# Stephen Kearney

Stephen Peter Kearney (born 11 June 1972) is a New Zealand professional rugby league football coach who until recently was the head coach of the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL and a former player. A New Zealand national captain and second-row forward, Kearney's club football career, which spanned from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s, was played for the Randwick Kingfishers, Western Suburbs Magpies, Auckland Warriors, Melbourne Storm (with whom he won the 1999 NRL Premiership), and Hull F.C. (with whom he won the 2005 Challenge Cup). Kearney was previously the head coach of the New Zealand national team, with whom he won the 2008 World Cup and 2011 Four Nations tournaments.