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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 315 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 Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Tour Matches Sydney FirstsSDF - 1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Tour Matches New South Wales FirstsNFI - 2 - 2 1-1 - - - - 3 - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List
Tour Matches AustraliaAUS - 10 - 10 4-4 - - 1 1 14 - - - 7 2 1 70.00% List
Representative Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Interstate Series 4 7 - 7 3-3 - - - - 9 - - - 6 - 1 85.71% List
NSW City vs Country Firsts 1 1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
NSW City vs Country 1 3 - 3 1-1 - - - - 3 - - - 2 1 - 66.67% List
Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - 195 2 197 98-98 - - 1 1 296 - - 1 88 103 6 44.67% List
NRL Finals - 9 - 9 2-2 - - - - 6 - - - 2 7 - 22.22% List
Preseason Cup - 34 2 36 10111 - - 1 1 35 - - - 16 20 - 44.44% List
Midweek Cup - 5 - 5 3-3 - - - - 9 - - - 3 - 2 60.00% List
Endeavour Cup - 2 - 2 --- - - - - - - - - - 2 - 0.00% List
Overall   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  257 4 261 1201121 - - 3 3 369 - - 1 123 128 10 47.13% List

Australia - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Sydney Colts 1964   1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1965-68   9 1 10 4-4 - - - - 12 - - - 8 1 1 80.00% List
Sydney Firsts 1966, 1970   2 - 2 --- - - - - - - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1966, 1971   2 - 2 1-1 - - - - 3 - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1967   1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

Team Season   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs 19641964 NSWRFL   15 - 154-4 - - - - 12 - - - 2 13 - 13.33% List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs 19651965 NSWRFL   11 1 123-3 - - - - 9 - - 1 2 9 1 16.67% List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs 19661966 NSWRFL   18 - 189-9 - - - - 27 - - - - 18 - 0.00% List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs 19671967 NSWRFL   21 - 217-7 - - - - 21 - - - 11 8 2 52.38% List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs 19681968 NSWRFL   18 - 188-8 - - 1 1 26 - - - 10 7 1 55.56% List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs 19691969 NSWRFL   12 - 127-7 - - - - 21 - - - 3 8 1 25.00% List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs 19701970 NSWRFL   21 - 2113-13 - - - - 39 - - - 13 8 - 61.90% List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs 19711971 NSWRFL   13 - 137-7 - - - - 21 - - - 5 7 1 38.46% List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs 19721972 NSWRFL   7 1 82-2 - - - - 6 - - - 6 2 - 75.00% List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs 19731973 NSWRFL   20 - 209-9 - - - - 27 - - - 12 8 - 60.00% List
ManlyManly 19741974 NSWRFL   21 - 2123-23 - - - - 69 - - - 13 8 - 61.90% List
ManlyManly 19751975 NSWRFL   17 - 176-6 - - - - 18 - - - 11 6 - 64.71% List
Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs 19761976 NSWRFL   1 - 1--- - - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Eastern Suburbs 1964-73, 1976   157 2 159 69-69 - - 1 1 209 - - 1 64 89 6 40.25% List
Manly 1974-75   38 - 38 29-29 - - - - 87 - - - 24 14 - 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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