Robbie Kearns
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| Full name | Robert Kearns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 December 1971 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robbie Kearns (born 12 December 1971) is an Australian former professional
Early life
Born in
Robbie played junior football for the
Playing career
In March 1992, Kearns made his first grade debut for Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in round 1 against the Brisbane Broncos at Lang Park, becoming a regular in the Cronulla side during the 1992 season. He was a member of the Sharks reserve grade premiership victory in 1993.[3]
Kearns signed with the Western Reds for the 1996 ARL season. He would go on to win Player of the Year honours for the Reds in 1996, also taking out the club Chairman's Player of the Year award in both 1996 and 1997.[3]
Selected by New South Wales for the Super League Tri-series final against Queensland during the 1997 Super League season,[3] Kearns would make his international representative debut after 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 award, also winning the Chairman's Award.[4][3] He would also make his State of Origin debut for New South Wales, playing in game 3 of the 1998 State of Origin series. Kearns would be selected again for NSW in 1999, but fell off a horse at a training camp, breaking his collarbone in three places. He would be ruled out of the entire 1999 State of Origin series and would be restricted to only 13 matches for the entire 1999 season, with a thigh injury keeping him out of the Storm team that would go on to win the 1999 NRL Grand Final.[3]
Having won the 1999 Premiership, the
He retired at the conclusion of the 2005 season after a 13-year career,[5][6] but remained with the Melbourne Storm in a marketing and business development capacity.[7]
Melbourne Storm released a 'team of the decade' as part of their 10-year celebrations in 2007, with Kearns named at prop.
Representative career
- State of Origin: Played 8 games in total for New South Wales between 1998 and 2003
- International: Played 23 tests for Australia including the 2000 World Cup
Honours
- Western/Perth Reds Player of the Year: 1996, 1997
- Melbourne Storm Player of the Year: 1998, 2003
References
- ^ "Nailgun aside, just a man about the house". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 June 2003. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ a b c d e f "Melbourne Storm - Robbie Kearns profile". melbournestorm.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 June 2001. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ melbournestorm.com.au. "NRL Honour Board". Club. Melbourne Storm. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013.
- ^ Paxinos, Stathi (23 August 2005). "Kearns takes his final option". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria: Fairfax Digital. p. 8.
- ^ deKroo, Karl (17 September 2005). "Time's running out for Kearns". Herald-Sun. Melbourne, Victoria: Nationwide News Pty Ltd. p. 32.
- ^ "Where are they now: Robbie Kearns". melbournestorm.com.au. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2023.