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Tony Kemp

Tony Kemp
Personal information
Full name Anthony Edward Ellis Kemp
Born (1968-01-18) 18 January 1968 (age 49)
Playing information
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
Position Fullback, Centre, Five-eighth, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
19??–85 Waitara (TRL)
1986–87 Randwick (WRL)
1986–87 Doncaster 30 26 0 1 105
1988–93 Newcastle Knights 87 20 1 0 81
1994–95 Castleford Tigers 63 27 4 3 119
1995 South Qld Crushers 8 2 15 0 38
1995–98 Leeds Rhinos 47 10 0 2 42
1999–00 Wakefield Trinity 22 2 0 1 9
Total 257 87 20 7 394
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
19??–85 Taranaki
1986–87 Wellington 12 8 2 0 36
1989–95 New Zealand 25 6 0 0 36
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2000 Wakefield Trinity
2004–05 NZ Warriors 37 13 0 24 35
Total 37 13 0 24 35
Source: RLP

Tony Kemp (born 18 January 1968) is a New Zealand former rugby league test representative and former coach of the New Zealand Warriors. He currently is a commentator for Māori Television's coverage of the Auckland Rugby League competition and also serves as the Football Manager for the New Zealand Rugby League.

Kemp was born in Whangarei but raised in Waitara, and attended Waitara High School. He played rugby league for the Randwick Kingfishers in the Wellington Rugby League competition and in 1987 made the Junior Kiwis.

In 1986/87 he joined the Doncaster for a season before taking up a professional career full-time when he joined the Newcastle Knights in 1988. During the 1988 Great Britain Lions tour Newcastle hosted a match against the visiting British national team with Kemp playing at centre and scoring a try in the Knights' 12 – 28 loss. Kemp first made the New Zealand Kiwis in 1989. He later played for the Castleford Tigers, South Queensland Crushers, Leeds Rhinos and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (captain) (Heritage #1145). Kemp was selected to play for New Zealand at centre in all three Test matches of the 1989 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand.


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