Sam McKendry

Sam McKendry

McKendry playing for the New Zealand Māori in 2008
Personal information
Born	(1989-07-19) 19 July 1989 Stirling, Western Australia, Australia
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2008–	Penrith Panthers	129	7	0	0	28
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2008–10	New Zealand Māori	2	1	0	0	4
2010–13	New Zealand	8	0	0	0	0
As of 28 October 2015
Source: Rugby League Project

Sam McKendry (born 19 July 1989, in Stirling, Western Australia) is a professional rugby league player who currently plays for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League. He plays as a prop and is a New Zealand international.

Early years

McKendry was born in Stirling, Western Australia. He then moved back to New Zealand when he was 7 years old. He was a Mt Albert Lions junior and played for the Junior Kiwis. He was a former boarding student at Mt Albert Grammar School where he represented the under 15 Rugby team and Rugby League First XIII.

Playing career

Sam McKendry debuted for the Penrith Panthers in the 2008 NRL season, with successful and unsuccessful stints keeping him in and out of first-grade. However, during the 2010 NRL season, McKendry became a fixed member of Penrith Panthers 17-man squad.

Representative career

In 2008 McKendry played for the New Zealand Māori in a curtain raiser to the 2008 World Cup. In 2010 he was named in the New Zealand Kiwis squad for the Four Nations tournament after Fuifui Moimoi withdrew due to injury.

McKendry again played for the New Zealand Māori in 2010 against England as part of the build up to the Four Nations.

He made his test debut for the New Zealand Kiwis in the 2010 Four Nations. For the 2013 Anzac Test, McKendry was selected to play for New Zealand from the interchange bench in their loss against Australia.

Personal life

Mckendry is married to Kirsten McKendry (formerly Grech).

External links

• Panthers profile