Shaun Timmins

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Shaun Timmins
Personal information
Born (1976-08-06) 6 August 1976 (age 47)
Kiama, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight103 kg (16 st 3 lb)
PositionCentre, Second-row, Lock, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1994–98 Illawarra Steelers 86 28 11 1 135
1999–06 St. George Illawarra 124 27 0 0 108
Total 210 55 11 1 243
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1999–04 Australia 9 2 0 0 8
2000–04
New South Wales
 9 3 0 1 13
2003 NSW Country 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Shaun Timmins (born 6 August 1976) is an Australian former professional

St George Illawarra Dragons
. Timmins was a versatile player, performing at five-eighth, centre, lock, and second-row at representative and club levels.

Playing career

Timmins was born in Kiama, New South Wales, where he played junior football and made his first appearance as a seventeen-year-old for the Steelers in round 18 of 1994 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. He was later named the Steelers' Rookie of the year. Timmins played 86 games for the Illawarra Steelers and was a foundation player in the joint venture St. George Illawarra Dragons in 1999. He played at centre in the 1999 NRL Grand Final loss to the Melbourne Storm. Timmins was first selected for the Australian team to compete in the end of season 1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament. In the final against New Zealand he played from the interchange bench in the Kangaroos' 22–20 victory.

Timmins was selected for the

NSW and Australia
in a Test match against Great Britain. He was named St. George Illawarra's best player in 2002.

In 2003 after just one club game in the five eighth role, Timmins was selected for Country and then for NSW at five eighth. A 2003 recurrence (in the other knee) of his condition prevented his national selection for the Kangaroo Tour that year and threatened the end of his career. Following five knee operations in total, Timmins made a remarkable recovery in the 2003–2004 off-season. His return to form led to selection for Australia in the 2004

2004 Kangaroo tour
of Great Britain, France and the US, Timmins announced his retirement from representative football, expressing a focused intention to win a premiership with St. George Illawarra.

Timmins's last game with St. George Illawarra was the loss in the 2006

St. George Illawarra before retiring from the NRL at the end of 2006. Timmins's contract discussions with the Castleford Tigers for the 2007 season in the UK ended following that club's relegation to second division and after speculative talks with the Gold Coast Titans he was forced into retirement due to the condition of his knees.[3] In March, 2007, Timmins once again felt he was ready to compete in the NRL and offered his services to the Dragons following a pectoral muscle injury to Mark Gasnier. The offer was not accepted.[4]
Timmins had played a total of 210 first grade games, scoring 55 tries, kicking 11 goals and 1 field goal for a total of 243 points.

References

  1. ^ Shaun Timmins at the Rugby League Project
  2. ^ Joel Zander (27 May 2004). "Timmins field goal gets NSW home". ABC News. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
  3. ^ "Former Tigers target retires". Sporting Life UK. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
  4. ^ "Coach Nathan Brown rejects Timmins SOS". The Age. 5 March 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2008.

Sources

  • Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players.
    ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1
    .

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