Kieran Rush
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| Full name | Kieran James Rush | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 September 2002 Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 13 st 8 lb (86 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Scrum-half, Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 27 October 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kieran Rush (born 3 September 2002) is a Jamaica international rugby league footballer who plays as a scrum-half or hooker for the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League.
He has spent time on loan from Huddersfield at Swinton Lions, Rochdale Hornets and Keighley Cougars in League One and at Dewsbury Rams in the Championship.
He is a product of the Giants Academy system.
Background
[edit]Rush was born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England. He is of Jamaican descent.[2]
Playing career
[edit]Club career
[edit]Rush is contracted to the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League after progressing through the clubs' Academy systems. He made his Super League Debut for the Giants in round 12 of Super League 2023 against the Leigh Leopards.
International career
[edit]In 2022 Rush was named in the Jamaica squad for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.[3] He made his debut in the halves in the Group C match against Ireland at Headingley Rugby Stadium in Leeds, West Yorkshire.[4] Rush made history when he kicked a penalty goal to register Jamaica's first ever points in a Rugby League world cup.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Player Summary: Kieran Rush". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers' Club. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Kieran Rush". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
- ^ "Full list of every squad at the Rugby League World Cup 2021". Love Rugby League. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
- ^ "Jamaica 2-48 Ireland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
- ^ "Rugby League World Cup: Ireland 48-2 Jamaica - Wolfhounds score 10 tries in emphatic win". BBC Sport. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
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- 2002 births
- Living people
- English rugby league players
- English people of Jamaican descent
- Sportspeople of Jamaican descent
- Huddersfield Giants players
- Jamaica national rugby league team players
- Keighley Cougars players
- Rochdale Hornets players
- Rugby league hookers
- Rugby league players from Dewsbury
- Swinton Lions players
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- 21st-century Jamaican sportsmen
- Jamaican sportspeople stubs
- Caribbean rugby league biography stubs