Chris McKenna

  • Playing Career

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Tuesday, 29th October, 1974
Current Age
49 years and 142 days
Place Of Birth
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Biography

Former Brisbane lock played against his old club in Cronulla’s loss in the Super League grand final in 1997’s Telstra Cup competition as a stop-gap hooker. McKenna, who also played for Sheffield Eagles in 1993-94 and the London Broncos in 1995-96, later shifted to the centres and was a try-scorer from the interchange bench in his Test debut - the 52-0 thrashing of NZ in the 2000 ANZac Test. McKenna’s great form in Queensland’s 2002 State of Origin campaign saw him selected for Australia in the centres for the one-off Test against Great Britain. McKenna was a try-scorer in Australia’s record 64-10 win over Great Britain in July but moved to England for a third time to play for Leeds at the end of 2002. He was a try-scorer for Leeds in the 2003 Challenge Cup and won the English Super League grand final with the club the following year. In February 2005 he was a member of the Leeds team that defeated the Bulldogs in the World Club Challenge.
- 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.

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 161 36 -   - 144 91 68 2 56.52% List
English Championship 16 8 -   - 32 8 8 0 50.00% List
World Club Challenge 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
NRL Finals 13 - -   - - 7 6 0 53.85% List
Regal Trophy 1 1 -   - 4 0 1 0 0.00% List
State of Origin 7 - -   - - 2 3 2 28.57% List
Anzac Tests 1 1 -   - 4 1 0 0 100.00% List
Challenge Cup 16 6 -   - 24 12 4 0 75.00% List
Super League 116 25 -   - 100 79 29 8 68.10% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 2000, 2002 2 2 -   - 8 2 0 0 100.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
QLD (SL) 1997 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
QLD 1999-00, 2002 7 - -   - - 2 3 2 28.57% List
Overall1997-2002 8 0 0   0 - 2 4 2 25.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Brisbane NSWRL 1993 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Brisbane NSWRL 1994 12 4 -   - 16 9 3 0 75.00% List
South Queensland ARL 1995 17 2 -   - 8 5 11 1 29.41% List
South Queensland ARL 1996 13 1 -   - 4 2 10 1 15.38% List
Cronulla Super League 1997 20 6 -   - 24 12 8 0 60.00% List
Cronulla NRL 1998 13 1 -   - 4 7 6 0 53.85% List
Sharks NRL 1999 22 6 -   - 24 16 6 0 72.73% List
Sharks NRL 2000 17 5 -   - 20 8 9 0 47.06% List
Sharks NRL 2001 22 6 -   - 24 16 6 0 72.73% List
Sharks NRL 2002 24 5 -   - 20 15 9 0 62.50% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Brisbane 1993-94 13 4 -   - 16 10 3 0 76.92% List
South Queensland 1995-96 30 3 -   - 12 7 21 2 23.33% List
Cronulla 1997-02 118 29 -   - 116 74 44 0 62.71% List
Overall1993-2002 161 36 0   0 144 91 68 2 56.52% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Sheffield 1993/94 4 - -   - - 1 3 0 25.00% List
London 1995/96 13 9 -   - 36 7 6 0 53.85% List
Leeds 2003 25 6 -   - 24 15 7 3 60.00% List
Leeds 2004 25 9 -   - 36 21 2 2 84.00% List
Leeds 2005 30 9 -   - 36 24 6 0 80.00% List
Bradford 2006 25 3 -   - 12 15 8 2 60.00% List
Bradford 2007 27 4 -   - 16 17 9 1 62.96% List
Doncaster 2008 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Sheffield 1993 4 - -   - - 1 3 0 25.00% List
London 1995 13 9 -   - 36 7 6 0 53.85% List
Leeds 2003-05 80 24 -   - 96 60 15 5 75.00% List
Bradford 2006-07 52 7 -   - 28 32 17 3 61.54% List
Doncaster 2008 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall1993-2008 150 40 0   0 160 100 42 8 66.67% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    26/08/2015

    A player who very tuff plenty of ticker

  • Anonymous
    19/04/2020

    Went to North Wynnum High School

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Bill Bates

Sources: ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1996, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1998, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1999, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2002, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2003, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1997, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2001, Richard Bailey's Rugby League World, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1994, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1995, Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1994-95, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1996