and 70 points for the team so far in seven games.[3] In November 2011 he signed for Leeds Rhinos[10] On 30 July 2012 he made his Super League debut for Leeds in a loss to Wakefield.[11] He also came on as a substitute in Leed's losing appearance in the 2012 Challenge Cup final.[12]

He has also represented the England Students team in the Home Nations Tournament and the Great Britain Students, who he won the Academic Ashes with.[2]

Honours

Club

Stats

James Keinhorst's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[9]

Club

Year Club Division Games Tries Con Pen DG Place
2009–10 Heidelberger RK Rugby-Bundesliga 8 4 0 0 0 3rd – Champions
2010–11 Otley R.U.F.C. National League 1 11 3 0 0 0
2012 Leeds Rhinos Super League 5 3 0 0 0 5th – Champions
2013 Leeds Rhinos Super League 9 3 0 0 0
2013 Hunslet Hawks Championship 15 13 1 0 0
2014 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Super League 7 1 0 0 0 ongoing loan

(For 2014 Super League season highlights, stats and results click on 2014 Super League season results)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.therhinos.co.uk/rugby/matchcentre/leeds_rhinos_1st_xiii_profiles.php?player=102780&includeref=dynamic#.Uao1udI3uSo
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 German international set to make Super League debut Leeds Rhinos website, published: 30 July 2012, accessed: 31 July 2012
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nationalmanschafts Satistik 2006–10 (German) Rugby League Deutschland website, accessed: 11 December 2010
  4. ↑ Youngest Keinhorst gets chance in Germany Wharfedale & Airedale Observer, published: 25 November 2009, accessed: 23 November 2010
  5. ↑ Henderson kids make dad proud The Daily Telegraph , published: 23 November 2007, accessed: 23 November 2010
  6. ↑ Otley hope skipper is not feeling under par Telegraph & Argus, published: 12 August 2010, accessed: 23 November 2010
  7. ↑ DRV XV: Unnötige Auftaktniederlage gegen Polen (German) Rugby-Journal, published: 21 November 2010, accessed: 21 November 2010
  8. ↑ DRV XV: Deutschland ohne Keinhorst – Hongkong mit Nachwuchsteam (German) totalrugby.de, published: 11 December 2010, accessed: 11 December 2010
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 James Keinhorst profile at totalrugby.de (German) accessed: 23 March 2010
  10. ↑ Leeds Rhinos: German starlet handed chance to shine Yorkshire Evening Post website, accessed: 13 January 2012
  11. ↑ Mixed emotions for Keinhorst Leeds Rhinos website, published: 30 July 2012, accessed: 31 July 2012
  12. ↑ Challenge Cup final: Leeds Rhinos 18–35 Warrington Wolves BBC website, published: 25 August 2012, accessed: 26 August 2012

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