Get well soon Brett Kenny

[sheridanstand78]

Today we learned that league legend Brett Kenny is fighting Non-Hodkins Lymphoma. I would like to wish him all the best in his fight against this awful disease.

Brett Kenny was our nemesis back in the early 80s and a huge reason for the Whingers success back in that era. As a Manly fan it pained me to see him shred us in those grand finals but as a fan of the game, he was one of the best players I have ever seen play and one player who was capable of keeping Wally Lewis relatively quiet in the State of Origin.

For anyone out there who knows someone who is going through or has been through a battle with cancer, you just pray that the treatment he has is successful.

Good luck Bert!!

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Brilliant player, so elusive it almost wasn't fair. If he hadn't been an Eel I would have liked him. Good luck to him and his family.

 

[HappilyManly]

Had the good fortune to watch his career. 🙂

Amazing talent, especially against Manly in the early 80s 😕

Wish Bert a full and speedy recovery

 

[Harvies elbow]

Queensland's nemesis among others.
A swerve that had to be seen to believe.
He's had it tough lately with his stepson as incomplete quadriplegic but a champions mindset never loses its ability to overcome.
Leave it in your wake Bert.

 

[bob dylan]

Hey this guy could really play.

He put Alan Thompson out of the NSW side and got on top of Wally Lewis more times than anyone else.

Get well soon. A true legend.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

The good thing is his Cancer is probably the most treatable ,not 100% success rate but a lot better than most other forms.

Get well soon Bert!

 

[Sea Eagle 4 Life]

Always a thorn in Manly's side.
I remember one Friday night game in the early 90s, when Parra were crap. Ridgy Didge caught a bomb in our in goal then gave it to Franky Stokes who ran 100m to score. Although he was an old man by then, Kenny was the only Parra player to chase hard. He never gave up.
I hope he can successfully fight the big C.

 

[wombatgc]

One of my favorite non Manly players. Even after watching the 82&83 losses, I found it hard to hate on him (I took it out on Sterlo).
Keep fighting the good fight Bert.

 

[Sheikheagle]

Bert lives up here on the Central Coast and unfortunately about 12 months ago his stepson dived into shallow water and Is now paralysed. So this news was the last thing they needed. Let's hope their luck and health turn for the better

 

[Chip and Chase]

Bert is easily one of the best players I've ever seen. Freakish natural footy gifts, the best 5/8 of his era. Hopefully he can win this battle.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Even as an Eel, very hard to dislike him.

He, Sterling, the Zip Zip man all fantastic players during that great Manly v Parra era.

Can't say I felt the same way about Ray Price but that's another story.

 

[sheridanstand78]

Even as an Eel, very hard to dislike him.

He, Sterling, the Zip Zip man all fantastic players during that great Manly v Parra era.

Can't say I felt the same way about Ray Price but that's another story.[/QU
You have to begrudgingly say that the Whingers backline of 81 to 86 ranks as one of the greatest club ones of all time. I remember Manly playing them and often their backs were the difference. Kenny, Ella, Cronin and Sterling were very hard to control in that era. Ray Price was a guy who was a bit like Scam Smith, you despised him but understood what a quality player he was.

You have to begrudgingly say that the Whingers backline of 81 to 86 ranks as one of the greatest club ones of all time. I remember Manly playing them and often their backs were the difference. Kenny, Ella, Cronin and Sterling were very hard to control in that era. Ray Price was a guy who was a bit like Scam Smith, you despised him but understood what a quality player he was.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

You have to begrudgingly say that the Whingers backline of 81 to 86 ranks as one of the greatest club ones of all time. I remember Manly playing them and often their backs were the difference. Kenny, Ella, Cronin and Sterling were very hard to control in that era. Ray Price was a guy who was a bit like Scam Smith, you despised him but understood what a quality player he was.

In 82/83 they were just better, damn them but they were.

We had good sides but yes that backline were the real difference.

 

[HoldenV8]

We may not have liked who he played for or that he tore us apart in consecutive Grand Finals, but I don't think anyone would deny that Brett Kenny was one of the most talented and possibly cleanest players we've ever seen (I rarely saw him engage in grub tactics like is rife in today's game).

He was one of only two doesn't-matta players I didn't mind to be perfectly honest, the other being Mick Cronin (I HATED and still hate Ray Price who I thought was a thug and a selfish player. But I do agree he had the ability).

But here's hoping that Kenny has a speedy recovery and is still around in 30 or so years to tell how the 1982 and 1986 Kangaroos tore the Poms apart (but lets hope he forgets the 1982 and 1983 GF's lol)

 

[Kiwi Eagle]

Hope all goes well for him, am sure he will have plenty of support

Too young to have really seen him play, but do remember as a young fella being in amazement at turning his footy card over and he had scored 110 tries lol, seemed like a huge number

 

[simon64]

Growing up in Worm territory in the 70's and 80's, Bert caused me plenty of pain on a Monday morning at school.

I wish him a full recovery.

I worked with Mike Lans who actually played 2 first grade games at five-eighth for the Worms when Kenny was out. He's got Big League programs with his name slotted between Sterling and Grothe. One to show the grandkids for sure.

 

[The Indian]

One of the most criminally under-rated footballers of all time in my opinion- legend always has it that Wally was the better player but I never saw it. Wally a bigger character and bigger profile for sure, but Kenny was the talent. Carved us up more times than I care to remember.

 

[EagleGT]

Been through chemo and let me say, the only good thing about it is that it is better than the alternative. Brett is the cousin of a mate of mine, and by all reports, a thoroughly decent person. Best wishes for the battle ahead.

 

[Briza]

my fave non manly. 5/8 hands down, all the best Kenny.

 

[manly al]

I am sure that all of the R L community wishes him a full recovery, one of the best players of his era with great natural ability and brilliance . If some of the news reports were correct in the early eighties , Manly apparently made some overtures to him to join the club but i think that it was pleasing that he stayed a one club player , even if it was with the eels . In terms of the 82 and 83 title deciders between Manly and the Eels , i actually thought that Manly were definitely the better team throughout both years and easily beat the Eels in the first qualifying games .However in the one"s that really mattered, in the grand finals, the Eels played like a champion team and unfortunately Manly like a team of champions and with Brett Kenny starring in both . The Manly side of 82 was full of internationals and had internationals on their bench , such was their over all strength at the time.