Shaun Kenny-Dowall

Shaun Kenny-Dowall

Personal information
Nickname	SKD, 'Shaun Kenny'
Born	23 January 1988 (1988-01-23) Ngaruawahia, New Zealand
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	102 kg (220 lb)
Playing information
Position	Centre, Wing, Fullback
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2007–	Sydney Roosters	105	67	3	0	274
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2007–2011	New Zealand	7	6	0	0	24
2011	NRL All Stars	1	1	0	0	4

Shaun Kenny-Dowall (born 23 January 1988 in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand) is a professional rugby league footballer for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League competition. He primarily plays in the centres.

Early years

Kenny-Dowall lived in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand and went to Ngaruawahia High School until he was 16 years old and played for the Ngaruawahia Panthers. He was a New Zealand Warriors junior but was unwanted by the club before moving to Sydney in 2004.

Playing career

Kenny-Dowall then joined the Sydney Roosters and in 2007 made his National Rugby League debut. Since then he has played in over fifty first grade games for the club. He was consistently in the first 17 and played in the wing and centre positions.

In 2011 in was selected in the NRL All Stars team. Playing off the bench he scored a try in thier 28-12 win.

Representative career

Kenny-Dowall was selected for the Junior Kiwis in 2006 and 2007. He was also selected for the New Zealand All Golds to play against the Northern Union in October as part of the 2007 All Golds Tour. He missed out on selection for New Zealand for the 2007 Baskerville Shield Test series against the Great Britain Lions but was selected for the test against France due to the injury of Taniela Tuiaki.

He was named in the New Zealand training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup but was not selected. He has been announced in the 2010 Kiwis 'train on' squad for the Four Nations. Instead, Kenny-Dowall played for the New Zealand Māori which met the Indigenous Dreamtime team in a curtain-raiser to the 2008 World Cup.

Kenny-Dowall cemented his position in the centres for the Kiwis in the 2010 Rugby League Four Nations scoring three tries including one in the final. He combined with Benji Marshall, Jason Nightingale and ultimately Nathan Fien to set up the series winning 79th minute try. Kenny-Dowall's fine form throughout 2010 saw him coming runner up to Marshall in the Rugby League world Golden Boot award, where he made centre in the team of the year.

Career highlights

• First Grade Debut: 2007, Round 1, Roosters v South Sydney Rabbitohs, 19 March
• First Hat-trick: 2007, Round 13, Roosters v North Queensland Cowboys, 9 June – scored three tries in the Roosters 64–30 win over the Cowboys.
• Representative Selection: 2007 – New Zealand All Golds v Northern Union, winning 30–22; New Zealand Kiwis v France, 17 November.
• Four Tries 2010, Roosters V Brisbane Broncos, 26 July – Scored 4 tries, the first Rooster to do so in 35 years.
• in 2010 he scored a personal best of 20 tries in the regular season.
• In 2010 he was nominated for the Dally M Centre of the Year award. The prize was ultimately awarded to Manly's Jamie Lyon.
• In 2010 against the Wests Tigers in the Finals he scored a try in the 100th minute of extra time off an intercept to win the game for the Roosters 15–19.
• In 2010 was runner up to Benji Marshall in Rugby League World Golden Boot award. Also named in team of the year.

External links

• Sydney Roosters profile