Brett Kimmorley
Brett 'Noddy' Kimmorley (born September 15, 1976 in Belmont, NSW) is an Australian Rugby League player. He currently plays for and captains the Cronulla Sharks in the National Rugby League competition in Australia; he has also represented his country and state on several occasions. He currently plays at Half-Back.
Playing career
Brett Kimmorley made his first grade debut for the Newcastle Knights against Manly on July 21 1995 at Energy Australia Stadium. Although limited opportunities at his favoured Half-Back position with the Knights (because of Andrew Johns) caused him to move on. In 1997 after two years with the Newcastle Knights Kimmorley opted to sign for newly formed Super League club the Hunter Mariners who were also based out of Newcastle. Throughout the 1997 season the Mariners only managed to make a disappointing seven wins for the entire season and with the shutting down of Super League in 1998 the Mariners were subsequently disbanded.
Melbourne Storm
In 1998 with the newly formed National Rugby League starting up and the Mariners being disbanded Kimmorley was yet again on the move. He subsequently decided to move to newly formed entity the Melbourne Storm on a three year deal. His most memorable season for the Storm came in 1999 when the Storm won their maiden Premiership against the St. George-Illawarra Dragons.
Northern Eagles
After enjoying a premiership victory with the Melbourne Storm under Chris Anderson in 1999, Brett Kimmorley left Victoria for the Northern Eagles in season 2001. Though he had an unhappy season, however, and when the merged entity split at the end of the season, he decided to follow his former Melbourne Storm coach Chris Anderson to the Cronulla Sharks for 2002.
Cronulla Sharks
In his first season with his new club he somewhat flourished and led the Sharks to the preliminary final and although they lost (to eventual runners-up New Zealand Warriors) Kimmorley remained immpresive.
With the new season in 2003 looking promising Kimmorley was awarded the captaincy of the team and was dualy rewarded with a new five year deal.
2004 was a somewhat dissapointing season for Kimmorley who failed to take his club to the finals for a second consecutive season. He was also plaqued with several injuries which caused him to miss the annual State of Origin fixtures, although he still gained a position on the end of season Tri Nations tour to Britain and had several impressive performances which were key to the teams success.
2005 heralds a new season for Kimmorley and looks promising after Five-Eigth Adam Dykes has returned to the club and much expectation lies on what sort of partnership the two can combine. One thing is still certain though being that Kimmorley is most definitely the lynchpin of the Cronulla side and is pivotal to their chances in the new season.
Playing statistics
- Played 180 career first grade games with five clubs
- Has scored over 600 points including 69 career tries
- Represented Country three times and New South Wales five times
- Played 15 times for his country including the 2000 World Cup
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