Keiron Cunningham

Keiron Cunningham
Personal information
Full nameKeiron Cunningham
Born (1976-10-28) 28 October 1976 (age 47)
St Helens, Merseyside, England
Playing information
Height5 ft 9 in (1.76 m)
Weight16 st 12 lb (107 kg)
PositionHooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1994–10 St Helens 496 175 0 0 700
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1995–01 Wales 13 7 0 0 28
1996–06 Great Britain 14 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2015–17 St Helens 74 43 1 30 58
Source: [1][2][3]

Keiron Cunningham (born 28 October 1976) is a professional rugby league coach and former player. A Great Britain and Wales international representative hooker, he played his entire professional career at St Helens, making nearly 500 appearances for the club between 1994 and 2010 and winning numerous trophies.[1][2] He has been frequently cited as being among the best players in the Super League history and is widely regarded to be one of St Helens' greatest players of all time.[4][5][6][7]

The youngest of ten siblings, two of his brothers, Eddie Cunningham and Tommy Cunningham, also played for St Helens. Keiron Cunningham was born five months after his brother Eddie won a Rugby League Challenge Cup winner's medal for St Helens against Widnes.[8]

Following his retirement as a player, Cunningham remained at St Helens as an assistant coach, and was head coach of the club between 2015 and 2017.[3][9]

  1. ^ a b "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ Cunningham finds permanent place with his Saints. Theguardian.com (8 February 2009). Retrieved on 2016-01-31.
  5. ^ Robbie Paul hails Saint Helens Keiron Cunningham the best. BBC News (1 March 2010). Retrieved on 2016-01-31.
  6. ^ Keiron Cunningham. Saints.org.uk. Retrieved on 31 January 2016.
  7. ^ Burke, David (10 October 2007) Keiron Cunningham was born to play for Saints. Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved on 31 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Big brother rules out Keiron claim". BBC.co.uk. BBC Sport. 8 August 2001. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  9. ^ Keiron Cunningham: St Helens part company with head coach