Keiron Cunningham
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Personal information
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| Full name | Keiron Cunningham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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28 October 1976 St Helens, England |
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Playing information
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.76 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 16 st 12 lb (107 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coaching information
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| Source: Rugby League Project | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Keiron 'World's Best' Cunningham (born 28 October 1976) is a British professional rugby league coach and former player. A Great Britain and Wales international representative hooker, he played his entire professional career at St. Helens, making nearly 500 appearances for the club between 1994 and 2010 and winning numerous trophies. He has been frequently cited as being among the best players in Super League history and is widely regarded to be one of St Helens' greatest players of all time.
As of October 2014, Cunningham is the head coach at St Helens following the departure of Australian Nathan Brown, under whom he was assistant coach for two years.
The youngest of ten siblings, two of his brothers, Eddie Cunningham and Tommy Cunningham, also played for St Helens. Keiron Cunningham was born five months after his brother Eddie won a Rugby League Challenge Cup winner's medal for St Helens against Widnes.
In 1993, on his 17th birthday, Cunningham signed for his hometown club St. Helens from Wigan St Judes. He made his debut in the 1994–95 Rugby Football League season and soon established himself as a world class hooker, renowned for his dynamic running from dummy-half and ability to poach tries from short distances. He represented both Great Britain and Wales in international matches, qualifying for Wales because of a Welsh grandfather.
Keiron Cunningham played Hooker, and scored a try in St. Helens' 16-25 defeat by Wigan in the 1995–96 Regal Trophy Final during the 1995–96 at Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield on Saturday 13 January 1996.
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