Chris McKenna
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Chris McKenna | |
| Date of birth | 29/10/1974 | |
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | |
| Height | 6ft 3in | |
| Nickname | Hymie | |
| Position | Second Row | |
| Youth clubs | ||
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| Professional clubs* | ||
| 1993-1994 1995-96 1996 1997 1997-2002 2003-2005 2006- |
Sheffield Eagles London Broncos South Queensland Crushers Brisbane Broncos Cronulla Sharks Leeds Rhinos Bradford Bulls |
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| National team | ||
| 2000-2002 | Australia | 2(0) |
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Chris McKenna (born October 29, 1974 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian rugby league player for the Bradford Bulls in the English Super League competition. He has also played for Queensland and Australia as well as club sides the Brisbane Broncos, South Queensland Crushers and Cronulla Sharks but moved on after a rumored falling out with then coach Chris Anderson. His position of choice is now at Second Row, though while he played in Australia he usually played at Centre.
[edit] Leeds Rhinos
Chris joined the Rhinos from NRL side the Cronulla Sharks and was the only current Test player to move to Super League in 2002. He can play either at centre or in the second row. Chris made his debut for Leeds against Whitehaven in 2003, making an impressive start to his Rhinos career before picking up a pectoral injury which meant he missed a month of the season but left him in extreme discomfort for a number of months following the initial injury. He returned to his best form at the back end of the 2003 season which also saw a switch to the pack. In his debut season he scored just six tries in 25 appearances, however during the Rhinos Super League winning season he improved on this with 9 tries in 25. In 2004 Chris played 23 games for the Rhinos and scored 9 tries including 2 in the memorable 40-12 win over Bradford at Headingley, which also earned him the man of the match accolade. Chris’ efforts were rewarded last season with a place in the Grand Final winning squad. In 2005 he has once again scored nine tries in 29 appearances. In total he made 80 appearances for Leeds, with four off the bench and scored 24 tries. He left Leeds at the end of 2005, scoring a try in his final appearance for the Rhinos at Headingley in the win over Wakefield Trinity Wildcats on the last day of the season and then made his last ever Rhinos appearance at Old Trafford in the Grand Final defeat against Bradford Bulls, the team he joined on his departure from the Rhinos.
[edit] Representative games
- State Of Origin: Played 7 games in total for Queensland
- International: Played 2 Test matches (2000, 2002) and several games for Australia during its victorious 2000 World Cup campaign.
[edit] External Links
| Bradford Bulls - Current Squad |
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1 Marcus St Hilaire | 2 Nathan McAvoy | 3 Ben Harris | 4 Shontayne Hape | 5 Lesley Vainikolo | 6 Iestyn Harris | 7 Paul Deacon | 8 Joe Vagana | 9 Terry Newton | 10 Andy Lynch | 11 Chris McKenna | 12 Glenn Morrison | 13 Jamie Langley | 14 Chris Feather | 15 Matt Cook | 16 Ian Henderson | 17 James Evans | 18 Sam Burgess | 19 Michael Platt | 22 Craig Kopczak | 23 Matt James | 24 Dave Halley | 25 Jason Crookes | 26 David Solomona |
