Albert Kelly

For the film director often credited by this name, see Albert H. Kelley.
Albert Kelly
Kelly playing for the Newcastle Knights in 2012.
Personal information
Born (1991-03-21) 21 March 1991
Macksville, New South Wales, Australia
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight 89 kg (14 st 0 lb)[1]
Playing information
Position Five-eighth, Halfback, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010–11 Cronulla-Sutherland 14 2 0 0 8
2013–14 Gold Coast Titans 33 16 0 0 64
2015– Hull Kingston Rovers 25 17 2 0 72
Total 72 35 2 0 144
As of 29 August 2015
Source: Rugby League Project

Albert Kelly (born 21 March 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League. He primarily plays at five-eighth and halfback, but can also fill in at fullback and previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League.

Early career

Kelly was born in Macksville, New South Wales and grew up in Kempsey, New South Wales. He started playing at the age of five for the Smithtown Tigers Junior Rugby League Club. He also played for the Kempsey Dragons and Bowraville Tigers, before becoming a member of the Dunghutti Junior Broncos under-14s side. He attended St Paul's College, Kempsey before moving to Sydney and attending Patrician Brothers' College Blacktown. He was selected in the New South Wales under-15s Combined Catholic High School's rugby league side as five-eighth. In 2008, he played for the Australian Schoolboys where he was vice-captain, before being signed by the Parramatta Eels on a four-year contract. He was chased by the Sydney Roosters and St. George Illawarra Dragons.

Playing career

Parramatta Eels Toyota Cup

In 2008 and 2009, Kelly played for the Parramatta Eels' Toyota Cup team, scoring 11 tries in 23 games, and also played for the New South Wales under-18s.[2]

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

He played for the Sharks' Toyota Cup team in 2010, scoring three tries in 11 games.

Kelly Playing for the Sharks in 2010

In Round 1 of the 2010 NRL season he made his NRL debut for the Sharks against the Melbourne Storm, but played only five matches that year due to injury. He returned in Round 1 of the 2011 season. He scored his first two NRL tries against the Penrith Panthers in Round 3 of the 2011 NRL season. In Round 7, he broke his leg after an attempted tackle playing against the North Queensland Cowboys. Kelly returned for the last two matches of the season. In 2012, Kelly fell out of favour with Sharks coach Shane Flanagan and was sacked mid-season.

Season Matches Tries Goals F/G Points
2010 5 - - - -
2011 9 2 - - 8
Total 14 8 - - 8

2012 Newcastle Rugby League

In 2012, he signed with the Charlestown-based Central Newcastle Butcher Boys in the Newcastle Rugby League. While signed to Central, Kelly also trained with the Newcastle Knights from early April, as the Knight's coach, Wayne Bennett, offered Kelly help in getting his career and life back on track.[3] He then signed with the Knights to play in the New South Wales Cup competition.[4]

In June 2012, Kelly was suspended before having his contract terminated after pleading guilty in court to smashing a light at Newcastle nightclub Fannys.[5][6]

Gold Coast Titans

In 2013, Kelly joined the Gold Coast Titans to trial for a contract. He made his debut for the Titans against the Cronulla Sharks. They lost the game 12-10, however there were good signs for Kelly, producing a try assist. In his next game, he scored a double and another try assist against the Canberra Raiders in the 36-0 demolition. On 22 August 2014, Kelly became one of the current NRL players and former Sharks players to accept reduced bans from the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority for his role in the 2011 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks supplements controversy.[7]

Season Matches Tries Goals F/G Points
2013 21 11 - - 44
2014 12 5 - - 20
Total 33 16 - - 64

Hull Kingston Rovers

On 18 October 2014, Kelly was released from the Titans alongside Maurice Blair to sign two year contracts with Hull KR, replacing Australian halves Travis Burns and Kris Keating.[8][9] On 30 September 2015, he was named Hull KR's Player of the Year.[10]

Season Matches Tries Goals F/G Points
2015 20 15 2 - 64
Total 20 15 2 - 64

Personal life

Kelly is a cousin of South Sydney Rabbitohs player Greg Inglis.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Albert Kelly Hull Kingston Rovers". www.superleague.co.uk. Rugby Football League. 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Archived 9 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "Sacked Sharks Bad Boy Albert Kelly Thrown a Lifeline". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ Leeson, Joshua (2012-06-28). "Albert Kelly sacked by Knights | Newcastle Herald". Theherald.com.au. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  6. ↑ "Albert Kelly sacked by Newcastle Knights". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  7. ↑ "Cronulla Sharks players accept doping bans". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  8. ↑ Michael Carayannis (2014-10-18). "Gold Coast Titans release Albert Kelly and Maurice Blair". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  9. ↑ "Titans release Blair and Kelly". NRL.com. 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  10. ↑ "Albert Kelly the big winner at Hull KR awards dinner". Hull Daily Mail. 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
  11. ↑ "Albert Kelly". NRL. 2009-03-30. Retrieved 2010-03-15.

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