Kane Linnett
Linnett in 2010
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Personal information
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11 January 1989 Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kane Linnett (born 11 January 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the North Queensland Cowboys of the National Rugby League. A Scottish international 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.
Linnett was born in Shellharbour, New South Wales and 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.
In 2007, Linnett played for the Illawarra Steelers in the SG Ball Cup, earning a contract with the St George Illawarra Dragons. Linnett played with the Dragons NYC side between 2008 and 2009, scoring 31 tries in 51 games, before joining the Sydney Roosters in 2010.
Linnett made his NRL debut 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. 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.
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