Ken McGuinness

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Ken McGuinness
Personal information
Full nameKen McGuinness
Born (1975-09-14) 14 September 1975 (age 49)
Playing information
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
PositionCentre, Wing, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1994–99 Western Suburbs 107 35 1 0 142
2000 Wests Tigers 6 0 0 0 0
2002 North Qld Cowboys 9 1 0 0 4
Total 122 36 1 0 146
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1997–98 New South Wales 5 2 0 0 8
1995 NSW City 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]
RelativesKevin McGuinness (brother)

Ken McGuinness (born 14 September 1975) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played club football for the Western Suburbs Magpies, Wests Tigers and North Queensland Cowboys. His position of choice was at centre and he represented for New South Wales on five occasions.

Biography

McGuinness was one of nine Wests players to cross-over to the merged Magpies-Tigers club at the end of the 1999 season but he was unable to secure a regular first grade position at Wests Tigers in their inaugural year. In August 2000, McGuinness played for the excluded South Sydney Rabbitohs in two of their matches against Lebanon and the Tomahawks.[2]

McGuinness spent 2001 in the Queensland Cup competition and played for the Toowoomba Clydesdales in the grand final that year. After nine games with the North Queensland Cowboys in 2002, McGuinness announced his retirement from first grade at the age of 26, saying he had lost his passion for the game.[3]

During his time with the Western Suburbs, McGuinness was selected for NSW Origin on five occasions in the 1997 and 1998 series, scoring one try.[4]

In February 2019, McGuinness was arrested and charged with the assault of a woman.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Ken McGuinness – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Western Suburbs Magpies First Grade Players". Wests Magpies.
  3. ^ "Ken McGuinness announces retirement". AAP Sports News (Australia). 31 July 2002. Archived from the original (Fee required) on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
  4. ^ "State of Origin stats". Archived from the original on 28 August 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
  5. ^ "Former State of Origin player Ken McGuinness charged with assaulting woman". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
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