Chris McKenna

Chris McKenna

Personal information
Nickname	Hymie, Monty
Born	29 October 1974 (1974-10-29) (age 37) Brisbane, Australia
Playing information
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	15st 8 lbs (100 Kg)
Position	centre / second row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1993–94	Brisbane Broncos	13	4	0	0	16
1993–94	Sheffield Eagles	4	1	0	0	4
1995–96	London Broncos	29	3	0	0	12
1996	Sth. Qld. Crushers	29	3	0	0	12
1997–02	Cronulla-Sutherland	118	29	0	0	116
2003–05	Leeds Rhinos	80	18	0	0	72
2006–07	Bradford Bulls	57	7	0	0	28
2008	Doncaster
	Total	330	65	0	0	260
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1997	Queensland (SL)	1	0	0	0	0
1999–02	Queensland	7	0	0	0	0
2000–02	Australia	2	2	0	0	8
Source: RLP RL Stats

Chris McKenna (born 29 October 1974 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played for Queensland and Australia as well as club sides the Brisbane Broncos, South Queensland Crushers and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. His usual position was second row, though while he played in Australia he usually played at centre. He also played for Doncaster in National League Two having signed at the beginning of the 2008 from Bradford Bulls.

Biography

1993

McKenna made his first grade début for the Brisbane Broncos, as well as playing for the Sheffield Eagles. During the 1994 NSWRL season, McKenna played from the interchange bench for defending premiers Brisbane when they hosted British champions Wigan for the 1994 World Club Challenge.

1994–1996

He made appearances for the Sheffield Eagles and the London Broncos in the English competition as well as for the South Queensland Crushers in the Australian competition.

1997–2002

McKenna played in the centres for the Cronulla Sharks and played for them in the only Australian super league grand final in 1997. In the second game of the 2002 State of Origin series he was named man-of-the-match. At the end of that year, he joined the Leeds Rhinos from NRL side the Cronulla Sharks after a rumored falling out with then coach Chris Anderson and was the only 2002 Test player to move to Super League.

2003–2005

Chris made his début for Leeds against Whitehaven in 2003, making an impressive start to his Rhinos career before picking up a pectoral injury which meant he missed a month of the season but left him in extreme discomfort for a number of months following the initial injury.

He returned to his best form at the back end of the 2003 season which also saw a switch to the pack. In his début season he scored just six tries in 25 appearances, however during the Rhinos' Super League winning season he improved on this with 9 tries in 25. In 2004 Chris played 23 games for the Rhinos and scored 9 tries including 2 in the memorable 40–12 win over Bradford at Headingley, which also earned him the man of the match accolade. Chris' efforts were rewarded with a place in the Grand Final winning squad.

In 2005 he has once again scored nine tries in 29 appearances. In total he made 80 appearances for Leeds, with four off the bench and scored 24 tries. He left Leeds at the end of 2005, scoring a try in his final appearance for the Rhinos at Headingley in the win over Wakefield Trinity Wildcats on the last day of the season and then made his last ever Rhinos appearance at Old Trafford in the Grand Final defeat against Bradford Bulls.

2006–2007

He joined the Bradford Bulls. It was announced in September 2007 that Chris will leave Bradford at the end of 2007 season.

McKenna signed a 2 year part time contract with Doncaster starting from 2008.

Representative games

• State Of Origin: Played 7 games in total for Queensland
• International: Played 2 Test matches (2000, 2002) and several games for Australia during its victorious 2000 World Cup campaign.

External links

• Chris McKenna at the State of Origin official website.
• Chris McKenna Official Player Profile at bradfordbulls.co.uk
• Chris McKenna at the Former Origin Greats website.
• Profile at leedsrugby

Persondata
Name	Mackenna, Chris
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Date of birth	29 October 1974
Place of birth	Brisbane
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