Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Sunday, 1st August, 1943
- Current Age
- 82 years and 241 days
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1967
- Rothmans Medal
- 1970
Known Family Links
- Son
- Darren Junee
Biography
Easts halfback, possessing great anticipation and speed, first represented NSW in 1965. Easts did not win a match the following year but in 1967 Junee played in two interstate matches and toured with the 1967-68 Kangaroos. He played in 10 matches on tour but his final rep match came the following year when he was a late call-up to the NSW team. Junee won the Rothmans Medal for best and fairest player in 1970 and later played in Easts' 1972 grand final loss to Manly. In 1974 he shifted to the Sea Eagles and was the season's leading try-scorer that year with 20 tries. Junee returned to Easts in 1976 before taking up coaching duties in the I’warra competition.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 10 | 4 | - | 1 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 70.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Series | 4 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 85.71% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 197 | 98 | - | 1 | 296 | 88 | 103 | 6 | 44.67% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.22% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 36 | 11 | - | 1 | 35 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 44.44% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 5 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Endeavour Cup | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 259 | 120 | - | 3 | 366 | 124 | 134 | 10 | 47.88% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Sydney Colts | 1964 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1965-68 | 10 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1966, 1970 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1966, 1971 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1967 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1964-1971 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 75.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1964 | 15 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13.33% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1965 | 12 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 16.67% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1966 | 18 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1967 | 21 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 52.38% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1968 | 18 | 8 | - | 1 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 55.56% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1969 | 12 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1970 | 21 | 13 | - | - | 39 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 61.90% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1971 | 13 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 38.46% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1972 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1973 | 20 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1974 | 21 | 23 | - | - | 69 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 61.90% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1975 | 17 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 64.71% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1976 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1964-73, 1976 | 159 | 69 | - | 1 | 209 | 64 | 89 | 6 | 40.25% | List | ||||
| Manly | 1974-75 | 38 | 29 | - | - | 87 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 63.16% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1964-1976 | 197 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 296 | 88 | 103 | 6 | 44.67% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Max Turner, Tony McCarron, Wests Archives, Derek Farrar, AJ Lucantonio, Tim Costello
Your Say
29 Aug 2011 2:16pm
in an era when half backs had to be quick and nippy
kevin junee was the fastest player over 20mtrs that
played the game. scored many tries darting from the scrum base close to the line. played second
fiddle to billy smith for much of his career. great
player.
4 Apr 2012 3:58am
kevin son played a few seasons before leaving is name was darren
7 May 2012 5:26pm
In East Subs' annus horribilus (1966), when the dismal Roosters lost every game, Junee stood out like a singular beacon in the gloom. I still remember a shuddering tackle he put on Brian James after the Souths winger had cut a swathe
through a feeble Easts defence.
3 Mar 2024 10:04pm
1966 was the year I first took an interest in the game. I remember Easts being whitewashed. I also remember the name Kevin Junee. I never met the man, never saw him play live. Yet he became a bit of a hero to me. The ability to play consistently well under difficult and trying circumstances. To me Kevin Junee is a legend.
16 Feb 2026 3:21pm
Kevniin Junee went to Paddington Junior Technical School
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