Brett Kimmorley

Brett Kimmorley

Personal information
Nickname	Noddy
Born	(1976-09-15) 15 September 1976 (age 40) Belmont, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	91 kg (14 st 5 lb)
Position	Halfback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1995–96 Newcastle Knights 6 1 0 0 4 1997 Hunter Mariners 10 2 4 0 16 1998–00 Melbourne Storm 79 27 27 3 165 2001 Northern Eagles 26 11 0 0 44 2002–08 Cronulla Sharks 140 33 165 5 467 2009–10 Canterbury Bulldogs 46 8 0 3 35 Total 307 82 196 11 731 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1997 Australia (SL) 2 0 0 0 0 1999–05 Australia 20 5 1 1 31 2000–10 New South Wales 10 0 0 0 0 2001–10 Country NSW 5 1 3 0 10 2005 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
Source: NRL Stats & RLP

Brett "Noddy" Kimmorley (born 15 September 1976) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. A New South Wales interstate and Australian international representative halfback, he last played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the NRL. He previously played for five other clubs: Newcastle Knights, Hunter Mariners, Melbourne Storm, Northern Eagles, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Kimmorley also represented Country NSW four times and New South Wales two times as well as playing 15 times for his country including the 2000 World Cup. He also played two Super League Tests. He retired at the end of the 2010 NRL season.

Brett Kimmorley played early football in the backyard with his brother Craig and then for the Lakes United Seagulls. While attending Belmont High School, Kimmorley played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1994.

Kimmorley made his first grade debut for the Newcastle Knights against Manly on 21 July 1995 at Energy Australia Stadium (then known as Marathon Stadium). In place of the injured Andrew Johns, Kimmorley got his first try in his second ever game.

After limited opportunities in first-grade at his favoured half-back position with the Knights (because of Andrew Johns), Kimmorley opted to sign for newly formed Super League club the Hunter Mariners who were also based out of Newcastle midway through he 1997 split season. Throughout 1997 the Mariners managed to make a seven win and reach the final of the 1997 World Club Championship. Kimmorley was the Mariners' only player selected to represent Australia in the three-test series against Great Britain at the end of the season.