Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Tuesday, 29th October, 1974
- Current Age
- 50 years and 41 days
- Place Of Birth
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Anzac Tests
- 2000
- State of Origin
- 1999, 2002
- NSWRL Premiership (NRL)
- 1993
- Super League
- 2004
- World Club Challenge
- 2005
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 | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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| Anzac Tests | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| State of Origin | 2 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 28.57% | List | ||||
| NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership | 1 | 161 | 36 | - | - | 144 | 91 | 68 | 2 | 56.52% | List | ||||
| NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Finals | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.85% | List | ||||
| Super League | 1 | 116 | 25 | - | - | 100 | 79 | 29 | 8 | 68.10% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup | - | 17 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 76.47% | List | ||||
| English Championship | - | 16 | 8 | - | - | 32 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Regal Trophy | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Super League Finals | - | 11 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.45% | List | ||||
| World Club Challenge | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| UK Third Division | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
| Overall | 1997-2002 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | 25.00% | List | ||||
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NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Brisbane | NSWRL 1993 Winfield Cup | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Brisbane | NSWRL 1994 Winfield Cup | 12 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| South Queensland | ARL 1995 Winfield Cup | 17 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 29.41% | List | ||||
| South Queensland | ARL 1996 Optus Cup | 13 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 15.38% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | Super League 1997 Telstra Cup | 20 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | 1998 NRL Premiership | 13 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.85% | List | ||||
| Sharks | 1999 NRL Premiership | 22 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 72.73% | List | ||||
| Sharks | 2000 NRL Telstra Premiership | 17 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 47.06% | List | ||||
| Sharks | 2001 NRL Telstra Premiership | 22 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 72.73% | List | ||||
| Sharks | 2002 NRL Telstra Premiership | 24 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - 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 | ||||
| Overall | 1993-2002 | 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 | 9 | 3 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Leeds | 2004 | 25 | 9 | - | - | 36 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 92.00% | List | ||||
| Leeds | 2005 | 30 | 9 | - | - | 36 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
| Bradford | 2006 | 25 | 3 | - | - | 16 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 68.00% | List | ||||
| Bradford | 2007 | 27 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 62.96% | List | ||||
| Doncaster | 2008 | ? | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
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 | - | - | 32 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 61.54% | List | ||||
| Doncaster | 2008 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.71% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1993-2008 | ? | 40 | 0 | 0 | 164 | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Max Turner, Bill Bates
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Richard Bailey's Rugby League World, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club
Your Say
26/08/2015
A player who very tuff plenty of ticker
19/04/2020
Went to North Wynnum High School
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