updated birth_date tries yearstart appearances goals club fieldgoals points name birth_place yearend height nickname source retired new weight position article_title
5 october 2008 10 november 1976 37 30 5 11 1995 2000 2003 2004 94 55 16 66 0 1 0 0 wests magpies wests tigers manly-warringah salford city reds 0 1 0 0 148 123 20 44 kevin mcguinness australia 99 02 07 5 ft 8 in -lrb- 174 cm -rrb- buddha -lsb- http://stats.rleague.com/rl/scorers/players/kevin_mcguinness.html rl stats -rsb- yes yes 11 st 2 lbs -lrb- 81 kg -rrb- ce kevin mcguinness

kevin mcguinness

kevin mcguinness -lrb- born 10 november 1976 -rrb- is an indigenous australian retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s .
he played for salford city reds in the uk super league , the western suburbs magpies , wests tigers and manly-warringah sea eagles in the australian national rugby league -lrb- nrl -rrb- competition .
his position of choice is at centre .
while attending sarah redfern high school , mcguinness played for the australian schoolboys team in 1995 .
mcguinness was graded to western suburbs in 1995 when he was 18 and played alongside his older brother , ken , for two seasons .
in 2001 , kevin mcguinness , along with fellow tiger , craig field , were banned by the nrl for six months after testing positive to illegal substances .
after undergoing counselling , mcguinness returned to premier league two months before the ban was lifted and was back with the first grade team for round 23 against the newcastle knights at campbelltown stadium , where he scored a try .
mcguinness set the record for the most tries scored in a match by a wests tigers player on 4 august 2002 , when he scored 4 tries against souths .
in 2004 , after a season at manly , mcguinness moved to the salford city reds .
while at salford he became a firm fans ' favourite , and earned the nickname `` the buddha . ''
he left the salford city reds at the end of the 2007 season , and though quite a few players left at the end of that year , he in particular , received a standing ovation , with sections of the crowd chanting `` buddha , buddha , buddha , '' as a homage to the player .
after retiring from the highest level of a football , mcguiness won 2 premierships with wollongong wests in the illawarra competition .
in 2011 , he joined the queanbeyan blues in canberra 's group 8 .
