Kevin Penny

Kevin Penny
Personal information
Full name Kevin Penny Junior
Nickname Kev, Pen, Penno, Junior
Born (1987-10-03) 3 October 1987
England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 12 st 11 lb (81 kg) [1]
Playing information
Position Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–10 Warrington Wolves 43 29 0 0 116
2009 → Widnes (loan) 11 11 0 0 44
2010 → London (loan) 5 3 0 0 12
2011 Wakefield Wildcats 5 1 0 0 4
2011 → Widnes (loan) 11 6 0 0 24
2012–13 Swinton Lions 40 19 0 0 76
2014– Warrington Wolves 27 21 0 0 84
2014 → Swinton (loan) 14 12 0 0 48
2015 → North Wales (loan) 4 3 0 0 12
Total 160 105 0 0 420
As of 4 February 2016
Source: Love Rugby League

Kevin Penny is an English professional rugby league player for Warrington Wolves in the Super League. His usual position is Wing. He previously played for Wakefield Trinity, on loan for Harlequins RL[2] and for Widnes and Swinton in rugby league's Championship.

Club career

Kevin Penny joined Warrington's academy in 2005 after being spotted playing basketball at school.[3]

Warrington Wolves

Kevin made his senior debut For Warrington against the Leeds on 1 June 2007, scoring two tries in a 42 - 26 defeat.[4] Shortly after his debut he received the engage Super League player of the month award for his efforts during the month of July 2007, despite starting the month with only 5 first grade games next to his name. He scored 5 tries in just 3 games during the month, 3 of which were scored in the space of just 9 minutes against Salford.[5] Penny ended 2007 with 15 tries in 15 games and was named in the 2007 Super League Dream Team

Kevin was given the number 5 jersey for 2008 after a strong debut season and played outside Australian international Matt King, but failed to impress and found himself out of the team.

On 21 May 2009 Kevin was loaned out to Championship side Widnes after failing to force his way into Warrington's first team squad under new coach Tony Smith.[6]

On 26 August 2009, Kevin competed for the title of Fastest Man in Rugby League as part of a curtain raising competition at the Carnegie Floodlit Nines.[7]

In 2010, Penny was loaned to Harlequins RL, scoring three tries in five matches before returning to his parent club.

Penny in action for Harlequins

Penny was released by Warrington at the end of 2010 and joined Wakefield Trinity Wildcats for 2011, but once again failed to make an impression and was loaned out to Widnes Vikings.

Swinton Lions

Kevin Penny joined Swinton Lions when Lions coach Steve McCormack signed him in November 2011 during the club's close-season player recruitment drive for the 2012 season.

Return to Warrington

Penny re-signed with Warrington in 2014 and made his second debut for the club against Castleford Tigers. Prior to his return Penny said he was determined to make the most out of his second chance and was aiming to give the Wolves 'value'.[8] Despite spending some time on loan at Swinton and North Wales Crusaders, Penny displayed good form for Warrington and established himself in the club's first team. He played 23 matches and scored 16 tries in 2015, his best return since his debut season, and signed a new two-year deal at the end of the year.[9]

Penny during his first spell with Warrington

References

  1. ↑ "Official site of the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats". web page. Wakefield wildcats. 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "Kevin Penny signs month-long loan deal with Harlequins RL". Warrington Guardian. 7 April 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Penny's New Deal". Sportinglife. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2007.
  4. ↑ "Leeds 42 - Warrington 26". Super League. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  5. ↑ "Teenager Penny makes Dream Team". BBC Sport. 17 September 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
  6. ↑ "Wolves duo join Widnes on loan". AOL. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
  7. ↑ Stott, Julie (10 June 2009). "Penny eyes speed crown". London: The Sun. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ Warrington: Kevin Penny stays and Benjamin Jullien signs

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