Name James Keinhorst Height 1.85 m | Weight 90 kg | |
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Education Leeds Beckett University | ||
Jimmy keinhorst rhinos challenge 2017
James Keinhorst (born 14 July 1990 in Leeds) is an Anglo-German rugby league player who plays for the Leeds Rhinos and Germany. He has also played rugby union for Germany . His regular positions are centre and second row.
Contents
- Jimmy keinhorst rhinos challenge 2017
- Jimmy keinhorst post match v leigh
- Club career
- Heidelberger RK
- Otley
- Leeds Rhinos
- Rugby union
- Rugby league
- Stats
- Club
- References
Jimmy keinhorst post match v leigh
Club career
Keinhorst began playing rugby in 2004 while attending St. Mary's Catholic High School, Menston.
Heidelberger RK
Keinhorst began playing rugby union as an amateur with Otley and moved to Germany to play for Heidelberg in 2009 at the age of 19 and won the National Championship in the 2008-10 season. He played eight games and scored four tries in his first season.
Otley
Keinhorst rejoined Otley as a semi-professional in 2010 and went on to make 11 appearances in the 2010-11 season, scoring three tries before leaving at the end of the season to sign a professional contract at rugby league side Leeds Rhinos.
Leeds Rhinos
Keinhorst signed for Leeds Rhinos in 2011 and made his Super League début for Leeds on 30 July 2012 in a loss to Wakefield Trinity. Keinhorst came on as a substitute in Leeds' losing appearance in the 2012 Challenge Cup final.
In 2014 Keinhorst spent time on loan at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, making seven appearances before returning to his parent club. He also spent time in the Championship with Leeds' feeder club Hunslet Hawks.
Keinhorst played from the bench for Leeds in the 2015 Super League Grand Final, and helped to set up the winning try for Josh Walters.
Rugby union
He made his début for Germany in a European Nations Cup match against Poland on 20 November 2010. Keinhorst scored his first try for Germany a week later, against the Netherlands national rugby union team in Amsterdam.
Rugby league
Keinhorst is the youngest of four rugby-playing brothers and qualifies to play for Germany through his German father Wolfgang, who has lived in the United Kingdom for many years. He and his three brothers, Kristian, Markus, Nicholas set a world record in 2007, when they played a rugby league international for Germany against Czech Republic, becoming the most siblings to play in a rugby league international match.
As of 2012, Keinhorst is the top try and point scorer for the German national rugby league team, having scored 19 tries and 108 points for the team so far in ten games.
Rugby union
German rugby union championship: 2010
Rugby league
Super League: 2015
Challenge Cup: 2015
League Leaders' Shield: 2015
Stats
James Keinhorst's personal statistics in club and international rugby: