Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Thursday, 4th June, 1953
- Current Age
- 70 years and 325 days
- Place Of Birth
- Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Firebrand Cronulla second-row forward, as tough as he was talented, toured with the 1978 Kangaroos. Kneen was a local junior, spending two seasons with Helensburg in the I’warra competition before moving back to establish his career with the Sharks. He played in the 1978 grand final draw and replay against Manly in the second row but after being selected on the Kangaroo Tour made just 6 appearances in England and France. Kneen fell foul of the NSWRL Judiciary in the early 1980s during Jim Comans' campaign to clean up the game and received a twelve-month suspension that effectively ended his career. He attempted a comeback with I’warra in 1986 but suffered a hamstring injury during a trial game and retired.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
To view a list of corresponding matches, click on the List button.
Competitions | ||||||||||||||
| Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Panasonic Cup | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Craven Mild Cup | 16 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | 87 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 50 | 31 | 6 | 57.47% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL/NSWRL Finals | 7 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 28.57% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| ||||||||||||||
Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Illawarra Firsts | 1975 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1979 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1975-1979 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| ||||||||||||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1976 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 30.00% | List | |||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1977 | 17 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 70.59% | List | |||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1978 | 23 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 5 | 1 | 73.91% | List | |||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1979 | 18 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 55.56% | List | |||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1980 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | 25.00% | List | |||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1981 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1982 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25.00% | List | |||
| Illawarra | NSWRL 1986 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Cronulla | 1976-82 | 86 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 49 | 31 | 6 | 56.98% | List | |||
| Illawarra | 1986 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1976-1986 | 87 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 50 | 31 | 6 | 57.47% | List | |||
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Bill Bates, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
24/10/2014
Steve Kneen was an exceptionally rugged second rower. He played hard and retired before his time (due to significant infringements). Unfortunately his on field aggression prevented the league (defence and ball-playing prowess) possessed to be fully realised (should his longevity in the game allowed). Well done Steve, you left a mark in league history.
Want to have your say about this player? Add a comment.