Robbie Kearns
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| Kearns in 2008 |
| Personal information |
| Born |
12 December 1971 (1971-12-12) (age 40)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Height |
185 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight |
100 kg (15 st 10 lb) |
| Position |
Prop |
Robbie Kearns (born 12 December 1971 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer in the National Rugby League competition whose senior career began with the Cronulla Sharks. He represented New South Wales in State of Origin and Australia in international matches. His position of choice was at Prop Forward. In 2000 Kearns was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australia's international standing in rugby league. He retired at the conclusion of the 2005 season after a 13-year career but remained with the Melbourne Storm in a marketing capacity.
[edit] Club career
Kearns played junior football for the Engadine Dragons. He made his First Grade Debut for the Cronulla Sharks in Round 1 v Brisbane at Lang Park, 20 March 1992, becoming a regular in the Cronulla Sharks side.
Kearns signed with the Western Reds for 1997. In the 1997 post season, he was selected to play for Australia from the interchange bench in all three matches of the Super League Test series against Great Britain.
Kearns signed on with the newly-created Melbourne Storm for the 1998 NRL season. That year he was named the club's player of the year.[1] Kearns captained the Melbourne Storm from 2000 to 2002 and again in 2005. At the end of the 2001 NRL season, he went on the 2001 Kangaroo tour, and at the end of the 2003 NRL season he went on the 2003 Kangaroo tour. He was again named the Storm's player of the season in 2003.
Melbourne Storm released a 'team of the decade' as part of their 10 year celebrations in 2007, with Kearns named at prop.
[edit] Representative career
- State Of Origin: Played 8 games in total for New South Wales between 1998 and 2003
- International: Played 17 tests for Australia including the 2000 World Cup
[edit] Career stats
283 career games to date scoring 31 tries, 2 goals (128 points)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
| Persondata |
| Name |
Kearns, Robbie |
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| Short description |
Australian rugby league player |
| Date of birth |
12 December 1971 |
| Place of birth |
Sydney, New South Wales |
| Date of death |
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| Place of death |
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