Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Brett Edward Kenny
- Nickname(s)
- Bert
- Born
- Thursday, 16th March, 1961
- Current Age
- 63 years and 35 days
- Place Of Birth
- Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia
Awards & Accolades
- Clive Churchill Medal
- 1982, 1983
- Golden Boot Award
- 1985
- Lance Todd Trophy
- 1985
- Dally M Representative Player Of The Year
- 1986
- National Rugby League Hall Of Fame
- 2008
- NSWRL Hall Of Fame
- 2021
Biography
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 % | ||||
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NRL | 265 | 110 | 0 | - | 410 | 151 | 109 | 5 | 56.98% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 19 | 14 | - | - | 51 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 73.68% | List | ||||
State of Origin | 17 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 47.06% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australia | 29 | 14 | - | - | 51 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 96.55% | List | |||
Test Series | 13 | 9 | - | - | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
The Ashes | 8 | 3 | - | - | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
English Championship | 18 | 16 | - | - | 64 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 72.22% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup | 5 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Premiership Trophy | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
National Panasonic Cup | 8 | 12 | - | - | 41 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
World Cup | 3 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
City vs Country | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Tooheys Challenge Cup | 2 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1982, 1984, 1986-87 | 17 | 10 | - | - | 36 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 94.12% | List | |||
World Cup Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1982-1986 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW City Seconds | 1981 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW | 1982-87 | 17 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 47.06% | List | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1983-84, 1986 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW City | 1987 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1981-1987 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 59.09% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Parramatta | NSWRFL 1980 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 37.50% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRFL 1981 | 25 | 14 | - | - | 42 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 68.00% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRFL 1982 | 29 | 15 | - | - | 45 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 79.31% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRFL 1983 | 29 | 21 | - | - | 84 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 68.97% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRL 1984 | 24 | 7 | - | - | 28 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 70.83% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRL 1985 | 14 | 7 | - | - | 28 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.29% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRL 1986 | 22 | 11 | - | - | 44 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 68.18% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRL 1987 | 14 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 57.14% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRL 1988 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRL 1989 | 21 | 9 | - | - | 36 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 52.38% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRL 1990 | 19 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 52.63% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRL 1991 | 22 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 27.27% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRL 1992 | 22 | 4 | 0 | / | 2 | 0.00% | - | 16 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 27.27% | List |
Parramatta | NSWRL 1993 | 14 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 28.57% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Parramatta | 1980-93 | 265 | 110 | - | - | 410 | 151 | 109 | 5 | 56.98% | List | |||
English Career - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Wigan | 1984/85 | 25 | 19 | - | - | 76 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 76.00% | List | |||
English Career - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Wigan | 1984 | 25 | 19 | - | - | 76 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 76.00% | List |
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Steven Russo, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Bill Bates
Sources:
NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, Match Video, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1991-92, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1994, Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1985-86
Your Say
26/10/2017
Aside from King Wally, Brett Kenny is argueably the greatest five eighth ever to play the game
06/07/2018
Should be an immortal..kept an immortal on the bench. Could play anywhere in the backs, wally lewis could only play at 6. Better than lockyer.
07/08/2018
Absolute champion player second to Wally Lewis as the best number 6 in the 80s. Somewhat unlucky not to get a nomination as an Immortal.
05/10/2018
My favourite player of all time always spoken about his brilliant attack but in my opinion he was a great defence five eight with a copy book tackling style
10/10/2018
One of the best,if not the best..............
Speed,balance and timing..brilliant.
Brett and Wally Lewis the best to play for Australia in their positions.
11/12/2018
Brett Kenny in his prime is in my opinion the best big match player rugby league has seen. Without doubt Parramattas winning grand finals 1981 1982 1983 he was clearly the best player on the field.
If is also a champion off the field.
02/04/2019
Brett Kenny should already be a immortal everything he did in rugby league turned to gold.
15/02/2020
should be an immortal i would pick him ahead of the junkie any day . but then Burt dose not work for channel 9.
25/03/2020
Best ever player in rugby league
17/06/2020
A true champion. Always got the better of Wally Lewis
12/09/2021
One of the best Rugby League Players ever and. Top bloke
10/10/2021
Should already be a immortal
15/10/2021
Brett kenny was definitely better then wally lewis look at his premierships and his club career with parramatta. His rep career was amazing especially when he played for nsw and he alway played better then wally lewis did for his state. I dont understand why brett kenny is not a immortal yet.
25/10/2021
The most brilliant player I saw play live and close up on those fantastic Sydney suburban grounds that are great for watching football, and I saw many standout players, but this guy was something special.
17/05/2022
Brett Kenny is still the greatest player I've ever seen. He should have been an Immortal by now. He was the embodiment of poetry in motion. By age 25 he had achieved it all - Played in 5 GF's, won 4 GF's. Won the Challenge Cup and Lance Todd trophy, first Australian player ever to do it. Won the Golden Boot for 1985, how he did not win it for the 1986 season I'll never know. Was retrospectively awarded the CCM for the 82 and 83 GF's. Went on two unbeaten Kangaroo tours displacing Wally Lewis in 82 and Mal Meninga in 86, both now Immortals. Played in every State of Origin match from the time he debuted until he stopped playing. NSW won both series where he was picked at five eighth for all three games. Ended up scoring over 100 tries for the Eels once his career finished.
20/06/2023
What a champion!The greatest 5/8 -centre to have ever played the game.He could play both positions at the highest level and could never be outclassed.The skill of this man was unbelievable. He played in the greatest of sides and always shone brightest.All hail the other king.Sir Brett Kenny.
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