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Kevin Henderson (rugby league)

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Kevin Henderson
Personal information
Born (1981-01-10) 10 January 1981 (age 43)
Torquay, Devon, England
Playing information
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight15 st 4 lb (97 kg) [1]
PositionSecond-row, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2004 Newcastle Knights 4 0 0 0 0
2005 Leigh Centurions 1 0 0 0 0
2005–11 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 127 12 0 0 48
2011–12 Montpellier 14 2 0 0 8
2012 Leigh Centurions 13 2 0 0 8
Total 159 16 0 0 64
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008 Scotland 4 0 0 0 0
Source: [2][3][4]

Kevin Henderson is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer. Henderson previously played in Australia for the Newcastle Knights and in England for the Leigh Centurions and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. Both of his brothers, Andrew (23 caps) and Ian (8 caps) have also played for Scotland.

Background

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Henderson was born in Torquay, Devon, England.

Playing career

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Henderson played only a handful of NRL games for the Newcastle Knights team, however played mostly in reserve grade. He also played reserve grade for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, and Central Coast Bears. He came to England to pursue his professional career in 2005. He joined Leigh in super league before transferring mid-season to rival super league club the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. Henderson is one of three brothers playing rugby league, along with Ian Henderson and Andrew Henderson. Henderson played for the Montpellier Agglomération Rugby XIII in the Elite One Championship.

Representative career

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The Hendersons are a Scottish family and all three brothers played for Scotland at international level, he won five caps for Scotland, appearing in an international against France in 2007, before appearing in the world cup qualifier against Wales. He featured in all three World Cup Finals matches held in Australia in 2008.[5][6][7]

All three brothers featured in the Scotland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Official site of the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats". web page. Wakefield wildcats. 2011. Archived from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  2. ^ loverugbyleague
  3. ^ Rugby League Project
  4. ^ itsrugby
  5. ^ "Scotland call up Super League six". BBC Sport. 26 September 2005. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
  6. ^ "Robertson ready for Scotland". Sportinglife. 30 May 2008. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2008.
  7. ^ "Robertson set for kilt call-up". Fox Sports. 30 May 2008. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2008.
  8. ^ "Henderson trio in Scots cup squad". BBC. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
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