Denan Kemp

Denan Kemp
Denan Kemp
Denan Kemp (Brisbane Broncos vs. Canberra Raiders 2008).jpg
Kemp playing for the Broncos in 2008
Personal information
Nickname Kempo
Born 11 May 1987 (1987-05-11) (age 24)
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Position Wing, Fullback, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2007–2008 Brisbane Broncos 28 20 0 0 80
2009 NZ Warriors 10 1 21 0 46
2010–2011 Brisbane Broncos 4 1 0 0 4
2012– St George Illawarra
Total 42 22 21 0 130
Source: NRL Stats, RLP

Denan Kemp is an Australian professional rugby footballer who currently plays rugby league for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL). A speedy winger, he has previously played in the NRL for the Brisbane Broncos and the New Zealand Warriors before a brief stint in rugby union in 2011, playing for Southern Districts in the Shute Shield competition. He is of New Zealand descent.[1]

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Early years

Originally a soccer player for Gold Coast premier club, Mudgeeraba SC, Kemp was spotted by scouts for the Brisbane Broncos and convinced to convert to rugby league. Kemp attended St Michaels College while pursuing his rugby league dream. Kemp went on to play rugby league with the Brisbane Wests in the Queensland Cup before joining Brisbane Broncos feeder club, the Toowoomba Clydesdales. He then was transferred to the Aspley Broncos in 2007 by the Brisbane Broncos.

Broncos

Denan made his first grade debut for the Broncos in Round 10, 2007 against the Manly Sea Eagles. During the game Kemp scored an individual 75 metre try. This try was voted as the third best of the 2007 season by NRL.com. In 2007 Kemp ran the quickest 40m sprint time in the clubs history recording 4.85sec and hitting speeds up to 34 km/h.

In 2008 Denan Kemp started the season strongly coming up with 4 tries in his first 3 games. He went on to play twenty four games for the club in 2008. In Round 12 he scored 4 tries while playing against the Parramatta Eels, equaling a club record that he now shares with Lote Tuqiri and Steve Renouf. The record came just hours after he had announced that he was joining the New Zealand Warriors for the 2009 season. When not selected for the first grade side, Kemp turned out for the Norths Devils in the Queensland Cup.[2]

Denan was Brisbane's top try-scorer in 2008 and named the club's rookie of the year.[3]

Warriors

On May 28 the New Zealand Warriors announced that they had signed Kemp for the 2009 and 2010 seasons.[4][5] Whilst at the Warriors he took on goal-kicking responsibilities for the club for the first half of the 2009 season.

In Round 2, 2009, Kemp kicked the match winning conversion from the sideline to defeat the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles with 28 seconds left. However for much of the season Kemp could not break into the first grade side, instead he was assigned to Otahuhu and played for the Auckland Vulcans in the NSW Cup. Near the end of the season he asked for a release so he could return to Queensland to rebuild his National Rugby League career.[6][7] Kemp played in ten games for the Warriors, scoring 46 points.

Return to Brisbane

On September 16, 2009 Kemp announced that he has re-signed with the Brisbane Broncos for the 2010 season, after being granted an early release from the final year of his contract with the NZ Warriors. Kemp has showed interest in claiming the number one fullback jersey left vacant by the AFL bound Karmichael Hunt.[8] In Round 1 2010 against the North Queensland Cowboys, he scored the final try which won the game for the Broncos 30-24. Unfortunately Kemp suffered a dislocated rib and a collapsed lung from the Knights game[when?] and spent the rest of the 2010 season injured. He signed a 6 year contract with the Broncos. He played for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls in the 2011 Queensland Cup, before joining the Australian Rugby Union in April 2011.[9][10]

Rugby Union

In April 2011 Kemp signed a contract with the Australian Rugby Union and was a part of the Australian Sevens squad that traveled to London for the IRB Sevens.

Kemp turned out during the 2011 season for the Southern Districts Rugby Club side in Sydney's Shute Shield.[10]

Dragons

On 20 November 2011, Denan Kemp signed for a one year for the St George Illawarra Dragons in 2012.[10]

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