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Kevin Junee

Playing Career

All information provided below is based only on data available in the RLP database and should be used as a guide only.

Vital Statistics

Born
Sunday, 1st August, 1943
Current Age
82 years and 350 days

Known Family Links

Son
Darren Junee

Competitions Won

Interstate Series
1965, 1966, 1967, 1968
NSW City vs Country Firsts
1967

Honours & Awards

Rothmans Medal
1970

Biography

Easts halfback, possessing great anticipation and speed, first represented NSW in 1965. Easts did not win a match the following year but in 1967 Junee played in two interstate matches and toured with the 1967-68 Kangaroos. He played in 10 matches on tour but his final rep match came the following year when he was a late call-up to the NSW team. Junee won the Rothmans Medal for best and fairest player in 1970 and later played in Easts' 1972 grand final loss to Manly. In 1974 he shifted to the Sea Eagles and was the season's leading try-scorer that year with 20 tries. Junee returned to Easts in 1976 before taking up coaching duties in the I’warra competition.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - International Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG1FG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Tour MatchesSydney FirstsSDF-1-1------------1-0.00%List
Tour MatchesNew South Wales FirstsNFI-2-21-1----3---11-50.00%List
Tour MatchesAustraliaAUS-10-104-4--1114---72170.00%List
Representative Career - Australia Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG1FG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Interstate Series 47-73-3----9---6-185.71%List
NSW City vs Country Firsts 11-1-----------1--100.00%List
NSW City vs Country 13-31-1----3---21-66.67%List
Club Career - Australia Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG1FG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) -195219798-98--11296--188103644.67%List
NRL Finals -9-92-2----6---27-22.22%List
Preseason Cup -3423610111--1135---1620-44.44%List
Midweek Cup -5-53-3----9---3-260.00%List
Endeavour Cup -2-2------------2-0.00%List
Overall StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG1FG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
First Class 25742611201121--33369--11231281047.13%List

Australia - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG1FG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Sydney Colts1964 1-1-----------1--100.00%List
NSW Firsts1965-68 91104-4----12---81180.00%List
Sydney Firsts1966, 1970 2-2-----------11-50.00%List
NSW City Seconds1966, 1971 2-21-1----3---11-50.00%List
NSW City Firsts1967 1-1-----------1--100.00%List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

TeamSeason StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG1FG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs19641964 NSWRFL 15-154-4----12---213-13.33%List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs19651965 NSWRFL 111123-3----9--129116.67%List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs19661966 NSWRFL 18-189-9----27----18-0.00%List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs19671967 NSWRFL 21-217-7----21---118252.38%List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs19681968 NSWRFL 18-188-8--1126---107155.56%List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs19691969 NSWRFL 12-127-7----21---38125.00%List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs19701970 NSWRFL 21-2113-13----39---138-61.90%List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs19711971 NSWRFL 13-137-7----21---57138.46%List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs19721972 NSWRFL 7182-2----6---62-75.00%List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs19731973 NSWRFL 20-209-9----27---128-60.00%List
ManlyManly19741974 NSWRFL 21-2123-23----69---138-61.90%List
ManlyManly19751975 NSWRFL 17-176-6----18---116-64.71%List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs19761976 NSWRFL 1-1------------1-0.00%List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG1FG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Eastern Suburbs1964-73, 1976 157215969-69--11209--16489640.25%List
Manly1974-75 38-3829-29----87---2414-63.16%List

Your Say

  • roy horrigan
    29 Aug 2011 3:16pm

    in an era when half backs had to be quick and nippy
    kevin junee was the fastest player over 20mtrs that
    played the game. scored many tries darting from the scrum base close to the line. played second
    fiddle to billy smith for much of his career. great
    player.

  • Anonymous
    4 Apr 2012 4:58am

    kevin son played a few seasons before leaving is name was darren

  • Polymath
    7 May 2012 6:26pm

    In East Subs' annus horribilus (1966), when the dismal Roosters lost every game, Junee stood out like a singular beacon in the gloom. I still remember a shuddering tackle he put on Brian James after the Souths winger had cut a swathe
    through a feeble Easts defence.

  • ALAN
    3 Mar 2024 10:04pm

    1966 was the year I first took an interest in the game. I remember Easts being whitewashed. I also remember the name Kevin Junee. I never met the man, never saw him play live. Yet he became a bit of a hero to me. The ability to play consistently well under difficult and trying circumstances. To me Kevin Junee is a legend.

  • Anonymous
    16 Feb 2026 3:21pm

    Kevniin Junee went to Paddington Junior Technical School

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