Stephen Kearney

Stephen Kearney
Personal information


Full name	Stephen Peter Kearney
Nickname	Mooks
Born	(1972-06-11) 11 June 1972 (age 44) Paraparaumu, Wellington, New Zealand
Playing information
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	103 kg (16 st 3 lb)
Position	Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1991–9?	Randwick (WRL)
1992–94	Western Suburbs	46	6	0	0	24
1995–98	Auckland Warriors	79	11	0	0	44
1999–04	Melbourne Storm	139	20	0	0	80
2005	Hull F.C.	24	5	0	0	20
	Total	288	42	0	0	168
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1991	Wellington	7	0	0	0	0
1993–04	New Zealand	45	9	0	0	36
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
2011–12	Parramatta Eels	42	10	1	31	24
2017–	New Zealand Warriors	0	0	0	0
	Total	42	10	1	31	24
Representative
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
2008–16	New Zealand	42	23	1	18	55
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Stephen Peter Kearney, ONZM (born 11 June 1972) is a New Zealand professional rugby league football coach and former player. He is the head coach of National Rugby League (NRL) team, the New Zealand Warriors. Before this Kearney was the head coach of the New Zealand national team, with whom he won the 2008 World Cup and 2011 Four Nations tournaments. He also previously coached in the NRL for Australian club, the Parramatta Eels.

A New Zealand national captain and second-row forward, Kearney's club football career, which spanned from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s, was played for the Randwick Kingfishers, Western Suburbs Magpies, Auckland Warriors, Melbourne Storm (with whom he won the 1999 NRL Premiership), and Hull F.C. (with whom he won the 2005 Challenge Cup).

A Kapiti Bears junior, Kearney played for the Junior Kiwis between 1989 and 1991, becoming the side's captain for the 1991 series against Great Britain. He made his senior debut in 1991 for the Randwick Kingfishers and also played for Wellington that year. Randwick lost the Wellington Rugby League Grand Final 6-14 to the Wainuiomata Lions.