Stephen Kearney

Stephen Kearney
ONZM
Personal information
Full nameStephen Peter Kearney
Born (1972-06-11) 11 June 1972
Paraparaumu, New Zealand
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight103 kg (16 st 3 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1991 Randwick Kingfishers
1992–94 Western Suburbs 46 6 0 0 24
1995–98 Auckland Warriors 79 11 0 0 44
1999–04 Melbourne Storm 139 20 0 0 80
2005 Hull F.C. 24 5 0 0 20
Total 288 42 0 0 168
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1991 Wellington 7 0 0 0 0
1993–04 New Zealand 45 9 0 0 36
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
201112 Parramatta Eels 42 10 1 31 24
201720 New Zealand Warriors 79 32 1 46 41
Total 121 42 2 77 35
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
200816 New Zealand 42 23 1 18 55
Source:
As of 21 September 2019

Stephen Peter Kearney ONZM (born 11 June 1972) is a New Zealand professional rugby league football coach who until 2020 was the head coach of the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL and a former player.

A New Zealand national captain and second-row forward, Kearney's club football career, which spanned from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s, was played for the Randwick Kingfishers, Western Suburbs Magpies, Auckland Warriors, Melbourne Storm (with whom he won the 1999 NRL Premiership), and Hull F.C. (with whom he won the 2005 Challenge Cup).

Kearney was previously the head coach of the New Zealand national team, with whom he won the 2008 World Cup and 2011 Four Nations tournaments. He also previously coached the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League.