snowman
Total gronk
their only legit premiership as well.
IMO, as much as he is hated on the forum or by fans, he is a shark
IMO, as much as he is hated on the forum or by fans, he is a shark
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Brett Kimmorley thought deeply about joining Canberra for one last season
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Brett Kimmorley thought deeply about joining Canberra for one last season
Margie McDonald
August 27, 2010 12:00AM
CANBERRA came closest to enticing Brett Kimmorley to play one more year in the NRL.
When Kimmorley announced his retirement yesterday, he said he was still receiving telephone calls about switching clubs.
"They were probably the most tempting and they were very professional throughout the whole process," Kimmorley said.
"I also live about 100 metres from Toyota Park (Cronulla's home ground), so the attraction of going back to a club where I've played a lot of my career was obviously there." Kimmorley said he made the decision to retire a week ago.
Actually, it had its roots in mid-June, when the Bulldogs announced the signing of Manly halfback Trent Hodkinson.
"I knew it was in the pipeline," Kimmorley said.
"That was obviously their business decision and they've been very honest with me."
Kimmorley will be an assistant coach at Canterbury for the next two years.
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Brett Kimmorley thought deeply about joining Canberra for one last season
Margie McDonald
August 27, 2010 12:00AM
CANBERRA came closest to enticing Brett Kimmorley to play one more year in the NRL.
When Kimmorley announced his retirement yesterday, he said he was still receiving telephone calls about switching clubs.
"They were probably the most tempting and they were very professional throughout the whole process," Kimmorley said.
"I also live about 100 metres from Toyota Park (Cronulla's home ground), so the attraction of going back to a club where I've played a lot of my career was obviously there." Kimmorley said he made the decision to retire a week ago.
Actually, it had its roots in mid-June, when the Bulldogs announced the signing of Manly halfback Trent Hodkinson.
"I knew it was in the pipeline," Kimmorley said.
"That was obviously their business decision and they've been very honest with me."
Kimmorley will be an assistant coach at Canterbury for the next two years.
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Hats off to Brett Kimmorley, one of the greats
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Hats off to Brett Kimmorley, one of the greats
Margie McDonald
August 27, 2010 12:00AM
A POTENTIAL conflict of interest arose as Brett Kimmorley agonised over whether to play a 17th and final season.
Such a decision meant he was always going to talk to his mentor and coach at two of his previous clubs (Melbourne and Cronulla), Chris Anderson.
Like the familial ties between Governor-General Quentin Bryce and federal minister Bill Shorten, football "politics" came into play.
Anderson is married to Lynne Moore, who is a sister of Canterbury coach Kevin Moore.
"I also have and always will talk to him," Kimmorley, 33, said, after the 300-game veteran announced his retirement yesterday. He has just two more games left - Penrith in the Bulldogs' last home game for the season on Monday at ANZ Stadium and then Manly at Brookvale a week later.
"The friendship and trust we have is significant. So in this decision he was asked - he's obviously Kev's brother-in-law - but he was very honest with me on playing or not playing."
Anderson is in Bali and purposely left his mobile phone in Sydney, knowing he would be asked what advice he gave "Noddy".
The six-club player had to decide between accepting a one-year deal with a seventh club or taking up the Bulldogs' offer to be one of Moore's assistants for the next two years.
"I'm here today - he helped me," Kimmorley said, after accepting the coaching offer.
"One thing with Chris is that we've always been very open with each other, but he wasn't telling me one thing over another.
"He was just helping me with my decision and making sure whichever way I went, I was committed."
Anderson is also a former coach at Canterbury.
"I didn't know if I was going to be able to ring Chris because of the closeness to this club or whether he'd push me one way. But I made the phone call and it was very good."
And that pretty much sums up Kimmorley's career and contribution to rugby league.
Not only an Australian and NSW Origin representative, he is a Clive Churchill medallist (1999) and Dally M halfback of the year (2000). And this year he became the first halfback in the game's 102-year history to play 300 games.
The highs of his career were the 1999 premiership with Anderson at Melbourne - Storm's only title left after it was stripped of the other two because of its salary-cap cheating - and playing Test and Origin football.
The low was the intercept pass in game one of State of Origin in 2005 that allowed Queensland's Matt Bowen to score the winning try. NSW coach Ricky Stuart and selectors dumped Kimmorley for Andrew Johns in the next two games and won the series.
"It wasn't so much the pass but the aftermath," Kimmorley said yesterday.
"I was gutted for my teammates and struggled a lot in confidence after it."
Kimmorley said the best players he played with or against were Johns and Darren Lockyer.
The 172cm half couldn't name the hardest to put on the ground, even though he leads the NRL in one-on-one tackles.
"They're all bigger than me so they're all pretty hard," he said.
Kimmorley believes the key to his longevity, along with his competitiveness, is the fact he had no career-threatening injuries. A fractured eye socket, knee ligament and hamstring strains were the worst.
His boss, Bulldogs chief executive Todd Greenberg, could not stop smiling despite the news.
"Noddy won't say this but he's been chased by half a dozen clubs in the last couple of months - all wanting him to put on their jersey for next year," Greenberg said.
"So this is a coup for our club."
But his teammates will miss him. "I've played with some good ones over the years but never enjoyed the ride as much as I have with Noddy," hooker Michael Ennis said.
Last year, Ennis made his NSW debut with Kimmorley by his side.
"I was a little daunted by it all when we ran out. But he put his hand on my back as he ran past and said, 'we're gong to enjoy this' and immediately I felt at home," he said.
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Hats off to Brett Kimmorley, one of the greats
Margie McDonald
August 27, 2010 12:00AM
A POTENTIAL conflict of interest arose as Brett Kimmorley agonised over whether to play a 17th and final season.
Such a decision meant he was always going to talk to his mentor and coach at two of his previous clubs (Melbourne and Cronulla), Chris Anderson.
Like the familial ties between Governor-General Quentin Bryce and federal minister Bill Shorten, football "politics" came into play.
Anderson is married to Lynne Moore, who is a sister of Canterbury coach Kevin Moore.
"I also have and always will talk to him," Kimmorley, 33, said, after the 300-game veteran announced his retirement yesterday. He has just two more games left - Penrith in the Bulldogs' last home game for the season on Monday at ANZ Stadium and then Manly at Brookvale a week later.
"The friendship and trust we have is significant. So in this decision he was asked - he's obviously Kev's brother-in-law - but he was very honest with me on playing or not playing."
Anderson is in Bali and purposely left his mobile phone in Sydney, knowing he would be asked what advice he gave "Noddy".
The six-club player had to decide between accepting a one-year deal with a seventh club or taking up the Bulldogs' offer to be one of Moore's assistants for the next two years.
"I'm here today - he helped me," Kimmorley said, after accepting the coaching offer.
"One thing with Chris is that we've always been very open with each other, but he wasn't telling me one thing over another.
"He was just helping me with my decision and making sure whichever way I went, I was committed."
Anderson is also a former coach at Canterbury.
"I didn't know if I was going to be able to ring Chris because of the closeness to this club or whether he'd push me one way. But I made the phone call and it was very good."
And that pretty much sums up Kimmorley's career and contribution to rugby league.
Not only an Australian and NSW Origin representative, he is a Clive Churchill medallist (1999) and Dally M halfback of the year (2000). And this year he became the first halfback in the game's 102-year history to play 300 games.
The highs of his career were the 1999 premiership with Anderson at Melbourne - Storm's only title left after it was stripped of the other two because of its salary-cap cheating - and playing Test and Origin football.
The low was the intercept pass in game one of State of Origin in 2005 that allowed Queensland's Matt Bowen to score the winning try. NSW coach Ricky Stuart and selectors dumped Kimmorley for Andrew Johns in the next two games and won the series.
"It wasn't so much the pass but the aftermath," Kimmorley said yesterday.
"I was gutted for my teammates and struggled a lot in confidence after it."
Kimmorley said the best players he played with or against were Johns and Darren Lockyer.
The 172cm half couldn't name the hardest to put on the ground, even though he leads the NRL in one-on-one tackles.
"They're all bigger than me so they're all pretty hard," he said.
Kimmorley believes the key to his longevity, along with his competitiveness, is the fact he had no career-threatening injuries. A fractured eye socket, knee ligament and hamstring strains were the worst.
His boss, Bulldogs chief executive Todd Greenberg, could not stop smiling despite the news.
"Noddy won't say this but he's been chased by half a dozen clubs in the last couple of months - all wanting him to put on their jersey for next year," Greenberg said.
"So this is a coup for our club."
But his teammates will miss him. "I've played with some good ones over the years but never enjoyed the ride as much as I have with Noddy," hooker Michael Ennis said.
Last year, Ennis made his NSW debut with Kimmorley by his side.
"I was a little daunted by it all when we ran out. But he put his hand on my back as he ran past and said, 'we're gong to enjoy this' and immediately I felt at home," he said.
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Kimmorley to stay with Bulldogs as coach
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Kimmorley to stay with Bulldogs as coach
August 27, 2010
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CHAMPION Bulldogs half-back Brett Kimmorley turned his back on offers from six clubs to take up a coaching role at the NRL club.
The 33-year-old revealed he had been courted by clubs including Canberra, Cronulla and Parramatta as recently as Wednesday night in the hope he would play another season.
But in the end it was the opportunity to stick with the Bulldogs and begin the journey towards a coaching career that swayed the 1999 Clive Churchill medallist.
In accepting a two-year assistant coaching deal, Kimmorley will be in charge of mentoring the players signed to replace him in the halves, Trent Hodkinson and Kris Keating.
Bulldogs head coach Kevin Moore described it as ''a great decision for the club''.
''It's tremendous that Brett's going to play a great role in [developing Hodkinson] and hopefully steer him in the right direction,'' Moore said.
''If [Hodkinson] can have half the success that Brett has had, he'll be a pretty good player for the club.''
Bulldogs chief executive Todd Greenburg said it was a ''tremendous coup'' for the club.
''[Kimmorley] won't say this but he's been chased by more than half a dozen clubs in the last couple of months all wanting him to pull on their jersey for next year,'' Greenburg said.
Kimmorley said the decision to stop playing had weighed on his mind for longer than he had expected, but he was relieved to have drawn the curtain on his 16-year playing career.
''I think I had to be 100 per cent committed and sure that I was finished and that meant leaving here and I just think I wasn't in a situation to leave this club - I feel like I've found a home here.''
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Kimmorley to stay with Bulldogs as coach
August 27, 2010
AAP
CHAMPION Bulldogs half-back Brett Kimmorley turned his back on offers from six clubs to take up a coaching role at the NRL club.
The 33-year-old revealed he had been courted by clubs including Canberra, Cronulla and Parramatta as recently as Wednesday night in the hope he would play another season.
But in the end it was the opportunity to stick with the Bulldogs and begin the journey towards a coaching career that swayed the 1999 Clive Churchill medallist.
In accepting a two-year assistant coaching deal, Kimmorley will be in charge of mentoring the players signed to replace him in the halves, Trent Hodkinson and Kris Keating.
Bulldogs head coach Kevin Moore described it as ''a great decision for the club''.
''It's tremendous that Brett's going to play a great role in [developing Hodkinson] and hopefully steer him in the right direction,'' Moore said.
''If [Hodkinson] can have half the success that Brett has had, he'll be a pretty good player for the club.''
Bulldogs chief executive Todd Greenburg said it was a ''tremendous coup'' for the club.
''[Kimmorley] won't say this but he's been chased by more than half a dozen clubs in the last couple of months all wanting him to pull on their jersey for next year,'' Greenburg said.
Kimmorley said the decision to stop playing had weighed on his mind for longer than he had expected, but he was relieved to have drawn the curtain on his 16-year playing career.
''I think I had to be 100 per cent committed and sure that I was finished and that meant leaving here and I just think I wasn't in a situation to leave this club - I feel like I've found a home here.''
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Taking one for the team: Kimmorley hangs up boots
Brad Walter and Jamie Pandaram
August 27, 2010
After more than 300 games with six clubs, Brett Kimmorley is calling time, writes Brad Walter.
In the end, Brett Kimmorley's retirement came down to a decision about the future - both his and the Bulldogs.
With no top-line halfbacks on the market next year, Canterbury officials went all-out to sign Manly's Trent Hodkinson and effectively left Kimmorley to choose between finishing his illustrious career at a seventh club next season or accepting a coaching role with them.
It was a move that had more to do with the club's playing roster for 2012 and beyond than next season.
Had they succeeded with their bid to recruit Daniel Mortimer, the Bulldogs would have retained the former Test and NSW Origin halfback for another season to mentor him.
But Hodkinson has already graduated to City Origin honours this season and, after also snaring his former juniors teammate Kris Keating from Parramatta, there was no room for Kimmorley in a squad that also boasts Kiwi international Ben Roberts and boom youngster Ben Barba as playmaking options.
Instead, Kimmorley will now help Hodkinson's development from the sideline as a specialist coach with Canterbury's halves and hookers from NRL level to junior teams.
It was a position he was initially reluctant to accept, with up to six rival clubs believing the 33-year-old still had plenty to offer as a player.
However, none could guarantee him the post-football opportunities that the Bulldogs had and Kimmorley realised that he may lose that if he went to another club for one season.
''I had phone calls up until last night wanting my playing days to continue,'' Kimmorley said. ''It's taken a long time to come to this decision but I feel like I've made the right decision. I just think I wasn't in a situation to leave this club. I feel like I have found a home here and it is going to help me with a coaching career and a media career.
''I still feel like I am playing good and a lot of people say you are a long time retired … but in 12 months would I have been disappointed at where my career might have finished? I think that willingness to play is always going to be there but if I can't play at a really good level I think I undo a lot of good things I have been able to achieve for 300 games now.''
Before making the decision, Kimmorley sought the advice of longtime mentor Chris Anderson, who coached him at Melbourne and Cronulla.
Asked what Anderson had advised him, Kimmorley said: ''Well I am here today. He was pretty honest.''
Canterbury coach Kevin Moore, who is Anderson's brother-in-law, said he was pleased Kimmorley had accepted the club's offer.
''I had a conversation with Noddy during the off-season and we said this could be market-driven,'' Moore said. ''Initially we were looking at Daniel Mortimer probably to play No.6 for a year or two and then go to No.7 and having Noddy play alongside him was an option at one stage but obviously the landscape changes and Trent became available,'' Moore said.
''Trent is a deadset No.7 and wants to play No.7, and I think he has earnt the right to have that opportunity. That decision was not so much about 2011 but 2011 through to 2020. If Trent plays as long as Noddy did he will still be here in 2025.''
In the 16 seasons since he made his top grade debut with Newcastle, Kimmorley said the highlight of his career was undoubtedly winning the 1999 premiership with Melbourne.
Of the lows, he said the fallout from his intercept pass that cost NSW victory in the first match of the 2005 series and resulted in his axing was the worst.
''I've had some horrible lows but got through it. I've achieved a lot,'' he said. ''I turn 34 next week so I suppose maybe I have to get a job now.''
Kimmorley, who said he hoped to be remembered as ''competitive'' and ''a team player'', nominated Andrew Johns and Darren Lockyer as the best players he had played with or against.
HAND OF NOD: KIMMORLEY’S ROLLER-COASTER CAREER
July 21, 1995 Makes first-grade debut for the Newcastle Knights off the bench against Manly at EnergyAustralia Stadium.
August 6, 1995 In his second match, Kimmorley – starting for the injured Andrew Johns – crosses for his first try in the top grade in defeat of the Eels.
1995 The game is rocked by the threat of a breakaway league and a second team in the Newcastle region. The second side, the Hunter Mariners, set about poaching Knights players.
1996 The Mariners play two pre-season trials but Super League is legally rejected. Kimmorley spends most of the year in Newcastle’s reserves. Later, it is confirmed Super League will proceed in 1997.
1997 Merger between the two Hunter sides is rejected. Midway through season, Mariners sign a frustrated Kimmorley from the Knights. Kimmorley establishes himself as the club’s No.1 halfback, and caps a meteoric rise with selection in the SL Australian team to play Great Britain.
1997 Super League is disbanded upon the merger of News Ltd and the ARL to form the NRL, and the Mariners fold. Kimmorley signs a three-year deal with the newly created franchise, Melbourne Storm.
1998 Kimmorley plays every game for the Storm in their debut season, leading the new team to the preliminary final.
1999 Kimmorley plays every game and but goes one better by getting the Storm to the grand final and playing the starring role as Melbourne win their maiden premiership. Kimmorley sets up the match-winning try with a chip, and earns the Clive Churchill Medal as best on ground.
2000 Kimmorley is selected to make his State of Origin debut for NSW. He helps NSW to a clean sweep, keeping Johns on the bench for games two and three. Kimmorley to leaves the Storm to join the merger team, Northern Eagles.
2001 The Eagles finish in 10th place. He plays the first and third games for NSW, both losses. The Eagles split, and Kimmorley joins former Storm coach Chris Anderson at Cronulla, rejecting interest from English club Widnes.
2002 His first year with the Sharks is a big one: 14 tries, 21 try assists and 251 points as Cronulla reach the penultimate weekend of the season, falling just short of the grand final. Kimmorley is overlooked for NSW.
2003 After his first season, Kimmorley is rewarded with a five-year extension with Cronulla and the club captaincy ahead of David Peachey. But it is a disappointing year for Kimmorley and the Sharks, who win just eight games and finish 12th. Kimmorley suffers a gruesome testicle injury, leading to an extended stint on the sideline. But he returns, and injury to Johns sees Kimmorley chosen for the Kangaroos tour to Britain where he orchestrates his greatest series in the Kangaroos jersey, being instrumental in two last-gasp victories that seal a 3-0 series win.
2004 Kimmorley and the Sharks again struggle for form, and they finish with just 10 wins for the season.
2005 Plays his final match for Australia in the Anzac Test, guiding the Kangaroos to a 32-16 win with his astute kicking game. With Johns injured for the first Origin match, Kimmorley gets the call-up – but makes the biggest blunder of his career, throwing an intercept pass that allows Matt Bowen to seal victory for Queensland in the final minute. He is dropped by NSW coach Ricky Stuart for Johns, who dominates the next two games.
2006 A horror year. Kimmorley is no longer wanted by state or national selectors, and Cronulla set a club record for longest losing streak with 10 losses to end the season.
2007 Stuart takes over as coach at Cronulla. Kimmorley regains his Origin spot for games two and three, but suffers a season-ending knee injury during the third match.
2008 Relationship between Kimmorley and Stuart sours despite Cronulla’s equal first finish. The Sharks lose to Melbourne in the preliminary final. Stuart later blamed Kimmorley, saying he was not a big-match performer. Kimmorley joins the Bulldogs.
2009 Helps the Bulldogs go from last place in 2008 to equal first. Earns an Origin recall for game three after Queensland have sealed the series and, with Trent Barrett, forms the oldest halves pairing in the state’s history. The Dogs lose the preliminary final, sparking Stuart’s ‘‘not a big-match player’’ jibe at Kimmorley.
2010 Kimmorley becomes one of just 15 players to reach the 300-game mark. He starts the first match for NSW but is dropped for Mitchell Pearce. The Bulldogs struggle.
August 26, 2010 Kimmorley announces he will retire at the end of the season to take a coaching role at the Bulldogs.
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Taking one for the team: Kimmorley hangs up boots
Brad Walter and Jamie Pandaram
August 27, 2010
After more than 300 games with six clubs, Brett Kimmorley is calling time, writes Brad Walter.
In the end, Brett Kimmorley's retirement came down to a decision about the future - both his and the Bulldogs.
With no top-line halfbacks on the market next year, Canterbury officials went all-out to sign Manly's Trent Hodkinson and effectively left Kimmorley to choose between finishing his illustrious career at a seventh club next season or accepting a coaching role with them.
It was a move that had more to do with the club's playing roster for 2012 and beyond than next season.
Had they succeeded with their bid to recruit Daniel Mortimer, the Bulldogs would have retained the former Test and NSW Origin halfback for another season to mentor him.
But Hodkinson has already graduated to City Origin honours this season and, after also snaring his former juniors teammate Kris Keating from Parramatta, there was no room for Kimmorley in a squad that also boasts Kiwi international Ben Roberts and boom youngster Ben Barba as playmaking options.
Instead, Kimmorley will now help Hodkinson's development from the sideline as a specialist coach with Canterbury's halves and hookers from NRL level to junior teams.
It was a position he was initially reluctant to accept, with up to six rival clubs believing the 33-year-old still had plenty to offer as a player.
However, none could guarantee him the post-football opportunities that the Bulldogs had and Kimmorley realised that he may lose that if he went to another club for one season.
''I had phone calls up until last night wanting my playing days to continue,'' Kimmorley said. ''It's taken a long time to come to this decision but I feel like I've made the right decision. I just think I wasn't in a situation to leave this club. I feel like I have found a home here and it is going to help me with a coaching career and a media career.
''I still feel like I am playing good and a lot of people say you are a long time retired … but in 12 months would I have been disappointed at where my career might have finished? I think that willingness to play is always going to be there but if I can't play at a really good level I think I undo a lot of good things I have been able to achieve for 300 games now.''
Before making the decision, Kimmorley sought the advice of longtime mentor Chris Anderson, who coached him at Melbourne and Cronulla.
Asked what Anderson had advised him, Kimmorley said: ''Well I am here today. He was pretty honest.''
Canterbury coach Kevin Moore, who is Anderson's brother-in-law, said he was pleased Kimmorley had accepted the club's offer.
''I had a conversation with Noddy during the off-season and we said this could be market-driven,'' Moore said. ''Initially we were looking at Daniel Mortimer probably to play No.6 for a year or two and then go to No.7 and having Noddy play alongside him was an option at one stage but obviously the landscape changes and Trent became available,'' Moore said.
''Trent is a deadset No.7 and wants to play No.7, and I think he has earnt the right to have that opportunity. That decision was not so much about 2011 but 2011 through to 2020. If Trent plays as long as Noddy did he will still be here in 2025.''
In the 16 seasons since he made his top grade debut with Newcastle, Kimmorley said the highlight of his career was undoubtedly winning the 1999 premiership with Melbourne.
Of the lows, he said the fallout from his intercept pass that cost NSW victory in the first match of the 2005 series and resulted in his axing was the worst.
''I've had some horrible lows but got through it. I've achieved a lot,'' he said. ''I turn 34 next week so I suppose maybe I have to get a job now.''
Kimmorley, who said he hoped to be remembered as ''competitive'' and ''a team player'', nominated Andrew Johns and Darren Lockyer as the best players he had played with or against.
HAND OF NOD: KIMMORLEY’S ROLLER-COASTER CAREER
July 21, 1995 Makes first-grade debut for the Newcastle Knights off the bench against Manly at EnergyAustralia Stadium.
August 6, 1995 In his second match, Kimmorley – starting for the injured Andrew Johns – crosses for his first try in the top grade in defeat of the Eels.
1995 The game is rocked by the threat of a breakaway league and a second team in the Newcastle region. The second side, the Hunter Mariners, set about poaching Knights players.
1996 The Mariners play two pre-season trials but Super League is legally rejected. Kimmorley spends most of the year in Newcastle’s reserves. Later, it is confirmed Super League will proceed in 1997.
1997 Merger between the two Hunter sides is rejected. Midway through season, Mariners sign a frustrated Kimmorley from the Knights. Kimmorley establishes himself as the club’s No.1 halfback, and caps a meteoric rise with selection in the SL Australian team to play Great Britain.
1997 Super League is disbanded upon the merger of News Ltd and the ARL to form the NRL, and the Mariners fold. Kimmorley signs a three-year deal with the newly created franchise, Melbourne Storm.
1998 Kimmorley plays every game for the Storm in their debut season, leading the new team to the preliminary final.
1999 Kimmorley plays every game and but goes one better by getting the Storm to the grand final and playing the starring role as Melbourne win their maiden premiership. Kimmorley sets up the match-winning try with a chip, and earns the Clive Churchill Medal as best on ground.
2000 Kimmorley is selected to make his State of Origin debut for NSW. He helps NSW to a clean sweep, keeping Johns on the bench for games two and three. Kimmorley to leaves the Storm to join the merger team, Northern Eagles.
2001 The Eagles finish in 10th place. He plays the first and third games for NSW, both losses. The Eagles split, and Kimmorley joins former Storm coach Chris Anderson at Cronulla, rejecting interest from English club Widnes.
2002 His first year with the Sharks is a big one: 14 tries, 21 try assists and 251 points as Cronulla reach the penultimate weekend of the season, falling just short of the grand final. Kimmorley is overlooked for NSW.
2003 After his first season, Kimmorley is rewarded with a five-year extension with Cronulla and the club captaincy ahead of David Peachey. But it is a disappointing year for Kimmorley and the Sharks, who win just eight games and finish 12th. Kimmorley suffers a gruesome testicle injury, leading to an extended stint on the sideline. But he returns, and injury to Johns sees Kimmorley chosen for the Kangaroos tour to Britain where he orchestrates his greatest series in the Kangaroos jersey, being instrumental in two last-gasp victories that seal a 3-0 series win.
2004 Kimmorley and the Sharks again struggle for form, and they finish with just 10 wins for the season.
2005 Plays his final match for Australia in the Anzac Test, guiding the Kangaroos to a 32-16 win with his astute kicking game. With Johns injured for the first Origin match, Kimmorley gets the call-up – but makes the biggest blunder of his career, throwing an intercept pass that allows Matt Bowen to seal victory for Queensland in the final minute. He is dropped by NSW coach Ricky Stuart for Johns, who dominates the next two games.
2006 A horror year. Kimmorley is no longer wanted by state or national selectors, and Cronulla set a club record for longest losing streak with 10 losses to end the season.
2007 Stuart takes over as coach at Cronulla. Kimmorley regains his Origin spot for games two and three, but suffers a season-ending knee injury during the third match.
2008 Relationship between Kimmorley and Stuart sours despite Cronulla’s equal first finish. The Sharks lose to Melbourne in the preliminary final. Stuart later blamed Kimmorley, saying he was not a big-match performer. Kimmorley joins the Bulldogs.
2009 Helps the Bulldogs go from last place in 2008 to equal first. Earns an Origin recall for game three after Queensland have sealed the series and, with Trent Barrett, forms the oldest halves pairing in the state’s history. The Dogs lose the preliminary final, sparking Stuart’s ‘‘not a big-match player’’ jibe at Kimmorley.
2010 Kimmorley becomes one of just 15 players to reach the 300-game mark. He starts the first match for NSW but is dropped for Mitchell Pearce. The Bulldogs struggle.
August 26, 2010 Kimmorley announces he will retire at the end of the season to take a coaching role at the Bulldogs.
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I thought I would play forever - Noddy
By Andrew Webster
August 27, 2010 12:01AM
THE irony, in the end, was how many clubs wanted Brett Kimmorley at the time when he was prepared to give it all away.
They were knocking on his door - phoning him, actually - a week after he had squared it off with himself that it was time. Right up until the late hours of Wednesday night, in fact.
Even Thursday, before he calmly made the announcement in front of his Bulldogs teammates and family of wife Sharni and young daughters Maddie, Mia, Ava and Ivy, one club was bravely trying to entice Kimmorley to reverse his decision.
Typical of his style, he phoned each club personally to tell them he was slipping into the coaching and commentary boxes and was no longer on the market.
Only once did Kimmorley look like crying as retiring sportspeople do when he said: "I always thought I could play footy forever." The bottom lip quivered. "I contacted a few people today and they said to reflect on the journey."
Despite the cause to pause and reflect, surely Brett Kimmorley felt at some stage like throwing his head back and laughing to the heavens at the irony of it all. To be wanted so much, when for most of his career he has been so maligned.
Unfairly or not, there has been baggage placed on him wherever he has gone.
He left the Knights to play Super League for the Hunter Mariners and felt the scorn of the ARL loyalists of Newcastle.
When he went to Melbourne and kept Andrew Johns out of sky blue and green-and-gold representative jumpers, he was considered the Anti-Joey.
When he left Melbourne to sign with the Northern Eagles, the Storm suits branded him a "franchise player".
This journalist remembers interviewing Kimmorley at his palatial home on the Central Coast in early 2001. The biggest gas barbecue on the planet - one of the spoils of an enormous contract - sat on the balcony. He said: "If we start to struggle, I know who will cop it."
His prophecy came true and some went so far to blame him for the collapse of the joint-venture club.
Thrown a lifeline by his rugby league savant, Chris Anderson, the Sharks faithful skewered him for displacing Dally M medallist Preston Campbell.
Then there was that intercept pass that cost NSW an Origin victory in 2005.
"I've had some really horrible lows," Kimmorley reflected. "But I've got through it."
Having played at six clubs, some might argue that Kimmorley was the issue. Either way, what resonated yesterday is that Kimmorley has finally found a club that truly embraces him. "We fit each other," said Bulldogs coach Kevin Moore.
Kimmorley is well known for being, er, frugal with his money and the thought of running around again, cashing up on one last payday, must have appealed.
With cash burning a hole in Paul Osborne's pocket, Parramatta were particularly keen for him to, ironically, play alongside the young gun the Bulldogs were so keen to acquire this year - Daniel Mortimer.
Kimmorley also enjoys nothing more than proving his critics wrong. You sense his ego was slightly dented when the Bulldogs secured young Manly halfback Trent Hodkinson.
He has brushed all these instincts, which have served him through 16 season and more than 300 games and six clubs. As Noddy said before posing for photos with his four daughters: "This feels like home."
Source:http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=...ay-forever-noddy/story-e6frexnr-1225910603478
I thought I would play forever - Noddy
By Andrew Webster
August 27, 2010 12:01AM
THE irony, in the end, was how many clubs wanted Brett Kimmorley at the time when he was prepared to give it all away.
They were knocking on his door - phoning him, actually - a week after he had squared it off with himself that it was time. Right up until the late hours of Wednesday night, in fact.
Even Thursday, before he calmly made the announcement in front of his Bulldogs teammates and family of wife Sharni and young daughters Maddie, Mia, Ava and Ivy, one club was bravely trying to entice Kimmorley to reverse his decision.
Typical of his style, he phoned each club personally to tell them he was slipping into the coaching and commentary boxes and was no longer on the market.
Only once did Kimmorley look like crying as retiring sportspeople do when he said: "I always thought I could play footy forever." The bottom lip quivered. "I contacted a few people today and they said to reflect on the journey."
Despite the cause to pause and reflect, surely Brett Kimmorley felt at some stage like throwing his head back and laughing to the heavens at the irony of it all. To be wanted so much, when for most of his career he has been so maligned.
Unfairly or not, there has been baggage placed on him wherever he has gone.
He left the Knights to play Super League for the Hunter Mariners and felt the scorn of the ARL loyalists of Newcastle.
When he went to Melbourne and kept Andrew Johns out of sky blue and green-and-gold representative jumpers, he was considered the Anti-Joey.
When he left Melbourne to sign with the Northern Eagles, the Storm suits branded him a "franchise player".
This journalist remembers interviewing Kimmorley at his palatial home on the Central Coast in early 2001. The biggest gas barbecue on the planet - one of the spoils of an enormous contract - sat on the balcony. He said: "If we start to struggle, I know who will cop it."
His prophecy came true and some went so far to blame him for the collapse of the joint-venture club.
Thrown a lifeline by his rugby league savant, Chris Anderson, the Sharks faithful skewered him for displacing Dally M medallist Preston Campbell.
Then there was that intercept pass that cost NSW an Origin victory in 2005.
"I've had some really horrible lows," Kimmorley reflected. "But I've got through it."
Having played at six clubs, some might argue that Kimmorley was the issue. Either way, what resonated yesterday is that Kimmorley has finally found a club that truly embraces him. "We fit each other," said Bulldogs coach Kevin Moore.
Kimmorley is well known for being, er, frugal with his money and the thought of running around again, cashing up on one last payday, must have appealed.
With cash burning a hole in Paul Osborne's pocket, Parramatta were particularly keen for him to, ironically, play alongside the young gun the Bulldogs were so keen to acquire this year - Daniel Mortimer.
Kimmorley also enjoys nothing more than proving his critics wrong. You sense his ego was slightly dented when the Bulldogs secured young Manly halfback Trent Hodkinson.
He has brushed all these instincts, which have served him through 16 season and more than 300 games and six clubs. As Noddy said before posing for photos with his four daughters: "This feels like home."
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man... i wish we got him for a year
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Kimmorley finds retirement is child's play
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Kimmorley finds retirement is child's play
BY JOE BARTON
27 Aug, 2010 07:37 AM
Champion Bulldogs halfback Brett Kimmorley turned his back on offers from six clubs to take up a coaching role at the NRL club.
The 33-year-old revealed he had been courted by clubs such as Canberra, Cronulla and Parramatta as recently as Wednesday night in the hope that he could be convinced to play another season.
But it was the opportunity to stick with the Bulldogs and begin the journey towards an NRL coaching career which swayed the 1999 Clive Churchill medallist.
In accepting the two-year assistant coaching deal, Kimmorley will now be in charge of mentoring the players signed to replace him in the halves, Trent Hodkinson and Kris Keating.
Bulldogs head coach Kevin Moore said, ''It's tremendous that Brett's going to play a great role in [developing] Trent and hopefully steer him in the right direction.
''If [Hodkinson] can have half the success that Brett has had, he'll be a pretty good player for the club.''
Bulldogs chief executive Todd Greenburg said the decision was a ''tremendous coup'' for the club.
''Noddy won't say this but he's been chased by more than half a dozen clubs in the last couple of months all wanting him to pull on their jersey for next year,'' Greenburg said. ''This is a significant coup for our club to have someone of his expertise and talent on our coaching staff next year.''
Kimmorley admitted the decision weighed on his mind for a lot longer than he had prepared for, but he was relieved to have finally drawn the curtain on a 16-year playing career.
''I had to be 100 per cent committed and sure that I was finished and that meant leaving here and I just think I wasn't in a situation to leave this club I feel like I've found a home here. I still had phone calls up until last night wanting my playing days to continue, but I feel I've made the right decision.''
Source:http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=...-finds-retirement-is-childs-play/1925179.aspx
Kimmorley finds retirement is child's play
BY JOE BARTON
27 Aug, 2010 07:37 AM
Champion Bulldogs halfback Brett Kimmorley turned his back on offers from six clubs to take up a coaching role at the NRL club.
The 33-year-old revealed he had been courted by clubs such as Canberra, Cronulla and Parramatta as recently as Wednesday night in the hope that he could be convinced to play another season.
But it was the opportunity to stick with the Bulldogs and begin the journey towards an NRL coaching career which swayed the 1999 Clive Churchill medallist.
In accepting the two-year assistant coaching deal, Kimmorley will now be in charge of mentoring the players signed to replace him in the halves, Trent Hodkinson and Kris Keating.
Bulldogs head coach Kevin Moore said, ''It's tremendous that Brett's going to play a great role in [developing] Trent and hopefully steer him in the right direction.
''If [Hodkinson] can have half the success that Brett has had, he'll be a pretty good player for the club.''
Bulldogs chief executive Todd Greenburg said the decision was a ''tremendous coup'' for the club.
''Noddy won't say this but he's been chased by more than half a dozen clubs in the last couple of months all wanting him to pull on their jersey for next year,'' Greenburg said. ''This is a significant coup for our club to have someone of his expertise and talent on our coaching staff next year.''
Kimmorley admitted the decision weighed on his mind for a lot longer than he had prepared for, but he was relieved to have finally drawn the curtain on a 16-year playing career.
''I had to be 100 per cent committed and sure that I was finished and that meant leaving here and I just think I wasn't in a situation to leave this club I feel like I've found a home here. I still had phone calls up until last night wanting my playing days to continue, but I feel I've made the right decision.''
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I lost count of the posts where you were dead set against Noddy coming here Snow, what's doing?
snowman
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yep was fully 100% against it....
now i look at next years squad and realise that we infact need him S1
now i look at next years squad and realise that we infact need him S1
A.Snowden
Jaws
I will stick with my first thoughts, and say he would have made Graham a better player for next year and we would have had a genuine 6/7 combo which it looks like we will not have next year...We will struggle without a 7.
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unless tim smith pulls his finger out of his ass and plays the way he did before he got emotional
A.Snowden
Jaws
I would love to see Smith have a great off season and make a play for the 7 next year...We just need a stable half, one we can stick with every game for the whole year,thats what we would have got with Noddy. Smith to me at the moment doesn't fit the bill yet! We honestle can't go through next year changing between Smith, Porter, Kelly or even Townsend. We need a solid and stable half.
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yeh, im a massive self abashed timmy fan, but there is only so much you can take.
i would of liked noddy for a year.
in hindsight i would of like a 6 graham 7 keating combo!
i would of liked noddy for a year.
in hindsight i would of like a 6 graham 7 keating combo!
The mere fact that we were still trying to entice Noddy back for next year shows you how desperate we are. It would have been a massive step backwards. He has been ordinary this year. Take out his kick chase and there is very little left creativity wise. Unless we make a few more signings we are in big trouble.
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how funny was he doing the sideline commentary last night he looked so nervice.
