Jimmy Keinhorst

Jimmy Keinhorst
Personal information
Full name Thomas James Keinhorst[1]
Born Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Weight 92 kg (14 st 7 lb)[2]
Playing information
Rugby league
Position Centre, Second-row

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012–18 Leeds Rhinos 93 32 0 0 128
2013(loan) → Hunslet Hawks 15 13 1 0 53
2014(loan) → Wakefield Trinity 7 1 0 0 4
2015(loan) → Hunslet Hawks 9 3 0 0 12
2018(loan) → Widnes Vikings 3 1 0 0 4
2019– Hull KR 0 0 0 0 0
Total 127 50 1 0 201
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2007– Germany 10 19 16 0 108
Rugby union
Position Centre, Second-row

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–10 Heidelberger RK 8 4 0 0 25
2010–11 Otley 11 3 0 0 15
Total 19 7 0 0 40
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010 Germany 2 1 0 0 5
As of 8 October 2018
Source: [3][4][5]

Thomas James Keinhorst (born 14 July 1990) is a German rugby league footballer who plays for Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League. He also plays for Germany, and has played rugby union for Germany .[6] His regular positions are centre and second row.

Background

Keinhorst was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.[7]

Club career

Keinhorst began playing rugby in 2004 while attending St. Mary's Catholic High School, Menston.[8]

Heidelberger RK

Keinhorst began playing rugby union as an amateur with Otley, and moved to Germany to play for Heidelberg in 2009 at the age of 19 and won the National Championship in the 2008-10 season. He played eight games and scored four tries in his first season.

Otley

Keinhorst rejoined Otley as a semi-professional in 2010 and went on to make 11 appearances in the 2010-11 season, scoring three tries before leaving at the end of the season to sign a professional contract at rugby league side Leeds Rhinos.

Leeds Rhinos

Keinhorst signed for Leeds Rhinos in 2011[9] and made his Super League début for Leeds on 30 July 2012 in a loss to Wakefield Trinity.[10] Keinhorst came on as a substitute in Leeds' losing appearance in the 2012 Challenge Cup final.[11]

In 2014 Keinhorst spent time on loan at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, making seven appearances before returning to his parent club. He also spent time in the Championship with Leeds' feeder club Hunslet Hawks.

Keinhorst played from the bench for Leeds in the 2015 Super League Grand Final, and helped to set up the winning try for Josh Walters.

International career

Rugby union

He made his début for Germany in a European Nations Cup match against Poland on 20 November 2010.[12] Keinhorst scored his first try for Germany a week later, against the Netherlands national rugby union team in Amsterdam.[13]

Rugby league

Keinhorst is the youngest of four rugby-playing brothers and qualifies to play for Germany through his German father Wolfgang, who has lived in the United Kingdom for many years.[14] He and his three brothers, Kristian, Markus, Nicholas set a world record in 2007, when they played a rugby league international for Germany against Czech Republic, becoming the most siblings to play in a rugby league international match.[15][16]

As of 2012, Keinhorst is the top try and point scorer for the German national rugby league team, having scored 19 tries and 108 points for the team so far in ten games.[6]

Honours

Club

Rugby union

German rugby union championship: 2010

Rugby league

Super League: 2015

Challenge Cup: 2015

League Leaders' Shield: 2015

Stats

James Keinhorst's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[8]

Club

Year Club Division Games Tries Con Pen DG Place
2009–10 Heidelberger RK Rugby-Bundesliga 8 4 0 0 0 3rd – Champions
2010–11 Otley R.U.F.C. National League 1 11 3 0 0 0
2012 Leeds Rhinos Super League 5 3 0 0 0 5th – Champions
2013 Leeds Rhinos Super League 9 3 0 0 0
2013 Hunslet Hawks Championship 15 13 1 0 0
2014 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Super League 7 1 0 0 0 ongoing loan
  • As of 16 February 2014

References

  1. ↑ Jimmy Keinhorst at ESPNscrum
  2. 1 2 "Leeds Rhinos Jimmy Keinhorst". Leeds Rhinos Official Site. Leeds Rhinos. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  3. ↑ loverugbyleague
  4. ↑ http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player-international-10495.html
  5. ↑ Rugby League Project
  6. 1 2 Nationalmanschafts Satistik 2006–10 (in German) Rugby League Deutschland website, accessed: 11 December 2010
  7. ↑ German international set to make Super League début Leeds Rhinos website, published: 30 July 2012, accessed: 31 July 2012
  8. 1 2 James Keinhorst profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 23 March 2010
  9. ↑ Leeds Rhinos: German starlet handed chance to shine Yorkshire Evening Post website, accessed: 13 January 2012
  10. ↑ Mixed emotions for Keinhorst Leeds Rhinos website, published: 30 July 2012, accessed: 31 July 2012
  11. ↑ Challenge Cup final: Leeds Rhinos 18–35 Warrington Wolves BBC website, published: 25 August 2012, accessed: 26 August 2012
  12. ↑ DRV XV: Unnötige Auftaktniederlage gegen Polen (in German) Rugby-Journal, published: 21 November 2010, accessed: 21 November 2010
  13. ↑ DRV XV: Deutschland ohne Keinhorst – Hongkong mit Nachwuchsteam (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 11 December 2010, accessed: 11 December 2010
  14. ↑ Youngest Keinhorst gets chance in Germany Wharfedale & Airedale Observer, published: 25 November 2009, accessed: 23 November 2010
  15. ↑ Henderson kids make dad proud The Daily Telegraph , published: 23 November 2007, accessed: 23 November 2010
  16. ↑ Otley hope skipper is not feeling under par Telegraph & Argus, published: 12 August 2010, accessed: 23 November 2010
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