- Ken McGuinness
Infobox rugby league biography
playername = Ken McGuinness
fullname = Ken McGuinness
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country =
position = Centre
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|9|14|df=yes
placeofbirth =
countryofbirth =
height = 191 cm
weight = 96 kg
club1 = Western Suburbs
year1start = 1994
year1end = 1999
appearances1 = 107
tries1 =
goals1 =
fieldgoals1 =
points1 = 142
club2 = Wests Tigers
year2start = 2000
year2end =
appearances2 = 6
tries2 =
goals2 =
fieldgoals2 =
points2 = 0
club3 = North Queensland
year3start = 2002
year3end =
appearances3 = 9
tries3 =
goals3 =
fieldgoals3 =
points3 = 4
teamA = New South Wales
yearAstart = 1997
yearAend = 1998
appearancesA = 5
triesA =
goalsA =
fieldgoalsA =
pointsA = 8
updated =
source =
new = yesKen McGuinness (born
14 September 1975 ) is an Australian former rugby league player for theWestern Suburbs Magpies ,Wests Tigers andNorth Queensland Cowboys . His position of choice was at centre and he represented for New South Wales on five occasions.Biography
McGuinness was one of nine Wests players to cross-over to the merged Magpies-Tigers club at the end of the 1999 season but he was unable to secure a regular first grade position at Wests Tigers in their inaugural year. In August 2000, McGuinness played for the excluded
South Sydney Rabbitohs in two of their matches against Lebanon and the Tomahawks.McGuinness spent 2001 in the Queensland Cup competition and played for the
Toowoomba Clydesdales in the grand final that year. After nine games with the North Queensland Cowboys in 2002, McGuinness announced his retirement from first grade at the age of 26, saying he had lost his passion for the game. [cite news | format=Fee required | title=Ken McGuinness announces retirement | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-54805884.html | accessdate=2007-08-31 | date=2002-07-31 | publisher="AAP Sports News (Australia)" ]During his time with the Wests Magpies, McGuinness was selected for NSW Origin on five occasions in the 1997 and 1998 series, scoring one try. [cite web | title=State of Origin stats | url=http://stats.rleague.com/rl/soo/soo_idx.html | accessdate=2007-08-31 ]
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