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Kevin Henderson is a British professional rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

footballer for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

of Super League

Super League

Super League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...

. A Scotland international representative forward, Henderson previously played in Australia for the Newcastle Knights and in England for Leigh Centurions. Both of his brothers, Andrew

Andrew Henderson (rugby league)

Andrew Henderson is an English Professional rugby league footballer for Sheffield Eagles. A Scotland international representative hooker, he previously played for Gateshead Thunder, Castleford Tigers, Balmain Tigers, Salford and Barrow.Henderson began his professional career in England in 2001...

(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

Newcastle Knights

The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...

team, however played mostly in reserve grade. He also played reserve grade for the South Sydney Rabbitohs

South Sydney Rabbitohs

The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital...

and Central Coast Bears.
He came to England to pursue his professional career in 2005. He joined Leigh Centurions

Leigh Centurions

Leigh Centurions is an English professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester who play in the Co-operative Championship.The club was founded in 1878 as Leigh Rugby Football Club and is one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in...

in super league before transferring mid-season to rival super league club Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

, with whom he currently plays with.

Henderson is one of three brothers playing rugby league, along with Ian Henderson

Ian Henderson (rugby league footballer)

Ian Henderson is a professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Catalans Dragons in the Super League...

and Andrew Henderson

Andrew Henderson (rugby league)

Representative career

The Hendersons are a Scottish family and all three brothers play for Scotland

Scotland national rugby league team

The Scotland national rugby league team represent Scotland in international rugby league football tournaments. The team is run under the auspices of the Scotland Rugby League, and are nicknamed The Bravehearts. Scotland are not regarded as a test nation...

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

2008 Rugby League World Cup

The 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup since the inauguration of the tournament in 1954, and the first since the 2000 event...

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