Name Kevin Henderson Role Rugby league | Height 1.80 m Weight 97 kg | |
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Kevin Henderson is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Montpellier Agglomération Rugby XIII in the Elite One Championship. A Scotland international representative forward, Henderson previously played in Australia for the Newcastle Knights and in England for Leigh Centurions and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (Heritage № 1228). Both of his brothers, Andrew (10 caps) and Ian (4 caps) have also played for Scotland.
Henderson is equally at home in both the second row and at centres.
Kevin Henderson played only a handful of NRL games for the Newcastle Knights team, however played mostly in reserve grade. He also played reserve grade for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Central Coast Bears. He came to England to pursue his professional career in 2005. He joined Leigh Centurions in super league before transferring mid-season to rival super league club Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, with whom he currently plays with.
Henderson is one of three brothers playing rugby league, along with Ian Henderson and Andrew Henderson.
Representative career
The Hendersons are a Scottish family and all three brothers play for Scotland at international level. Kevin has won 5 caps for his country, appearing in an international against France in 2007, before appearing in the world cup qualifier against Wales. He featured in all 3 World Cup Finals matches held in Australia in 2008.
All three brothers featured in the Scotland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.