fullname goals club fieldgoals weight yearend height points position birth_date source tries yearstart article_title name retired appearances
kerry hemsley 0 0 balmain tigers wigan 0 0 103 kg stlb on 88 84 188 cm ftin on 11 8 pr 10 may 1960 -lsb- http://stats.rleague.com/rl/scorers/players/k/kerry_hemsley.html stats.rleague.com -rsb- , -lsb- http://rugbyleagueproject.com/players/kerry_hemsley.html rlp -rsb- 3 2 1980 1983 kerry hemsley
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kerry hemsley

kerry hemsley -lrb- born 10 may 1960 -rrb- is an australian former professional rugby league player for the balmain tigers in the new south wales rugby league -lrb- nswrl -rrb- competition .
hemsley primarily played at prop forward .
while playing for yanco , hemsley was selected to play for riverina against the touring great britain side in 1979 .
hemsley was recommended to balmain by his yanco captain-coach and former tiger , keith outten .
hemsley spent nine seasons at balmain , earning himself a reputation as an enforcer on the field and he became a club and crowd favourite with his long hair and beard .
during the australian off-seasons , hemsley played in france for olympique pontétien in 1982 -- 1983 and in england for wigan in 1983 -- 84 .
he became the first balmain player to appear at wembley stadium in a cup final when wigan met and were defeated by widnes vikings .
1988 was to be hemsley 's last season with balmain .
having made the semi-finals in the previous 2 seasons , hemsley was out of the team from round 3 , with coach warren ryan preferring other players .
he returned only for the semis , after the suspension of steve roach .
he started at prop for the 24-12 loss to canterbury in the grand final .
following his retirement he played a further 8 years of bush football with yanco and blayney .
