1. Shaun Kenny-Dowall was born on 23 January 1988 and is a New Zealand international former rugby league footballer who last played as a centre and winger for Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League.
38 Facts About Shaun Kenny-Dowall
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall previously played for the Sydney Roosters, winning the 2013 NRL Grand Final with them and the Newcastle Knights in the NRL.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall has played for the New Zealand Maori and NRL All Stars, and played in New Zealand's 2010 Four Nations-winning side as well as the 2014 Four Nations-winning side.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall moved to Auckland as a three-year-old and began his rugby league career playing for the East Coast Bays Barracudas on Auckland's North Shore.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall was a New Zealand Warriors junior but was unwanted by the club before moving to Sydney in 2004.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall played in the 2006 NSW Cup grand final for Newtown who were the Sydney Roosters feeder club at the time against Parramatta.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall finished his debut year in the NRL with playing in 14 matches and scored 8 tries in the 2007 NRL season.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall played 19 matches and scored 15 tries for the Roosters in the 2008 NRL season.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall was named in the New Zealand training squad for the 2008 World Cup but was not selected.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall played in all 24 matches and scored 14 tries and kicked three goals in the Roosters' Wooden Spoon 2009 NRL season.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall played in all the Roosters 28 matches and scored 21 tries being the 2010 NRL season's highest tryscorer along with Newcastle's Akuila Uate.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall cemented his position in the centres for the Kiwis in the 2010 Four Nations series, scoring three tries including one in the final.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall combined with Benji Marshall, Jason Nightingale and Nathan Fien to set up the series winning 79th minute try.
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On 10 March 2011, Shaun Kenny-Dowall agreed to a 4-year deal with the Roosters worth $1.4m.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall played in 20 matches and scored 9 tries for the Roosters in the 2011 NRL season.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall played in 17 matches and scored 8 tries for the Roosters in the 2012 NRL season.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall played in all the Roosters 27 matches and scored 9 tries.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall finished off the 2014 NRL season with him playing in all of the Roosters 27 matches and scoring 11 tries.
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On 7 October 2014, Shaun Kenny-Dowall was selected in the New Zealand Kiwis final 24-man squad for the 2014 Four Nations series.
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On 11 May 2015, Shaun Kenny-Dowall extended his contract with the Roosters for a further two years keeping him at the club until the end of the 2017 season.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall finished his highly publicised 2015 NRL season with him being the Roosters highest tryscorer for the season with 17 tries in 20 matches.
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On 8 October 2015, Shaun Kenny-Dowall was selected in the 23-man New Zealand squad for the 2015 Tour of Great Britain.
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On 2 February 2016, Shaun Kenny-Dowall was named in the Roosters 2016 NRL Auckland Nines squad.
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On 29 February 2016, Shaun Kenny-Dowall was found not guilty to all of the domestic violence charges against his ex-girlfriend, Jessica Peris.
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On 1 May 2016, Shaun Kenny-Dowall was named in the New Zealand Kiwis 19-man squad for the 2016 ANZAC Test but was later ruled out of the match due to a foot injury.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall finished the 2016 NRL season with him playing in 19 matches and scoring 7 tries for the Roosters.
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On 6 September 2016, Shaun Kenny-Dowall was added to the New Zealand national rugby league team train-on squad for the 2016 Four Nations.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall finished his season with Roosters having played in 9 matches and scoring 2 tries.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall kicked three goals, all in 2009, for the tri-colours.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall finished his time with the Knights having played in 53 matches and scoring 18 tries.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall made 19 appearances for Hull KR and scored 4 tries in the 2020 Super League season.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall made 23 appearances for Hull KR in the 2022 Super League season scoring four tries.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall was later named in the 2022 Super League dream team at centre.
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On 24 May, Shaun Kenny-Dowall announced he would be retiring at the end of the 2023 season.
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On 18 July 2015, Shaun Kenny-Dowall was charged with ten domestic violence offences over the alleged abuse of his former de facto partner, Jessica Peris, daughter of ex-Olympian-turned politician Nova Peris.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall pleaded not guilty to the charges at a hearing in August 2015.
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On 5 May 2017, Shaun Kenny-Dowall was charged with possessing a prohibited drug after he was found with half a gram of cocaine at a Sydney nightclub.
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Shaun Kenny-Dowall pled guilty and was placed on a one-year good behaviour bond.