Jarrad Kennedy (born 27 February 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in the Intrust Super Premiership. He plays at second-row, but can also fill in at centre. He previously played for the Canberra Raiders and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League.
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| Born | 27 February 1989 Moruya, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row, Lock, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
Born in Moruya, New South Wales, Kennedy played his junior rugby league for the Tuross Lakers and Moruya-Tuross Sharks, before being signed by the Canberra Raiders.
Playing career
Early career
In 2008 and 2009, Kennedy played for the Canberra Raiders' NYC team.[2] On 5 October 2008, Kennedy scored the match winning try in the Raiders' golden-point extra time win over the Brisbane Broncos in the 2008 NYC Grand Final.[3] In 2010, he graduated on to the Raiders' Queensland Cup team, Souths Logan Magpies.[4]
2012
In round 6 of the 2012 NRL season, Kennedy made his NRL debut for Canberra against the New Zealand Warriors.[5]
2013
On 17 May, Kennedy re-signed with Canberra on a two-year contract.[6]
2014
In round 11 of the 2014 NRL season, Kennedy scored his first NRL career try against North Queensland.[7]
2015
On 25 March, Kennedy again re-signed with Canberra on a two-year contract.[3]
2016
In September, Kennedy was named at second-row in the 2016 Intrust Super Premiership NSW Team of the Year.[8]
2017
Kennedy was named in the Manly-Warringah squad for the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines. He made his debut for Manly against South Sydney in round 2 of the 2017 NRL season. At the end of 2017, Kennedy was released by the Manly club.[9]
2018
In 2018, Kennedy re-joined Canberra but played the entire season for their feeder club Mounties making a total of ten appearances in the NSW Cup.[10]
2019
In 2019, Kennedy joined the Tuggeranong Bushrangers in the local Canberra competition.[11]On 31 October, Kennedy was named in the Blumers Lawyers CRC Team of the Year.[12]