Jarrad Kennedy

Jarrad Kennedy (born 27 February 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in the Intrust Super Premiership. He plays at second-row, but can also fill in at centre. He previously played for the Canberra Raiders and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League.

Jarrad Kennedy
Personal information
Born (1989-02-27) 27 February 1989
Moruya, New South Wales, Australia
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row, Lock, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012–16 Canberra Raiders 49 5 0 0 20
2017 Manly Warringah 2 0 0 0 0
Total 51 5 0 0 20
Source: [1]
As of 3 December 2016

Background

Born in Moruya, New South Wales, Kennedy played his junior rugby league for the Tuross Lakers and Moruya-Tuross Sharks, before being signed by the Canberra Raiders.

Playing career
Kennedy playing for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in 2016

Early career

In 2008 and 2009, Kennedy played for the Canberra Raiders' NYC team.[2] On 5 October 2008, Kennedy scored the match winning try in the Raiders' golden-point extra time win over the Brisbane Broncos in the 2008 NYC Grand Final.[3] In 2010, he graduated on to the Raiders' Queensland Cup team, Souths Logan Magpies.[4]

2012

In round 6 of the 2012 NRL season, Kennedy made his NRL debut for Canberra against the New Zealand Warriors.[5]

2013

On 17 May, Kennedy re-signed with Canberra on a two-year contract.[6]

2014

In round 11 of the 2014 NRL season, Kennedy scored his first NRL career try against North Queensland.[7]

2015

On 25 March, Kennedy again re-signed with Canberra on a two-year contract.[3]

2016

In September, Kennedy was named at second-row in the 2016 Intrust Super Premiership NSW Team of the Year.[8]

2017

Kennedy was named in the Manly-Warringah squad for the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines. He made his debut for Manly against South Sydney in round 2 of the 2017 NRL season. At the end of 2017, Kennedy was released by the Manly club.[9]

2018

In 2018, Kennedy re-joined Canberra but played the entire season for their feeder club Mounties making a total of ten appearances in the NSW Cup.[10]

2019

In 2019, Kennedy joined the Tuggeranong Bushrangers in the local Canberra competition.[11] On 31 October, Kennedy was named in the Blumers Lawyers CRC Team of the Year.[12]

References
  1. "Jarrad Kennedy - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 27 February 1989. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  2. "K". Nyc Database. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  3. "Raiders re-sign Jarrad Kennedy | NRL". Zero Tackle. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  4. "Intrust Super Cup, Rd 4". Couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  5. "NRL 2012 - Round 6". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  6. "Jarrad Kennedy re-signs with the Raiders | NRL". Zero Tackle. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  7. "NRL 2014 - Round 11". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  8. NSWRL.com.au (26 March 2016). "2016 Intrust Super Cup Team of the Year". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  9. "2017 Auckland Nines squads: Every player named for the tournament". The Roar. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  10. "Team Lists: Mounties". www.raiders.com.au.
  11. "Jarrad Kennedy stars for Tuggeranong Bushrangers in Canberra Raiders Cup". www.canberratimes.com.au.
  12. "Blumers Lawyers CRC Team of the Year - Bench". www.raiders.com.au.
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