Kane Linnett

Kane Linnett
Linnett in 2010
Personal information
Born (1989-01-11) 11 January 1989
Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Height 194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Position Centre, Second-row

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010–11 Sydney Roosters 23 4 0 0 16
2012–18 North Queensland 162 54 0 0 216
Total 185 58 0 0 232
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–17 Scotland 5 2 0 0 8
2016 Country Origin 1 0 0 0 0
As of 9 October 2018
Source: [2]

Kane Linnett (born 11 January 1989) is a Scottish international rugby league footballer who last played for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League. A centre, he previously played for the Sydney Roosters. Linnett was a member of the Cowboys' 2015 NRL premiership, and 2016 World Club Challenge winning sides.

Background

Linnett was born in Shellharbour, New South Wales Australia. He a grew up in Barrack Heights, a suburb of Shellharbour.

He attended Warilla High School, and played junior football for both the Port Kembla Blacks and Windang Pelicans. While at high school, Linnett was a promising rugby union player, representing NSW Country High Schools, but ultimately decided to stick with rugby league.[3]

In 2007, Linnett played for the Illawarra Steelers in the SG Ball Cup, earning a contract with the St George Illawarra Dragons.[4] Linnett played with the Dragons NYC side between 2008 and 2009, scoring 31 tries in 51 games, before joining the Sydney Roosters in 2010.

Playing career

2010

Linnett made his NRL début in Round 14 of the 2010 NRL season. He ran for over 200m and scored a try in the Roosters' 38–6 win over the Melbourne Storm.[5] He finished the season as a member of the Roosters' 2010 NRL Grand Final team that lost to his former club, the Dragons, 32–8.

2011

In 2011, Linnett was limited to just 10 NRL games. In Round 23, he played on through a season-ending knee injury, scoring a try in the Roosters' 20-12 victory over the Dragons.

On 3 August, he signed a two-year contract with the North Queensland Cowboys.

2012

Linnett scored his first try for the Cowboys in the side's Round 3 match against the Parramatta Eels. Two weeks later, in the Cowboys Round 5 win against the Canberra Raiders, Linnett set a club record for most metres by a Cowboys centre, with 234. He was named the Cowboys Most Improved for 2012 at the club's annual presentation ball.

2013

In 2013, Linnett played in every game for the Cowboys, scoring nine tries. At the end of the season, Linnett represented Scotland at the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, qualifying to play for them through his mother.[6]

2014

On 11 February 2014, Linnett re-signed with the Cowboys for a further two season.[7] Later that month, Linnett was a part of the Cowboys victorious Auckland Nines team and was named in the Team of the Tournament.

2015

In Round 3 of the 2015 NRL season, Linnett played his 100th NRL game. On 4 October 2015, he was a member of the Cowboys' Grand Final winning side, starting a centre in the side's 17–16 victory over the Brisbane Broncos.

2016

On 21 February 2016, Linnett was a member of the Cowboys' World Club Challenge winning side, starting at centre in the side's 38–4 victory over the Leeds Rhinos at Headingley Stadium. In May, Linnett represented Country Origin for the first time.[8]

In October, Linnett was named in Scotland's 2016 Four Nations squad.[9]

2017

In Round 3 of the 2017 NRL season, Linnett played his 150th NRL game in the Cowboys' 30-8 loss to the Manly Sea Eagles. In the Cowboys' semi-final win over the Parramatta Eels, he played his 150th game for the Cowboys. On 1 October, he started at centre in the Cowboys' 2017 NRL Grand Final loss to the Melbourne Storm. He played in all 28 games for the club in 2017, scoring five tries.

2018

Linnett made 12 appearances for North Queensland in 2018 as the club struggled towards the bottom of the ladder for the entire season but won their final two games to avoid the wooden spoon. In September, it was revealed that Linnett was one of several North Queensland players told they would not be offered a contract for next season.[10]

On 13 September 2018, he was announced by the Cowboys as one of nine players leaving the club at the end of the 2018 season.[11]

Achievements and accolades

Individual

Team

Statistics

NRL

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2017 season [12]
† Denotes seasons in which Linnett won an NRL Premiership
Season Team Matches T G GK % F/G Pts=
2010 Sydney Roosters 1320—08
2011 Sydney Roosters 1020—08
2012 North Queensland 24120—048
2013 North Queensland 2590—036
2014 North Queensland 25120—048
2015† North Queensland 28100—040
2016 North Queensland 2250—020
2017 North Queensland 2850—020
2018 North Queensland 1200—00
Career totals 187 57 0 — 0 228

International

Season Team Matches T G GK % F/G Pts=
2013 Scotland 310—04
Career totals 3 1 0 — 0 4

References

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